Kung Fu Panda Chinese restaurant & sushi bar — Restaurant in England

Sushi Panda is a really interesting concept, a Japanese and Chinese all you can eat cooked fresh which includes sushi, essentially Boro’s version of Bambuddha in Darlington

Overall it was a really mixed experience. Some of the food was great, some disappointing. I would have given this 4 stars but the service was so disjointed. The restaurant wasn’t overly busy, maybe 30% full at most. The waitress serving us was polite and friendly but she seemed to be the only one serving whilst 3/4 other staff just moved plates around. This meant it took time to order food and drink and receive them. We ordered food in batches (sushi and starters first) then mains and sides with a bit of sushi later.

The food just came out at a completely random order. We were hoping for things to come in batches so we could try a variety of things at once. For example one of our starters came out right at the end of the whole meal. Rice came out a while after the mains. It would have made more sense to batch serve the food. We also received the wrong dishes a few times, one of the times they swapped ours with the table behind, we let the server know and she just took it back off ours and gave it to them, which isn’t best practice.

Food ratings: The Highs and Lows

Winners • Chicken skewers & Satay Sauce (unreal satay sauce & Chicken v good ) • Crispy Shredded Beef • Prawn Toast • Salt and Pepper Chips • Duck (some of the best we’ve had, lots of meat, crispy fat, very impressive)

Losers • Chicken Karaage (greasy and undercooked) • Salt & Pepper mushrooms (heavy on batter lacking flavour) • Beef Udon: beef tasted weird • Seaweed

Sushi The sushi here is fresh and some was v tasty. However all of the rice on the sushi was warm which shouldn’t be the case. Plus the chicken katsu sushi is just fried chicken with mayo. Maybe tried adding the katsu sauce to it. Wasabi lacks a kick

Overall 3.5/5

If torn between here and Bambuddha we would always recommend Bambuddha where the quality is consistently high with great service albeit...

As a Muslim, this place is a fantastic find for halal food and I will definitely be coming back again! I emailed in advance asking about if they served halal food options / didn't use alcohol for veg options and they responded amazingly quick with a detailed response. This made me so much more comfortable going.

The staff are kind and very attentive and the food was fantastic! The all you can eat option is also a great deal (especially for someone like me who wants to try a few things on the menu). What makes this better is that with there being a 2hr table time limit - we never felt rushed and when we ordered food it was cooked freshed and brought to us very quickly.

They have a standard 10% tip on their bill - I actually wanted to give them a bit more and they refused.

Really can't recommend them enough. Especially, if you are Muslim and want to have some South...

Amazing place! Four of us went on Saturday and opted for the ‘all you can eat’ option and wow that really held up, great portions, amazing quality and such a range, even things like salmon sashimi and octopus were included- and it’s the best quality sushi I’ve ever had. The Chinese food was also amazing, everything was so well done and came quickly- it was so good we couldn’t leave any left overs if we tried! Joey was our sever and she was amazing, took the time to explain to us how it worked and made sure we were all happy (if I go again I’ll be requesting her as my server). The cocktails were fabulous as well, especially their presentation, and the owner was happy to talk to us about her business- you can tell she’s put her heart and soul...