Every frickin time I get here..."the fryers are already off" according to the lazy folks that run this place. This ia the third time in as many months im headed to the grocery store because they close 30 mins before closing. I juat watched a party of 4 leave for the same reason...thats money walking out the door mr. Manager. Five meals worth just now...at 840. 20 mins before you close. read more

Food was good. Staff was extremely rude. I was charged for something I didn't order (no big deal) but they refused to refund and correct the error. Not coming back to this panda location. read more

Used to come here a lot when I went to middle school around the corner. Good times coming here during lunch. They give you good portions of food and the ladies are always nice when I come into the store. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Solana Beach, California

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I go here for lunch quite often. The food is always fresh and ready and made perfect! I love the staff here. They're always happy and you can tell everyone gets along well. People always remember my order because I order the same thing all of the time :) quick service! read more

Showed up 15 minutes prior to closing at 9 pm asked if they would make more chow main and the female ware let was very rude did not answer my question. She acted bothered that I asked the question and continues to ask about the two sides I wanted. I had to clarify if I was getting what I asked about before she gave me an answer with a tone. Overall the side orders where great but that sort of service was not enjoyable. read more

I frequent this location all the time because my boys love Panda Express and the location is right next to their school.....One to two times every week after school because they are always starving. Today my son waited in the car and I ordered him a kids meal. The manager or owner (not sure what her status is but she sees me in there all the time) decided to put 3 to 4 tiny pieces of chicken filling the section 1/4 full. I order this all the time and they fill it up. I said, " that's not enough chicken...it's empty" she said they only do 3-4 tiny pieces for a kids meal. That's a load of garbage!!! If that were the case we would never eat there!!!! I think she thought I was ordering a kids meal for myself and decided to cut the amount down to nothing. She was rude and didn't care what I had to say. Every single time I come in I always let them round up for Children's hospital. We are not cheap but she definitely is. We will NEVER eat at that location again!!! I'm appalled by her behavior. The young cashier girl was nice and seemed to feel bad about the situation. read more

So disappointed with this Panda Express. The chow mein and the Walnut Shrimp were cold and dry, the worst.

This is my favorite place to eat. I like their orange chicken and string beans with chicken. Workers are very friendly.

I just want to say, in addition to a great lunch thanks to the manager and the staff. Right balance of friendliness and efficiency. They made certain that we had everything we needed. read more

What I known this supposed to be open 10m by the time to open the door any food ready for.. I have to wait for at least 10 minutes and then another 5 minutes for the soda machine.. plus I have to deal with the attitude from the lady an from... read more

Food is ok, customer service is terrible. No hand soap in the bathroom, menu items not prepared, and some rude, heavy set girl treating customers like a chore. Will not be back to this location. read more

Was just in this place and being helped and they helped the person behind me before I was finished and they ran out of an item that I ordered before she could put it in a box. Wtf?!?!? You really expect the person you are helping to be happy that they have to wait because the person that came in behind you gets helped before your employees can help one person! 2 times this week with problems at this place. Never again!!!!! read more

Every Panda Express is essentially the exact same thing, and why shouldn't they be? They're a chain, right? Well my review for this particular Panda is essentially only to point out the HORRIBLE music choices these people have chosen to play. Seriously, it feels like you're in an elevator inside a dentist's office. I never thought that I would be subjected to Clay Aiken's dated hits as well as other bits of soft rock while trying to enjoy my kung pao chicken and steamed rice. The food's decent for fast food chinese, but isn't soft rock reserved for the places we hate to be in? Come on, people for the most part hate going to the dentist or the doctor, and of course you don't want to be stuck in an elevator with some larger than life guy who inconveniently although accidentally passes gas. Let's save the soft rock for those wonderful moments instead, shall we? read more

The food is typical...these chain places are basically all the same. But the people that work there are rude. And there always seems to be an issue...no ice, broken soda machine, out of popular dishes. I would never go here on my own, but the kids like it and it is cheap/easy. read more

This panda is short staffed. The workers don't seem to have any sense of urgency. Probably internal work politics. .. the food portions are very small. Always have long lines. If you don't ask for hot or soy sauce they don't give it to you. The food tastes good overall They just need improvements. read more

I love Panda Express! Did you know that they offer a brown fried rice option? I didn't. You can't lose with the grilled Teriyaki chicken no sauce...yum!! read more

Me and my girlfriend went in on a Sunday afternoon on 6/30 around 3:30 pm and the restaurant was dead with two other people inside, which we thought would be a good thing that we might not have to wait as long. As we went to order my girlfriend received attitude when being told she would have to wait 5 minutes for her food, I then went to order, where our server Roswanda huffed and puffed as she handed me the sample I asked for and when I asked to try one other item before placing my order she threw down her thermometer huffed puffed rolled her eyes snapped at me and passed me the second sample. This was extremely rude and made me and my girlfriend uncomfortable to the point we didn't wish to sit inside the restaurant. Not to mention when I asked for the manger number she rudely said yes but passed me a complete wrong number. read more

I've had better Panda Express meals. Not sure why this one is less than satisfying...but the broccoli was soggy and the mushroom chicken was bland, and the fried rice was under seasoned. So as far as the food was concerned, we were underwhelmed. What worked here? Same great portions one expects at Panda and very clean accommodations. Service was also excellent. read more

Went at 6:30 pm today--not such an odd time to show up for dinner. Rice and chicken were painfully dry and in short supply. No spring rolls to be found. The vegetables were wilted and sad. I ate a carrot that had the texture of Wonder bread. I guess this Panda isn't special--all depends on who's working! read more

Panda Express ... as far as fast food goes is in my top 5 most frequented "got to each quick" places with Chipolte as my #1. The service at this location is solid and the food is what you would expect. My only advice would be to not go during peak lunch hours and this location does get busy during those times in my experience. read more

Pretty much the standard affair, they kitchen and serving area seemed to be kept decently clean though the same can't be said of the restaurant itself. However, it's fast food so you get what you expect -- nothing exceptional about this location but nothing terrible about it either. read more

Wow I used to like this panda but they have new staff and it sucks they give me little portions and the wonton are over cook and burn the cream cheez is dry the new lady's don't have any tipe of costumer service I will not recommend this place to anybody... read more

Generally speaking Panda Express is garbage. The food is hardly asian. The spices are weak, the flavors are bland, the noodles taste weird, the sauces have way too much sugar, and there is generally way to much water in the entrees. For instance, I get a small al a carte Kung Pao Chicken, half, 50% is water. When I got it home I poured out all the water pretending to be sauce and the container was half full of chicken and other ingredients. So, it's a total rip off. Sadly there are not many low cost Chinese restaurant in North County. Even so, I gladly skip this garbage dump. read more

I have been there a few times and it's pretty good but the counter servers are NEVER nice. Today they were just exceptionally snappy, rude and barking at both customers and co-workers. When I arrived what I wanted was available. When I ordered, what I wanted was gone. This seemed to make the server unhappy. It seemed to make the cashier unhappy as well. And don't you DARE ask for soy or chili sauce. This sent the cashier over the top. read more

Just went back and they no longer will whip you up something different (I was the only customer in there). There are NO vegetarian or vegan entree options, which I find annoying. read more

The place is very slow, we were the only ones in line and the staff ignored us big time for 5 minutes. On the positive side it's cleaner than the rest of Pandas read more

Great tasting food, freshly made sweetfire chicken when I came in, fast and friendly staff. Waiting for kale chicken back in your menu.

Went in into this Panda Express today It was short staff. I was helped by daisy offered me a sample I was happy I felt welcome at this restaurant the second cashier name Bianca offered me a chicken egg roll and offered me a drink with my plate, when she was going to charge me she asked me if I would like to donate my change of the raft children's hospital and I said yes, after all they are a team with competitive cashiers and manager cooking all the food I appreciate the customer service and I will definitely come back to this location read more

Great customer service ,The manager at this location is very kind and friendly, the food quality is very tasty and excellent when I ask a employee I want a fresh dish to be cooked there always so kindly to say yes, I highly recommend this location the cashier and very fast and good at there job read more

This is my favorite panda express place. They serve newly cook food and have a great service. They put your needs first and have pleasing personality. I totally recommend coming here. You will never regret it. read more

We like the convenience and price saving we get at Panda Express. All the people that work there are courteous and helpful.

I love the orange chicken but i like it crispy sweet as it shows on the menu i always ask to make me some fresh while i wait because when they sit in the pot behind the glass it gets chewy and soft not crispy anymore. I went to this solana beach panda and they told me we cant make it fresh every time . too bad panda express you lost a customer i will go to a different store next time. read more

I guess a third entry and a little extra rice is to much to ask for they tried to charge me $4 extra for my third entry because I got extra rice. Kinda sure rice isn't an entry but a side but what ever. Too tired to argue with it after a day of work. Staff tried to give me the old food that was hardly any left. I know it was an hour till close but still that food looked so gross and old. Place was clean staff couldn't care less about us. Honestly they couldn't even understand my question about the pricing so I just gave up. Not the worst panda I've been to but certainly not the best. Not gonna come here again. read more

This is my favorite restaurant Panda Express in Solana Beach the food quality is perfect fresh. The manager is a outstanding employee for the company, the cashiers are always smiling and helping one another I highly recommend this Panda Express ! read more

Courteous & helpful staff. Good & fast service. There's a variety of delicious choices of food. I like the way the food was cooked.

Stopped in here last night for a quick bite on our way back from Orange County. It was 8:30, and I was taken aback by about 10 employees, on either side of the counter. It appeared to be a cleaning party. They were furiously wiping down the sneeze guard over the food/steam tables. Thought they may be closed (scheduled close is 9pm) but noticed they still had food on the line. I was hesitant to order, if they were cleaning over the open food, but since I saw no sprays, and it was late, we placed our order. There was a man behind the workers who neither smiled or greeted us but was wearing a Panda Express logo'd shirt and he simply scowled at the workers. Other workers took to the dining area, wiping down chairs, booths, and sweeping the floors. As we received our food, and were sitting down, this unpleasant man, Jim according to his name tag, called everyone over. He began scolding (for lack of a better word) their performance. He spoke down to the workers. Then he called them to another area, closer to where I sat with my boyfriend. He proceeded to single one guy out who had continued cleaning, and asked condescendingly why the man hadn't joined the group? Did he understand what the word "all" meant, etc. I was appalled by Jim's behavior to single the worker out amongst peers, but also to do so in front of guests. I'm guessing this Jim is the franchise owner. I'm giving a 2-star rating only because the food and service was decent, but the experience was awful due to this rude man who should brush up on his management skills and learn to motivate his team to better performance rather than being rude, and shaming them. And he should never have supervised cleaning of sheets shields during hours when hot food was still being served and/or where clients had to witness his poor management style. read more

Disgusting food and the workers have no hygiene. Last week I walked in and got some food the lady helping me was very rude and she got my order wrong and then I told her hat is not what I wanted to change it. She then continued to roll her eyes at me and instead of getting g a new plate she just scooped the food in my plate back into the bowl where it came from and just used the same plate. I was not so happy with how they were acting but I politely left the store and started to eat on my second bite I found not 1,not 2,but 3 hairs in my food. I was completely disgusted and walked back inside and asked for a refund or new food but the rude lady impolitely served my food again and charged me for it. So not only did I get hair in my food but I had to pay twice for new food. read more

Workers are nice. Love this location. They have an outside patio for you to eat at, if you don't want to eat inside.

Delighted to eat at this panda express. The food was excellent and the servers personable. Very clean space also