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    Panda Restaurant

    4.1 (14 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Garlic Beef and Plain Lo Mein
    Gabriela R.

    Coming from out of state, during a pandemic, and with nothing open for miles! This was the most delicious food I've had all week! 100% will be returning and bringing all my coworkers with me!

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    Laura M.

    Standard Americanized Chinese food done well. I've had their vegetable lo mein, fried dumplings, and crab rangoons--all were delicious. I liked that their dumpling wrapping was thinner, more like gyoza. Only been once but would definitely go back again.

    Black pieces of plastic from my soup.

    Panda Restaurant came highly recommended but was a major disappointment. The fried rice and egg roll were tasteless and the boneless spare ribs were tough and bland. The hot and sour soup was good but found two pieces of black plastic in my soup. The scallion pancake was soggy and the fried dumplings were also a disappointment

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    Great food and portions are huge. The service is quick and the owner is fantastic!! We don't go anywhere else.

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    The food was good. The prices were par for the area. Worth the 15 min drive. We will be back again.

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    7 years ago

    Best Chinese American we've found in the area. Staff was very friendly and good service. Try the hot and sour soup

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    7 years ago

    Great food! Fresh and yummy. Best Chinese food in Thomaston. Everything we ordered was packed with meat and veggies.

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    Great Wall Kitchen

    3.2
    (16 reviews)
    0.0 mi
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    Great Wall is the best Chinese restaurant in Thomaston. I have had meals from this place about a…read moredozen times and have not been disappointed. The Restaurant: Good location, close to the center of town and about 30 seconds from Rt. 8. Although the address is Electric Ave, it's right on East Main St. It's kind of sunk down on the street level. There is street parking in front and a lot in back. Nothing fancy inside, just a counter and a few small tables. It's really just a take-out/pick up set up, not designed for dining but you could eat there if needed. The place is clean but not polished. What I noticed most is the smell, or lack of smell really. Of course, it smells like cooking food. But it doesn't smell like grease or dingy or anything. I notice that greasy, dingy smell in many take-out places. This place just smells fresh, clean, and delicious. The Food: Very good. Not particularly unique or impressive, basically a straight-forward menu that you'd expect. The ingredients seem fresh. Dishes aren't overly greasy. And I've never had that "I think this was cooked earlier and heated for my order" feeling. Prices are very good (some things even seen too cheap). The 3 items I think make or break a Chinese restaurant are white rice, fried rice, and lo mein. All three are excellent here. I also think their soups are particularly good. Their boneless ribs are great, I get them in the Lunch Special. The Service: Very good. Counter service people and delivery people have always been very friendly and polite and seem genuinely thankful for your business. English is a little choppy, which is par for the course, but it's never interfered with order accuracy or anything. I didn't give it a 5 because I've been to better Chinese take-out places (not near Thomaston) and it also didn't have a "wow" factor that I think a 5 should have. But this place is great for what it is and I recommend it.

    First of all, delivery was 20 minutes late. I ordered the general Tso's combo platter; the chicken…read morewas so overcooked and hard. and the rice didn't have much flavor. My wife ordered moo shoo chicken and said she couldn't eat the pancakes because they were hard. I ordered many times before and they were usually good, I hope this isn't a preview of things to come.

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    Chef Jiang

    4.3
    (219 reviews)
    16.0 mi
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    Consistent, flavorful, and good portion sizes. Went for lunch and the service was pretty quick,…read morethough we went right at opening so they were still in the process of starting their day. Lunch specials are smaller portion, but good for the price (raised to $12.95 now since my last menu photo) We split a lot of dishes because we couldn't decide: Wonton soup appetizer {4.5/5}: Loved how delicate the wontons were and the clear broth was great for a cold day. Tad too salty though. Lunch special --Braised pork belly {3/5}: Very tender, but kind of monotone in flavor. Very filling! Lunch special --Hot and sour gizzards {4.5/5}: This might freak people out in terms of texture, but I LOVE this texture. Good chew and pops of heat from the peppers and acid from the pickled green beans Lunch special --Cumin dish lamb {3/5}: kind of chewy and not as much flavor as I wished, but not bad! Chicken wings {3/5}: Crunchyyyy. Battered wings, not as much flavor as their chongqing chicken which I prefer, but not bad

    Really good sichuan food, giant portions, authentic…read more Been meaning to swing by this place. Often cited as one of the best sichuan places around, had to make the trek to see. Outside is very much a busy shopping plaza in not the best part of town. Inside is a completely different story. Very clean and spacious, lots of booths and tables. Decorated well and a lot to see. The staff were friendly but there was a slight language barrier. We fumbled through the menu and found some bites to try. Food came out relatively quick, and that was a bit to manage because there were a lot of plates brought rather quickly. We got pics and dug in. The bites were flavored well. Nothing felt too greasy or under seasoned. The white pepper chicken was very crispy. But not a lot of chicken on each bite. The sweet and sour soup was both sweet and sour, but balanced enough that you could keep on eating it. The dumplings were fresh noodles and the filling was spiced well. The only flop was the spare ribs. Really tasty sauce, but very little meat on the bone. Had to suck on the bones to scrape enough meat off to make it a proper appetizer. It tasted good, just was not easy to eat. Price for the area was high for the neighborhood. It's got the quality and the flavor to command that price easily, but it doesn't match the stores. It's really good, but know that you're getting the real deal sichuan experience. Expect some heat, some saucy fingers, and some bones, and you'll get some really good bites

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    Highland Garden

    Highland Garden

    4.2
    (42 reviews)
    9.6 mi
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    There is almost nothing on this earth I enjoy more than Chinese food... As far as Americanized…read moretakeout Chinese goes, you will not find better than this place. Out of the dozens of places I've tried in the state, I think I would consider this place #1 for both taste AND quantity. Compared to the other places nearby this is an absolute hidden gem (part of me is hesitant to write this review because I don't want the word to get out to too many people!).. The staff is very nice, and the food is not too greasy as some other places are. But the biggest thing that sets this place apart from it's competition is the portion sizes!! Our "regular" is a quart of lo mein, an order of dumplings, and 2 combos (general tsos and beef and broccoli)--- this comes to like $35 and will feed my wife and I for like 3 meals; spending this amount at other places, you're lucky if you get any leftovers (and the food will be much worse elsewhere!)

    Stopped here a night when my usual dining spot was closed. I decided to purchase orange chicken…read morew/pork fried rice, crab ragoons, pan fried dumplings, and two shrimp eggrolls. The orange chicken was tasty, and the pork fried rice was good, tasted fresh. On the other hand, my three other options weren't the best. I had gotten the crab ragoons and they tasted horrid, you could taste the oil it was fried with, making me to believe they may be using the same oil to fry everything without proper oil changes. The pan fried dumplings tasted like it had been cooked all the way through, it didn't have a pleasant taste. The eggroll tasted dry and I couldn't even finish them. I'm not one to usually throw away food, but after eating have of the crab ragoons, and a poor attempt at trying to finish the dumplings, I had to throw them away. If I ever bought from here again, I'd only buy a Dinner Combo w/Pork Fried Rice. No way would I trust their appetizer/fried options again.

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