Panda House

This place is totally worth it. Family joint and they put care in the food. Almond cookies are great while you wait!

Either I just had a heavy dose of negative karma dumped on me or this place is THE worst restaurant I have eaten at in the Reno/​Sparks area. $ 22 for their $ 6.95 combo plate of sweet & sour chicken with fried rice, a side order of BBQ pork (warmed up with a 2 minute dip in the deep fryer!!) and a bottle of Gatorade. I feel like I was robbed (or is the appropriate term Shanghai’d?) and then kicked in the stomach after eating this slop. I am no food snob. In fact I am a fat middle aged cheap white boy with Ramen and frozen burrito tastes but this stuff was horrible. I’ve had chunky peanut butter that was smoother than their sweet & sour sauce. Boo, hiss and FOUL! My co-​worker chose McDonalds and I wish I had too.

I haven’t tried too many dishes. .but the ones I have were delicious. I love that they do special requests. I am a fan of calimari and they have a spicy fried fish dish and I get it with calimari. Something different from the average American Chinese fare.

Not bad. They made a special order for me and it turned out delicious. I love their fried potstickers, I’m addicted. Delivery in a decent time.

For whatever reasons the Panda House in Sun Valley has taken an about face! All of the problems I had with the place have vanished! The front seating area is bright, smells good, and down right inviting! Their lunch combo, even though it is only two items is very generous! I compared it today with the Egg Roll King located on Oddie Blvd in the KMart plaza and it won hands down! Even though the egg roll King had three items (the Panda house does also if you count the egg roll) the quantities were stingy and reheated beyond acceptable limits whereas the Panda house selections were still bright and crisp! And full of flavor! So try it out, I will for now on, sorry no more Egg Roll King!

I’ve tried several Chinese takeout restaurants, and I can say with confidence this is by far the best in Reno, and perhaps some of the best Chinese food I’ve ever had. They’re slightly hidden away in the legendary Sun Valley trailer park boulevard, but you can’t miss they’re sign on the left clearly labeled «PANDA HOUSE.»
Regarding portion size, it’s pretty ridiculous. They have a lunch special for $ 6.50, which is my go to whenever I’m in for a quick lunch. It’s one side, one meat, and includes an egg roll (best egg roll ever). Call it in and they’ll have it ready in ten minutes or less, sitting there, waiting for you, staring you straight in the face the moment you walk in the door, as you inhale the fresh smell of sizzling meats and fried chow mein. You’re average every day eater would easily have a full stomach for lunch, and plenty of leftovers, for only $ 6.50.
If you’re looking to feed a family, they have family sizes as well. Pork chow mien or fried rice for just $ 8, and meat platters for $ 8 as well, and you get an insane amount of food for what you pay, I never feel guilty because I know I’m getting a great deal.
As for the food itself, I could rave all day about how good it is, but what else is so great about Panda House, is the variety of food they serve, yet are still able to make everything taste so delicious. The general chicken is amazing. Sweet and sour pork is like nothing else. Orange chicken is the best and really fills you up. They also have a really good Kung pao chicken if your trying to eat on the healthier side. Chow mien is also the best, it tastes authentic and serve it with really thick noodles. Fried rice is good, but they also serve it steamed. If your looking for a side, they have delicious pot stickers, pork buns, and egg rolls that will leave you craving more.
I always look forward to trying something new on their vast menu. If you’re looking for the best Chinese food in Reno, this is your number one destination. Best value and food, hands down.

I like giving my business to this restaurant! I love that they are a local family business and as for they’re food; it beats the crap out of Panda Express any day of the week.

My fiancé and I decided to try panda house tonight, we didn’t know how it was going to be since the reviews were all over the place but it actually was good. We each got the combo plate, on was sweet and sour pork with chow mein and the other was sesame chicken with fried rice. Sweet and sour pork tastes the same anywhere pretty much if they don’t have the sauce on it, which is what I like so that was really good. The sesame chicken overall was good but it could’ve been a little lighter on the sauce. My fiancé liked everything but absolutely loved the fried rice and thought that was the best thing we got, I definitely wouldn’t go that far but it wasn’t bad. Chow mein was pretty good as well, didn’t really care much for the egg roll that came with it but overall everything else was pretty good and we both agree that we would definitely come back and try different items next time.

Just a mediocre american chinese food place. Looks like most if not all, their business is to-​go, very american mall chinese food here.
I ordered beef with vegetable, thinking it was automatically a lunch special given, it was lunch, but it turned out I got it a la cart. As I was waiting, I knew something was messed up because I was never asked fried rice or chow mein either, I assumed she was giving me fried rice. I also ordered a small egg flower soup.
The egg flower, is such a gringo version (pardon the mexican slang term in a chinese food review). It makes me wonder how they can even mess it up that much, I have done a better job just googling a recipe and making it at home. I know they use egg yolk food coloring too, the soup is definitely a fake, bright, almost neon, unnatural yellow with frozen peas and carrots.
The beef with vegetable wasn’t bad, pretty thing sauce, but I got some bone in the meat… I don’t know why, but that always turns me instantly off… I mean, its natural, but it just creeps out your mouth with an unexpected texture, I always gag.
I don’t really foresee coming back unless I’m desperate, would rather go the opposite direction and hit cj palace or chin chin off pyramid.
They are clean though, the kitchen looks pretty good from where I was sitting and waiting, so they do have that. I just… not a good first impression.

Really well done. New ownership in last year has really made this the best Chinese food in the area. the kung pao chicken is like nothing else I’ve had, so tasty so wonderful. I can’t rave enough about how fantastic this place has been every time we’ve gone. We always get takeout and it’s always fresh and tasty with good portions and good prices.

Really quick service. Delicious food. Everything was fresh and the kung pao chicken is the best in town. if you’re looking for a great Chinese food come here.

I think they have really upped their game. I ordered take out. It was awesome. Delivered by UNR in 30 min. We kept our order simple. My whole family enjoyed dinner.

I can’t speak for the rest of my family BUT I can speak for me.
My daughter used to live in Sun Valley and recommended this Chinese food place for us to try. We drove over 20 miles round-​trip to try it out.
I ordered sweet-​and-​sour chicken with fried rice. My chicken appeared to be all breading and very little of what resembled chicken. My rice was overcooked and had very little flavor to it. It had little diced up pieces of some kind of meat in it that had some kind of horrible seasoning on it. It was bad.
My husband, said pretty much the same thing.
I survived eating it but I won’t order from this restaurant again. Not even if it were free.

I got off work and decided to buy Chinese food and got it to go… When I got home I opened the box and was about to eat it when I saw a long black hair in my chow… never again will I go

I don’t know what has happened! This place used to have great tasting food and the delivery was a total bonus I don’t know if there’s new ownership or a new cook but it is awful! I won’t go here anymore.

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I absolutely LOVE panda house. Their food is delicious and i live all the way out in stead and they’re still willing to deliver to me.

I use to like this place, but it appears this place has recently changed ownership. the food has gone downhill. the fried rice was ok, had more meat then usual. the sesame chicken sauce didn’t taste good and the fried wonton had an odd flavor. I don’t like it here anymore.

The food is ok. The prices have gone up quite a bit over the years and the portions have gotten much smaller. The lady owner is very rude. I have taken it a few times. But now I am over it and will not eat there again. I tell everyone I know to avoid this place.

I really like cheap, fast chinese food and this place was up to my liking! I ordered the chicken and mushroom combination plate with chow mein noodles for $ 4.95, there was so much food!!! My husband got the seafood tofu soup for $ 5.95, it was huge and piping hot! We also got free dessert for spending over $ 10, which was some coffee tasting cake. I will definately come back for take-​out. The restaurant was not really a place to sit down and eat with only having a few tables and using plastic ware and styrofoam. Also, the drinks are bottled which to me means, overpriced.