It's a typical Panda Express located in the food court of fashion valley. Positives: cleanliness Negative: smaller portions than other Panda Express I've been too read more

Panda Express - 2 side entree with half and half, orange chicken, and Beijing beef - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

1 star doesn't even begin to show what i feel about this place. My girlfriend got food poisoning from the shrimp, I've worked in countless food places and I know there is supposed to be certain times food is supposed to be distressed and replaced. That being said we didn't notice until after eating that the food was just warm instead of being a good hot temperature. My girlfriend has been sick since leaving it's been 10 hours and constant puking, cold sweats, and even fever. Not okay at all highly DONT recommend this place. read more

Came here for the signature dish, the Orange Chicken. Everything was picked over, it was a Friday night, and they refused to make more. Customer service was poor. Wouldn't offer any accommodation, just told people to deal with it. Lots of people left disappointed, including us. Terrible Panda Express. Wasted a drive here for nothing. read more

Panda Express - Poor selection, refuses to make more - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

just now I don't like to give 1 star but the guy who was working today there he just make all my all day fill horrible he have bad attitude what a stupid guy I asked him 7 time one question if they are making a fresh charming he keep asking me what what I don't hear u and when I pull my mask down ant told him what my questions was he said I'm not gonna a serve u because u took off your mask I said really are u kidding me I'm just asking same question for 7 time on then put a microphone in here and u can hear us because I don't have patient ether omg he started telling me in rude and all this stuff come on people please don't give us heard time then I go to next please omg And I have this very nice guy who was serving us I said thank good this guy make our day better already read more

I've definitely been to better Panda Express locations in the past. Its a really small location in the Fashion Valley Mall food court with nice outdoor seating. The inside is pretty clean, but the food area is really small; all items are in stock but not really well stocked or well displayed. The service was pleasant, I was welcomed and offered a sample right away, but it was really rushed and impersonal. I guess they're used to people being in a hurry, but there was no one in line behind me. At the register, the second server threw everything hastily in my bag and while I was offered soy sauce, I wasn't offered chopsticks or cutlery which I usually am. The cashier was really nice though, thanked with a smile though. The drinks are self-serve which is good and they have LifeWater Pomegranate flavour which was different than most places. They didn't have pepper which I've come to find that most all locations can get you some from the back. My kids meal, instead of 1/2 vegetables and 1/2 broccoli beef was was 2/3 vegetables and 1/3 broccoli beef... BUT there were only three tiny pieces of beef in the whole box (see photo). When I brought it to the cashier's attention, asking her to maybe let the manager know for next time (cause the serving dish had tons of beef it just seems they were careless in portioning it out) she kind of didn't get my point. Anyway, she then offered me an extra side box which she filled almost half with beef and a few veggies and apologized. I was pleasantly surprised by this; I just hope that they are more careful in the future and this doesn't happen to someone else who won't realize it (if they leave and can't come back). The vegetables were perfectly cooked, nice and crisp and fresh, especially the broccoli. But the beef was kind of gummy and the sauce really runny and bland. Nowhere near as good as I've come to expect. My sample of pepper chicken was really good though. Also, the kid's meal was $5.30 where its $5 at all other locations I've been to. While they were nice and made up for some of their shortcomings, the cons outweigh the pros of this particular location and I'm not sure I'd go back. read more

Panda Express - kids meal veggies & broccoli beef; only 3 small pieces of beef, but they gave me extra box after I spoke up, panda express fashion valley - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

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My dining experience wasn't bad UNTIL I found mold in my fortune cookie. I had already taken a bite when my boyfriend pointed out that the inside of the cookie had black specks. We weren't sure what they were but they did not look normal so I looked it up and it was mold. Thank you Panda Express for almost giving me food poisoning if no one were to notice. This place is clearly not up to health code. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

Today's food looked and tasted fresh. It really just varies at every location. A couple downsides, if you're going to put a sign out that says 'you ask, we wok,' please make sure the ingredients are in the back. I wanted eggplant tofu yet they had no eggplant!! I was very much teased . Plus, my bf asked for BBQ pork and the person serving us said the only pork they have is the bacon added to the orange chicken. My bf even looked it up and Panda Express does offer that. I guess the annoying part was that the server looked at us as if we asked for something so far fetched. Anyways, it's always a hit or miss at any Panda. But I sure do like their food. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

I been there all the time cuz that's the only thing my son eats ,mushroom chicken !and he only eats chicken . Like that pic didn't start to eat , way to much cucumber, sometimes more mushroom , only little chicken ,every time . And I ordered kids meal , $7some , she charges me bowl price . Got only couple of chicken! read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

The quality of the food here is garbarge. I got a a bowl which consisted of one entree plus a side. I got the Beijing beef and it was rock hard. I'm guessing it had probably been sitting out for a long and was stale. The rice was gross too. It was dry and hard. This restaurant is so crappy that even the fortune cookie was stale. Do not eat here. read more

Chow Mein is good here. This location is always very crowded on weekends, so be prepared to wait in line. I also like the veggie spring rolls with sweet and sour sauce. Ordered 2 large sides of chow mein and saw the red dye from the outside of the box all over the top inside of both boxes (see photos). Not sure if this is non-toxic or toxic but don't like the idea that this might get into my food. They used to have white boxes and that seemed better. I do not order their 2-item To-Go because those are styrofoam and definitely leach toxic chemicals when the hot food melts the container. Hoping this big chain changes their to-go packaging because I do like that their food is consistent and they do not use msg. read more

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Be cautious if Carlos is cooking. Came by for an early lunch and he is eating in the food prep/kitchen area. Not looking for extra seasoning on my food. I see this location replies to bad reviews to try and minimize the review. Maybe try being better at what you do so you don't get so many bad reviews. I understand being a busy location having a hard time keeping up with food demand. However there are no excuses for health code violations. There are other options in this food court. read more

Food was OK, it was late at night so maybe it wasn't as good as it should've been. Maybe this picture will sum up with they thought of us as a customer read more

Panda Express - Maybe this writing on the box sums up how they feel about me as a customer - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

I love Panda Express! This location was no different! Their prices and food are always satisfying! The customer service was great. Though they forgot my sauces the first time, I went back and they gave me the sauces after a heartfelt apology! It was easy to decide on what we wanted so my family was able to enjoy their lunch better, thus we were able to refuel while we continued shopping at the Fashion Valley mall. I wouldn't change a thing about it! read more

Panda Express - Plate Meal with Half & Half of Chow Mein and Fried Rice, Broccoli Beef, and Veggie Spring Rolls ($7.50) - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

The food was definitely NOT made with love. Bland and unsatisfying. The employees are rude and unpleasant. Would not recommend read more

This is by far the worst panda I've been too. I came in an hour before closing and they had little to no food and were rushing everyone out the door. While ordering I asked for sauce on my mandarin chicken, instead I got dry chicken. I nicely asked her again and she handed me a small sauce cup! She was more focused on cleaning and getting out of there then helping the customers. The soda station had no ice and when I sat down and started eating I noticed they gave me 4 pieces of orange chicken!! All around bad experience. I will not be going back to this location! read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

Worst panda ever. Not only are they extremely stingy with the food portion, but the food itself tasted like it had been sitting for hours. Couldn't even finish my meal it was so distasteful. If you want to be disappointed the come to this location. 3 pieces of meat and 2 pieces of broccoli was apparently enough for one serving. read more

This panda sucks. Their rice wasn't cooked enough it was hard like a damn rock. The food has no favor at all. The workers are so rude. All of them should get fired read more

Some kind of curly white substance was in my cup when I got my drink. I showed it to them and said I needed a new cup. The lady showed the manager who took off the spigot to show me what it looked like saying it wasnt possible for it to be from them. I don't know if it came from the spigot or the ice machine but I certainly didn't put it in there. Cannot believe he insinuated I put it there! Keep the "coupon code" for a free entree cause I will certainly NEVER be back. read more

Mediocre food and smaller portions than I've gotten at other Panda Express locations. They rush you when you order and help others that were in line behind you. Eh on the customer service. The cashier got snippy when I asked for a fortune cookie. Thought those came with the meal? Stars for convenience but won't return again. read more

First time at this location. Not impressed! We usually go to the one on Friars but that one closed so had to come to this one. Food was not hot enough and they don't fill up the plate like other locations. Won't be coming here again. Too bad the one in Mission Valley closed. read more

First of all let me say that the employees here on black Friday can use some help on how to provide better customer service and also don't understand why open if you don't have all your food in stock for the customer to order... Tried to order tyriyaki chicken they didn't have and also they didn't have the Beijing beef so had to get things that I didn't want with no remorse from anyone sad to say I won't be coming back here read more

Customer service here sucks. They look at us like peasants. They are so quick with you and speak in such a rude tone. Also over priced

Today's pick of the Day was Shanghai Angus Mushroom Steak. It's the bomb!! Especially when loaded with extra mushrooms. My plate was made fresh to order, and was still steaming when I brought it back to work 15 min later. At this location they are always friendly and quick to offer a tasty sample! Good job :) Sandra was very helpful and pleasant when checking me out. read more

Panda Express - Chinese goodness!! - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

If you like AWFUL Chinese cuisine, look no further. Crunchy, over-cooked rice. Overly sweet sauces. Revolting shrimp. Chewy steak. Just.... gross. read more

It's alright. Even though the food is not at all authentic Chinese, I still ate here because I was hungry and the line was shorter. I got the rice and orange chicken. It served its purpose in filling up my stomach at the expense of about $7. There isn't too much more that I could add. Three stars is as high as I will go. read more

Ok, lets be honest, if we're looking for authentic Mexican, do we go to taco bell or Chevy's? Of course not, its Americanized, so now that that's out of the way, I have never been treated as great as I have been in this mall. The ppl at panda express were informative and helpful w a smile, I think that's awesome. I saw this delicious beefy stuff, she gave me a taste, man was it yummy, shanghai angus steak. Big huge (yes redundant) chunks of juicy tender steak with onions and asparagus, wow, I've been to really nice restaurants that over took asparagus, it was perfectly crisp, it was an extra buck to choose it for my combo, but WORTH IT! I of course got the orange chicken that we know and love, but if i had it to do again, i would have gone all steak on it cuz it left me wanting more:-D since i don't eat at panda express but once a year... maybe, i was unfamiliar w their sizing conventions and ended up w a "large" Pepsi that has to be 40 oz, but since i LOVE Pepsi, it was a happy surprise. read more

I never had such a hard time buying 4 plates for my family. It felt like an obstacle course. Employees are clueless and don't work together well. There is no try to carry your food. Just not the same as all the other franchise. read more

Worst employee setup and structure. Unorganized. Was told 6 minutes for a side dish 10 minutes went by and they still didn't start cooking it. read more

Good and fast service. I love the chowmein of this location, my best combo noodles with Orange chicken and beijing beef.

I am not going to lie, I am not a fan of Panda Express. (I miss Chinese food on the east coast, so I am a little bias) Therefore, I am not going to review the food for this business, because I don't like it, but my daughter does, so this is where we went for dinner one night. The place was chaotic and disorganized. The employees appeared to have no idea what they were doing. They seemed scatter brained Panda Express appears to be popular, so you would think they had to run like a well oiled machine, but they don't. I ordered the veggies, they didn't have them ready. I wanted to try the walnut shrimp, again, not ready. I am sorry, but when you know you are getting down to the last bit of something, have more ready to go. Don't wait until the last minute to do it and then hold up the line. So they took my container and wrote my order on it and placed it the back. While I was waiting a gentleman butt in front of me to tell the people they got his order wrong. No one told him to wait or refer him to a manager. They addressed his confusing issue, held up the ever growing line, and just wound up giving him more food. ( I say confusing issue, because that is the look they had on their faces...confusion) At one point they went to give him my empty container waiting to have MY food placed in it! LOL Finally we got the food, mind you 10-15 mins have passed and it took an additional 5 minutes because the cashier didn't know how to ring up the food and then the card reader wouldn't read my card. Rather they hit the numbers in manually, we stood there while they ran my card, up/down, flipped and in a plastic bag two dozen times. Seriously. My daughter, who I said likes Panda Express, has vowed not to go back to this one. read more

I'm usually nice and it takes A LOT for someone to push my buttons and write this review. The lady that served me was awfully rude. She greeted me which I give credit for that part but it was the way she said answered me. I asked for a Bowl, and she started putting the veggies in a plate. All I said was, "hi, isn't it suppose to be in a black bowl?" (In a kindly matter) and she was furious and said "a bowl is one entry and one base. we ran out of the black bowls that's why I'm putting it in a plate!" And that suddenly changed my mood to being so upset and told her, "I'm just asking! Just RELAX. Just relax!!" And she responded rudely. Goodness, I have never been into a Panda Express that gives such a bad customer service. And they ran out of a lot of stuff to chose from. There was NO apologize whatsoever. The cook just stared blankly, the cashier was just quiet. Where are your manners people?!? No fork, no napkin that was given either. I understand if you guys had a bad day but sometimes, it's common sense to put your feelings aside rather than putting it on your customers. I will not be coming back to this location ever again. And the reviews here speak for itself. Sorry but this is unacceptable. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

I go to this location for my lunch break at work and it is awful. I've been there approximately 4 times and each time they mess up on my order and the workers are always crabby and act like they know nothing about the job. The last 2 times I've had to wait 30 minutes to get my food and just to end up with the wrong order or a half empty plate. This place is a no go. read more

terrible service and the quality of the food was bad. very upset considering panda express is my one love in life. read more

Panda Express - Very disappointed in the fact that i paid $6 for THIS. gross. - Chinese Near Me - San Diego, California

Gross! Super gross food. Never coming back! Health department needs to come visit here.

Egg rolls were terrible. Cream cheese rangoon 4. Chow mein 3- Orange chicken 4. Broccoli beef, broccoli not cooked enough 3. All in all a 3. read more

Rude and understaffed. Messed up on my order and didn't even care to fix it. I had to pay 3 dollars more for something I should've gotten in my original meal. That short Asian girl that works there needs to get an attitude check. This place can ruin a good shopping day. read more

I tried posting the attached review to Panda Express's corporate page, but it was quickly hidden from public view. Perhaps the use of profanity offended them, which is ironic considering I was just quoting THEIR employee! The story is this: I was at the Fashion Valley mall in San Diego with my two babies (1 & 2 years old) who were both hungry and therefore cranky. The line was literally out the door and I was waiting as patiently as possible to receive my food/service, while my littlest cried/whined impatiently and my oldest kept asking 'mama' for 'Panda'. When I came up to the front, the store manager, in a blue shirt with a tag saying "SHAWN", looked annoyed over at his coworker and said in a loud voice, loud enough to hear over the hustle, "SOMEONE SHUT THOSE F***KING KIDS UP". Of course I was angered, upset, and worst of all, humiliated. I asked him if he was serious, and he nervously laughed and tried to say it was a joke, then asked me for my order (the other employee was already serving me). I asked him if I could speak to his manager and he shamefully admitted he was it. I did not receive an apology, and despite me saying to him that I should not be expected to pay for my meal after that sort of customer service, still had to pay for my meals. The cashier was kind and sympathetic, as was a woman in line behind me, but I left shaking and in tears. I don't know why it shook me up so much -- perhaps because I was by myself and know this will be the first of many of these experiences handling my two young babes on my own, but NO ONE should EVER be treated this way, regardless of the circumstances!!! If he could see I was obviously already overwhelmed with my two kids that are quite obviously very close in age, what possesses A MANAGER of all people to say such a thing, joking or not?!? There's a little thing called tact, and respect, both of which that manager needs to learn. Shawn has another thing coming! https://www.facebook.com/PandaExpress/posts/10153011149948814 read more

Food was decent but NEIL bitch ass needs to be in back (away from customers) or fired. He should not be the first person we get to speak with. He's very rude and inpatient. I had to repeat myself 3 times because he wasn't listening just talking. Screaming sides, sides, sides is not ok! read more

We just ordered two plates with fried rice, chow mein, chicken and beef and broccoli. We also ordered the rangoon's. We have eaten at Panda Express in the past and generally know what to expect from this establishment, but the food we got today was disgusting. The rangoons had no filling, the rice and chow mein were both clearly from at least the day before, they were dried out and stale tasting. Our entire meal tasted like we got Panda Express two days ago and then reheated it. Unfortunately we had our meal to go so we were unable to speak to management at the store. Will not be returning to this establishment again. And will be writing corporate on this restaurant. read more

Chicken was hardly warm, service bad. No chopsticks or napkins in bag, and no one told me they were around the corner so I had to walk back from the food court to get them. Just thought they would include them since they put my box in a plastic bag. Also the employee got me the wrong type of order, wanted a kids meal but got a panda bowl with a sad amount of chicken! They didn't even ask which type of dish (kids meal, bowl, etc) I wanted. Felt like a waste to pay over six bucks for a box full of white rice and a small portion of stale orange chicken... Maybe I should've gotten chow mien? :p read more