Panda Express — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Let's get some perspective on these Panda Express reviews, guys. The Panda Express on campus should be compared to Panda Express locations inside malls or your local Safeway. It isn't a standalone restaurant.

If you were at USC during the days of Rice Garden and La Salsa in "Downstairs Commons," those places really sucked - like 15 minutes to get a quesadilla from La Salsa sucked. In comparison, having real restaurants that function like a legitimate food court at USC is a dream come true.

I've been to this Panda Express four times while on campus and it's always been fine. The wait is much shorter than CPK, comparable to The Habit, and no one goes to Verde anyways. It's going to be busy at peak times because Panda Express is the king of all food courts, but they...

If you thought Panda Express was just shitilly made Chinese food, get ready to have both your mind and your bowels blown because this place is somehow managed to make make it bad. Like really, really bad. Just take a close look at the Beijing Beef next time you're there.

I don't know where USC found the "cooks" for this place but if I can cook fried rice without leaving half frozen the the other half...

Oh dear. Please, not the panda.

This place represents everything that's wrong with food courts.. and with America. The excessive grease. The cultural appropriation. The nausea and potential food poisoning that ensues. The general blandness. The sweet and sour flavor engineered specifically to satiate the desires of white men who can't handle spice.

It's nasty, but it's edible. What more...