Can I give them no stars? Disappointed!! This was my first time at the Watsonville Panda. First of all, the line was long and service was super slow. Second, there was nothing to choose from, besides the chow mein and rice. I'm vegetarian, so my choices are limited. I asked for the tofu eggplant and they were out. So I'm thinking string bean chicken and scoop the chicken out, they were out. What pissed me off even more is that the Asian ladies kept sayin it will be ready in 5 minutes. NOT!!! They were just saying that, but the food was not even cooking yet. They would run back and start throwing in food in containers, so the cook can start. It was going to take more than 5 minutes. I decided on some shrimp and I only get 3 shrimps, two pieces of broccoli and about half a scoop of rice. I was also charged an extra 1.25 for the three pieces of nasty shrimp. Disgusting, Extra small portions and I'm pissed! Will never return to this place again! read more

I thought I would give this place one more chance since its been a year maybe they cleaned up their employee act. As others stated before me the employee's are awefull! Attitude or totally lost at what working at a job means like saying hello or paying attention to the most basic and I mean basic of details in taking order. These employees cared more about horsing around and bs with their fellow employees instead of me having to repeat 3 time and I mean 3 times my order which when I got to the counter to pay was still INCORRECT! Geezus. how hard is it. Then to have the girl at the register constantly speakeeey ownndly deee spanish to meee.. Sorry Me do not ABLO! I speak AMERICAN ENGLISH in my country which last I recall is the good ole of USA! were the english language is spoken. This place should be bulldozed right of the cliff into the slough that it sits on. read more

I was here on Sunday April 22 and the service was pretty good but the food tasted difference from other panda express I think it wasn't cook right read more

HORRIBLE SERVICE! The people who work there are very rude & they don't even serve you a good amount of food! The food isn't even well cooked HORRIBLE read more

Panda express is not so express after all, waited 45 min for two plates. That's what i get for not ordering from golden china. The majority of items were empty and the cooks just standing around instead of taking the initiative and start cooking items that were out. One employee came and gave the order to cook an item which they had plenty of. My chow mein was in a plate for 20 min then was told the items i ordered would be ready in 3-4 min, 18 min later and a few other items cooked in front of what i had ordered i finally get my plates. Panda is a good affordable eat but not at nearly an hour of my time. I get it there's online ordering but even then they had them waiting as well. They need better leadership at this location as well as more self driven employees. Its mainly young employees here but that's no excuse, if u take a job and are getting paid for it then live up to you're side of the bargain and give an effort. Customers should not be waiting so long for something so basic as employees communicating and keeping the kitchen running as smooth as possible. read more

Always have to wait, however, they have great service. They try to help you as fast as they can. Because there is always a long line, I started ordering online. The times I've had to wait in line, Mayra has been on top of it. I can tell she has tried her best to condense the line by getting the orders quickly and ringing them up. Almost every employee there is great. I work at a retail myself and I understand how hard it can be trying to get through every customer. read more

It's panda express so the food is...panda express. The inky thing that usually sets these restaurants apart is the service, and this one fails. Rude about any type of request and if you enjoy watching people behind you get served first due to how they run this place, have fun. read more

The customer service sucks. The girl who takes orders is very rude and always treats me as if I know her from somewhere and I've done something to offend her in layman's terms she has poor customer service skills. read more

I'm very sad to say that this is getting a one star. Today me and my friend had decided to order some food, and it took AT LEAST and hour and a half! We ordered at 6:30 and then we left at 8 to go talk to them. My friend had went ahead to the front of the line and had told them what had happened, and they said to go back in line. I'm sad that they didn't listen because isn't that what all employees are supposed to do? And for me, the sad thing is that I love panda as well. I'm sad to say that I will never eat here again. read more

The food is usually good but the staff is unorganized my food was ready to go but instead of ringing me up at the register the employees kept walking around I stood waiting for my food for at least 10 min before actually getting charged. read more

Out of steamed rice? Seriously. This is Panda Express right? Stopped here for dinner on a road trip and this place is a joke that's not really funny. Out of all the major staples. read more

So I read a few reviews about inattentive staff. We ordered a catering order for a company event. While the wait was longer than I'd hoped, one of the people working here- seemed like a manager- checked in on me a number of times and even brought me two egg rolls and a soda on the house. I also noticed that the line was moving pretty quickly. Another thing I read in the reviews (while I was waiting) was small portion sizes So I wanted to see if that was true. It looked like the portion sizes were actually pretty decent. So,relative to previous reviews, I'm giving a pretty high review bc if the other ones are true then there has been definite improvement. There's still room to grow, but I can respect a company that strives for continuous improvement. read more

They don't all the selections... They trash Panda's name... The employee with the name Lorena gave me attitude!

By far the worst Panda Express I've ever eaten. I've only been to a few but the food was pretty close to the same across the board, which is he the entire point. Until this one. Nothing tastes right and wasn't worth the money. I couldn't even finish it, that's how bad it tasted. The orange chicken was mushy and didn't taste like the sauce it should, we all know the distinct taste of the orange chicken glaze. Instead it tasted like nothing except spicy mushy chicken. Way too spicy and not enough of the other flavored. The chow mein noodles had zero taste and were basically ramen noodles but without the flavor packet. They were gross and awful. How someone can make such bad noodles without trying is beyond me. The walnut shrimp was the closest in taste to how it should be, but even that wasn't quite sweet enough. It also didn't have enough of the sauce that they cook it in - that sweet white one that should cover it. The outsides weren't crispy like they should be either. I've been eating panda for years now (the kid loves it so we end up there all the time), I know what the food should taste like. This isn't even close to that. Take the extra few mins and drive to the one on 41st, at least it tastes like it should. read more

I ordered online to beat the lines and when I got to the restaurant they didn't have my food ready and they barely started working on it once I got there and its not the first time I've ordered online once before and it was the same thing. Your there waiting 15-20min just to get your food. You might as well go inside and get your food the line moves faster than you waiting there. And the staff is rude read more

lack of customer service and i asked an employee that i didnt want an item on my plate and they still added it, when i asked her twice she threw a fit, i like the food but just their service is horrible. disapointed! read more

I see why this place has bad reviews I don't know why the few times I've been here there has been long lines and wait times. Food is disgusting not properly cooked and I have gotten really sick after eating this nasty as food haven't been here for and while nor plan too. read more

Great food. Horrible service. Two employees at lunch time with a line out the door? Poor management if you ask me.

They need to hire more efficient staff. The line is always out the door and the place is empty in the dinning area. The employees at the bar take forever to fulfill orders, a lot of times they just socializing and they don't acknowledge the line. There is enough people working but they don't know how to organize themselves, maybe a manager on duty so it can help. I have being at other Panda Express and they all a lot better when it comes to helping customer get their order. Unfortunately my son likes this food otherwise I will not be stoping anymore. read more

This place suck in customer service, the manager was talking and showing txt to employees during a big dinner rush. They where out of alto of items , the line was out type door. I waited 20mins before I got served, then they didn't have the chicken I wanted so I opted to wait 12 mins for my chicken. When the chicken was done the employee gave the chicken to the customers that were in back of me then told me he had no more left he was sorry and i can wait 12 more mins for it. I was pissed , I just grabbed what was available and left with no intentions on returning to this location ever , I never have good experiences here now when I want panda ill drive to Salinas or gilroy instead of down the street. read more

Super long wait. Then when we got home we noticed real quick the Orange chicken was oddly dark. They used the wrong recipe and it was a teriyaki faint orange mixture. Somebody should train the cook. read more

Good tasted just fine. It took 15+ min just for a kids meal order. They need to learn how to organized themselves!!

it's good ivan is the best worker, he's really nice and worked fast on my food! , he was really helpful when i needed help on something' read more

I waited a really long line for nothing .Food not cooked properly and outdated Decor, Service needs improvement . Ended up throwing half the plate . Workers not at the fully potential making those lines bigger. Just not a good experience, panda isn't like it used to be read more

I believe this location is under new ownership, and they should rearrange a lot of things. First thing is first they don't wear any hairnets at all. The handlers( servers ) , even the cooks, wear no hairnets! How gross, and to top it off the owners where there at the time and said nothing about hairnets. Second the employees give out minimal food servings because they don't want to keep cooking more all day.( even though that's their job ) lastly the most disgusting thing ever is I found a hair on one of the shrimps. This location needs to be checked by a safety inspector ASAP!!! read more

Disappointed with the up-selling forced on the employees. I ordered their bill board "bigger plate" and ended up with two additional charges. Complained to Manager and no viable answer given to me other than to go back in line and re-order. By that time line was out the door. read more

There was a bug in my food the size of my finger nail! When I complained to the manager she didn't care. She offered me a new plate of food. I said that I wanted my money back. She said that she could only refund me if I had my receipt which I had thrown away. She looked in trash and couldn't find it. So I had to go in the trash and find it. Then she tried to only refund me for the food and not the drink! After arguing with her she finally gave me all my money back. And she didn't even switch out the chicken. Horrible customer service! I will NEVER eat there again in my life. read more

ZERO service ever and the place is very dirty...I not eaten nothing because the plate was sticky and the tray too...never go back.

No my first time in the place always dirty dinning area empty food tray always have to wait for something to be prepared very slow service.

THIS IS THE WRONG ADDRESS. Get your shit together Yelp, this happens far too many times when I'm using your app to navigate.

I don't understand why everyone complains about this location me and my family love going the staff is always so nice and fast you can really tell they care about the guest they always work so hard to get the line done. It's a lot of guest to take care of all at once when there's only like 3 employees serving but they sure can do it!! read more

I'm delighted they get almost ZERO in positive feedback. Personally I love their food, but i'm now gluten intolerant and they have no interest whatsover in providing even one gluten free dish.. I'm hoping they either see the light and provide a gluten free dish or leave Watsonville. read more

Are you kidding me! I just went in here and half of the food was either empty or almost empty and looked all dried up! I really can't believe this place is still in business with all the other horrible reviews they have gotten, I asked if they were making any fresh items and the girl said "no this is it for the night"!!! It's 8:45!! You close at 10 pm! How the hell is anyone supposed to eat if you have barely anything to sell 1 and a quarter hours before you close! How unprofessional and rediculous is this! Your a chain not a small mom and pop restaurant! And the girl behind the counter could care less it was almost like she liked saying that "that was all they had" basically to bad for you the paying customer. I've been here plenty of other times and I agree with other Yelpers that they do give the smallest portions then any other Panda Express and the cleanliness is totally not there! I have actually went and told one of the workers that every table in the place was dirty with food and stickiness and the floors had food all over them, he looked at me like I was crazy and never sent anyone out to clean! Yuk . Tonight was the last straw for me! I will never go back to this location! EVER. Santa Cruz and Seaside are much better. I hope Corporate reads these reviews and does something about it! read more

Again. I can't believe I'm reviewing this place again. There is a bit of a long sigh just typing right now. I guess I'll start with what happened this time. Well I went with my daughter and her girlfriend to Panda Express; even though I told them I really didn't want to go after my experience last time. Still she dragged me with because of her passionate love for the orange chicken. While we were eating there I noticed the same lack of hygiene as before. Employees were rude to costumers even after they had purchased their food. But then this happened. An employee my daughter not to kiss her girlfriend because it made people uncomfortable. Seriously that guy. What a backwards ass ignorant jerk. Seriously the last time I was there I saw an employee watch beast porn. Seriously this place. And it gets worse I had another employee look at me like I was going to cause trouble. She gave me a stink eye. I didn't understand why until I heard her whisper nigger to another employee before looking back at me. If I wanted backwards ass behavior like this I would move into the White House with trump. read more

well one good thing about this restaurants is that they are consitant. Consitanly rood, dismissive, and disappointing. This panda express is by far the worst one I have ever been to. the employees are rood and unfortunately practice reverse discrimination. They also run out of food consitantly. On this visit we walked in the door at 9:30pm the line was all the way to the door. at 9:30 the employees were already picking up and cleaning the restaurant no more food was being cooked and its customers were being served the line stayed consistently long on the way to the door. instead of making food they reminded everybody that this is all that was left even though 30 minutes till remain before the doors were to be closed. my family and I will never ever visit this Panda Express by far one of the worst restaurants in Watsonville. and if other people choose to be treated badly and you eat bad food that is not cooked properly then this is the right place for them read more

Slow slow slow. Apathetic workers have one speed. SLOW. Big line? Who cares. Entrees empty? Yawn. Today was the last try. 1 guy at the wok 5 choices empty yet wok guy only starts when he is told. After waiting forever handed a bag with not one word of apology read more

My boyfriend picked up dinner for us late afternoon on 4/27/17. When I got home I had one of the vegetable egg rollups. We've been getting takeout from them for a while about once a month and never experienced any problems. But about an hour or so after eating the egg roll, I got quite ill, throwing up, diahrrea, etc. My boyfriend had eaten his and part of his dinner but didn't get sick until around 2am. This was definately food poisoning and I'm still feeling the affects the day after, nausea, throwing up.....his has seem to have subsided......I wonder if anyone else experienced this because there was a long line last night for dinner orders. read more

Slow service, out of too many options, long lines, walnut shrimp is too "mushy" not crispy, crispy shrimp tastes like its been sitting there all day, employees need to work as if manager was around, and they skimp you out on food. Very small portions of food. Overall employees need to be better organized. read more

So my family and I go to panda express some what often. I'm highly disappointed in the service I received tonight !!!! I when online to there website to see if they were open still because I wasn't sure being a holiday weekend . The man that answered the phone confirmed that they were open until 10pm!!! So I then decided to drive down there and pick up a late dinner. I got there at 9:20pm sharp!!!! Everything looked already cleaned up and washed like they were almost closed for the night!! They had about four tiny sides of food available only and very minimal!! If your place of business says your open until a certain time and someone has called to make sure that your open and shows up 40minutes before close as well and you tell them you are open!!! You should have quite a few more things available to the customer !!!! I will not be coming here in the future !! This has also happened 2 other times ! read more

This place is super stingy. I ordered a large chow mein and they have only gave me a little bit more than half. They also have me less rice and orange chicken compared to other locations. Lastly, they didn't give me any fortune cookie. Avoid this location if possible. read more