Panda Expess

Panda Express is usually really well prepared, but depending where you go. I went to the one in Aurora, and compared it to at least five other Panda Express in Denver Colorado. This is the lowest quality Panda Express ever with the longest lines and no ideal pace to keep up with. The lines sometimes spiral outside and the restaurant isn’t the cleanest. I personally believe the Chow Mien is not at its best quality and make the worst out of everything. I don’t like the sesame chicken; it is too stale, or too hard to chew on. The Panda Express located by Tower Rd is a lot more ideal to me and make an impressive stand by. Even the Panda Express inside the Denver International airport has two of the most doable Panda Express chains there. The wait is usually the worst, but the food is only useful when you’re starving and have literally no other options.

For some reason is Panda Express always ill-​equipped for the rush hour everything always takes forever or its old as can be. You can forget getting in and out for lunch. placed order at 19:17 and finally out at 19:35 not including the wait in line. At least the one on Colfax has a drive thru

Went here about a week ago and the food was just fine but they forgot my cookie so they only get two stars this time

Gross. I think this adjective is exclusive to this location. And they are STINGY with the portions too. I have eaten at other locations and they are never this bad. This location is always dirty, rice on the seats, the trash is always over flowing. Just don’t bother.

This Panda Express is situated in the same strip mall of the Subs establishment I have reviewed a couple months ago. Its near the I-​70 Exit of NORTH TOWER ROAD.
Hubs wanted some «greasy» Americanized Chinese Food. Hence to this Panda Express we went. We opt to have our Dinner options TO GO since as usual this Panda Express is always jam packed to the brim with other patrons alike. This recent visit was on Wednesday December 17^th 2014. Time was about 19:25hrs ish. If I am NOT mistaken our server who took our order that evening her name is Caitlynn S.
From what I could recall we ordered the following items :
* 2 ENTREE PLATE each being $ 6.49 hence it was ($ 12.98)
* With White Fried Rice (Half Portion) each
* With Shanghai Angus Steak ($ 2.50)
* Cream Cheese Wantons
* 1 Panda Bowl ($ 5.49)
* With White Fried Rice (Half Portion)
* With Crispy Shrimp ($ 1.25)
* 2 orders of Medium Fountain Soda each being ($ 1.79) hence it was ($ 3.58)
The total cost for our DINNER TO GO was $ 27.99. I maybe wrong with this, perhaps so with miscommunication with the staff, I think they may have «over-​charged» on certain items but oh well. I guess that is what I don’t like it when it was «rushing» to order since this establishment is «packed» with other Patrons, standing behind us.
Portion was a little too skimpy for our liking. Hubs was OK with his Dinner though I feel it was just «MEH». Well that is what you get from Americanized Chinese Greasy Food that is A CHAIN BASE. *SIGH*
The opening hours of this Panda Express is as following:
* Monday — Sunday (11:00 AM — 9:00 PM)
ORDER: 244 931
PANDA EXPRESS Store #2254
3425 Salida Street
Aurora, CO 80 011
Tel: (303) 307‑8800
Fax: 303−307−8807
@10/2015

We usually like to give places a 2^nd or 3^rd chance if one visit wasn’t stellar. So we did so with this Panda Express location. It disappointed yet again. Having food ready is the complaint. Perhaps because we come in around 8pm at night the selection is minimal? The second visit there was a line of people waiting mainly for orange chicken to be made. It wasn’t just one item though… they had multiple items that needed to be cooked. Lack of apologies after waiting 10 minutes (we should have walked out, but at least one of our dishes were fresh while the other items were cold) and then on top of it the portions were small and they were out of sweet and sour soup. After this experience we will drive the additional 5 to 10 minutes to go to the Panda at 16 891 East Quincy Avenue in Aurora. They have a great selection, proper quantifies and they personable. If you don’t feel like driving… then I guess you are stuck with whatever they have available or possibly waiting until it is ready. Maybe they should invest in bigger bowls to scoop from.

About like all the other Panda Express places I have visited, only this one is close to my home. Tried it yesterday evening. I had noodles, peppered chicken and string bean chicken, my son had noodles, peppered chicken and kung pao chicken. Although we had two different dishes, they pretty much tasted the same. That is the problem with Panda Express, the dishes look different but they are all pretty much the same, no individual tastes or spices. A basic generic type of Chinese food that is produced in quantity. If that is what you are after, then this is your place as they do a good job at producing food at a reasonable price and it is quick. I just grew up with Chinese food dishes that were prepared individually with a variety of spices that added character to the dish. So, bottom line is I cannot fault Panda Express for doing what they do, they fill a need for what most people believe is fast Chinese food.