Panda Express

First of all let me say I love Panda Express, I always will. But what occurred to me is an atrocity. All I wanted was a solid lunch, so I ordered the norm, fried rice with orange chicken and sweet fire chicken. I was heading to the cashier to finish my payment when she asked me if I would like to donate money to a charitable cause. I normally would except, heck I would donate my life savings to help kids if I could. This time though, I had limited money on my debit card and a really empty stomach. So I declined, I checked out and went on my marry way. After eating, I was expecting to top things of with a fortune cookie, but I didn’t have one??? After pondering about my cookie I asked the other members of my dinner party if the had cookies. 2 of them said no, 1 said yes. We were trying to figure out why this happened. It turns out the one who got a cookie DONATED to the charity and us three didn’t so we did NOT receive cookies! What a disappointment. Fortune cookies are the wheels to the train of Chinese food… I WILL BE BACK. But I expect a fortune cookie every time I dine.

Updated to 3 star now. It’s getting better

You know your husband won’t spend money in a hooker if he shares a fountain drink with you at Panda Express.

My family loves this place and I have really come around. The teriyaki chicken is a favorite as well as the potstickers. My kids love the orange chicken.

Good for a quick meal.

Typical Panda Express restaurant. The choices are all there and the dishes are pretty fresh for the most part, event during the non peak hours, they will still cook new dishes when the old ones are running low/​been sitting there for a while.
Seems like you get more food on the premium entrees (shrimp) than you do out on the east coast. That or I got lucky a few times getting more pieces of shrimp in the Peppercorn shrimp entrée.

I’ve come here a few times with my teenagers. It’s OK, but I would never choose it on my own. A couple of weeks ago, I came with my son and I ordered the steamed vegetables and white rice with my entrees. The veggies were not very good. The entrees were your typical buffet-​type chinese. I also ordered the spring rolls. Yuck. Not what I expected. If you want fast chinese, I guess it would work. I will probably just pass next time and get it to go for my kids.

This is my first 5 star review for a chain… yes, that’s right. Indeed, I rarely review chains at all. Why the exception here then? Well, I’ll tell you:
When it comes to chains, Panda Express is pretty top notch. They offer fresh, flavorful food with a variety of healthyish/​lo-​cal options (Orange Chicken I am NOT looking at you, but I love you). The price is decent for the most part, and you are served very quickly.
I wanted to single this restaurant out in particular because of the cleanliness and the apparent attention to detail of the employees. I actually believe all the Panda Express restaurants I’ve been to have been clean, and I have a feeling the care is there in all of them. Here though, I saw it with my own eyes.
First, as I said, the place was very clean. Second, the service was friendly. Third, the food was good, as usual. And Finally, when we were about to leave I saw an employee get out the thermometer to be sure their food was being held at the proper temperature. This single act is what prompted me to write this review. I was happy to see it. For that, I applaud them. Sure, it is something that should be done regularly everywhere just to be sure of compliance with health dept. regs, but you and I both know that oftentimes this and other things are often overlooked.
So again, I salute you PE 1489, and, I feel safe to say, my hat’s off to the entire Panda Express organization. These type of accolades rarely come from me — especially when it comes to chain restaurants, but there you have it.

I’m not sure their advertising is accurate since they DO NOT actually have panda on the menu, but the «express» part seems to be relatively true.
At this particular location, it’s been hit or miss for me. Sometimes I’m in and out with what I want, hot and fresh! Other times, I go in and all they have is a pan of fried rice and a few shriveled steamed veggies. I’m a steamed veggies fan, so I always like to walk in and see that pan full, and glistening with oily goodness.
It’s a dollar extra, but the Honey Walnut Shrimp will make you poop your mom’s pants it’s so good! Not yours! Your mom’s! Yeah!
Anyhooooo… If you catch this location on a good day, when the team that cares is working (I think Thursday and Saturday), ENJOY!