Panda Garden

The foods always been amazing here! Pray to god they don’t start getting crap quality, I travel from Indy to IA just for the food sometimes! Yum!

I have been to Panda Garden many times in the past whenever I visit my family in the Quad Cities; more specifically, Bettendorf. A common misconception of the Quad Cities (and the Midwest, in general) is that vegetarian or vegan options are hard to find. Especially options that taste somewhat acceptable to the palate and is digestible lol.
Panda Garden is always a nice go-​to that I can trust any time of day or night. Their garlic broccoli and tofu (or «bean curd») with mixed vegetables are box very healthy options for me, as I’m a vegan.
I have never dined in, but I know that Panda Garden offers free wi-​fi to its patrons. Great perk!
The take-​out did not take long to wait for, and the staff was very friendly and kind. Even though I could tell everything was being made-​to-​order (which is always a nice reassuring feeling), it did not take long at all to receive the four entrees that I ordered.
I will most likely be returning — as I always do — because I trust Panda Garden for its cleanliness, trusted and friendly staff, and the amazing authentic taste of their dishes. A+ in my book! :-)
–Adam xoxo

The house lo mein and orange chicken are my favorite dishes. The Mongolian beef was pretty good too. The Chinese food is much better than Hyvee. However, Hyvee has the best egg rolls.

The food is ok, and it’s easy to get takeout.
The wonton soup was probably some of the lowest quality I’ve had. The wontons tasted good, but the soup looked like it was made from boullion cubes due to the BRIGHT yellow color, but it had no flavor overall.
Lo mein was tasty, but slimy… greasy would probably be a better word.
My kids liked the broccoli beef… but really it’s hard to go wrong on broccoli beef…

I hate to go all the way down to one star, but I will not return to this place. If you are in the area and HAVE to eat chinese, please pass. The meat is suspect with questionable parts of chicken and the flavor is terribly bland. Grease dripped from the egg rolls and really turned us off to the entrees, which were equally oil laden. This type of strip mall chinese may pass muster in a small town, but there is too much competition in the QC area for this food to be acceptable.

Great Chinese food! Everything is flavorful and worth the price, the service is pretty nice as well. They deliver everywhere! (Even LeClaire!) their menu is very large and that can either be a pro or a con… Depending on how decisive you are. Try the dumplings they’re the BEST!

Good food for the price. Good selection of vegetables in the dishes. Spices seem a little more authentic.

Panda Garden is your typical «Americanized» Chinese restaurant. Primarily a pick up sort of place (and delivery), they do have a few tables where you can dine in. It is counter service — so there really isn’t much to report in the way of quality of service; however, I will note that the girl working the counter had her blue tooth cell phone in her ear and was talking on the phone the entire time we were there, only quieting down long enough for us to order our food.
It is clean and all the condiments you would want for take out or dining in were well organized. You can watch the cook (the kitchen was remarkably clean) and the bathroom was well maintained. The only distraction is that the walls are painted a Pepto Bright Pink which was hard on my eyes.
Despite the obnoxious phone talker and the bright pink walls, this is a great place for a cheap and plentiful lunch. $ 4.75 gets you a lot of food on the quick.
However, I would suggest staying away from anything battered or deep fried. The egg rolls are super doughy and the batter/​breading coats the food like a wet sleeping bag. Stick to soups and pork fried rice (which were really good compared to similar places) as your choices of sides. The same goes for the entrees; the proteins and vegetables were great, the noodles were good, but the breaded sweet and sour chicken was like eating fried breading. The Sha Cha Chicken and Moo Shu Pork were really good.
For a working person looking for a quick hot meal on their lunch break, someone who isn’t looking for anything fancy (just your standard Chinese food), I’d suggest giving it a try. I wouldn’t go out of my way for Panda Garden, but if in the Devil’s Glen/​Middle area — it’s not a bad place for a decent lunch.