So it's not "authentic" Chinese food, but it does the job. I usually get orange chicken or mushroom chicken and they are tasty. My kids LOVE the noodles, but the fried rice could use some seasoning. They are always friendly when I go in - whether it is to dine myself or to pick up an order to deliver. I've never had a bad experience here. read more

We always come back to this Panda Express because obviously it's our local Panda; but they are always out of EVERYTHING. It seems like the items they do have are the items easy to cook or the unpopular items. And I don't think this has anything to do with any type of food shortage because they have both beef and chicken items available. It's disappointing coming and hearing they only have limited items. Just went today, and three cars in front of us including us left. They're gonna lose business which sucks because they are good. This also has nothing to do with the time of day, we have been at different days and times. read more

I have come here twice now because I tried to give them a second chance. The teriyaki chicken was so burnt it's inedible. Each time what I wanted on the menu (string bean chicken, black pepper chicken, broccoli beef) mind you both staple regular menu items were not available. Both times, they could only fill one half order of super greens because "I've already given you the last of the greens" they didn't even have enough greens for more than one meal at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Nowhere near close of business. This location picks and chooses what they are serving from a CORPORATE MENU. I have worked food & bev establishments and this place is shameful. read more

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The food was good. The service was efficient and friendly. It looked clean and inviting. I would eat at this location again!

Our last visit ever here. We ordered a large egg roll with our food online and got home to discover we'd only been given one egg roll. We called the restaurant to let them know, only to have to deal with two rude employees that had no idea they sold large orders of egg rolls (one literally asked me, "we sell large egg rolls?"). After speaking to a manager, he apologized and resolved the situation. However, if you think that's the end, sadly, the situation only got worst. As I'm finishing up the last of my fried rice and Beijing Beef, I was greeted by a little friend in the form of a maggot. Yep. A maggot was in my fried rice folks. read more

Panda Express - That's definitely not rice. - Chinese Near Me - Temple, Texas

Take is easy guys, this place just opened. Every place goes through growing pains. I've been here 3 times since they opened. Once inside and 2 drive through. Never had a single problem and never had anybody with a bad attitude or lacking a smile on their face. Food has been exactly as I expected all 3 times. Give it some time, it will get better after the mad rush subsides. read more

This place is totally out of control they're more interested in doing drive-through and online orders than waiting on customers standing in line. when you finally get someone to wait on you they go to the person behind you and totally ignored me standing there waiting to order. when I ask for the manager it turns out the person serving that ignored me was the manager? no organization should be -0- read more

We love panda and were so excited that there wasn't a long line. So we went in and the server Haley F was rude & talked over us. She gave us attitude the whole time while we were ordering. Horrible customer service. The bathroom was unclean and barely let us ask her for our full order. We planned on eating there but decided to not let the bad vibe ruin our food. They didn't even give us what we ordered. Horrible experience but we won't let one bad egg ruin our Panda love. read more

Been here twice through the drive through. First time through we couldn't understand a word the girl was saying and had to keep asking to repeat it back. Still didn't get the right food ordered. Second time around we had hope it would be better...unfortunately it was worse. Good luck if Haley F. is working, you will never get the correct food you ordered. You can't understand a word she's saying, she rushes through everything, doesn't listen and doesn't enter in the order correctly by looking at the receipt even after repeating it back. Got our bag and things were leaking out and tossed in carelessly, an absolute mess. Food is okay if you get what you actually order, but service with this particular worker is awful. read more

The broccoli beef was very oily and really use some soy sausage to cut the grease. Can you believe a fast food place serving Chinese, Asian food had NO SOY SAUCE!!!!!!! They offer me teriyaki sauce!!!! I also can really eat a lot of sugar cover food and they didn't have any chicken dishes that was not sweet. I had a not good experience the last time I went there and now I know this will be my last visit to Panda Express read more

O M G!!! Who ever is the cook today, hands down the best!!! They need to cook everyday!! I was hesitant to go, but omg AMAZING! Not an obscene amount of lettuce/cabbage , noodles cooked better than any panda I've eaten at, teriyaki chicken and orange chicken cooked PERFECT AGAIN better than any panda I've ever gone to UPDATE: haha I gave five stars at first... went again a few more time and decided it was time to change my review. I got the bowl, with chow mien and orange chicken...that's what I ordered... what I got was a bowl of 3/4 cabbage and 1/4 and some smooshy squishy orange chicken so gross, waste of money. Won't be back read more

I went to this location again and they didn't want to serve me what I wanted again! It is SO aggravating every single time I even try! This location has the worst customer service of anywhere I have been! Just stay away and save yourself the stress. read more

This has to be the worst Panda Express I have ever been too. I've tried to give them the benefit of the doubt but every time I come to this place they never seem to have anything. Don't even waste your time waiting in the line. read more

Yes!!!! Been waiting for this location, not disappointed. Everything is super fresh, especially seeing that there is a long line in the drive through and inside, we went inside. The staff is extremely helpful and helpful, even though there was 20 customers behind us. We did not feel rushed and were able to taste everything we were not sure about, we knew we mattered to this staff! So happy for your first week, may you always be as awesome as you were tonight! read more

I took one bite & the Kung Pao chicken was so bad I returned it to the window. There were 3 tiny pieces of heavily breaded -- I think-it was chicken?? -- and 3 tiny pieces of vegetables, each less than 1/3 of an inch in diameter. It was SO incredibly greasy Zi couldn't eat it. They refused to give me a refund. This is some of the worst fast-food I have ever tasted or had to look at. Disgusting!!!! Never again will I return to this store although the one in Dallas on Greenville Avenue was a regular stop for me. This didn't even seem like the same restaurant. read more

I don't understand how this Panda can pick and choose what they offer on the menu. If it were a franchise maybe but being a corporation you would think they would all be the same. 6:00pm on a Friday I'm told "we won't be cooking anymore string bean chicken breast today", not we're out but we're just not cooking it. The ratings on this particular location are horrible but nothing ever changes. I even emailed one of the VP's Mr. Mattappally in charge of guest experience with no luck, guess we can just hope for another location to open not too far away. read more

Supply issues are a significant problem for this store. Always out of half the menu. Either terrible management. Or franchise shortages.

Placed an online order on Thursday night. The line was long and they ran out of food frequently. We had to wait while they cooked more broccoli beef and they left out the honey walnut chicken. This location is overwhelmed. They need more help or better management. read more

Only drive- thur open.. Why? Other locations are fully open, just ridiculous to still be in that mode.. If you don't have a full menu go out to menu board and X out w/ tape what you don't have each day, they were out of more things than they had, get with the program or close up and train till you do, there's no shortage on veggies, run across the street to Walmart, there they are plentiful. Disappointed visit. read more

It never fails me that this location can't get an order right. Went to go through the drive thru again to correct it but it was too long a line, so I parked to go inside but the one person at a time thing was happening and someone was already in there complaint to a staff member about a messed up order. I was already fuming for waiting so damn long that I left or I would have probably ruined that woman's day that was already dealing with an angry customer. Never again going to this location. Hangry is a vibe read more

Pricey but good! Also just a tiny bit slow. But Everytime I go here they're busy. Very nice service read more

HORRIBLE SERVICE!!!!! I would give the food a 4.5 star.... the one star definitely goes to the service and the people. Two times that I have tried this and the service is still the same. Both times the manager was super rude and the staff is not trained very well. I won't be going back. read more

We only went a couple of times, the food was good but the amount of food you get for the money isn't worth it to us, the bowl is mostly rice. There are just much better values out there. read more

I had to sleep on this deciding if I wanted to leave feedback because I don't normally. I usually just brush it off and focus on the good things in life but what happened was just to much, considering the last 3 times I was there my order was not correct. Even those times I didn't mention anything because you know, we all have our bad days. This last time we went, it was me and my 9 yr old daughter. There were 3 parties ahead of us, so I decided to use the restroom while we wait. When we got into line, my daughter let the people that just walked in, in front of us because she is sweet. We were waiting patiently. One by one everybody got there meals and left. When it was our turn in line, we were told they were no longer helping us in the dining room and we would have to go through the drive thru. Which struck me as odd because, everybody before us just got there meals, paid and left. It wasn't like there is a shortage of food, all the entrees on display were full and nobody behind us. I asked, not in a rude way but how come the people that were in front of us able to get their food and there was no real reason except that they are not serving anymore and only open for drive thru. Even my daughter was confused. We enjoy Panda Express for the most part but this Panda Express does not do Temple, TX any justice. The customer service is so bad. I honestly believe this Panda Express is only still running because of the franchise name and thats so bad. I will no longer be a customer at this Panda Express. If you value customer service, do yourself a favor and skip this place. You can thank me later. read more

My husband and I have, in the time we have been married (5 years) ordered from or, gone to Panda Express a handful of times in a pinch. I don't know why. I think it's because I have some memories from childhood that keep telling me it's good-for-fast-food-Chinese but every single time, I realize that those memories are all lies. What did we even just eat? And of all the bad experiences we have had with Panda Express in the past few years this one tops them all. Why does the food taste like this?! I can't even explain the taste... it's a cross between plastic and mildew. Tonight's experience with Panda Express will be our last. We tossed everything but the eggrolls and now my husband is eating three day old burritos. read more

Panda Express recently changed their orange chicken and it is disgusting. I have been a frequent customer for years now but no more! The new chicken is nothing more than a small chicken nugget covered in sauce. I would not recommend wasting money here. read more

This location is always out of a significant amount of items (even pre-covid). I know covid and supply issues are a challenge, but this location has more issues than any other Panda Express location and other restaurants in the area. More than the supply issue, the customer service is definitely lacking lately. I do not want to take away from the awesome employees that work there, because there are a few, but there is one employee who is especially rude over the intercom every time we go. Tonight we canceled our order at the window and took our money to a neighboring business because we finally had enough. Supply issues you cannot always control, but how you interact with your customers, you can. We will not be returning to this location, and do not recommend this location due to it's customer service. read more

Went to this location and waited 10 mins for food to be ready and then didn't even get my entree. By the time I got home they were closed and I couldn't call. Would not recommend. Paid for food I never even got. read more

I have only been here twice. The first time I went they had no drinks available. Return again today, mind you I haven't been here in a year, I was told that had no Chow Mein and it was a 15-20 wait. Then after I placed my order, I said I had a second order to place. I was told that you can't do that at this location. What ?? Such a nice area, horrible Panda Express. read more

Great food. Worth the wait. Lady forgot sweet & sour sauce and put hardly any ice in my iced tea, but that's all I can complain about. This is a great addition to this part of Temple. read more

Couldn't wait to get to my car and leave 5 stars!!! Every employee I came in contact with had a smile on their face and were very nice!! Lots of fresh food to choose from and very generous to-go portions!! Plenty of customers in the restaurant eating, and several cars in the drive through that all seemed to be moving pretty quickly. We were in a hurry tonight so chose to go in for our food to go. Everything tasted delicious and looks very fresh!! I know they were super busy when they first opened, and we tried to go the first night, but waited until tonight. Please don't judge them from when they first opened and must have been soooo overwhelmed with cars literally wrapped around the building. It is business as usual here now, and I highly recommend this location and we are lucky to have one so close to home!! read more

Was happy to finally see a Panda Express come to Temple! The place is usually extremely busy during lunch time, which is to be expected considering it's a new Chinese place in town. Would not recommend if you're on a time crunch for work and only have about 30 minutes to eat because you probably won't get your food until close to the end of your lunch break. But if you're not under any time constraints and are willing to wait a bit, I think it's worth the wait. From the Orange Chicken to the Beijing Beef to the Wok Fired Shrimp, everything is fresh and they are constantly bringing out freshly cooked food to the hot plates. Service is friendly as well. read more

I just had the worst experience at the Temple store today. I placed my order online and then I went through the drive through to pick it up. When I pulled up to the speaker to let them know I had a mobile order, the employee told me they were super busy and I'd have to come inside. I told her I didn't want to come inside and I was stuck in the drive thru. She said pull up to the window. When I did, she again told me I would have to come inside. I told her I didn't want to come inside, that defeats the purpose of coming through the drive thru. She closed the window and I sat there a minute. She opened the window and I said I was still waiting for my food. She said she couldn't give me my food it wasn't ready and I would have to come inside. I said I want my food. She told another employee to call the police. I couldn't believe it! I wasn't yelling or using foul language. After that, I said to cancel my order and give me my money back. She  said she can't give me my money back on an online order. Then I said give me my food. She again told me she couldn't do that either I'd have to come inside. So I left without my food or without my money. I have never had such a poor experience at any fast food restaurant.  I was a regular, but I won't be back. read more

Hard to taste the food if the store is closed. The Panda Express website and Google maps, they both say the store opens at 1030. It's 1105 and still closed. The workers look very happy inside, not really understand what they are waiting for to open the store, they are just smiling and talking to each other. It's not very polite to make your customers wait outside under the Texas sun! read more

This location was really good when it opened, but it has gone down hill quick. I ordered my wife and I food tonight and the fried rice had no soy sauce and my chow main barely had any noodles. read more

Panda Express - That's how much Vegetables we're in the noodles. - Chinese Near Me - Temple, Texas

They have a whole menu of items but they are not being served. No chicken in the Mushroom Chicken, no beef in the Broccoli Beef. One poor cook in the kitchen who can't keep up with the demand. Waited 15 minutes with only a couple people in front of us, only to hear, "if you want that it will be 10 minutes." This location doesn't have its act together yet. read more

Ordered a pick up. And they got EVERY single item wrong. Entrees missing, food tasted dusty. I commend them on keeping the line moving fast in a time like this. But y'all sacrificed quality. read more

Awesome food. Awesome employees. Very clean. The portions are great. Price is reasonable. Never been to a restaurant that offers to let you sample the food before you buy, this keeps you from buying something you really don't want. Everyone got a 3 entree plate with something different so we could share and have a variety. Everything we got was great. My favorite was the Kung pao Chicken, superb!!! read more

I came during my lunch break today (12:00pm) and I understand there is probably a rush. I went through drive thru and tried to order teriyaki chicken and was told it would be a 20 minute wait. I said that's fine. And the lady told me to pull into the parking lot. I asked don't you want the rest of my order and for me to pay? She said no they will come to your car. Soooo how will you know what I want? Where I'm parked? I pull away and park and wait. Nobody comes, I go back through and say I'm just checking in on that teriyaki chicken she said oh yeah it's up, I then ordered and get my food. The chicken is so rubbery. No flavor in the rice. read more

I have been to several Panda Expresses in Texas and Alaska. This is the worst one I have gone to. They are extremely slow and I understand they are new, but I have been to grand openings before for Panda Express and this location needs to get their act together. After a long wait in line and waiting for my food, it was ridiculous! The portion size was so small! Every panda I have been to packs your side and meat choices into the container or piles it high on the plate. Do not go to this panda and expect them to give you a reasonable amount of your entrée because they won't! *also, I have been 3 times to this location and will not go back again. Do not waste your time and money! Make the drive to the Harker Heights location, it's worth it! read more