Panda Express

It isn’t «authentic» Chinese but it sure is amazingly delicious. They let you taste anything before buying so you don’t get stuck with something you don’t like. The portions are really fair for the price (asides from «premium options» like the honey shrimp)
The owners have been really responsive of complaints and stopped me once after I had a very unpleasant interaction with a lady behind the food counter. (She screamed at me for my order after I told her multiple times but she misunderstood) them taking the time really showed they have just hired a few bad eggs and do care about the experience and service.
Sadly after the unpleasant incident when I returned another female employee also yelled at every person getting food in a rushed fashion.
So if you don’t mind the crazy people (or if they hopefully find some new employees) you can have some delicious American/​Chinese fast!

Most unhappy employees ever. No staff and the ones they have are slow and goofing around with a huge line, obviously they don’t care about the customers and are in no particular rush to help them.

It’s okay if what you’re really looking for is some bad chinese.
I went there once around 11 or 11:30 am just after they had opened for lunch. Right in front of my eyes, they just took the tops off of all the same food that was there from the day before and went through stirring them one by one. Yikes.

Pretty decent for what you’d expect in a mall chinese joint. Nothing fancy, wouldnt go out of my way to eat here but id grab a quick lunch now and then.

It’s a Panda Express in a mall– which is better than a Panda Express in a gas station, but not as good as a Panda Express that has the balls to stand by itself in a parking lot.
Slightly crowded– trash needs emptied. Overall it earns a solid 3 stars.

I’m at the mall all the time since I work there. Panda Express has never let me down. The staff is super efficient, and super friendly. I usually order the string bean chicken, brown rice and veggie spring rolls. The chicken is tender with charred edges and the string beans are bright green and perfectly crisp-​tender, as are the onions. The rice is good, not glumpy and sticky. The veggie spring rolls are tasty too. This food is not overly salty or greasy. There’s two reasons I’m not giving 5 stars. First, the ginger sauce on the chicken isn’t really very gingery. I expected a little more pop of flavor, it’s really bland for what it’s supposed to be. Secondly, the vegetables inside the veggie spring rolls are a bit on the soft side. I think it comes down to preference. Some people will enjoy the crisp exterior with a tender filling. But for me I wanted the filling a little crispier, too. My food has always been piping hot and fresh. I can get a decent meal for a decent price.

I have gone to this place a few times as I work in the area. You go through a Buffet style line and you either get take out or eat-​in. I received take out on this visit. The waitress was kind. I was asked if I wanted to sample a few things and I did as they have new items on occasion. I tried the Cashew Shrimp and the Sirloin stir fry. I decided on the Fire Chicken and the Sirloin stir fry. I actually like the place. I am not real into the Fried rice as it is not too tasty. I also agree that it is Ameri-​Asian. I have been to Chinese places with better food. I do have to admit that I do have a taste for Panda Express sometimes. My opinion is that I do not think it is bad as people make it to be. If you want Real Chinese than go to authentic chinese, if you want something a little different, ie «PF Changish» than this place is not too bad.

Quick friendly service. Small in house portions for rice. Kung pap chicken tastes like jelly. Gross. Low quality food.

They always have fresh food and are very friendly. They also keep this place clean. I have been to way worse panda expresses before. Way better than people are puttin out to be. Of course it’s low quality Chinese why would you expect more?

Really not very good but I guess what was I expecting. I think. There are better eating options nearby

Confession: This was my actual first visit to a Panda Express. Any Panda Express. I have heard it joked of, usually as the worst possible comparison insult you could make to any other Chinese establishment. I agreed to visit mostly out of curiousity, I needed to know exactly how terrible it was that it is basically little more than a punch line.
Do not let anyone fool you. This is not Chinese food. This is not even Ameri-​Asian-​ish. This is strictly fake Ameri-​Asian-​ish. A pale imitation of an already pale imitation, if you will. It is to Chinese cuisine what Sbarro is to Italian. Food court food pretending to be ethnic-​ish. To compare to anything attempting real is a bit laughable.
This is mostly deep fried, sweet sauced fast food. More comparable to Mc Donalds McBites with the sweet chili sauce. Sauces also taste like doctoring up the plastic packets of duck sauce and mustard sauce with a little bit of the packet of soy. The more processed the better is kind of the theme. If you look at Panda Express as more of your alternative to Mickie D’s, well it is a bit more fair to both them and Chinese cuisine. Just my two cents.
My husband was excited as this is Ameri-​Asian the Nevada way, two or three mains with noodles, fried rice or veggies. We perused the choices like scientists in the lab. We decided to try to get completely different items just to never have to return. James had chow mein noodles, kung pao chicken, orange chicken and samarai surf and turf (for an upcharge) and added a side of crab rangoon. It sounds ginormous and calorically it was but the portions are not really huge. I opted for some dragonfire chicken, honey walnut shrimp (upcharged) and beijing beef with the fried rice and a veggie springroll add on.
It was ummmm not as horrible as I expected but not what I would exactly want to eat either. My choices were better than James’ as a whole. The chicken bits were overfried. The sauces ran far too sweet (except that honey walnut worked for me for some unknown reason). Everything was lukewarm and chewy from sitting under warmers. His noodles were disgusting. It was edible, quick and it did not make us sick or anything. It reminded me of an über cheap Ameri-​Chinese buffet, not the slightly *classed up* ones with guys making sushi as you watch.
I have actually had worse psuedo Ameri-​Asian cuisine and paid much more for it. Meh. I am not going to repeat the experiment but I can’t say it’s the worst thing ever either. Good to know.

It’s possible my tastes have changed, but I used to really like Panda Express. I was excited to see one move into Briarwood. Then I tried it. And hated it. Twice.
I tried the sweet and sour chicken and the orange chicken. Both were so tough and gummy I threw it away. I tried them again another day and it was the same story.
Needless to say, I don’t plan on going back any time soon.