Panda Express in St. Louis

“First visit here in quite some time. It’s 8:00 Friday night. I had a dine in experience. Many of the food items looked tired and not abundant. Same story as most places. Not enough staff. Only me counter person. Two people preparing food. One person cleaning.If you have a pickup order you are low priority. They stand and wait while walk ins are handled first.My food was below average. I only came here as my first choice restaurant’s dining room is closed.“

“This place is normally good for lunch. Dinner is a little less fresh but still good enough. I have seen them do "cash only" twice so far and the 2nd time they needed exact cash or they couldnt sell me food. Other than that, its a decent panda express.“

“Hear me out. I reserve 1 and 5 star ratings, for the extreme, the unusual, or superior. This was not exactly that however it was close in a sense that most experiences at any fast or casual fast dining from a chain restaurant is typically a bad or extremely mediocre in the city. I came here twice within 7 days and was impressed. Both visits were on a Saturday evening so maybe the better crew. Anyway my food was fresh, tatsed fire, and service was good. The one time I went in to grab my online order the staff was friendly and the next I went to the drive through and checkout was cool. Its easy to review when you're mad which the reviews seem to reflect that. Finally, to get good service and food from a city chain restaurant, drove me to review.

My food last night was on point. Is this the healthiest you could eat? Of course not. But their options are better than fast food. The greens pair well with the all the proteins. They have several lower calorie not fried protein options. Even though the lo mein is fried it says theyre wheat noodles, not white though (doesnt specifically 100% whole wheat). I need to look up what oils they use, probably not good though. I wish they had a non fried appetizer on the menu, they dont. Also I love that the menu is super flexible.

I can only account for Saturday nights service and food but my food was fresh and on point both visits. Whoop whoop!!!!!!“

“Biggest issue with this location is keeping enough staff on site to keep the line moving quickly. It may just be my opinion but they seem to have a really high turnover rate. Just as soon as their staff get it down and are able to I mean really make the line move that's when they're gone. I have seen some incredible young people working there that knew their job inside and out and it didn't matter what we threw at them they were able to handle it but then I think they got burned out and they left. The only other thing is the wildest Place generally I don't have any trouble with the employees having their masks and every once in a while they start to let it slip and their masks are down past their nose meaning they're not really doing anything there's really no point of having a mask if it's not actually being used“