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    Panda Express

    3.2 (126 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Fast Food
    Open 9:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Irene M.

    Popular spot... This Hawaii Kai Towne Center location is quite popular even though I came pretty late like 7ish I was quite surprised of how busy they can get as the service starts right at their front door so when the line gets long you can see folks standing outside of the door and no they're not waiting outside for someone but the actual line. Ordering is so easy it's a matter of choices and they do have lots of that from a simple bowl or a full plate starting with your rice or noodles or half/half of both what's nice is that you make it your very own and as I selected one after another orange chicken, beef broccoli and string beans chicken breast...did you count three entrees...not me and was wondering what was in this tiny little box on top of my plate lol I guess I was hungry which is a good thing I did so as I found out that mom didn't eat so it was the perfect plate to share. They do have an app which is very easy to use and if you forget you can still upload your points using the receipt which is nice and handy as I rarely do visit Pandas but already have enough points for a free appetizer. Online order is quick and easy if you want to expedite your order as it lists the calories and prices clearly. Always love the fortune cookie that comes with your order as well as this quick grab is very nice and fast along with friendly staff love the vibe here along with a nice and spacious dining area and free parking is why many do come here for various reasons. Thank you!

    Mushy walnut shrimp with no walnuts???
    Cherisse L.

    Used to love ordering food here but it's gone down in value and cooking. Sometimes it's overly dry and today was undercooked and over spiced. I asked for new order but manager said that's how they make it. I'm not sure what is going on but will not come back anymore.

    Claire' O.

    Panda.. what is this? You are ok with serving this to your customers? For reference, this is what string bean chicken is supposed to look like....

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    Michelle C.

    This pandas gets pretty busy at dinner time. I'm writing this review on my last experience here. I went with my mom and she had a coupon through the app so we just tried to confirm with them that it would be valid. The employee asked another lady who I guess was maybe the manager or supervisor and she had that she would help us once she was done with what she was doing. Then she proceeded to pull us out of the line to ask us more about the coupon and then told us ok. I don't know what the reason was for pulling us out of the line as no other customers needed up passing us and we had already ordered the starches for the plates. The portions for everything seems to be getting smaller and smaller every time I go.

    Proof of purchase
    Free2bme C.

    I will never eat here again. I ate here this past Saturday. I suffered a severe case of food poisoning. I was down for 5 days. I was dehydrated fainted in my bathroom hit my head, sprained my foot and ended up in the emergency room. This is unacceptable!

    Pops gotta have his Panda Express grub! Notice da bonus container? I filled out da survey to get an extra entrée. DEALAGES Yo!
    Fran C.

    Whenever I do my shopping at Costco Hawaii Kai, I sometimes stop by this Panda Express for some Chinese fast food grub since it's in the same shopping complex. Is da grub for me? Nope! But for some strange reason, my pops really digs Panda, so several times a week I would buy him a plate to satisfy his Chinese fast food craving. Da two things I like about Panda's - 1. The Chinese fast food selection is made fresh, and there is a pretty good food selection. 2. I no need cook for my dad, and he is very happy whenever I bring him home a Panda plate! Lol! For you folks who are not Panda pro's like me, let Bruddah Fran give you da scoops and strategy about going to Panda's......... Rule numba #1 - Save da receipt & go online and take da survey. Why do I tell you folks this? Cuz if you do da survey, Panda's will send you a code to your email address for a free entrée! Can we say DEALAGES Yo???? Rule numba #2 - Skip da starch (I'm talkin' about rice, noodles, & chow fun) because what local family doesn't have rice or noodles at home? Just get da Super Greens so that way you get more vegetables, you can always get your starch from home. Rule numba #tree (3) - Again, if you did da survey like Bruddah Fran told you to do...........when you buy your plate, you buy da 2 entrée plate, but wait! Since you filled out da survey, you can get one free bonus entrée, therefore it's like getting a tree (3) choice plate, but you payin' for a 2 choice plate! DEALAGES Yo!!! Das da 'ol Hawaiian Trick! Buwahahahahahaha! You'll thank me for it later when you go to Panda's! Buwahahahahahaha! Anyways, although I'm not a Panda eater, the food here makes my pops happy, and that's all I care about. :D

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    Garret O.

    Got great service here on a Saturday evening at 8pm. This place accommodates their patrons by quickly cooking requested menu items and adding more to your plate. They really treat you like a valued customer unlike other Pandas. Plenty of parking, this place is right next to the Ross Dress for Less. Also noticed that the kitchen and dining area were spotless, which is another plus. I'll definitely be visiting this location when I'm visiting my parents in this part of town.

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    Maritess C.

    I definitely love eating Panda express. We happened to be in the neighborhood and hubby got us all kids meals..I got half and half. I got fried rice and thick chow fun noodles. My main course was mushroom chicken which is my favorite dish here. This was delicious. Ordering was quick and easy. There's a Coke fountain drink station. I'm a major coke fan mostly diet coke or coke zero but I saw mango fruit black tea which was delicious and wasn't too sweet. Plenty of tables inside to sit and a single restroom in the back.. Parking is up front. I definitely would come back here if in the area..

    Plate missing orange chicken

    We ordered using the Panda Express app and have never had any issues with our orders. This is the first time we had an error with our order. Ordered a plate with orange chicken and honey walnut shrimp but we did not get orange chicken despite the ticket on the plate shows that we ordered orange chicken. Unfortunately did not see this until we got home.

    Feb W.

    If you don't know where to eat, just grab something at PE! Big deal, no time to be choosy, what's important is that you gotta take away the feeling of being hungry/hangry. You gotta feed your tummy! Ordered a plate. Broccoli, chicken w/ green beans that swam in oil, & chicken.... simplest lunch before doing our Costco grocery. T'was pretty good. Love how they cook the broccoli though. It's flavorful & ain't salty. The garlicky flavor compliments well. The chicken dish is mediocre on the other hand. But good enough to fill in my tummy. Though the green beans is too greasy for me, it's still flavorful. They cooked the beans a lil bit too much but still it's okay for me. Not a bad lunch for that chilly afternoon. Next time I'll make sure to come in Costco after lunch so that I won't be having indecisive mind on where to eat. There ain't a lot of choices for dining in Hawaii Kai Towne Center so I'd be better off eating at home next time. Customer service is just okay. Pretty straightforward & no time for de-le-da-ling. I get it. And at that time, I don't care either. LoL. I just need to have my plate coz GERD starts acting already! Mahalo for reading & happy juandering fellow yelpers!

    See all that black? Thats all burnt pieces & some eggs were burnt too

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    Yi Xin Cafe

    4.4(469 reviews)
    6.7 mi
    $$
    Takes reservations
    Catering service

    Still one of our favorite restaurants! Located in market city next to Cafe Kaila and Earls…read moreSanwiches. They've gotten busier too so if you want to guarantee a spot call ahead to make reservations! Some of our favorite dishes.. beef chow fun, eggplant long beans, shrimp crackers appetizer, pork cheeks appetizer, sizzling beef black bean platter, all of the curries and rice, shrimp dishes.... So many favorites! We have so many favorites it's hard to try new things here. We recently tried the honey walnut shrimp and it was good big shrimps fried perfectly with honey sauce and it's on top of potato chips so you get a little bonus of honey chips too! That was definitely a nice surprise and something different from any other restaurant. Service here is always great! We ordered and not even 5 minutes later our food was already coming out. They always come by to fill your water and check on you, They have their own men and women's bathroom located in the back which is clean. Their ac is nice and strong so nice on a hot day to enjoy good food and escape from the heat.

    Second time, and service and food was no better than my first visit…read more This time I had the shrimp won ton noodle soup. Noodles and soup were average, but the wonton tasted like they were low quality frozen items that were well past their expiration date. Very pasty, seems partially deteriorated, and very bland tasting. Elected not to eat any of them after one bite. What a lousy meal for nearly $18! You would think that they would hand make their wontons like other local Chinese restaurants. I will not come here ever again.

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    Yi Xin Cafe - Impressive presentation that served with sizzling sound, but the beef was too well done & on the tough side.

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    Impressive presentation that served with sizzling sound, but the beef was too well done & on the tough side.

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    Golden Eagle Chinese Restaurant

    3.8(549 reviews)
    7.4 miMo'ili'ili
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    Time for an update as I realized my last review of Golden Eagle Chinese Restaurant dates back to…read more2014. I used to come here all the time with my coworkers for lunch, as Golden Eagle Chinese Restaurant was just a hop, skip, & jump away from my office. Through the years, the business & location hasn't changed, but if I'm correct, I owners of the business have changed hands several times. I remembered the last time I came here was during Covid-19 where Golden Eagle Chinese was just doing "take-out" and no dining inside was available. Since the pandemic has passed us, everything is back to normal with the exception of different owners. This past Sunday I decided to drop by the Golden Eagle Chinese Restaurant to buy some steamed fish filet for my dad. Upon arriving at the restaurant, I must say not much has changed as far as the decor of the restaurant. What I did get from Golden Eagle was fast and friendly service, and a wonderfully made dish of steamed fish filet with ginger & onion (dad approved)! If you're Jonesing for Chinese food, give Golden Eagle Chinese Restaurant a try!

    This is an old school Chinese restaurant that locals know about. Janey told me to meet her here…read moreand I had never been and she was surprised. It's quaint inside, but again, old school, so you'll see some boxes stacked in the corner. Janey got there first and said the man working was kinda unfriendly. But I think it was more about not knowing who we were, and like I said, lots of locals that frequent. The woman working was really nice! I just let Janey order. We started with some delicious hot n sour soup. The fried rice was really good! Loved the crispy skin duck! The gau gee mein had a great assortment of vegetables! And the sauteed choy sum(?) was good! Overall, really good local Chinese food! Though the interior is nice, it was a little warm even with the AC. The setting sun was just hitting the windows and even with the filter, it was warm. Other than that, great place to come to! Mahalo Golden Eagle!

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    Lam's Kitchen - Beef Chow Fun

    Lam's Kitchen

    4.4(660 reviews)
    9.9 miChinatown
    $$

    Living on Maui, one of my favorite noodle dishes is chow fun…read more The child phone beef dish here made Maui chow look like dog poop. My girlfriend ordered the Singapore bitter melon doodle dish, and it was crazy fantastic. The melon was bitter...It was an odd flavor... But new to my pallete. Once I added hoisin sauce, it took it to the next level. I don't think I could go here every week, because the flavors would probably blend together... But once a month, 100% I am hitting this place. If you're in the area, you need to make it a point to come here. Service was on point.

    FIRST time customer - Growing up only 2 blocks away from this location 70 years ago I vividly…read morerecall walking with my POPO and mother headed into Chinatown to spend the morning shopping at the open MARKET and after to have LUNCH at either Char Hun Sut and or Tin Tin - Our favorite order was soup'n noodles , a steaming HOT bowl of "Won Ton Mein" and or "Wor Won Ton Mein" - Mmmmm - After the KAPOLEI Chinese restaurant in KAPOLEI "closed" so abruptly and PERMANENTLY I was shocked and extremely UPSET since very few "old school" Chinese restaurants here on Oahu still cook the type of dishes that my CANTONESE pallet craves and savors - Still reeling from this loss and desperate to satisfy my hunger for just a DELICIOUS bowl of "Won Ton Mein" - So desperate for this specific cuisine I went on line searching "YELP" to search for a recommendation and came across this restaurant "Lam's Kitchen" - I drove from my home in EWA Beach (West Loch Fairways Townhomes) into Chinatown in the old RIVER STREET neighborhood hoping that this restaurant would have something that would satisfy my desperate craving for a great bowl of "Won Ton Mein". I arrived at noon and was very lucky to find a metered parking spot across from the restaurant on the very first try - As I entered I noticed that the room was very crowded and that here was only ONE open table so I sat down immediately and ordered the "Won Ton Mein" as the waitress approached me with a menu - I have to note that although this restaurant was located inside of a very old building the interior was a very sharp contrast - Everything appeared fresh and modern with very basic hand built picnic type bench seating and dining tables constructed of varnished raw wood (very spartan but practical and comfortable) - The bowl of soup was of average size and appeared very sparse with not much color - There was "NO" Pork Char Sui slices, only steaming hot clear chicken broth, a clump of thin Vermicelli white opaque noodles accompanied with a few small pieces of both chopped Mustard, Napa Cabbages and slivers of Green Onions - Extremely simple and basic. There were exactly "4" individual Won Ton that were filled with a tiny chunk of SHRIMP mixed into minced PORK HASH and regular spices (basic Soy sauce and Sesame Oil) - The "won ton PI" was very thin and light and the saimin noodles were made of the same Rice Flour mixture also - The broth was hot and savory but nothing special only because it was so "bland" to the taste. Although the restaurant was crowded to its Maximum Capacity within 15 minutes of my arrival it had practically "emptied itself out" with only myself a one other table of 6-dinners getting their food too. I will probably return to eat at this restaurant if and when I get another pressing urge to satisfy one of my insatiable cravings to drive all across Oahu from EWA Beach to Chinatown in the city of Honolulu . The "PLUS" about this visit is that it was clean and the service was average but not disappointingly "long" despite how busy and crowded the entire restaurant was when I first arrived

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    So clean and spacious

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    Beef Chow Fun

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    Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant

    4.1(545 reviews)
    8.3 mi
    $$

    Lunch in Honolulu, Hawaii…read more.. I asked my sister what she wanted to eat for her birthday: Dimsum! I suggested that we go to this new location of Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant. She agreed! The covered parking lot is free! Just follow the signs and park in the designated numbered stalls. Inside, it was crowded and noisy! I wrote our name on the list and got called quickly! My sister wrote our order on the menu: shrimp dumplings, seaweed roll, deep fried taro puffs, shrimp and chive dumplings, mochi rice, pork-filled deep fried mochi, and custard tarts. Later, we added on an order of house noodles... they were thin, crisp, and tasty! Everything was delicious and beautifully presented! Service was efficient! There were different people delivering baskets and plates to our table. They just crossed off menu items on the printed list as they arrived. My sister and her husband were really happy with this meal! I was, too! Note: i even took home the leftover noodles! Yay!

    We had been to Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant several times at its old location across from Ala Moana…read moreMall, and it used to be a five-star place for us. The new location is only about a block away, with a much nicer, newer interior. Unfortunately, the food seems to have changed much more than the address We ordered four dishes: mochi rice, pork buns, siu mai, and chicken feet. Almost everything arrived cooler than it should have. The chicken feet and siu mai were warm rather than hot, while the pork buns were closer to cold. More importantly, it wasn't just a temperature problem. The chicken feet in particular tasted noticeably worse than before, lacking the flavors and spices we remembered. The mochi rice was the most normal of the four, but even that felt fairly unremarkable There was a table next to us that came in excited to have dimsum. And watching their reaction, they came to the same conclusion as us -- food was cold, and flavors were off. We went on a weekday, so it's possible the kitchen was different that day, but the drop in quality was hard to ignore. The restaurant wasn't busy, service was good, and prices seemed unchanged from our previous visits. The new space is a clear improvement, but based on this meal, the food unfortunately went in the opposite direction. We likely won't be coming back

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    Inside seating

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