Panda — Restaurant in Weddington

Edit: Going to have to bring this down from a 5 star sadly. Just saw this review years later and realize I stopped eating there for good reasons. Last half a dozen times I went the food was pretty sub-par, which is pretty common for cheap chinese takeout though. Alas, this place has fallen from grace. The leadership here changed some years ago and its obvious from the quality of the food.

I havent been there in the last 1-2 years so I COULD be wrong but getting spoiled or raw food will create that perception XD. Last time I ordered Boneless spare ribs, the pork was very spoiled, I didnt bother getting a refund because it was takeout and this was my childhood Chinese restaurant and thought "everyone makes mistakes". Other instance I was treating my entire friend group to this place and one of my friends got half cooked Sesame Chicken -__-

Panda is my favorite Chinese Restaurant of all time. I have had Chinese places both small and big and this is still my favorite. The prices are affordable but the dishes are on par. Has one of the best Hot and Sour soups you will ever find, the taste is just right and if you want a little stronger flavor then add a little more soy sauce. The wings are great, the chicken teriyaki too. Chicken and Broccoli dish is one of my favorites and if you want something a little irregular, try Pork Fried Rice with Boneless Spare Ribs. Beef and Black Bean is pretty good too, as is chicken with mixed vegetables. Of course Sesame Chicken is great but that dish is pretty hard to mess up and is usually good at every Chinese restaurant. I can not speak for the Seafood dishes as thats something Ive never had. Almost forgot how great the eggrolls are! Eggrolls are kind of hit and miss but this place has superb eggrolls.

Dont confuse this with Panda Express it is a different place.

But try Panda in...

Just a fair warning… One of my grandchildren got food poisoning from the chicken and broccoli here, He was the only one that ate it, and he ate all of it and became violently ill starting the next morning, continuing for two days and is still recovering. He was the only one that got sick. Believe me, you can’t tell by the taste. He said it tasted fine. Thank goodness, the rest of us are vegetarians and didn’t eat any meat just Chinese vegetablesl I would like to add that we have been getting Chinese takeout here for more than 15 years... The food has been up and down through the years, sometimes good - sometimes awful. Sometimes fresh - sometimes tasting old. You never know what you’re gonna get.

I realize this can happen anywhere, but without knowledge, you can’t make better choices. Time for us to find a new...

I ordered for lunch today shrimp fried rice and wanted snow peas and onions added which i was prepared to pay extra for. What I received was literally 5 snow peas and 6 pieces of chopped onion put on top of my rice in the box and was charged $2 😐 Baffled, I called Panda to make sure this is what it's supposed to be, the woman stated quite confidently to that's it, I then asked, "really not a few more pieces of each at least mixed into my rice", her response to me was "no...snow peas are expensive"... ummm, ma'am not that expensive to throw 5 off them and 6 chopped pieces of onion on top of my rice! I have patronized this restaurant for 4 years and NEVER have had this experience until recently with this new young woman that works the counter. It's safe to say Panda has received the last bit...