I've never been to Panda Garden before, even though it's literally been a block away from me this whole time! My usual go-to Chinese takeout spot hasn't been the best lately, so I decided to finally give this place a try and I'm SO glad I did. Let me just say, this is officially my new go-to. First off, the place is absolutely spotless. The dining area is super clean, and you can even see into the kitchen, which is just as clean. They also have a pretty large indoor seating area, which you don't usually see in Chinese takeout spots, so that really stood out to me. We ordered a variety of dishes, chicken with vegetables with vegetable fried rice, chicken and broccoli with pork fried rice, General Tso's chicken with pork fried rice, sweet and sour chicken with pork fried rice, crab rangoons (they call them cheese wontons), and steamed dumplings. Everything was delicious. The food wasn't greasy at all, and you can really taste the freshness and quality in every single dish. Our order was ready in about 10-15 minutes, which was perfect. On top of that, the staff were so kind and informative, which made the experience even better. I can't believe this place has been right around the corner this whole time, I'll definitely be coming here from now on! read more

I haven't been at this fast food chinese restaurant in a while, but I don't remember ever having a problem with the food quality. It seems also that over the years prices have gone up which is to be expected, but still reasonable. For takeout, from the lunch special menu, I ordered shrimp with lobster sauce over white rice. Unfortunately, it consisted of 90% rice and 10% sauce with 4 small pieces of shrimp - disappointing. My wife had to cook a little more shrimp to add to the order. She said she ordered double sautéed pork over brown rice. I had a little and it was just ok. Overall, I think this restaurant has declined a little bit, and regrettably I'll give it 3 stars. read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - Shrimp with Lobster Sauce. - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

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I had a lot of Chinese food in my life. This restaurant food tasted low quality. I got the fried rice and the chow fun which are staples/common in these restaurants. They tasted like plastic and really no good flavor. Tasted highly of some possible msg powder or not sure what that was and the food overall was sticky/lacked flavor. Disappointed because it was my first time here and was expecting better food because from the looks of the store it looked like they make good food. I won't be coming back unfortunately. read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - 49. Beef Chow Fun - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

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Used to be good take-out, Not anymore! They are cutting corner and that's very obvious, especially when you order any kind of dish like sesame or genaral chao's chicken and instead of pieces of chicken you get fried pieces of dough!!! read more

Ordered for delivery and they said it would take about 30 mins. Delivery driver showed up at my door in 15! I guess I was a lot closer than they thought. Food was definitely piping hot! I ordered a small House Special Fried Rice, small Shrimp with Garlic Sauce, Seafood Delight, and a small Hot n Shour Soup. Since my order was over 25 bucks I had the choice of a free soda or eggroll so I chose eggroll. The House Special Fried Rice($7.25) had just about everything in there. Things like chicken, shrimp, and pork. This alone can be a meal in itself. Very flavorful. The Shrimp with Garlic Sauce($9.25) has onions, carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, and snap peas. Mix that that in with the garlic sauce and the shrimp makes this dish an explosion of flavors. The Seafood Delight($17.95) has lobster, jumbo shrimp, scallops, and king crab meat in a special white sauce. It also has the same vegetables as the Shrimp with Garlic sauce as mentioned above. This dish has good overall flavor as well but there were a couple things that kind of annoyed me. First of all, it was not jumbo shrimp. The shrimp was the same size as the Shrimp with Garlic sauce. Second of all, they use imitation crab meat instead of king crab meat. Lastly, they put one petite lobster tail in there. The description you read above is straight from their menu. Just put down what you actually put in there! No need to lie! The small Hot n Sour Soup($3.75) and free eggroll was just ok. I have had better at some places but I also have had worse. Service was quick like I mentioned above. From ordering to receiving the food it was really quick! Overall, I would order from this place again. Will definitely try other items. What I don't understand is that they don't have some kind of honey walnut or coconut shrimp dish. I mean, just about every Chinese restaurant I have been to has some kind of dish like that. Their menu is so extensive that I am shocked that they don't have anything like that. Yelp 2022 Review #22 873 overall read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - Seafood Delight - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

Throwback to my QueensBorough Community College days. I could always rely on Panda Garden for a tasty serving of General Tso or Sesame Bean Curd. So many other places will serve you slop covered in sauce, but not here. The tofu is beautifully battered and seasoned while the broccoli is steamed to perfection. Delicious and convenient American Chinese food. read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - General Tso Bean Curd w/ white rice - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

Hot & Piping food! Delicious and fast! Picked it up today. No regrets on a rainy day! read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - 49. Beef Chow Fun & S5. General To's Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

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Solid local fast Chinese food with lots of selections and good lunch specials. Delivery is quick and food is hot upon delivery. Always helps satisfy our Chinese food craving. read more

I decided to order food here a few times before leaving a review as chinese restaurants sometime tend to be low quality at times with the food. This restaurant is by far the best chinese I've eaten in the area. I figured they're close to the police station and the cops must order so they can't screw up orders or be stingy with quality. I was right. The food is fresh, delivery is fast and the ambiance is your typical chinese spot. People are nice. Will continue ordering. Highly suggest you give them a try! read more

Surprisingly fast service, the small/ large potion sizes are great, nice friendly chinese restaurant vibe read more

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Extremely rude. Tried calling in an order, guy was not listening to me I got only one item of my order in before he said " okay that's it?" I tried to tell him no but before I could he said "ok goodbye" and hung up on me. I tried calling back to complete my order but was met by even more rudeness I tried to say that I just got hung up on before I could finish my order and all I got was him yelling "did you order or not". I work with the public too sir but if you are having a bad day you can not take it out on the customer who is simply ordering food... sucks because I've been going here for years and have never had this issue. Completely put me off of ever wanted to order from here again. Lost a customer. Hope you have a better day buddy but don't let whatever issue you're having affect the business. *Update* not 2 minutes after I posted the same jerk called me back sayin regards to my "order" I told him he could cancel it because he was extremely rude and that I won't be coming back and instead of trying to make it better or apologizing he hung up on me again. What an ass. He's going to end up costing them business with his attitude and lack of listening skills. read more

I had dinner yesterday at Panda Garden. Everything was so fresh. The half fried Chicken was amazing and the rice was just Perfect. I wish the employees smile at customer but the food accomplish everything . Highly recommended read more

When G is away, D just does not cook and this was a combo meal kind of night. Now for some reason this place seems to get a bad rap by folks, but we have had very good service and food most of the time here. We did have one experience with a delivery which was not so good, but everyone has a bad day occasionally. For my order, it was just some sweet and sour chicken and fried rice. It does come with an egg roll but I told them to not include it. They wanted to give me a soup in place of the egg roll but I was just not in the mood for any extras. They were kind enough to give me a soda which I appreciated. When I got home, the food was just as expected and actually there was so much that I could not finish the meal. I really do prefer stopping by to place my order versus ordering by phone for delivery. The staff here is very friendly and always thank you for coming. No problems for me. read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

Good food for a reasonable price. Service was kind and friendly. Free parking outside as well. read more

Chicken and broccoli combo with egg roll under $10. Prompt and nice service! Tasted good. I'll go back! Passed by this place cause I was in their neighborhood. The place had a good flow of people that's s good sign. read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - Chix and brocc - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

First and last time customer... food had no crisp to it, almost felt like they steamed it (?) or way overcooked. When I picked up the meal there was nobody there so it wasn't like they were too busy with other orders. Whoever reviewed their food maybe had a different chef? If I was 80 years old with dentures then maybe I would have liked this food read more

Good food. Good waitress. Funny. Clean bathroom and bar. Warm. Nice music. Plenty of parking

Full disclosure, this is American Chinese food. With that in mind, prices were a bit higher than other locations but the food was ok. Nothing to rave about or travel out of the way. read more

Wow let me talk about the amazing service in here! I walked in at 10:55PM not knowing they close at 11PM and they still served me! I got the wonton dumplings (delicious), fried shrimp (addicting) and lomain (awesome). Everything was so good, hot and fresh. I can't wait to eat here again HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! read more

very delicious and you can tell they use quality ingredients and dont skimp out on the meat. they are better than ur typical Chinese takeout restaurant. im so glad i found this place! read more

Though the food is good, your delivery driver has turned me off from this establishment forever. The dude has a MAJOR attitude and never says thank you. The previous guy was great and always had a smile on his face. There are enough hole in the wall slant places around that I have my pick of the litter without having to deal with this moron. read more

I found this place late night in Bayside in a Saturday. I ordered ribs, fries and noodles. The place was pretty empty and clean. the lady was friendly. The bathroom was very clean, too, which is remarkable. They were trying to get it ready as fast as possible and it was pretty tasty. I would go back. When I left some Chinese guests entered , which is a good sign in terms of food quality. read more

The best Chinese food in bayside.very fresh and delicious. I would recommend this Chinese restaurant to anyone.

My husband has raved about Panda Garden for years, stating that this place has the best Chinese food around. My favorite go to place was Amy's. After having a few not so good meals at Amy's I decided to give Panda Garden a shot. The first time we ordered the food was excellent. We then decided that it was going to be our new go to place for Chinese. The past couple of times we've ordered from them the food was not good. Anything with meat on it was about 85% fat. The ribs were horrible and the food was blah and really not good at all. We were very, very disappointed. The people that answer the phone and take order in the restaurant are also very rude. Which I wouldn't mind so much if the food was rave-worthy, but with mediocre to disgusting food, high prices and that type of attitude, Panda Garden will never get a dime from us again. You can get what they're offering at any one of the thousand Chinese food places around here - and I can think of several that are much more worthy of my raves, anyway!! With that type of competition, this place really should try harder. read more

I went to pick up my order and saw one of the workers vigorously digging up his nose, disregarding the customers around watching him. I am absolutely discussed!!! I did not want to pay for my order after that, the guy at register was upset! Stating he not a the chief who made your food, seriously!!!! That the excuse to accept his behavior! Like really after watching that, I was absolutely disappointed. I asked him to correct his behavior and laughed. This was a go to place until today absolutely unacceptable and disgusting . Indefinitely don't recommend. read more

We've been ordering and taking out on and off from this restaurant for about 20 years. It used to be very dependable. I'm afraid, though, that it has been going downhill for the last 5 years or so. Last night was the last straw. I had to throw away most of the hot and sour soup we got. The soup was basically just oily water. The chicken with black bean sauce that use to have many vegetables and mushrooms last night had the chicken drowning only in onions. So we're giving up on Panda after all this time. read more

I asked for a special meal with fried pepper with beef and shrimp Lowmein. They offered my spicy sour soup for free. read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

This place if ok. Use to be much better I feel. I don't know what happened. When you order for delivery they come in a good time. read more

I hadn't been here since moving to the neighborhood years back. Don't remember exactly why I wasn't keen on returning. Nevertheless, years later, I happened to notice that they were open for take-out as the Covid-19 pandemic carried on. My regular place has been closed since it started, so I chose to give Panda Garden another chance. Glad I did! General Tzo's Chicken was tender and flavorful. The egg rolls and steamed dumplings were excellent. I'm gonna try them once again and if it's as good as the food I had on this occasion, it will become my regular place! Excellent job! read more

service sucks the driver left my food in the chair in my yard after he calls me and tells my food is in the chair very rude and I gave a good tip never will I call for service again read more

Decent food. Nice staff and fair price Went there few times. No complaints. Food is actually pretty good read more

Ordered using grub hub. Gave me a 15 min ASAP window and then when I checked again it added another 30 mins totally still wanted my yummy food and of course waited. read more

When I first moved to Bayside, my roommates warned me never to eat at Panda Garden. They said it was the worst Chinese food they had ever eaten. So what did I do last night? Of course, completely disregard their warnings and try the place out. I mean, how bad can Chinese fast food be, right? Well, at least the place was clean and the staff was friendly to me, though they were having quite a loud argument in the back while I was waiting for my meal. Their prices were rather high for Chinese take out, but that didn't deter me from trying. When I got home and opened up the food, everything seemed ok, but my first bite into the sesame beef revealed just how disgusting it was. The piece had to have more fat than beef on it, as well as most of the dish. I tried eating a few pieces before I started to gag on it. Their wonton soup tasted like warm water with cardboard soaking in it. At least the wontons were decent, because that was all I really managed to salvage from the meal. Even my cats wouldn't eat the sesame beef, which was strange because they're normally doing everything in their power to sneak a taste of any food I bring home. The meal was followed with a few hours of gut-wrenching stomach pains. I will never, ever eat there again, and the next time multiple people tell me not to bother with a restaurant I will heed their advice. read more

Ghetto Chinese food is one of my guilty pleasures, so to celebrate Happy Friday, I broke my keto diet for one night and ordered food at Panda Garden Restaurant. I'm sorry I did. The food is uninspired and sub-par. Look. I'm a realist. I'm not expecting Balthazar quality, but when you have a hankering for NYC style ghetto Chinese food, nothing else will scratch that particular itch. If you look hard enough, you'll always find nirvana in the eyes of whores, you get my drift? Hot and Sour Soup: C- NYC's hot and sour soup was divine in the 80's. I go to California for 15 years to get a college education, and when I come back, the hot and sour soup falls to pieces. I mean, really. Is this some kind of Carl Jungian gestalt thing? Why are our Chinese restaurants sucking so hard? Do you wanna know what's really wrong, what's really, really wrong with the hot and sour soup? Well I'll tell you what's really wrong, what's really, really wrong with the hot and sour soup. The hot and sour soup is neither hot, nor is sour. It is completely bland, and sashays dangerously close to being tasteless. The "sour" is supposed to be a combination of white vinegar and rice vinegar. The hot is supposed to be white and black pepper and/or sriracha. I tasted none of this. In fact, I tasted nothing at all. This is an open challenge to Panda Garden. Let's have a hot-and-sour soup cookoff. We'll invite a bunch of people, and if you win, I'll change my review to 5 stars and sing your praises. If I win, you have to change your recipe to my personal recipe. Shrimp Toast: B Pretty average. I get shrimp toast for the spurt of hot and greasy shrimpy oil that shoots into your mouth when you bite down. Like giving a shrimp a deep BJ. The pleasure of the hard crusty (almost burnt) crust on the outside and the warm, creamy, shrimpy porridge on the inside is just heavenly. These shrimp toasts were not very shrimpy at all, and I would've preferred them to be more oily. After all, if I'm going to commit sin, I might as well be best friends with the devil, right? House Fried Rice: B- The fried rice was cooked al dente. 'Nuff said. BBQ Spare Ribs: B- There was copious slightly sweet sauce over the ribs, but the ribs themselves were slightly dry, and not well marbled. I want my ribs fatty! I want the juices IN the ribs, not OVER the ribs. I'll tell you what the problem is. They were cooked too quickly. They should've been cooked on lower heat for a longer period of time. And fattier meat would've been nice, too. Sesame Chicken: B- Dry and tough. Unfortunately sesame chicken is often dry since most restaurants use breast meat for this dish and proceed to cook the shit out of it. Since this dish is often disappointing, I'm giving it a B- instead of something lower. read more

Really good Chinese takeout restaurant. They advertise everywhere that they were in the top 100 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., but I am not so sure how. It isn't amazing, but it is still one of my favorites. Go here for lunch, because their deals are amazing. Try the chicken teriyaki, which comes with vegetables, rice, soup/egg roll/soda. Also try the chicken with broccoli and the singapore noodles. Small parking lot, but you can usually find a spot. LOVE THIS PLACE! read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - Roast pork chow fun with wonton soup and chicken lo mein in the background... - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

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Like any of the other neighborhood Chinese restaurants (can I call this a restaurant???), I would say this place is just average. They have all the dishes offered at most Chinese take out places. The food tastes okay and costly around the same as other places. I do like the fact that it is clean. The staff is friendly and works super fast to get your order out quickly. read more

Panda Garden has some of the better Chinese Food in Bayside. I've tried most every one and Panda Garden delivery is consistently the best. For a while I had stopped ordering as I was preferring some Japanese dishes and another local places offers both Chinese and Japanese at the same time- I knew I was giving up some of the quality on Chinese when ordering from them but I didn't remember just how big the difference was until I started ordering from Panda again. Be aware if you attempt to get take out and drive there they have a very small parking lot shared with a Quiznos, Bank, and some other businesses. There is no where to even wait for a spot, being right off very bus Norther Blvd- going "around the block" is extremely difficult as the police precinct is one of the buildings you must drive by and the police cars often block the street. So it's very much hit or miss if you'll be able to park- I could only imagine doing take out if you're in walking distance. Luckily they have fairly quick delivery and the delivery guy has always been friendly and pleasant. I enjoy many of their dishes including their soups, sesame chicken & beef, sweet & sour chicken, boneless spareribs, all the various Chow Mei Funs (thin noodles almost like angel hair pasta but thinner) - in addition their shrimp is good both friend and the type in their house specials. The most recent dish I tried which was new to me was listed as Singapore Rice Noodle which was like a spicy house special Chow Mei Fun, I enjoyed it. Also have to give props to their beef-on-a-stuck appetizer, some Chinese places this isn't edible but I quite enjoy theirs. I say we order about once every couple weeks now and have had no problems, The only improvement I would hope for one day is to add more options to the menu, nearby there are both Chinese / Japanese and Chinese / Mexican alternatives. read more

The food here is not bad. I had the C19 (General Chicken) and it wasn't bad (decent). The service was quick and nice. Definitely a go-to Chinese food place since it is like a couple blocks away from home ^^* it can be a hit or miss though. read more

Usual Chinese take out fare. Reasonable pricing, decent food and usual Chinese take out grumpy service. Nothing special but also nothing bad, except the place could be a lot cleaner. Eat in and your eating out of plastic take out containers and the finest plasticware bayside has to offer. read more

Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant - Order counter - Chinese Near Me - Bayside, New York

Not great, but somewhat edible. I wasn't expecting much, but sometimes surprises happen. Overall, fairy mediocre and uninspiring. If you cannot decide between Kung Pao Chicken, Chicken with Garlic Sauce, or Szechuan Chicken, it won't matter what you pick because they all taste the same. They are classified or marked as "Hot & Spicy" on the menu, but they are neither hot, nor spicy. Disappointingly bland. The Kung Pao had the chopped chilis, but there was no pow; the Garlic Chicken did not have any garlic or garlic flavor and the Szechuan was dull. I expected (and wanted) to feel the cascade of physiological responses to eating "Hot & Spicy" food, but none of that happened with these "Hot & Spicy" options. There wasn't that much flavor. The Hot and Sour Soup was bland. Not hot, sour, or flavorful. On the positive side... the restaurant is clean. Food is fresh (e.g. made to order). Portions are adequate. Parking is free. Service is prompt, but attitude and friendliness varies (which is fairly typical of most take out Chinese places). The Steamed Dumplings are plump - not bad. The pork fried rice isn't bad, either. There are better options on Bell Blvd. read more