Unfortunately I am going to have to lower their rating a star....they had less than half of their options available including a room temp black pepper angus steak that they were still charging ata premium price. Additionally the chow mein we were waiting for as it was fresh out of the kitchen was also room temp, dry and flavorless. The orange chicken and fried rice was still hot and flavorful and that keeps this rating from going any lower. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

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I should have looked at the stars before I went there. In the mood, craving Chinese food. I walked in, ordered my food, and saw they had these new hybrid drink flavors. Looked good hut not sure. I just wanted a small sample to see if I would like it or not. So, I asked if I could have a sample. The manager said no. It's not like I was asking for free food!!! So we decided to leave our $25-$30 meal on the counter and leave the restaurant. That is a horrible business decision not to give somebody a sample taste of a new product. We will not be back. I can see why their stars are so low!!! read more

I love panda express! Especially the one at the Irvine Spectrum! Service is always so fast and the staff is always nice. The inside was very clean as well. Mariela especially was super helpful and had great service assisting us with the online survey! read more

Not a great panda express. Orange chicken too spicy. Rice undercooked fried rice too dry and undercooked with weird flavor. Doesn't taste like Chinese fried rice at all... taste mexican to me. Super small serving size. read more

Panda Express - Weird flavor and peppery - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

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This review is for the location at the Irvine Spectrum. I wish there was a location closer to my house unfortunately this is the closest. Quality is horrible. I placed my order through door dash to avoid having to drive and park at the spectrum. However when my food arrived it was burnt and gross. I have attached photos. What upsets me the most is that I called 5x to try and speak with a manager and have it rectified. They never answered , so I drove there. Spoke with Marcos the manager and he never apologized or said anything. Even at one point telling me I can re pay if I want it fixed. Marcos should have said let make it right for you, after seeing the food I received. read more

Panda Express - a hand holding a pastry with a bite taken out of it - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

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the food is what it should be just regular panda express quality. however every time i have ordered for myself, the cashier will let my food just sit in front of me while they bag to go orders which end up just being placed behind her as the orders are for pick up or doordash. i understand it gets busy managing in person and online orders however its just very annoying for the customers to have to sit there waiting for the cashier to just ring them out. like girl, just bag my one plate and let me pay, why do i gotta watch you bag 5 other orders for people who aren't even there yet????????? read more

Mobile orders has made this place a pain. Used to be simple, go in, get food, move through line quickly. Now it takes 20-30 minutes just to get food that is already ready. I truly don't understand why you need mobile ordering for food that is already ready. Corporate must be pushing it incredibly hard but it is a nightmare for both the workers and the customers that show up. It seems very apparent that people in line are given less priority over online orders which is the opposite of what it should be read more

Great customer service, went inside and it was super full. I went in just to purchase a soda and was afraid I'd be ignored. However I was helped right away. The area was super clean and I was helped within seconds. I always purchase from this location! read more

I literally had to argue to get a replacement styrofoam box after mine had ripped apart. Judith let me know I was only allowed to have one. After asking to speak to a manager, Judith finally gave me one but let me know they didn't have managers. I asked for a business card of some sort with a number of some sort. She told me to google it. Worse customer service I have ever had. read more

I just went here to get dinner for my husband and daughter. We ordered chow mein and orange chicken.. we are used to them going light on the orange chicken. BUT we were surprised to see that there were hardly any noodles in the chow mein. It's literally all lettuce and onion with a small side of noodles. The plates aren't cheap and we weren't even able to finish our food. It was so gross. There should have been an equal portion of noodles and veggies. Instead I got a few noodles here and there. So disappointed. Now I have to find something else for us to eat. read more

Decent American style Chinese food for a decent price. The portions for the entrees are a little small, but the flavor is good. It's not super traditional, with some of the dishes on the sweeter side, but if you want a quick bite of Asian food, it's pretty decent. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

VYVIAN was super nice and hooked me up with the tastiest orange chicken and chow mein. Highly recommend coming to this location :) read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

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With all the choices in the spectrum, the kids still wanted Panda. Lol. It's not my favorite, so I just bought food for them. The honey walnut shrimp has an up-charge of 75c for the kids meal, so it makes it not a very good deal. Lesson learned, I will get a bowl (1item) next time. The kids meal comes with a drink and a cookie I guess. But the portion is quite small. read more

Panda Express - $7.70 for this kids meal. Sad - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

How difficult is it to cook rice you ask? Apparently very difficult . My fried rice was inedible. Half the rice was undercooked (Chinese rice isn't meant to be al dente) and the other half was mushy but it's fried rice so you can't just pick out the uncooked rice. Very disappointed. Orange chicken was decent but you can't excuse undercooked rice. read more

Panda Express - Undercooked rice made this inedible - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

I went to panda yesterday 10/30/23. All I have to say is I don't get food poisoning until yesterday after going to this panda. I have never felt so terribly ill, I actually hope this location closes down. No one deserves to get sick like this! They need to be inspected food and everything, this is so unacceptable! read more

I don't know. I just feel if I order a bowl, the entree should at least be one full layer on top? Maybe I'm asking for too much. read more

Panda Express - Panda bowl. Chow main and orange chicken. - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

The worst of the worst! The rice is under cooked, bland, dry, and uneditable.The noodles are dry and tasteless. Every dish we ordered is either too sweet, too salty or too spicy! Nothing is edible here. We had throw away everything! Unbelievable! I don't know how people go to this crap hole and eat this garbage! No wonder Panda Express and KFC are voted the top two fast food chains in the WHOLE country! read more

Man I don't know what is up with all these negative reviews because Panda Express is pretty hype. The line for this place gets pretty crazy during lunch time and not because the workers are slow but just because they a high volume of customers. There really are about only 5 cheap places to eat at Spectrum and this one is my favorite. Orange chicken is obviously their most popular dish, but their teriyaki chicken & broccoli beef are also pretty tasty. I will say that their fortunes in their fortune cookies can be kinda odd some. read more

Panda Express - Fortune Cookies Pretty trash fortune lol - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

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Great quality and good personalities at the counter & register. 08/22/21: I wish their cooks were at a location near me because this P.E. was the best I've had all year. read more

Have you ever been so disappointed that you lose your appetite. That's literally how I felt getting food here. The service was okay and it was fairly clear, I didn't think much of it because I personally like when the restaurants aren't packed and rowdy, but I didn't actually think there was a reason. There was no fortune cookie and portion size was something that not even my dog would eat and orange chicken was crunchy and that's about all that stood out to me. I'm throughly disappointed and hope everyone else will learn from my mistake. read more

Waited 10-15 minutes to get the drink machine to get fixed they never said anything after fixing it our food got cold waiting

I came in here ordering food for the family they were out of Beijing beef so the girl on the counter was requesting it from one of the cooks . I don't know if one of the cooks was on break but he just kept hugging ! Yes I said hugging the other cook that was clearly still working . The poor girl called out Beijing beef I don't know how many times and the cook that was on break had said something to her that I couldn't hear but she had to go get the manager involved. Clearly they don't take their job seriously I don't know if they just wanted to leave but as I was waiting looks like the afternoon crew was coming in. And once my Beijing beef was ready the other girl on the counter didn't even offer my plate with a bag when she clearly sees i have a plate a bowl and a kids meal in the bag she already gave me . I give it one star because on just how childish these workers were ... read more

Not rating the food but the customer service. 3/11: It's okay to feel a little rush when you have a lunch rush, but they really rush you and don't even care about customer service. 3/15: Walked in, nobody was in the lobby. Took almost 5 minutes for someone to come. Cooks don't even acknowledge you. When someone finally came to serve me, I can sense that they are rushing to get me out. I used to work at the food industry and I know how stressful it gets to get customers in and out of the store as quickly as possible, but letting customers feel that they're bothering you even if there's no other customers? Would just go to another Panda Express... read more

I know what to expect at Panda Express so I don't complain the flavor, but I just compare the freshness, saltiness(I hate salty & spicy food - those give me pain and make me sweat and drink too much water so I can't eat more cuz too full), greasiness, serving amount, and services. Sometimes I just crave Orange chicken and chow mein, I just gotta have them just like the old days in college. That is why I keep coming back to Panda Express occasionally. I tried the surf n turf(two mini shrimps with 3 beef pieces and the rest is potatoes for an extra $1: Not worth it, plus its really salty), The Orange Chicken (always good), mushroom chicken, honey walnut shrimp for extra $1 as well, with brown rice and chow mein. Surf n turf beef meat is beefy paste cut into a square to look like beef steak, but it is not. Shrimp is way too small, rather get pepper shrimp or broccoli beef. An extra $1 is a rip off. Also it is too sautéed in sodium nitrogen so it is very salty and acidy. Honey walnut shrimp for an $1 more is definitely worth it. The server, "Jessa" wasn't paying attention to her customer when taking my order. She was talking to her co-worker and got my order wrong. Extra $1 items are not offered as samples. My server offered samples, so we asked for honey walnut shrimp then she said "That, we cant give you a sample." That is a ridiculous sampling rule here... Overall, I think the Panda Express in market place location taste better than here. Fried menus here are kinda soggier and flavors are saltier. read more

Panda Express - Surf turf- dont order it. Orange chicken - yay! - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

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Food was good but this is the most stingiest panda I've been to. I ordered honey walnut shrimp in a combo and got 4 shrimps....

This Panda Express is honestly a mess. 9/10 times I order online there's a problem. the portion is consistently stingy. Sometimes I order ahead and they weren't ready when I came to pick up. Sometimes they get the order wrong. I feel bad for the workers because they seem like nice people, so maybe it has to do with training or being understaffed. Do better management you suck read more

I suffered a stomachache all evening after eating at this place. I was feeling fine before eating here. must be those undercooked meat... Never coming back here again read more

I like this establishment because they are quick about your food! I just ordered online today and when I arrived to pick up, it was ready. 20 minutes time frame as it was a little after lunch time rush. The only thing I didn't like was the parking lol! Which is not their fault, but it's such a hassle when your starving! Another reason I didn't give 5 stars is because I feel like they give you such small portions for the amount of money you pay for 1 plate! The extra charge for shrimp and a beer selection kinda killed it for me too! Over all it's a great place to eat, those were just my downfalls and opinion! read more

Love Panda Express the hubby and I will stop and treat our selfs to this dish Kung Pao chicken, mushroom chicken, fried rice and noddles always fresh and delicious read more

Panda Express - Fresh and delicious - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

This one girl named liz super Rude asf and gave us super little food. She threw our food at the next girl at the register. The lady at the register was nice. read more

Very bad customer service and Marcos is not helpful at all once I shared with him and he didn't not care

Bit into a screw almost a year ago and panda has done nothing. Do not support this business. If they don't care about a screw what makes you think they care about their food? Trash establishment and horrible Managment and corp. Another update and still no action. They even took down my picture of the screw!!! read more

This location is in the center of Spectrum and my little nephew loves having Panda so we come here. I have been getting the 2 item meal and on the Irvine company's app, I get a free entree as well. We usually get the white rice with all orders of chicken & green beans. My nephew only eats the chicken and I eat the green beans. Yes it's not the healthiest but he likes it and I love green beans. Since we usually end up with 3 orders of it, we get it fresh which is nice. I wish the white rice would be a bit more moist. 1/2 the time, it's dried out. It's a good meal so what else can you ask for. SYOY! read more

This is one of those Panda Expresses where the workers fill their plates high on their own breaks, but leave lots of space on the customers. Yes, 50% of the workers here are overweight, yes they spoon small amounts and close the lids fast, yes ask for more or get less than what you paid for. read more

What happened to Panda Express? Their food is not the same It tastes very artificial and their containers shrunk therefore their portions shrunk as their prices went up. We went in around 6pm and it seemed slow with only 2 people ahead of us but they did not have many choices for entrees and their chow mein was near the end. We waited 5 minutes for Orange chicken while our plate was getting cold. Their dining room was closed probably because they are understaffed and the staff they do have do not seem that they are too thrilled to be working there. Prices up, portions down, food quality down, dining room closed, and mediocre staff - looks like a recipe for disaster read more

This is probably my favorite Panda Express I have ever been to. They made my vegetables freshly steamed because I did not want that typical starch on it. They also made new chow mein at request for me. This is unbelievable service for a "chain" and I am super grateful as it's hard to find healthy and tasty food for under 10 dollars a plate. Panda Express is seriously better quality than many places I have been to for Chinese food and the bonus that not too many people know is that you can ask them to make new dishes for you on the spot (typically when it's slow or if you are okay with waiting a bit longer). Big props to the team here, keep it up! read more

Panda Express - Got my healthy greens in! Ask for them steamed fresh to avoid the typical starches they put in them afterward. - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

My son & I went here for lunch today. The restaurant was running at a nice steady pace. People were being served and there were people in line. The good was excellent! The portions were just right. We shared a 3 entree meal with 1/2 rice & 1/2 chow mein. The service was friendly and quick. The cooks, Kevin & Carlos, were working at a nice pace and none of the customers were waiting very long. I WILL be coming back here to eat. read more

Panda Express - Broccoli beef, orange chicken, chow mein, rice, & black pepper chicken - Chinese Near Me - Irvine, California

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Congratulations on earning the worst panda in the world award you degenerate swines, idk how bad of an establishment a place has to be for me to yelp a bad review for fast food.. the quality of the food, the customer service, literally trash. Any day of the week you walk in there are only 2 items on display, I feel like I'm at bhindi trying to buy a Rolex only to be told sorry we don't have what you're looking for, except it's just mushroom chicken and not a submariner. Like just close this location down you guys clearly have no urge to show up to work. I rather starve than eat here again. Just go get a burrito from chipotle directly across, trust me. read more

We work nearby and decided to grab something quickly to go and head back to the office. We were quickly greeted and walked through the assembly line. The place was crowded for lunch time. Seating is also available outside. Place is a lil small. Parking is available around the irvine spectrum. food was ok I ordered the fried rice/chow mien bowl with beef and broccoli. the beef tasted like rubber when I would bite into it. everything else is ok. read more

panda is express on top! It's fast food it's not gonna be a 5 star restaurant. the workers are low paid too. it's Panda Express it looks amazing. Panda Express the best read more