Panda Express — Restaurant in Florence

Asian cuisine is my favorite and I’ve eaten at dozens of different chinese spots. I’ve never had panda express but I heard decent things so I was super excited when I knew florence was getting one. We ordered a spread because we wanted to try different things. The chicken dishes (mushroom & orange) were 9/10 delicious! Flavor was great. The beef and broccoli was just barely OK - 3/10. Broccoli was cooked perfectly but the beef was strange and it kind of had a sour taste. Now on to the chow mein and fried rice…my two favorite chinese dishes. The fried rice had ZERO flavor. This was extremely disappointing because I’m not sure how you can prepare this and not notice that it doesn’t have an ounce of flavor - 0/10. The chow mein noodles were also sub par. It had some flavor but it was underwhelming - 5/10. I think people are getting confused on lo mein and chow mein. Chow mein is on the drier side and not super saucy.

It may be that they’re working out the kinks or if this is just how all PE’s do their rice and noodles, but if that’s the case, I probably...

I went to Panda Express last night. Went through the drive through, ordered my meals and when at the pickup window I noticed that the floor inside was dirty. Food and trash were visible. I paid and waited a little long for my food, the guy at the window even apologized for the wait. So I took the food home only to find out that they did not give me everything that I ordered. I went back about an hour later and explained what had happened. The manager said sorry and then gave me a box of food that was missing from the original order. The box was very tiny and she did not offer anything else that would change my mind of this place. The food wasn’t bad but taking everything else into consideration it wasn’t a...

The food here was absolutely delicious! I honestly don’t know why some people are saying the noodles are dry they’re not at all. Mine were perfectly cooked and flavorful. I also want to give a huge shoutout to the whole team for how excellent they did during the pre-opening yesterday and on opening day today Thursday, October 2, 2025. Everything was smooth, the staff was friendly, and the service was on point. I’ll definitely be...