Panda Express

1656 Garnet Ave, San Diego
(858) 270-0008

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Laura V

One of not many choices left of affordable and delicious takeout that everyone likes.

Wheelchair accessibility: There is a ramp

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: The Original Orange Chicken, Mushroom Chicken, Party Size Side, Honey Sesame Chicken Breast, Family Feast - 4 Half Sides, Angus Pepper Steak, Honey Walnut Shrimp, Black Pepper Chicken

Shadeed Williford

Portion sizes have gone down recently unfortunately. 3 pieces of orange chicken is now an entree. Not worth the price at this point.

Nick Hess

Thank you Amanda and John. The world isn’t as cold as the city hustles. Come to Pismo.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cho Yorba

Came in for lunch, place is clean, serving lady was nice and welcoming, cashier was ringing up an elderly gentleman in front of me and he was so patient with him 😊 The food was good, the veggies cooked right 👍🏼

Denise Ruiz

The food was pretty good but the guy that helped me seemed mysoginistic or intimidated. He didn’t seem to know his menu very well and seemed upset when i corrected him. Back of house is pretty kind.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

chubrik zhopa

Very poor service

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kelsi V.

I've been to a lot of Panda expresses with no issue, this place was rough. Only a handful of people there, they were out of a lot of the options. I ordered the honey sesame chicken, they said it would be ready in 7 minutes. Employee then filled my container with chow mein and put it to the side. 30 minutes later, we were still waiting. We checked in, they said they had forgotten. A big group that came in after us only ordered broccoli beef and orange chicken, so they just kept making those two things and had forgotten about us. We were standing near the cash register the whole time.
After 45 minutes, honey sesame chicken was ready and he just added it to the chow mein container that has been sitting to the side for 45 minutes. It was cold.
Really strange experience, pretty bad service.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Noah Smollen

The recent negative reviews of the Panda are so strangely specific and bizarre as if they have a grudge against the place. Staff was friendly, store was clean and my plate was filled up and fresh. Pretty much all you could ask for

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Orange Chicken

Caius Skeikx

really need to work on their customer service.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Nolan

This Panda Express (PE, henceforth) somehow has the worst vegetable to noodle ratio for their chow mein that I have ever experienced. I have eaten in easily a dozen different PE's over my life while being only mildly ashamed to call myself a regular in a few --And I have never received such cabbage inundated noodles on the regular as I have had the misfortune to here. I'm not sure if the store wants to be more health conscious due to location (rip the Sports Arena location), they continuously accidentally order too much cabbage each time, or its actually the normal amount proscribed to them (but every other store recognizes the absurdity and refuses), but it's too much. I estimate my chow mein over the last 4 visits have been at least 1/2 and 1/2 cabbage to noodles by volume, possibly even by mass. I have taken desperate measures to still enjoy my Hot Orange Chicken as unadulterated as possible --making the painful chose of splitting my side with the bland fried rice. I beg this store to reevaluate their choices for this menu option and restore balance to the sides.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chow Mein, Orange Chicken, Beijing Beef

Jack Flack

Plan ahead to double check everything. I know they are putting the food in the clamshell right in front of you, but sometimes they write it down on the clamshell, then pass it down the line. If you order more than one clamshell, you can't follow both as the next step in the process is a different person and they walk around each other to get to appetizers. Then you may get charged for what is written and it will be empty inside. Totally my fault for not checking before leaving the store. After all it is Panda, they can't be expected with 20 people in line to follow each customer, so they have to work in an assembly line. One person on rice and writing the order on the side of the clamshell. One person on entrees. Wait! Stop, we need to fill the broccoli beef! One person on appetizers. Would you like an appetizer? Would you like a drink? Are you a part of the rewards app? Would you like to round up for children's research? One person as the cashier. Can I get you some sauces? Lets start with what I paid for, then go from there.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Jenn Driscoll

The staff was extremely friendly and efficient!! The food was also delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katie Johnson

Carter C was my person today & she was extra nice & helpful. I love the convince of being next door to Trader Joe's too!!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Honey Sesame Chicken Breast

Railfan BNSF

OLD WOMEN,Bad service, never come back ?They are so stingy, as if I didn't spend any money, this is the dish they gave me, is this half a portion??? Did you spend money on this dish? Will you die if I give you one more bean???

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Ralphel Adams

The food at Panda Express was delicious and the customer service from the employees was excellent , my wife and I love to stop by Panda Express in Pacific Beach because the wait time is not long.. as soon as we walk in , we're walking out with our

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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