Panda Restaurant

This place did a great job! I had Steak and Shrimp Teriyaki. They cooked the steak just right and the shrimp was cooked to perfection! I quite enjoyed my meal!

Go to Chinese place. So good. Calling in for pick up is usually about 10 – 15 min wait time. Tons of
Food.

Pretty good. The spicy sesame chicken doesn’t have much flavor though. Am pretty angry at the pork fried rice however. I was charged $ 2 extra to have pork fried rice instead of plain fried rice with my meal and all it was was plain fried rice with 6 small pieces of pork sprinkled on top. An extra $ 2 for 6 tiny pork pieces. What a rip off. If I dined in restaurant I would have said something but we ordered delivery.

As much as I like this place, I can’t put off finding a hair that is not of my length or color. That was really gross. I will not be ordering from here :/

Panda, after years of visiting your establishment its time for my review. Not to spell the obvious, but here goes:
Good:
–Portions. If this is your goal this is the place to get it.
–Soup: Something about the egg drop soup and sour soup is so good that its been my repeated dish here.
–USA Today award: Love that the sign says that Panda has been voted top 10 Chinese restaurants from USA Today. Pretty much sets the tone of excitement each time I walk into this place.
–Beef and Broccoli: Another disk on my repeat menu. I don’t like soggy broccoli presented in dish and I think that Panda provides the best balance of broccoli for that dish.
Not so Good:
Service — it could be better, but it wasn’t something out of the ordinary for a chinese restuarant
Overall, I have to GU approve this restaurant given the 3 star rating. There are few Chinese restaurants in the area let alone ones that can get the basis down for Chinese food.
GU approved.

RUDE MANAGER, SKIMPY INGREDIENTS, BOTTOM-​RUNG FLAVOR. This is the second time eating here, hoping the first was an unhappy fluke. We ordered and were served so quickly (less than 4 minutes) it was obvious that the food had been ordered by someone else and either not served or was refused, or nuked from a package. The spicy shrimp and vegetables had only two (that’s right, 2) small shrimp. When I asked the waitress, she said many customers have complained about that but that the management did nothing about it. I asked to speak to the manager, who was surly and abrupt, and said that’s what you get. Two shrimp in about 2 cups of mixed vegetables. The Mongolian Beef was gummy and low-​flavor. The fried rice was dry, flavorless and even colorless. Shortly after eating my companion and I both experienced intestinal distress. FROZEN PREPACKAGED MEAL FROM WALMART BEATS THIS, HANDS DOWN.

I love hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurants and cafes. Just like Anthony Bourdain will attest, these humble places are where flavor and authenticity reign supreme. (Bourdain would rather eat your grandmother’s long-​cooked stew of offal rather than go to a pretentious 5-​star restaurant any day!)
Back when I was just a little kid, my family would patronize another hole-​in-​the-​wall take-​out called Kowloon Kitchen, just your basic Chinese take-​away, but, like your first pizza of your childhood, this would become the standard by which all over Chinese food would be judged. Of course, Kowloon Kitchen in SoCal has long since closed their doors, and I have been on the hunt of food that would come even close to what I was raised upon.
Panda Restaurant blew my socks off as well as my brain.
This place was strongly recommended by my cabbie when I returned to Anchorage, and she was so correct with her critique. The deep-​fried prawns tasted just like the shrimp rings I remember having back when I was seven. (I’m so glad I ordered 2 orders of this!) The simple fried rice had those delicious flavors that come for a wonderfully matured patina of a stalwart wok. And the teriyaki short ribs had both of my most favorite BBQ flavors — kalbi and teriyaki — that went beyond my expectations.
But what really slammed be back to my past was their hot and sour soup. Most hot and sour soup taste pretty much the same — egg drop soup with veggies, tofu and a few shots of sriracha… But this one reminds me of the tomato-​vegetable base of the soups my mother would make when I was five, not just dumping some kimchi into the pot. Though the heat was just a little hotter than I would normally like it, I couldn’t stop eating it, and the heat adjusted just fine afterwards. I think what made it special is that I could taste just a hint of real tomato juice (not V8 or condensed tomato soup) just to give it that je né sais quoi that made it so special.
My cabbie was right. Big portions. Excellent flavor. They have online ordering and they deliver, too. Definitely take advantage of this place. You won’t regret it.

Not very good. It used to be a lot better a year ago but now the food is all dried out and lacks very much taste. Its like they got a new chef or something and now the food is just not worth it. The Fried Rice is more like dried day old rice. The Mongolian Chicken is nothing special. You could probably do better at most of the other Chinese restaurants in town.

I had low expectations going in, based on the Unilocal reviews as well as what I had heard around town. They’re open late, so our team ordered some take-​out for the night shift. I got the Phoenix and Dragon (chicken and shrimp if you want to be a dick about it). Big portion, plenty of chicken and shrimp, tangy sauce, crispy veggies. I ate it slowly through a 12 hr shift and I was stuffed the whole time. I also felt pretty sick afterwards but that’s the price of doing business with the MSG devil. I would order this dish again, but I can’t speak for anything else on the menu, as people seem to be pretty down on this place.

I came here with my brother and dad around 10 because pretty much all of the other restaurants were closing at this time and we didn’t want drive through. My brother and I order dinner combos while my dad ordered some pricey seafood dish. The food came fast and in small portions. Honestly it tastes like they just took frozen food and popped it in the microwave for a couple minutes then gave it to us, the flavor was bland, and my chow mein was cold even my dad said his food was cold. For 3 cold nasty dishes we ended up paying $ 53. We would have been better off going to McDonald’s at least the food would have tasted better.

Im so surprised this place has only 2 stars. Or maybe im reading this wrong? I made an account JUST to review this place.
I ordered from their website tonight, the ordering was simple and they called within a few minutes to confirm the order. I was told an hour and a half wait, being Saturday night I understood.
My food was here within an hour. I ordered lemon chicken & hot and sour soup. My lemon chicken was ao tangy and perfect. Its breaded and there are delicious crispy pieces. Loved it. I ate a small bowl if the chicken and went to get myself some of the soup. I expected it to be warm, but what I didnt expect was cracking open a thick plastic container that released steam from the soup! — i should also add they delivered all the way to Muldoon– the soup was perfectly spiced (i asked for medium hot in comments) but I did find it a little salty.
I’ve eaten at this place over the years, but I never ordered because I just assumed they didn’t deliver to Muldoon. They do! Absolutely love this place.

I’d been working late and it was the only place open that wasn’t a drive-​thru. When I entered, I was told I was the last customer. I told them I was placing a to-​go order, and asked for a menu. The owner/​chef said, «No menu! What do you want?» Guessing he didn’t want to start over in the kitchen at closing, I asked what he had left. We tossed some ideas around, and decided he could whip together a chicken lo mein. It was good, and super hot, even 20 minutes after I made it to my hotel. Not an unpleasant experience, and frankly, I was glad to be fed at that late hour. Tasty noodles.

Premade food, nothing was really made to order. Food itself wasn’t disgusting, but also wasn’t anything special. The egg rolls weren’t very tasty, the Lo-​mein/​Chow-​mein I definitely did not enjoy and the Mongolian beef was just dull. Place is empty for a reason guys!

Writing this review from the bathroom. You can imagine why. 4^th day of stomach issues. The food was much better a few years ago under the previous ownership.
My buddy warned me not to order from Panda anymore but I ignored him since I had fond memories of the House Fried Rice with the egg on top. My wife and I ordered take out on Friday night and ended up with stomach issues for the remainder of the weekend and today.
We had the house fried rice and broccoli beef as well.
Service was friendly but we won’t be back anytime soon because of the stomach issues and the food quality wasn’t good anymore.
Two stars because of friendliness and fast service I hope other peoples experiences are better.
Good luck!

It’s always hit or miss with them. Sometimes it’s delicious and well portioned, sometimes it’s terrible with hardly any meat in the meat dishes. The teriyaki chicken is good, but for the price, its more cabbage than chicken.

Nothing special. Their sweet n sour chicken was substituted for my general tsos. I might be high but I know good
Chinese when I taste it. Avoid

Always good and consistent food. Their lunch specials ate some of the largest portions on Anchorage.

Food prepared quickly and delivered to the table hot BUT my dish was not prepared as described on the menu, which was Kung po shrimp. The shrimp was not fried, consisted mostly of non traditional Chinese vegetables, and was not spicy.
I can not recommend nor will I return.

Placed an order for delivery through their website. It was fairly easy and convenient. The one star can go towards that.
Ordered 2 combo plates for $ 14.95 each.
They came with 2 entrées, fried rice, and an eggroll.
Sesame chicken looked and tasted like mediocre sweet and sour chicken sprinkled with sesame seeds. Schezuan beef tasted ok, but consisted of mostly vegetables. Spicy shrimp tasted like it had the same sauce as the Schezuan beef and also consisted of mostly vegetables. The chow mein was made with what looked like spaghetti noodles and had grisly pieces of meat. The eggroll and fried rice were… meh. The portions were pretty small for the price. Not satisfied with the meal what so ever.
For this kind of «Chinese food» I’d rather go to the Safeway deli where the prices are waaaay less and the food is either on par or much better.

Well, I’ve had 2 experiences with Panda and they were both really different. The first time was a impulsive grab-​n-​nab for take-​out on the way home from work. The place was abandoned at that time (730 pm on weeknight.) Our food came super fast. It was delicious and set us back about 20 bucks for the two of us.
Our second experience was a mistake. Busy Friday night, the place was packed and the service was not great. We felt like cattle being processed for slaughter. We got specials, which were flavorful, but overcooked. They came SO fast, they must have been sitting under a heat lamp. The fried sesame chicken batter was crispy and light, but the chicken inside was barely edible because it was so overcooked. Portions were way smaller than what we had for take out. And the egg-​drop soup tasted like dishwater. And I don’t know how you screw up oolong tea, but it wasn’t very good. The bill, with a tip for the 2 of us set us back 35 bucks.
If someone else was paying, I’d eat there again, but they’re not getting MY hard-​earned money.