Panda Express
Chinese · Altadena
Flavors of China in the Heart of Altadena
About Panda Express
Nestled in the heart of Altadena at 2234 Lincoln Ave, we, Panda Express, offer a delightful blend of authentic Chinese cuisine that reflects both tradition and innovation. Our menu showcases an array of flavors from across China, prepared with fresh ingredients and traditional techniques to bring th...
Nestled in the heart of Altadena at 2234 Lincoln Ave, we, Panda Express, offer a delightful blend of authentic Chinese cuisine that reflects both tradition and innovation. Our menu showcases an array of flavors from across China, prepared with fresh ingredients and traditional techniques to bring the tastes of the Orient right into your dining experience. With our diverse selection of dishes, including steamed dumplings, stir-fried noodles, and classic hot pots, there's something for every palate. Our establishment is special not just because of its vibrant decor and warm atmosphere but also due to its central location in Altadena, making it a perfect spot for both locals and visitors alike. We pride ourselves on offering various dining options—from cozy takeout to our inviting dine-in area—ensuring that every visit with us is memorable and enjoyable. Join us at Panda Express where the flavors of China await!
What Customers Say About Panda Express
This Panda Express receives mixed reviews. Many customers praise the fresh food, fast service, and friendly staff, especially mentioning employees like Darren, Yashua, Cindy and Milton. However, others complain about small portions, rude service, and slow service, particularly near closing time.
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Tip: Visit during lunchtime when the manager is present to ensure good service and fresh food. Order online for pickup, but arrive on time to avoid delays.
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Panda Express Altadena Reviews
Friendly service and fresh food unlike other Pasadena locations. Super fast too!
I SAW A TALL GUY THERE AND HE LOOKED LIKE 7,9 THEY DID MY ORDER WRONG!!!!! XD
Pretty good not going to lie it cool in there u could talk with your friends
There kung pao chicken made me consider believing in allah.
The dining area has plenty of tables. The workers are friendly. The ambience is also welcoming. The food seems freshly cooked and delicious. The parking is free but it gets crowded at lunch time.
We ordered a large catering order for my wife’s birthday and they made everything fresh right before the pickup time. The guy even helped me bring everything out to my car. This Panda is amazing!
Do not understand why people say that their service is bad and that they are rude. I've had no issues with the staff or their service. I'm alwayd in and out in less than a minute. They know what I like and how I like it. Sure, I've been going there for years but its always been top notch with them. And I leave as a satisfied customer.
This Panda Express has been consistantly making good food. And if they've run out, they will quickly make up a new batch. Eating area is spacious, well lit with windows & clean. Parking can be problematic since there's Super King & a Mexican eatery sharing the parking lot. Fortunately there are posted signs for the eatery but who's to say mkt shoppers arent still parking in those slots?
Good customer service, food was great, and the prices weren't too bad
In my opinion this is the best Panda Express ever in the whole freaking California the food taste so good and the orange Chiken is your best choice I just really love it!!
Great staff and fast service at this Panda Express location. The food was available for pickup at the requested time and the preparation was solid for party order with adequate utensils, plates and condiments. The food was hot and fresh and was popular.
Edit-Darren is amazing and always has great customer service and is a credit to the company!! Yashua rung me up and he also had good customer service. This store is leapyears from the horrible service when covid started, I'm glad they got rid of those other employees!!! I also added a star because they finally added a vegetarian option but they still cook in same wok/pans. My family love loves this place! It always smells amazing in here. I gave 4 stars because of how much my family comes here. I love how something fresh is always just coming out the wok. It's very freshly prepared. The location is always clean and the utensil section is never a mess. I've never once had a bad reception from any of the employees. They are usually very outgoing and friendly. Now,here's where the 1star gets taken away. For a Chinese food place,where as, usually Chinese food can be safe for vegetarians,but not here. Everything is cooked with chicken stock. The vegetables are cooked in it,the rice is cooked in it, everything,so I have to suffer smelling this AMAZING smelling food and never have a taste(sad face). But definitely a place I'll bring the family to, especially on nights I don't feel like cooking. Don't forget to keep your receipt and do the survey and get an extra entree for free,it only takes a minute for some extra bomb food,for free.
In my opinion this is the best Panda Express ever in the whole freaking California the food taste so good and the orange Chiken is your best choice I just really love it!!
Great staff and fast service at this Panda Express location. The food was available for pickup at the requested time and the preparation was solid for party order with adequate utensils, plates and condiments. The food was hot and fresh and was popular.
Edit-Darren is amazing and always has great customer service and is a credit to the company!! Yashua rung me up and he also had good customer service. This store is leapyears from the horrible service when covid started, I'm glad they got rid of those other employees!!! I also added a star because they finally added a vegetarian option but they still cook in same wok/pans. My family love loves this place! It always smells amazing in here. I gave 4 stars because of how much my family comes here. I love how something fresh is always just coming out the wok. It's very freshly prepared. The location is always clean and the utensil section is never a mess. I've never once had a bad reception from any of the employees. They are usually very outgoing and friendly. Now,here's where the 1star gets taken away. For a Chinese food place,where as, usually Chinese food can be safe for vegetarians,but not here. Everything is cooked with chicken stock. The vegetables are cooked in it,the rice is cooked in it, everything,so I have to suffer smelling this AMAZING smelling food and never have a taste(sad face). But definitely a place I'll bring the family to, especially on nights I don't feel like cooking. Don't forget to keep your receipt and do the survey and get an extra entree for free,it only takes a minute for some extra bomb food,for free.
May 1, 2019 1230pm Pacific time. Lunch Rush but, all the food was fresh and excellent portions. Cindy the manager gets 5 gold stars for being awesome. She is polite, nice, and handled the lunch rush like a champ. Keep up the excellent work to keep me coming back.
Super delicious and fresh, friendly staff. The best Eggplant Tofu!
Writing this review before an important luncheon tomorrow with multiple clients. I placed my order online and received a call almost immediately making sure that everything was okay. Milton (sorry if I spelled it wrong) the General Manager called me to confirm my order and make sure it was the way we needed it. That attention to detail made me write this review. His professionalism gave me the assurance that we will definitely use them in the future. In summary, if you have an event that you need a large order for, rest assured that they will take care of you and make sure you have everything you need. Excellent customer service experience even before receiving the delivery.
Love coming here during my lunch, food is always great, service is quick and friendly. :) always wanting extra chili sauce.
I only come lunchtime but the manager looks like he’s doing a good job. Place is clean. Service is usually quick (yes sometimes it’s slow. It’s panda). Food is good (it’s panda, almost all are good). Specifically, chow mein noodles are not over cooked (that is one variation I’ve noticed). Parking is good. Only complaint is when it’s empty it can be cold - even in summer. But that is common at pandas not at malls. Probably bc the cool works over a jet engine
Super delicious and fresh, friendly staff. The best Eggplant Tofu!
Love coming here during my lunch, food is always great, service is quick and friendly. :) always wanting extra chili sauce.
Writing this review before an important luncheon tomorrow with multiple clients. I placed my order online and received a call almost immediately making sure that everything was okay. Milton (sorry if I spelled it wrong) the General Manager called me to confirm my order and make sure it was the way we needed it. That attention to detail made me write this review. His professionalism gave me the assurance that we will definitely use them in the future. In summary, if you have an event that you need a large order for, rest assured that they will take care of you and make sure you have everything you need. Excellent customer service experience even before receiving the delivery.
I only come lunchtime but the manager looks like he’s doing a good job. Place is clean. Service is usually quick (yes sometimes it’s slow. It’s panda). Food is good (it’s panda, almost all are good). Specifically, chow mein noodles are not over cooked (that is one variation I’ve noticed). Parking is good. Only complaint is when it’s empty it can be cold - even in summer. But that is common at pandas not at malls. Probably bc the cool works over a jet engine
May 1, 2019 1230pm Pacific time. Lunch Rush but, all the food was fresh and excellent portions. Cindy the manager gets 5 gold stars for being awesome. She is polite, nice, and handled the lunch rush like a champ. Keep up the excellent work to keep me coming back.
Standard panda express. It usually takes about 10 minutes for food, but the parking lot is an absolute disaster and there is never any parking
Customers services are very good and the food fresh.
Panda always taste the same, but never pack it the same
Panda always taste the same, but never pack it the same
My son and I went here to grab some dinner and the server and cashier was rude and had an attitude...smdh 🤬
Slow service, slowest among all the pandas I visited so far
The food is always cold, old or I have to wait for them to make what I want usually. Then when it's has vegetables it the entree they will give you more veggies than meat.
It's ok for quick bite. Just be careful with all Asian foods, I know it's tasty, but stroke and heart attacks are around the corner with such high Na++ and diabetes from rice starch
This server Brenda looked at me like I was from another planet when I asked for my order to be put on a plate so I would not have to sit down at a table and eat it out of a to-go box! She was really snarky and unprofessional.
The food is greasy and the amount of calories in one dish is staggering. The vegetables never seem fresh. I don't go to any Panda Express anymore - they are not cheap and the food is so unhealthy.
I gave three stars because the food is decent but as far as customer service it is a negative. I understand not all employees are rude but if someone named BRENDA is taking your order expect attitude. After fixing my order with an exchange between me and her going back and forth about what I said compared to what she heard, she then slammed the bag of food in a very rude manner when it was finished. I never write reviews but somehow felt obligated. Hopefully management can retrain her about customer service. Probably won’t be coming back because of her.
I gave three stars because the food is decent but as far as customer service it is a negative. I understand not all employees are rude but if someone named BRENDA is taking your order expect attitude. After fixing my order with an exchange between me and her going back and forth about what I said compared to what she heard, she then slammed the bag of food in a very rude manner when it was finished. I never write reviews but somehow felt obligated. Hopefully management can retrain her about customer service. Probably won’t be coming back because of her.
Came at 11:10 am....and 70 percent of food wasnt even ready....and no customer service....so came next door to tacos ensenada.. .
Greasy spoon....its really sad they ate billed as healthy choices but in fact are high fat content and not really very good. It's cheap for a reason. Low quality fried foods.
The worst Panda Express I have being too ! Got there at 11.30 am and saw only half their items on display, further more I had to wait for an item to be cooked took them another 10 minutes, service is slow at times even though it wasn't busy ? Food was good though.
So they never put gloves on from the cash register straight to the food we have to be careful Corona virus is still around
$11 for small portions they act like the food is coming out of they're pockets give me the portions i paid for
I really would love to rate more than two stars since this is my local neighborhood Panda Express, but this location in particular constantly commits several issues. They skimp on the food the give, send the wrong items, forget to include teriyaki sauce when it’s obviously needed (when ordering teriyaki chicken), don’t follow special instructions. The list goes on. They may be minor issues, but it happens way too often.
A single-entree bowl was not worth the $8.80. Due to it being takeout only, I only got to see the small portions they used for my entree after I had already been heading to my car. The 6 shrimp were delicious though.
I really would love to rate more than two stars since this is my local neighborhood Panda Express, but this location in particular constantly commits several issues. They skimp on the food the give, send the wrong items, forget to include teriyaki sauce when it’s obviously needed (when ordering teriyaki chicken), don’t follow special instructions. The list goes on. They may be minor issues, but it happens way too often.
A single-entree bowl was not worth the $8.80. Due to it being takeout only, I only got to see the small portions they used for my entree after I had already been heading to my car. The 6 shrimp were delicious though.
Too much breading with the orange chicken and sometimes no chicken at all withing the breading.
They will give you old food even if you make a request not to do so
Ordered a bowl: fried rice and mushroom chicken. They asked me to wait 5 mins for mushroom chicken because there was no more. I agreed. 5 mins turned into 15 mins because the cook forgot to make it. I had to go up to remind them because he made 2 dishes when my mushroom chicken was first.
Rude short asian woman would not greet or take the order right and seems to have a 7th grade education and height, please do not confront, she is passive aggressive and angry on Sunday
Food is stale and half of my orange chicken was fried fats…. Worst Panda ever. Plus one of the fortune cookie did not have a fortune inside… 🙄
Awful steak and not fresh Shrimp. $1.45 extra for both and they taste gross. 😷
Awful steak and not fresh Shrimp. $1.45 extra for both and they taste gross. 😷
The short Asian woman in the restaurant was very rude. After I finished my meal, I went to the bathroom and asked her for the password. She reluctantly told me a fake password. I tried many times but couldn't open the door. Finally, it was someone in another bathroom who opened the door. Be careful with rude short Asian women.
Twice in the last month I’ve been to this location. May never go back. It’s closest to my house, however at 7:45 they only had half the items and weren’t making any more. Cooks weren’t working in the back so I assume that was it for the night. Both times they were out of Beijing Beef, and once I waited 30 minutes for them to prepare an entree they then gave to others in line, forcing me to wait again for mine to be made. Unfortunately they just don’t make or keep enough items in stock for their customer base.
This store is always slow in serving the customer. For this reason I ordered online. Dinner for one; small. I was told it would be ready for pickup at 8:20. I arrived at 8:25 and they hadn't started putting it together yet. The manager said it would be ONE MINUTE. It wasn't. No apology. They advertise to order online "just walk in and pick it up". Very disappointed with bad service for mediocre food. Don't buy the chocolate chip cookie -- it's stale.
Terrible service. I paid and patiently waited for my food to be ready (it was right after the lunch hour). She had prepped my plate and was waiting for the other side to be ready. The food was ready but they were too busy talking to their co workers. When I asked about my food she asked me if I had paid. Comes to show how long I was waiting. With so many competitors giving better quality for less. I cant say that I'll ever go back to any panda again
This is the worst Panda... you have to wait for the rice, wait for chow mein, wait for egg rolls, wait for peppered beef, orange chicken was hard. The service was rude and plates were made very sloppy. I love the Hasting Ranch location but I dont live close. I will never waste my hard earned money here again.
The worst service my husband ever received from Panda Express. They close at 9 p.m. my husband arrived ten minutes early before closing last night May 3, 2025, just for a plate of orange chicken and chowmain for my kids. The girl who was working there told my husband that she couldn't help him because they didn't have any more orange chicken, but they still had some she just didn't want to take his orden. We've come other times late and they've served us. The girl was very rude. Is sad that because of workers like her they lose customers.
Walked in with no one there and instead of being helped they began to work on a large online order. In the online order they gave large portions of food to the 6+ plates being ordered. When I ordered my food they gave me very small portions due to the (now) lack of food. When I asked about getting the same as the online order they told me that they give “exactly 7 pieces to each customer” which was obviously significantly smaller than the online orders. Then I had to wait for them to complete another order for a woman who walked in to pick up her online order and wanted explications about the application as my food sat there getting cold. No apologies for making me wait another 20 minutes to be served while prioritizing customers who weren’t there yet. I was visibly upset, and I apologize to the woman at check out who had to deal with me after asking for a donation for an overpriced meal. At the end of the day this place did not serve fast, cheap, or good food and did not offer any apologies for it. Try going to literally any other Panda, it’ll be a better experience.
Horrible owner manager horrible incompetent employee quote wrong price and did not honor it will never suggest to anyone 👎👎👎
Horrible owner manager horrible incompetent employee quote wrong price and did not honor it will never suggest to anyone 👎👎👎
The worst service my husband ever received from Panda Express. They close at 9 p.m. my husband arrived ten minutes early before closing last night May 3, 2025, just for a plate of orange chicken and chowmain for my kids. The girl who was working there told my husband that she couldn't help him because they didn't have any more orange chicken, but they still had some she just didn't want to take his orden. We've come other times late and they've served us. The girl was very rude. Is sad that because of workers like her they lose customers.
The short Asian woman in the restaurant was very rude. After I finished my meal, I went to the bathroom and asked her for the password. She reluctantly told me a fake password. I tried many times but couldn't open the door. Finally, it was someone in another bathroom who opened the door. Be careful with rude short Asian women.
Walked in with no one there and instead of being helped they began to work on a large online order. In the online order they gave large portions of food to the 6+ plates being ordered. When I ordered my food they gave me very small portions due to the (now) lack of food. When I asked about getting the same as the online order they told me that they give “exactly 7 pieces to each customer” which was obviously significantly smaller than the online orders. Then I had to wait for them to complete another order for a woman who walked in to pick up her online order and wanted explications about the application as my food sat there getting cold. No apologies for making me wait another 20 minutes to be served while prioritizing customers who weren’t there yet. I was visibly upset, and I apologize to the woman at check out who had to deal with me after asking for a donation for an overpriced meal. At the end of the day this place did not serve fast, cheap, or good food and did not offer any apologies for it. Try going to literally any other Panda, it’ll be a better experience.
Twice in the last month I’ve been to this location. May never go back. It’s closest to my house, however at 7:45 they only had half the items and weren’t making any more. Cooks weren’t working in the back so I assume that was it for the night. Both times they were out of Beijing Beef, and once I waited 30 minutes for them to prepare an entree they then gave to others in line, forcing me to wait again for mine to be made. Unfortunately they just don’t make or keep enough items in stock for their customer base.
This store is always slow in serving the customer. For this reason I ordered online. Dinner for one; small. I was told it would be ready for pickup at 8:20. I arrived at 8:25 and they hadn't started putting it together yet. The manager said it would be ONE MINUTE. It wasn't. No apology. They advertise to order online "just walk in and pick it up". Very disappointed with bad service for mediocre food. Don't buy the chocolate chip cookie -- it's stale.
Terrible service. I paid and patiently waited for my food to be ready (it was right after the lunch hour). She had prepped my plate and was waiting for the other side to be ready. The food was ready but they were too busy talking to their co workers. When I asked about my food she asked me if I had paid. Comes to show how long I was waiting. With so many competitors giving better quality for less. I cant say that I'll ever go back to any panda again
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