Panda Express — Restaurant in Santa Fe Springs

I ordered teriyaki chicken, paid an xtra $1.25 for the peppers and Angus beef, white rice and noodles, to go. If it wasn't for the packages of teriyaki and soy sauce I asked for, then there wouldn't be any flavor at all. The cleavered chicken tasted like it was boiled in water. It tasted watery and processed, or pressed, with absolutely ZERO flavor. No flavor in the rice and noodles either. I had to use both soy sauce packets plus two more in the pantry.. my taste buds are fine, but I'm noticing a lot of takeout foods have little to no flavor anymore. I don't know if restaurants are skimping on ingredients, or just being cheap, or employee training is simply dreadful and non-existent, but it's getting to the point where I'm being forced to cook my own food at home. If fast food conglomerates feel they can take the paying public for granted, then the hell with them. Another thing is that Panda Express clearly needs to stop bothering customers with their charity donations. These charity drives go on for months at a time, hitting up customers day after day for them to round up their purchases for a donation, even if they happen to be a returning customer from earlier in the day whom already rounded up his change. What does the staff expect ...for the same customers to give money every time they walk in for a bite to eat, just so that the CEO can hob-nob with other wealthy people at the awards gala for his philanthropic ideas that bring attention to himself, with little or no mention of the store customers whom made it happen. He/She (CEO)gets an award, honorable mention, and 5-star dinner, for handing over the donations, and what does the donor customers get - tasteless food for...

If you're trying to get lunch between Monday thru Friday when you only have a 30 minute break I would strongly suggest to go somewhere else because both times I've gone around the hours of 12pm to 1pm it took them at the very least between 20 to 25 minutes (m-f), just order and get food to go. Good food but unorganized and seems slammed during the working person's lunch time. Hope the figure this problem out before I just stop going do to I can't eat my food at lunch. Lastly to top it off the past 2 times I've gone they didn't give me a fork to eat the food they took forever to prepare. This really should never happen but it did both...

Today may 30.2024 @130pm I came in ordered 2 bigger plates, and was only given 1 side. I went back and explained to them the cashier the situation, I then was rushed by another employee with anger as they did not understand that didn’t not give me my side. The manager Carmela the manager then came now I have 3 workers in front of me with furious attitude, and I explained the situation. Carmela then aggressively grabs my food says to throw it to a couple worker works me a new plate and throws it to me almost hitting me along with a tray. I gave time so you may see cameras because that was so disrespectful. I was wearing a basket...