Before the pandemic we used to get some really good food here. This place was never lacking for business. The food was good and they had a nice variety for the buffet. I used to call and ask when they would have dine-in open again and was always told they can't get help to work but I'm not sure I believe that anymore. I think it's easier for them to do take-out and they don't have any intention of opening dine-in again. We prefer the dine-in because you can't everything offered for take-out. C'mon, Panda Buffet.....we, your customers, want you to bring back dine-in again!! read more

Went to Hershey Park all day and found this on google and the only bad reviews are for dumb reasons (grow up Karen). Food 10/10, quality 10/10, freshness 10/10, lady that helped us order 10/10. Will come back anytime we are in Town! Def trust me when I say worth the extra miles to pass other Chinese shops to get to this one! Go Bills read more

Panda Buffet - Chinese Near Me - Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Absolutely Delicious Fresh Hot Food Every Time! Best Chinese In The Area! Hoping For The Day They Reopen The Buffet!!! DEFINITELY Recommend! read more

They are no longer a buffet. They only allow take out. I was a regular customer when it was buffet. Thw food is great. The employees are friendly. Open the restaurant back up, please. read more

My favorite Chinese restaurant in Central PA. Made with love, fresh ingredients and served with a smile. We have been following this family and dining with them for over 20 years. Everything is made from scratch and to order so allow a little extra time. I guarantee it is worth it! The wonton soup will cure whatever ails you! Be sure to order extra food to go. Take out and next day or for snacks...their food is the best! read more

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We were visiting from NJ and wasn't expecting to get great Chinese foods. We had jumbo shrimp with rice it's so delicious!! It's took a while to make it but taste great no complain. Take out only right now no buffet read more

My first visit to Panda Buffet. As some others have said, it is no longer a buffet and it take out only. No indoor seating. But if you don't mind calling in an order and waiting a bit, you won't be disappointed. The food was excellent. The spring rolls- Oh!!! I could make a meal of them. The entrees we got were both exceptional. The young lady at the front counter was running herself ragged, but was very pleasant and professional. Things get backed up in their small waiting area, if someone comes in and orders at the counter. So if you want things to go more quickly, call your order in. The prices are very reasonable too! read more

Friendly staff and amazing food. All the food is made from scratch and fresh to order. Meals are pick up only for now as they are short staffed. Excellent Chinese food. read more

Pre-Covid, this was a place that had wonderful food in a buffet format. Lunch could be purchased for an excellent price. Post-Covid, food can only be bought on a take-out basis, and so you lose the pleasure of being able to enjoy a variety of foods. I can't speak to the quality of the food since re-opening, since I'm not interested in take-out. read more

Panda buffet has the best food around! We tried several dishes. Beef and broccoli, sweet and sour chicken, chicken skewers, chicken fried rice, crab Rangoon, and egg rolls. The portions were hefty and each dish was delicious and clearly prepared using very fresh ingredients. We will definitely be back to support this quality business! read more

Of all the Chinese restaurants in E-town this is by far the best place to go. There tends to be a longer wait (especially on Friday and Saturday) but it is worth the wait!!!! Never had a bad meal here and it's always fresh. read more

We always order here and we pay cash and they give you a discount. We always get 6 combo platters and they usually remember the 6 we order. Food is always good. Never had an issue and like a 30min wait which is not bad. We love this place and yall need to try it. Best place in Elizabethtown pa. read more

The lady was so rude to my pregnant wife when she was there a whole hour early to get us takeout. She was screaming on the phone, and basically threw the food at her and said "see ya". I dont reccomend going here for anything. The place seems disgusting anyways. Good luck if you do! read more

Tony the tiger says It's grrrrrrrrrrrrross! Went in for a simple dish. Came out bland and undercooked. The buffet smelled awful. Hurry up and go out of business. read more

Best Chinese buffet I ever had, great food, comes out fresh every like ten minutes. Great service, and great price. The only bad thing is they close too early. read more

I ordered here recently and the entire event read like a Saturday Night Live skit. The fact that I was mildly entertained, will keep me coming back, on a rare to, need basis. I call close to open and no answer. Call back at 11:30 and was met with "can you hold" into the waiting music for a few minutes. I'm calm. The counter lady picks up "can I help you?" Yes I'd like a takeout order. I'll take a large pepper/// "Can you hold"...music..she put me on hold for a second time within one call ...fuming, patiently waiting..she picks back up , okay. I proceed to give the order, and she chimes in yet again "can you hold?" Which I countered with "GIRL C'MOM!!" Which she reacted "I'm sorry, I'm sorry , you first!" Then damn put me on hold again! Lmao .it was too much. She of course had to ask on the phone if I will be paying with cash, because "it will be easier"...yeah it will be easier for you at the end of year when tax time rolls around.. Within one call I was put on hold three times, so she could take others. I arrived and waiting outside because the pandemic waiting area is now a 6 foot square box. My order wasn't ready, had to go out to my car and wait till they rung me. The whole fiasco to get basic Chinese take out was 1 hour. Sadly the food was average at best. Thier crab rangoons were a hit. As were the fried dumplings. Appetizers are king here...Entrees need some work. No vegetables in the veg lomein, dry general tsuo, Not bad, not good. Averge at best. I wish them luck, they have to figure out the ordening phone situation.. , read more

BEWARE Nasty lady at the front counter now. We always buy good here but NEVER had such Rude ness. We ordered take out and told 45 min So when we came after 1 hr, they never made it due to women taking order. What's her problem with writing a phone number down? We end up walking out since this lady put her hand up as to push us Saying "go out" So we left no food tonight. And will never return, wonder how they stay in business. Go down the street . read more

When I first walked up to the buffet steam table, I was a little discouraged by number of the selections. It's a small buffet. Although, the small size makes it easier for the staff to keep it well stocked.. The food was hot and fresh. Everything tasted great. I did notice a sign indicating a $15 minimum for use of a credit card. I am reasonably certain this violates their agreement with Visa. I was lucky that I had some cash. read more

This is definitely not the best Chinese place. White rice was hard and dried up, shrimp were dried up, most of the food was okay but just okay. Not a large selection of desserts either. Pretty much a hole in the wall place with one buffet. Not bad for a take out, I guess, as you can fill a to-go container from the buffet. read more

Hands down best Chinese food around. Can be busy at times but food is always worth the wait if it doesn't come out right away. Family ran business which is always a great thing to support. Also best soups around. The sub gum one is a definite buy when you have a cold. Better then chicken soup. Also the best egg foo young and gravy. read more

Annie and the gang at Panda Buffet are terrific! Great food, good prices and with the whole COVID mess when you call in they offer a nice service, calling you 10 minutes before your food is ready so you can take it home hot and fresh! They are even up front and ask you to pay with cash because their card machine charges them a fee! This way they can keep their costs down and not raise the price of their great food!! Have been going their for 20 years now and will keep on going for years to come. Everyone come on out and show your support for a local business! Their food is fresh and very tasty and great portions to boot!! read more

the only place we go......order ahead and youre good to go.tons of food and the price is right.we love it

I have favorites here. Although some chicken pieces are more cornstarch than chicken, it's not unlike most Chinese places. Pepper chicken is lightly breaded and well made. The restaurant does well in inspections listed in the newspapers also. I simply tried all the choices & now pick what I like. Service is good & price is a plus. read more

I'm a fan. Annie & Vivian who have served me are prompt & friendly. Nick and Nicole the kids are always helping out and friendly too. Get to know them and realize this is one of the hardest working families in E-Town. I don't know how they have the strength to work as hard as they do. Food and selection can't be beat for the price. They should really charge more for the extent of what they offer. read more

We never seem to get the right food here we boycott of them for a pretty much a year. Some things have not changed tonight we ordered two entrees with white rice and fried rice didn't get the fried rice I come back and they're like did you bring the white rice back I said no cuz we ordered two entrees that come with white rice and then the lady proceeded to get into an argument in front of other customers about how they're not wrong even though they didn't put the right order in these people never take responsibility when they screw something up it's always the customer's fault I will never ever ever eat here again read more

Elizabethtown is a little out of the way, but this place is good. Service and food are very good. Lunch buffet is a good deal. Limited selection, but they have a lot of good choices. read more

Been there twice for takeout and each time I look for cameras because I think I'm being 'punked'. Staff is arguing with each other, lady at front counter extremely rude - especially when she asked why I don't have cash! read more

Bad, stale food on buffet and very rude service ... $10 minimum for credit card posted on a small sign behind the checkout not on door or buffet. read more

For the price you can't go wrong. Food is decent, just need ice cream added to buffet to complete the meal.

Hands down, the BEST Chinese buffet in Central PA!! And I've been to them all. I stopped on a Saturday afternoon because I was in E-Town for a Craigslist purchase. I didn't realize it was almost the end of lunch service, but they treated me like royalty. The waitress kept asking if there was anything I wanted more of because some of the dishes were almost empty on the buffet and asking of everything was warm enough, which it was. I had probably 10 or 12 different items and everything was fantastic. General Tso's was crunchy and flavorful, the boneless pork was moist and tender, crab rangoons were the best I've ever had. I didn't have anything stale or dried out from sitting, despite the time of day (2:20pm) I only wish I lived closer so I could frequent this place. And the price is really reasonable, too. A lot of the buffets in the Hbg. area are more pricy and the food is bland and all tastes the same at them. As far as the guy complaining about 10 minimum on credit cards, the place I work (auto repair shop) has a $50 min. Thank the greedy banks and their "swipe" fees, not the small business owners who have to eat the cost or pass it on. Think about it, if you buy a couple of egg rolls and soup and spend $3.75 and they have to pay a $1.00 swipe fee, they just gave a big chunk of their profit to the bank. read more

I used to come here a lot. They don't have bad food and the place looks alright. I wouldn't say the food is amazing or that you probably couldn't make it better at home. I also can't say that if you're willing to keep driving for another 20 minutes that you wouldn't happen upon a Chinese restaurant that's twice as good. But I can say that I've been going less and less because of the one waitress there (which I always seem to get) out of the two that I've seen working there. The older one is very polite and welcoming, but the younger woman who works out in the front is one of the rudest servers I've ever had. I don't want to sound like I'm nitpicking or like I had one bad experience with her and then came here. This is repeated and hasn't improved over the past year. For some reason she will bring the check over and throw it down on the table while I and others with me are still in the middle of eating. Add that to never being able to make eye contact with her because hers are always rolling to the back of her head. Honestly, at this point, it just seems like she's going out of her way to make the establishment do poorly. I've seen her treat other customers the same way, so it's not as if she has a personal agenda against me. If I was running this business, I would strongly consider getting a replacement for her because no customer wants to be treated like that and then be asked to pay for it. read more

Decent food. Reasonable price. Friendly staff and service. Although, I hardly ever eat in, I usually pick it up.

Food is good. Staff is friendly. One of the smaller places we have been to but we keep going back because we have not been disappointed.

I go there for the buffet when I don't feel like cooking. I am new to the area and have been to Panda Buffet 4 times, and each time has the same results: fresh, good tasting food, excellent service, and terrific price. The buffet is not the largest I've ever been to, but there are plenty of choices for me. I took a friend one time and she enjoyed the food and the place as much as I do. It's a great place to eat. read more

Worst dining experience ever. Staff was extremely rude. Kept interrupting my wife and I while we discussed our plan of action. Did not care about customers opinion or attempt to resolve situation ethically. My wife and I had a combined 6 bites of food from the buffet when we decided to leave rather then risk food poisoning. None of the food was hot... At best warm... And yes I can honestly say some was below room temperature. The 6 bites we did take had ZERO flavor. Absolutely gross. The staff argued with us when we explained to them why we were unhappy. Apparently their restaurant can do no wrong. And they are always correct. Not the customer. So rather then not charging us for our 6 bites of food which a normal respectable restaurant would do. They ring us up for two full price buffets and two sodas. My wife tells them flat out were not paying that price. I suggested a compromise of weighing out our plates and charging us by the pound. So at the end of the day they agreed.. I end up paying $8 for 6 bites of food and 1/4 of a glass of soda and leave with my stomach hungry, but now having lost my appetite. So if your looking to lose a few pounds this place might be perfect for you, however I suggest: DO NOT EAT HERE OR BELIEVE ANY POSITIVE REVIEWS. Gets one star Bc zero wasn't an option on this app. read more