Panda Garden Chinese Restaurant

Food was ok but the prices from the on line menu were less than what the charged in every case. The food was cold when they delivered it. I would never order again from any place that over charges intentionally or by incompetence. Caution verify all charges before you order from this place.

I’ve gone here numerous times and while the food has been OK on several occasions, it’s really hit or miss and never great. But the service is what gets to me. I’ve gone in on numerous occasions and my order hasn’t even been close to ready.
The last straw, though, was when I ordered on Eat 24 and went in to pick up my food only to be told I owed more money. I asked why and was told «we’ve changed the price from online». Not cool. Done with this place. Go to Jin House down the street.

The beef with broccoli lunch special is a solid choice, it comes with an egg roll and fried or white rice and is only $ 7. The amount served was enough to easily fill me up. Overall the quality of food is prett good for the price and the portion isn’t small. I’d recommend this place to someone looking for a quick, cheap meal or a student in the area.

One of the best places in philly hands down– delicious, quality LO mein, best beef I’ve had too… And really great service! Everyone there is very nice. I would definitely suggest this place!

Terrible. Chicken with cashew sauce barely had any chicken. Lady owner threw the plate on the table in an impolite manner. Then she says: $ 10 minimum to use card. Not coming back. Terrible, not worth it!

Food was OK I decided to stop in while passing looking for lunch I ordered the general tso’s. Shrimp it was good/​OK the rice was nasty and my egg roll was dripping dark brown oil which is a sign that it’s old so I will give them an OK and I wont be back

I wish there is 0 star for this restaurant. The food is not clean and filthy. I went there twice because I wanted to give them a second chance because the first order was not good. Anyway, the service is unbelievably rude. I didn’t expect much from any casual restaurants but this one makes me so pissed off. The cashier did not understand or forgot that I ordered in. Half way through my meal he came and scolded at me because he thought I ordered togo. Are you serious? Is it really a big deal when there were only 2 customers in the restaurant at the time? and I got yelled for that? Anyway, I walked out and told him there will not be next time for me to come back. Don’t come here unless you want to be treated dis respectfully and eat filthy food.

Panda Garden is the only decent chinese food we have found that will deliver in South Philadelphia/​East Passyunk Square. Everything is prepared fresh and (from what we can tell) it is family owned and operated. We have been ordering from them for 5+ years and have watched their son advance from learning the cash register at about the age of 8 to now being the awkward teenager that answers the phone to take your order. It’s pretty adorable when you think about it. Ha!
Our typical order includes: Vegetable Fried Rice, Vegetable Lo Mein, General Tso’s Chicken, Beef & Broccoli, Shrimp w/​Mixed Vegetables and the complimentary Sesame Chicken (when you spend more than $ 30). We’ve also enjoyed the Pineapple Chicken, Pepper Steak, Orange Beef, and Scallion Pancakes. The vegetables are always cooked perfectly – steamed, not overly salted – and the meat is crispy and well cooked with sauces that are the perfect consistency.
Although the wait time is a little long, we know that we are getting what we pay for. All of that food usually rings up to around $ 50 bucks and a nice guy on a bike delivers the food (which is still piping hot!). Quantity wise it is definitely enough for two full meals
Everything we have ever ordered has been good! All in all, great (americanized) chinese take-​out.

I don’t recommend the pad thai, it takes nothing like it should, just like chili sauce, and has no sauce. Might give this place a try and order something else, but I’ll probably try to avoid it in the future.

This place is not particularly bad, not particularly good. Just… ok, fine for takeout, and close to my apartment. It’s clean, and I like that the owner’s son (who looked to be 11 or 12 years old) works there as well. He took my order the first time I went there, which was cute. I got the beef & broccoli on my first visit, which tasted pretty good, no worse or better than most other Chinese places I’ve been to, and last night I got the General Tso chicken. Another reviewer wrote that they thought it was bland, but I found it to be very spicy. It tasted good, though. My cousin got the hot & sour soup, which he said was ok, but he’s had better (not sure what entrée he got). I’ll probably order from here again, when I’m feeling lazy or the wather’s bad, and I don’t feel like walking to Chinatown.

This was my first visit… I called in an order and was advised it would be ready in 10 to 15 minutes. It was actually ready in just over 20 minutes. Overall, good vegetarian sesame chicken; disappointing customer service. I’m in the air over whether I’ll give them a second opportunity or not.

Are you going to get all star gourmet food here? No. Are you going to get fast service, good takeout, and reasonable prices? Absolutely. I am a frequent patron of Panda Garden and have never been disappointed. Food always comes quickly and is always tasty.

Gross, I ordered 5 entrees and 2 apps. Everything was poor. Bright spot was that delivery driver was nice. I will never order from here again and would suggest others do the same.

I’m struggling to even give this place two stars…
We ordered delivery from here this weekend because we were tired and didn’t feel like leaving the house. We live pretty close to china town and usually we get chinese food delivered within 30 or 40 minutes. This place took about an hour and 20 minutes. We were getting grumpy at this point because we were hungry, but no big deal.
I got a phone call from the delivery guy saying that he was a block north of my apartment. I went on to explain that no, he has to go further south, he’s close though. Now I am pretty terrible at understanding Chinese accents. It’s not something I’m proud of and I need to work on it. But I use grubhub for this reason. So when he was actually explaining to me that he got into an accident a block north of me and he was waiting for the police to come do a report, I didn’t understand at first. Eventually I got it and we put on our shoes and coats and walked to pick up our delivery.
I didn’t hold the delivery snafu against them, because life happens. Sometimes you get into a fender bender. The grumpy side of me was thinking, «why didn’t I just get take out?» but that was mostly the hunger talking.
Satisfied to be back in the warm house with a feast before us, we got to eating. I have to say, everything we had tasted incredibly bland to me. I had wonton soup which i usually love, but it just tasted like water. I added salt to no avail (that’s right… I salted my Chinese food…) We had steamed vegetable dumplings which weren’t bad, but not amazing. I had the buddist delight which is veggies and tofu. I always ask for sauce on the side because it’s usually too much for me. They forgot to put the sauce on the side, but it was honestly so bland tasting, I didn’t care.
Overall, I was incredibly disappointed. The only reason I’m giving it 2 stars instead of one is because the man said his was alright.

Pass by and was surprised it was a Chinese Restaurant. It’s very clean, very modern.
The prices were reasonable. I didn’t have to wait long. It was around 3:30PM. What amazed me with my meal was that it was so fresh. I had a lovely egg drop soup piping hot, smooth a satin. I order shrimp lo mein. The sauce was light and tasty. Not like many others that I had that were stuck together like glue and too sweet.
A side of dipping sauce and crispy wide noodles. And mainly, it was quite, away from the street noise. So calm. It was a very enjoying meal.

Regardless of its location en route to Market East Station, Panda Garden is a small step up from some of those other hole-​in-​the-​wall Chinese food joints. Reasonably sized menu with good food at affordable prices. Service is efficient and the place is family owned so don’t be surprised to see a few kids helping out around the restaurant.

I had a cold and was in the mood for some soup so on a Wednesday evening I walk into this place and it is completely empty at 7pm. My friend who was with me wasn’t planning on eating and sat down with me. I ordered an egg drop soup and my friend decided to do the same. I was asked what else I wanted and said that would be all for now and my friend said the same. Now the waitress/​cashier insisted that we couldn’t just sit down and have soup and nothing else. I said what’s the difference? I’m not gonna pay by credit card and I may decide to get something else. She took the menus and said no and walked away!
We were in complete shock — here is a completely empty restaurant turning away two paying customers. I asked what the problem was and whether they were closing soon and she insisted that to sit and eat we had to spend $ 6.
We just decided to leave and go elsewhere…

Ordered delivery from here today.
Broccoli with garlic sauce? Not bad but kind of bland (I requested it spicy).
Schezwan tofu? Not good at all. Tofu was soft and gooey. Very bland.
Veggie fried rice? No veggies. Tasted like oil poured over old rice.
Hot and sour soup? Had substance in it with lots of veggies and tofu but it was so thick and slimy I was just confused by the texture. Oh, and very bland.
Quick delivery time was nice. The fact that I spent $ 20 on food to last me a few meals but then threw everything out after eating half of one meal was not nice. And my stomach hurt for hours afterwards.

Slowest service EVER
Sat down for lunch and waited for the girl to take our order — ignored us to answer phones, ignored us to get take-​out orders, ignored us for the phone AGAIN, then ignored us and ran into the kitchen… came out back out. ignored us… ok you get the point. Everything else just seemed more urgent in her book. Never again.

I guess I should preface this review by saying that I lived right outside of Chinatown for a year, and enjoyed some of the best Asian food Philly has to offer there. I moved closer to the Jefferson area, so I decided to try Panda Garden because of how close it is… and as a result, I got to experience the worst meal I’ve had in the city of Philadelphia to date.
I can’t say that the food was gross, or there was anything unhygienic about it. Simply put, I’ve grown accustomed to chinese food having actual flavor, and this place just didn’t cut it.
I got an order of General Tso’s chicken (came with white rice) and an egg roll. First of all, the egg roll tasted like dirt! It was way overcooked, had practically nothing in it, and lacked any taste. Even when dipping it in duck sauce (don’t you hate when Chinese restaurants are stingy about these sauce packets? I got a whole 2 packets…), the roll tasted horrible.
General Tso’s chicken is my staple item when trying a new Chinese place, and for those who don’t know its meant to be cooked on the spicier side. I guess the cook at Panda Garden didn’t get that memo, because the chicken was about as bland and as boring as it could get. I ended up dumping a ton of Siracha (thank god for that stuff!) onto the chicken just so I could get some actual taste.
I’ve been to plenty of places that offer great décor and friendly, tentative service, but for me it all comes down to the quality of the food. This is how I base the ratings I give restaurants, and for the most part I haven’t been disappointed in that category. Panda Garden may have the nicest décor and the best service around (although I wouldn’t know since I got take-​out anyhow), but the food here straight up sucks! Do yourself a favor and head up a few blocks to Chinatown for much better Chinese food.
On a side note, I give them 2 stars (instead of 1) because of amusement factor: the person who rung me up when I got there was some kid who couldn’t be older than like 12! He strolled up to the register with a juice box in one hand lol! But hey, he knew what I was there for and rung me up without any issues, so props to him