Chen's Panda Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Orange

This place is amazing! Words can't describe alone the service you get overall. From the extremely friendly staff to the great quality food that you get. Another great thing about this area is you usually will never have to fight for parking!

From the moment my family and I entered, we were greeted right away and immediately sat down. Our orders were taken and the food came out within minutes. They also ensured to check on our table from time to time, but at around 5:30-6PM, they began to get busier and the restaurant started to get packed (even their to-go were busy.) But they never stopped checking on the tables that were already eating as they seated new guests.

Now to the food. We ordered Aromatic Chicken, Honey Walnut Shrimp, Basil Chicken, Crispy Wontons, sides of rice and Pot Stickers. Everything was very flavorful and the rice/chicken was almost perfectly made/moist. The Honey Walnut Shrimp here is probably the best I have ever had from anywhere (and their best seller). I highly recommend trying at least this if you come. Crispy Wonton and Pot stickers will speak for themselves because they were definitely crispy on the outside and delicious on the inside. The Aromatic Chicken and Basil Chicken were perfectly seasoned.

As a result, I was not dissatisfied one bit, and would absolutely recommend you try this restaurant at least once. I'm sure you'll want to come...

Love this little restaurant! It is very small which is part of its charm. Family owned, and the family members are gracious, warm and attentive. The father is the chef with a twinkle in his eyes and rather shy. Food is excellent. Not greasy, very fresh, very tasty, Served hot. The won ton soup is delicious. The lettuce wrapped chicken yummy. So far everthing we have ordered there is very tasty. Good variety and they will accommodate special requests. Very service and customer focused. The son greets people as they enter and rotates around to each table chatting with his guests. Many regulars. The place is spotless and one of the sisters works diligently clearing tables, wiping down tables and serving food. The mother has a wonderful warm smile when she comes out to thank you for coming. Going to this little gem is like the old days where personalized customer service had meaning, and fresh consistently good food was the norm. As you leave, members of the family gratefully say goodbye and thank you for coming. And as the doors close behind you, there is a smile on your face and a sense of happiness, warmth and contentment. Very rare and...

The food is delicious, but it's better to get take-out than to eat in the restaurant. The service is really bad. We asked our waiter three or four times, in English and in Putonghua, to bring proper eating utensils. He never did. We finally asked a different waiter, who promptly brought us the chopsticks. We asked several times for tea, which never came. He served one of the dishes before the soup, then the other dish ten minutes later. We cancelled the soup. He brought the dumplings but not the sauce. We had to ask twice for the sauce, which finally came seven minutes later. We had leftovers of one of our dishes, and asked for a box to take it home, and also for the bill. The waiter took tge dish away. After ten minutes, I went up to the counter to ask for the bill, and for the leftovers. The dish was still sitting on the lower counter, where our waiter had left it and walked away ten minutes earlier. The chopsticks waiter, not our waiter, put the food into a box for me.

We will still spend money here, bur only for take-out. The food really...