Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant — Restaurant in Town of Islip

I'm wayyy too skeptical to eat Chicken/Meat from a Chinese restaurant (that's not prejudice at all - it's based solely off of rumors that I now can't get out of my head, LOL) but their sautéed Broccoli, white rice & pork fried rice (minus the Pork) are all pretty good! The brown sauce is not the best I've ever had but it's 'okay'. The service is REALLY fast but they're not very friendly or personable, EXCEPT for this 1 older man that''s there (possibly the Owner). He is VERY funny & loves to chat! They also have 2 American girls working the front counter which is nice. I've NEVER seen someone outside of "family" working @ a Chinese Restaurant. Overall - it's not bad at all! I go there every so often when I'm in West Islip (I'm from about 25-30 minutes East).

The only real improvement's I think they could/should work on is... (#1) Being friendlier while ringing up orders at the counter & taking orders over the phone... (#2) The place itself could be cleaner & slightly more updated... (#3) The "dining room" area should have tables & chairs for guests to either sit & eat inside OR sit & wait for their...

Back visiting LI NY from CA and was looking for a good takeout Chinese place. $20 later and absolutely horrible. I don't usually leave a negative review for small businesses but this is a must. The chicken was disgustingly powdery and overbreaded with no flavor I bought the Kung Pao chicken The hot and sour soup was watery and weak flavor. Even the fried wontons you get on the side or stale. I ate around the chicken for some vegetables but ultimately wound up throwin g the whole thing out. I was tempted to go back in for a refund but...

Don't eat here. Kung Pao chicken quart and pint hot sour. $20 later and I HAD TO throw out the food. Chicken breaded chewy gross with no flavor. Soup smelled like dirty water and was runny. Did not even taste the soup. Fried wonton strips stale. I should have taken it back. So bad, drive the extra miles to another place. I am blown away how bad. Don't look in kitchen. Might not...