It's Panda Express! You get what you expect! However this one is slightly cleaner than most and the food tastes of higher quality and fresher than other chains! Would love to come back and I definitely recommend this one! Friendly staff too! read more

It's Panda. I live out over the summit, and this is a guilty pleasure of mine when I need to do a shopping trip. 4 total chairs for your 5 outdoor tables is pretty ridiculous though, covid or not. There's a hardware store right across the street that sells patio chairs.... read more

Went in today, Christmas Eve. Some dumbass employee told me what options were gluten free, but after consuming some of these items I became seriously ill. I knew it was from my food allergy, so I looked it up online at their website and this a-hole was full of crap! None of the items I ate were gluten free! Now I'm spending Christmas Eve sick as hell because of his dumb @ss!!! Un-friggin-believable! These flare ups cause damage it my intestines!! Food allergies are serious! You can kill someone, stupid!!! Edit: they privately replied to ask me what happened. I told them in detail and asked for a possible refund. They won't reply now, not even an apology! Fabulous customer service--Ugh Update: They eventually refunded my debit card. read more

Food was good service nice and quick , but really no steamed white rice at 6: 45 pm. Chinese without white rice come on!

Service was quick and store was clean. I got the platter with walnut prawns and chicken. I loved the prawns and the chicken was a bit too salty and soggy. read more

Panda Express - Chinese Near Me - Truckee, California

They have a habit of not making the honey chicken breast nearly everyday. It's the best choice meat IMO but almost never available.

We were visiting family here and chose to have lunch here. With signs posted at the door/entrance that masks are required inside this establishment (and signage visible inside as well, like on the glass at the start of the buffet line)! I was shocked to see so many individuals who chose to ignore this while we stood in line. Where we're from (Hawaii), if you chose to ignore the mask mandate, you would not be served. Anyhow, the food was as good as expected, but we did noticed that the selections were much less than we're used to seeing back home. Missing chow fun noodles, egg plant/tofu, and almond chicken, to name a few. read more

What can you expect from this place... pretty much the same thing as any other Panda Express. Staff does their jobs, food tastes consistent across the chain just as one might expect and the place is kept relatively clean. One of the trashcans in the outside eating area were jammed full of takeout packaging, as it seems this location defaults to takeout orders. I got myself a "bigger plate" of fried rice, chow mein, and orange chicken with an added side entree of sweetfire chicken breast. Everything tasted the very same as it does every time I visit a Panda Express. Not much else to say other than this place gives you pretty much what you'd expect upon walking in. read more

They need to do a better job of keeping their entrees replenished. The kung pao chicken and string bean chicken we got tasted old.

Awesome service !! The store it was clean , but my food it was amazing! Love the orange chicken the crew members are very nice always a smile on there face read more

The foods always good and the staff is very friendly. I appreciate that they always add extra teriyaki sauce if i ask and don't try to charge me extra for it. Sometimes you need that Chinese food craving satisfied and this is pretty delicious. read more

Update: still no glorious Potstickers! I did feel positive when Panda commented. I have faith! I cannot be alone on this!

EDIT: The management reached out to me on this. I feel like that alone deserves an edit to the review to consider the change that I could be wrong. The were reassuring and I hope it means there will be a change. I will upgrade my review and if nothing changes, I will update it again. This location seems understaffed every time i go in. The food is often a little old and I would say they need new management. To their credit, the staff is friendly. read more

Our group of friends was so glad to take out from here and enjoy the meal for Lunar New year during our ski weekend! Thank you Panda Express for not disappointing us. So glad you have a location in Truckee and providing this convenience. Would have loved to see hot and sour soup on the menu as well but we enjoyed everything we did get! read more

I normally like Panda Express but I have had such a consistent disappointment with the food at the Panda Express in Truckee I had to leave a review. The last three times I have eaten at this Panda Express the food has been terrible. Nothing like what you experience at other locations. Tonight at 8pm I had limited choices because they were out of most of the main dishes. The wait was 15 minutes. In your car because of COVID. What I chose didn't even taste like the ingredience listed. The chicken tasted like old frying oil. No sauce on the orange chicken and the other beef dish I got was inedible. The only thing that was remotely edible was the rice and even it had and old oil taste. I will never go back and I am off any Panda Express in any location. read more

Nice service, very clean restaurant, lots of choices for Chinese food. We received exactly what we each wanted -- nice, quick line -- and you order exactly what you want (and how much you want). Easy self-serve drinks and sodas. Plus able to buy bottled Panda express products. One thing this store should consider -- is putting the menu up right when you come into to restaurant -- so you can see how it works (2 entrees plus a side, 3 entrees, etc) while you want in line. (rather than have people so up the line and try to decide and read the overhead too). It would just make things that much better for everyone -- including the employees not having to explain how things work and what to do. Overall, very nice experience and will be back. Love the Panda on the napkin dispenser that said to save some/not waste napkins -- to basically be more green! Good way to get people to conserve and get the message out. read more

Thank you for staying open in the middle of a snowstorm! I have never been grateful for common Chinese-American dishes. I am amazed at how food quality is so consistent across the Panda chain. read more

They have a very good operation to deal with these COVID-19 times. They prepared our food very quickly and were very kind. They're only dealing with a limited menu, which is understandable. Very limited options for Chinese food in the north Lake Tahoe area and these guys came through for us. There was a park about three minutes away that had a few picnic tables to sit at. read more

Wow, a Panda Express in Truckee! I recommend getting the Panda Feast ($27) if you have a crowd. The feast includes choice of two large sides (fried rice, steamed rice, chow mein or steamed vegetables) and three large entrees. It should be enough food to serve 4-5 people. My favorite dishes are the eggplant and tofu, orange chicken and chicken with string beans. Bottom line: Decent food quality and portion size - a definite safe choice when on the road. read more

Absolutely love this place. Hands down the best customer service in town! I arrived about 30 minutes until closing and just expected to eat whatever they had left. The girl taking the orders and the cook worked seamlessly to ensure I received whichever entree I wanted regardless of whether they had it made or needed to prepare it. I could tell the cook had a passion for what he did as well as keeping every guest that woked thru that door happy. I had ordered a large order of food a while back and the cook happened to be the one who helped me out to my car. I tried to tip him and he said that he couldn't accept but to please give it to the children's hospital instead. read more

I recently moved up to Truckee full time and miss my neighborhood Chinese restaurant in the bay area. I almost never actually GET chinese food but I always knew I could when I really, really, craved it. But not so much up here (but I wouldn't live anywhere else for anything!!!) So...I was DYING for chinese yesterday after a big hike (I know...seems kinda counter productive...) so bit the bullet and tried Panda Express. Believe it or not, I've never been to a Panda Express before even though I see them popping up everywhere. I do recall getting an orange chicken sample at the mall food court waaaay back when that's the only place they were located. I really liked my food. I am a BIG believer in Americanized white person Chinese food. Only Chinese I like really. And the most awesome thing is they have nutritional data on all of the food (and their website) so, while it's not like eating at home and measuring out your ingredients, you do have a general idea of how bad you are being. BIG FAN! I bought mine to go but a quick scan when I walked in showed it was a clean place (not always true at Chinese restaurants. Go chain quality control!) and the cashier was extremely friendly and quick. I will be back. It's actually bad that I liked it so much ;) read more

Long lines. Appears understaffed. Thus happened the last time I was here as well. Food is always consistently good. Hope they resolve the staffing issues read more

Poorly staffed resulted in a long wait despite only 4 people in line. C'mon man, pony up for more workers. This is Panda, one of the biggest chains in the country. But per normal, I love the food as a guilty pleasure! read more

Skimpy serving size and hair in food. Nasty work environment and rude staff. Don't go here save your money and go support a local business. The amount of time that I've hade hair in my food is unprofessional and should never happen in a kitchen. I've given this Panda Express many chances but they have let me down every time. read more

You know what you're getting. Consistent... always. Definitely a go-to spot when I can't figure out what to eat or there's nothing too interesting around. read more

All fresh ingredients! Fun for my son to try the different and options and for me, too! Ten times better than any panda express I have been to before. The food did not have any chemical or Chinese food after taste! No MSG. Each option had a distinct flavor, not like some Chinese good places where it tastes like they cook all the food in the same wok. They were really patient and kind with us wanting to try the options (since I have maybe experienced panda express once), even though they were swamped and obviously a very busy location. They had plenty of fresh food and the flavors burst on my tongue! It was wonderful. Fun wonton, egg roll and potstickers, too! The price was right. I got a 3 item combo for 8.50! Great portions so I was able to save half for dinner. The food sat well in my tummy and gave me energy for sledding down the street! They have fortune cookies and the food is not greasy, either. read more

I love this place. The food is always fresh, worker's are Always nice and friendly. Try the honey walnut shrimp, delicious.

Used to crave this all the time. Panda is pretty 'meh' as far as chinese style cuisine, but you know what, at least this one isn't dirty like others I've seen before. Good service, and the place gets a line to the door sometimes - not sure why, but it's always busy when i've been. Not a bad job for a Panda Express. I usually wouldn't even give more than 3 stars to a fast food joint. read more

All of the food was cold. The service was terrible. The woman at the register was so rude and unpleasant. Not coming back here.

Maria helped us with our order today, she was one of the sweetest and most helpful people we have come across at Panda Express! She was very intentional and quick, and also, filled our boxes full with that Panda Express goodness:) Thank you so much Maria! We haven't had such good customer service at Panda for a little while. read more

The Angus Steak sucks! They didn't even let me know that it's $1.25 more. I took two bites and that was it. Taco Bell would have been better but it was too far away. I made a mistake coming to this place. read more

I get the same chow main every time and it's a little dry,and if you could keep the noodles a little moister then that would make a great change thank you read more

Ordered the steak and shrimp with rice. ($8 per bowl) About 3/4 bowl of rice and less than a 1/4 of steak and shrimp. Order for 2 bowls came to 16.89. The Chinese cashier gave me $17 in change for a 20. I had planed to give a tip but gave nothing because she shorted me .11 cents without asking! It's the principle! read more

DO NOT GO HERE. I'm sorry to say but the supervisor on shift on a Sunday yelled at me and showed poor customer service! This woman should be at least written up! read more

Excellent experience, food was amazing , service was fast. Very clean and friendly staff. Always enjoy coming here when I work in Truckee.

Great food, great price, and a very efficient staff. Krystal helped me and was very kind and made sure that my order was just right I wish we could find this service at every restaurant! I noticed that behind the counter things are very clean in the front line had great communication with the cooks in the back. I was very impressed and I'll be back! read more

I am usually fan of Panda. Sure it isn't gourmet or anything close, but it is a wonderful alternative to the other fast food. However, this location in Truckee is not one of the best. The place is clean and nice looking, but the food is not up to par with other Panda Expresses. The Chow Mein was bland (somewhat burned), the portion sizes were smaller than other stores (though based on the flavor, not to depressed about that). One positive is that they made the beef and broccoli with the angus steak by mistake and it was darn good. Overall, I'll skip the place next time. read more

All the female employees were so accommodating and friendly, made me a fresh batch of sweet fire late in the night! Thanks ladies!

i didn't have a problem with my food. it was good. i have a problem with the cashier. yeah you with the dirty blonde hair that looks like it hasn't been washed! lose the damn attitude. i mean if you hate you're job why do you work there?. i asked for a plate give it to me don't be like "over there" and make me go to the other worker who's busy and don't text if you're at work. very unprofessional. it had outdoor seating. the seating inside was very cramped. read more

After a 3 day tiring trip in Lake Tahoe, a friend decided to eat here for our final meal before departing home. I don't know if I was really hungry or if the food was good, but we really enjoyed our meal. The hot and sour soup was just as good as that in a mom& pop restaurant and the fried rice/chow mein mix was better than those $3 chinese take-out places. I was pleasantly surprised by this well-known franchise. read more