What to say? Panda Express is a solid choice if you're on the road and not pretentious I saw plenty of negative feedback, my dining experience was ok. Nothing different than the usual .. maybe some hungry/angry locals? Ok location thumb up read more

Ordered to go here and didn't receive any eating utensils or soy sauce packets... I tried calling the restaurant and no one answered. Why is this place so bad? The place is dirty too. I wouldn't recommend or come back :/ read more

I'm not a huge Panda Express fan but the food is decent for a quick Chinese take out. Service was excellent. Staff is polite and attentive. Quantity is pretty good for the price. This location is very clean and organized and welcoming. Good experience here. read more

Panda Express - Chow mein is goooood - Chinese Near Me - Buellton, California

Absolute worst panda in the world! All the employees are stupid, lazy, careless High School kids who don't give a shit and all have major attitude problems. How does the owner allow such idiots to work for them? EVERY TIME I come here there is a problem! Fist and foremost they are ALWAYS out of almost everything and never both to replenish it until someone asks, always prompting you to wait an extra 10-15 mins while they cook it. Today, I was waiting for all my entrees and rice! When the rice was done, the moron filled the entire rice/chow mein tray with rice even though I ordered half and half. He then filled one of the entree slots full of chow mein! Because he filed the entree slot with chow mein, he couldn't fit much of the actual entree so I only got two small pieces of meat! WTF!! absolute careless idiots! The entire staff needs to be fired and replaced and they need major supervision!! I will never return to this location! This was the final straw! read more

First time here I was pleasantly surprised. It's a little earlier than dinner time. Ordered 2 2 item combos. Everything was delicious! The gentleman who helped me was super nice too. Portions were big. I recommend this place. read more

OMG saw a cook, just cough! He did not even go wash his hands. And chatting personal talk in front of Guests with a cashier, spitting into food while stir frying. I saw he was not wearing mask when cooking. How unprofessional. I do not think, I will come back to Eat here. BTW. Your fried rice and white rice is always DRY, this location does not know how to made your Chinese rice. Please train your cook sanitation, and respect your brand. His name is Juan, please train him. I have pictures of him coughing, I will not be back. It is not about paying 11:31 for my Panda meal, it is about your Juan disrespecting sanitation, OMG Another restocking guy was picking his nose, Shocking... read more

Very clean, great food, amazing prices and friendly and polite staff. Panda Express in Buellton, California is consistently a great place to grab a meal and you will always be satisfied. read more

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What is up with blocking one of only 2 entrances/ exits to the restaurant. The door closest to the checkout was blocked on the inside by 2 high chairs and blocked outside by 2 patio chairs. I thought that was against the law to have only 1 unobstructed exit during business hours. This was 7pm on a Wednesday. read more

Panda Express - 2 high chairs and 2 patio chairs blocking 1 of 2 exits during business hours 7pm on a Wednesday - Chinese Near Me - Buellton, California

Very bad service, no refund for overpaid money！No more comeback！........................................................... read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Buellton, California

It's a Panda Express. It's right in line with what you expect from any Panda Express. The dining room is a little smaller than the ones I'm used to, but it's all good. Honestly, the orange chicken is the best orange chicken of the style, so that's always good. Staff was nice, all good. Did mark down for not having brown rice or hot mustard. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Buellton, California

I've never had a good meal at any Panda Express, but it was late, we were hungry, and we were tired of hamburgers and tacos. We should have had burgers anyway. The Panda's meats always seem to have been sitting out forever and smothered in some kind of unappetizing glaze. Everything is bland, even the rice. Sometimes you just have to eat somewhere just to remind yourself why you never eat there, and this was one of those occasions. read more

Panda Express - Rice and stuff - Chinese Near Me - Buellton, California

Totally disrespected ...and after waiting for a long time, no one even bothered to wait on us. 3 workers were there and only one was working. We actually walked out...at 3:00 in the afternoon. (Not busy) Only order take out and do so way in advance. read more

I visited this panda a few day ago, Excellent Customer service by the ladys in the cook line defitnitly coming back. Food was well cooked or maybe i was just hungry. read more

I came in March 28th 2023 at the 4:00 p.m. hour. They have a new employee named Alexis and she's very good. She's friendly and efficient and she thanked me for my business. Much better experience than the previous two times over the years. read more

Wasn't the best experience. Slow service, most of the workers looked angry and doesn't seem like they wanted to work. Food looks like it's been seating in the warmer for quite some time. Definitely not going back. read more

This has got to be the worst Panda Express I have ever been to. We came in on a Sunday evening about 6 pm, dinner time. There was not much of a line and many help wanted signs. More than half the food choices were empty. There was no one cooking and the young man who looked like he should be cooking was casually sweeping. I asked the girl why no one was cooking and she couldn't give a good answer or seemed to care. It was like the staff figured out that if there was no food, they wouldn't have to work as hard. I guess the local population figured out how the bad this particular restaurant is and does not come here. Others who came to the restaurant after us left disappointed without ordering food. This place definitely needs multiple visits by the Panda Express secret shopper and owners. We went to a PF Changs in Fresno and had a much better experience. It was way worth the extra money. DON'T GO HERE! Bad food and even worse service. I hope they get their act together. Buellton needs good restaurants that believe in good service. read more

All five stars go to Alexis, the sole worker behind the counter during the noon rush Monday. She quickly and efficiently kept that line moving. And with a cheerful attitude! read more

Oh Panda Express, I do love your food and that is the only thing that keeps me coming back. Every time (and I do mean every time) I attempt to order vegetables instead of the rice/noodles, you are always out. The staff says, they will make more but I will have to wait. Seeing that there were only two staff members: one serving, one cooking and it was during a lunch rush -I knew the wait will be long. read more

I work in the area and have eaten here about once a week for the last year. The staff is always friendly and quick, but the one thing that always gets me is how often they are out of food & have a long wait, especially around lunchtime. I'm not sure if it's poor planning or being understaffed, but one would think that there would be a system in place for getting food replenished quickly during peak hours. It happens just about every time I'm there for lunch and I will usually change what I get based off of what they have available so I get in and out. Not ideal. Today they had 3 guys cooking at once, which is awesome! Usually there's only one person cooking that you can see and one person on the line, which from working in restaurants my whole life is NOT enough for a busy lunch rush. I hope they can get it down, because I like coming here for lunch. Please have more people working and do better. read more

Horrible customer service, and terribly prepare food. You may suspect that the staff would be kind and open to all, but they made me and my family feel like we should have found a different food place. They also didn't have white or brown rice stating that it would take 2 hours to make (rice takes 30 minutes maximum to make even in great quantities). On top of the continuous lies, the staff member continued to act unprofessionally by smashing her fist on the counter and smirking at us. The lady who assisted us in our order has dark hair and wears a ponytail with a hat, and we visited at 6:30 PM. read more

Panda Express - Building - Chinese Near Me - Buellton, California

This location gets pretty busy! You can now order your meal from the Panda Express application on your iPhone or android when you download the app and then go to the location at the specified time they stated to go. Good service and good food for on the go. read more

Panda 211 E highway 246 maps pages shows it closes at 9:30pm... i arrived at panda at 8:36pm, the door hours conflict stating panda closes at 9:00pm but somehow panda was still closed at 8:36pm over 20 minutes before closing! This is an OUTRAGE! read more

I have eaten at this Panda Express location multiple times and it has been pretty good, but this visit was not very good at all. I got there at 11:30 am so I guess it was early for them, but I didn't think so. When I was at the counter and getting ready to order, they were out of two of the entree items I wanted to get, string bean chicken and mushroom chicken. I always get just chow mein, but the chow mein looked like it was left over from the previous day and so did the orange chicken that I got along with broccoli and beef. The food just tasted like it was not recently cooked. I have thought that Panda Express, in general, has been taking shortcuts on their orange chicken as it seems there is less chicken and more coating. I bit into four pieces of orange chicken and only one had any meat in it (see picture). I've have to say I'm pretty disappointed with the Panda Express food at this location and will be paying close attention at the quality at other cities. I'm giving them 2 stars and not 1 just because they have been good in the past. read more

Panda Express - orange chickenless - Chinese Near Me - Buellton, California

This place is still horrible. Horrible service with Latina attitude. Food is bland like always and workers look like they dont want to work there read more

This location was on par with the many other Panda Express restaurants I've eaten at. True, it is smaller, there was only one server (Alexis, and she is fantastic, as others have reported) and one cook. Some of the entree trays were empty, but as soon as I asked, Alexis said-with a smile- 'We can make that for you in about 5 minutes!' So my meal-including rice and chow mein- was fresh and delicious. I will return. read more

This Panda Express is absolute trash. Management & staff are extremely rude. I have been frequenting this Panda for a while now & nothing has improved. Management totally disregarded my order as I waited for it. Absolutely disgusted with the type of customer service, I wouldn't be surprised if they spit on customers food since they get annoyed because people order a food item that they're out of over 30 minutes before they close. Never going back to this location. read more

The Employees are HORRIBLE! Seriously how hard is it to scoop up some food and put it on a plate??? Past two times I've had problems, I just don't understand how you get an order wrong when the person is standing right in front of you telling you exactly what they want LOL I love Panda Express but seriously never coming to this location ever again. read more

Great food and excellent customer service from the nice young lady Alexis. I would be coming here again; delicious!

Food was great but service was not so much. It was like they don't know what they were doing... I had to ask 3 times to get some hot sauce and they didn't even put any napkin and utensils with my order. read more

This Panda Express in Buelton Ca has the worst Customer Service ever. You advertise Fire Shrimp which since you advertise you think they would have it. Was told by Illiana it would take 7 min to make and waited there 25 minutes. Asked for my money back and Anthony said no refunds. I said let me speak to the manager. He said no manager here. Anthony was not too nice I did say I will call corporate he said why what did we do wrong. Horrible customer service Seemed to not care at all that they kept me waiting. I was watching the cook. He made everything but my shrimp. I saw him but it in at at least 15 after later. Still no shrimp I continued to ask the lady where's my order. She said still waiting on it and continued in the back not caring that they kept me waiting. I asked it's been over 20 min. She seemed to not care and continued in the back Most definitely worst customer service. Iliana and Anthony that worked there at 7:11pm need to spruce up there customer service skills. I could go on but I'm sure this is enough on there skills. read more

marissa and iliana. food was amazing. and grey customer service. the bathrooms were REALLY clean which made the whole store environment feel amazing. let me and my cousins charge our phones sincr we had a long road trip home. Marissa and Iliana were the ones who charged our phones. Definitely deserve raises!! super open and friendly to us! read more

Went in and ordered and the manager was really nice (Jose) and he said they were making more hws and so we waited, the lady who got our food decided that 6 shrimp was perfectly fine as is and that we should just get that, when we got back to our table we realized this and also that the entire order was mixed up so we went back, she gave us bejing beef instead of the shrimp TWICE. (My girlfriend has a pineapple allergy so if they had messed up an item she could have had an allergic reaction) read more

Arrived at 9:05 pm, opened the door and the blond woman behind the counter barked at me "We are closed! You need to leave!" Thanks so for being so rude to me! Happy Sunday! Brittany - Thank you for your response. I hope the conversation with your team goes well. I understand closing 5 minutes early. 10 minutes - fine. 25 minutes + raising voices + reprimanding customers is degrading and unacceptable. read more

Unfortunately the reviews here are correct. Came in at 9:00. They close at 9:30. They had nothing but old rice. Old chow mein. Orange chicken and something that was old and had mushrooms. The girl working was annoyed I came in. I asked her why everything was cleaned off and nothing was on the steam table and she replied "crazy rush" hmmm right. Got the orange chicken and just said to myself "whatever". Corporate would be so pissed if they saw their store being cleaned up 30 minutes prior to closing. Not to mention the attitude. Good job panda read more

The staff at this location is always so friendly and efficient. There is usually a line out the door, but you will always be greeted when you walk in. Yummy food also a plus. read more

Unfortunately Panda Manager has had no affect on improving ratings, food quality, food serving temperature or friendly energetic staff. This was my second visit to this location hoping that my first visit was just opening week organizational problems that would be worked out in time. NOPE! Food cold, tough noodles and cold "stuck together" fried rice. I don't subscribe to the 3 strikes rule here. I won't return until I see consistency in reviews between 3 and 5 stars. Note to Manager. It's not all negative. While standing in line to purchase food I noticed one employee eagerly washing/cleaning back splashes. read more

Nothing great about the food, the standard panda express food, works when you are in a hurry. However, the staff was unable to manage even a slightly more crowd. The girl had no patience needed in customer service, not really made for this kind of role. read more

This is a horrible panda! Only been there a handful of times and I have not had a pleasant experience. Food is undercooked and tasteless! They close way before the closing time and they seem to never have food ready when they should. This location is yelling new management! read more

Shockingly bad, most of the items were unavailable and the few that were looked terrible. I think what topped it off for me was during check out The worker asked me would I like any appetizers, I had to laugh, as I looked down out of the six warmer trays, five of them were empty, one of them had one egg roll. I was there during peak dinner hours the one cook was not happy to be there and it showed, there was one other worker on his phone. The only person working was trying to do the best they could with what little they had to work with. Needless to say I won't be going there again. read more

Why is it that every time I order ahead, and pick it up, I get ripped off? Every damn time. Never fails. Half orders of proteins. And always like the crap at the bottom, burned or chewy nasty. Super disappointed in this place. Try to do things right, order ahead, then wait 20 mins beyond "pick-up" time in line, to get RIPPED OFF. Every - Sing. Get it together... There's nothing in my "dm"... read more