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Panda Express

Chinese · Stanford

3.5 · 210 reviews Google
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About Panda Express

At Panda Express, we serve up Chinese favorites with a twist. As a fast-food chain with health-conscious options, we're dedicated to providing delicious meals that fit your active lifestyle. Our customers rave about our savory dishes, like Orange Chicken, which has become a staple on our menu. When...

At Panda Express, we serve up Chinese favorites with a twist. As a fast-food chain with health-conscious options, we're dedicated to providing delicious meals that fit your active lifestyle. Our customers rave about our savory dishes, like Orange Chicken, which has become a staple on our menu. When you dine with us, you'll enjoy a warm and welcoming atmosphere - from the moment you step through our doors at 459 Lagunita Dr in Stanford. Our team is dedicated to delivering fast, friendly service that makes every meal feel like home.

What Customers Say About Panda Express

Panda Express in Stanford offers quick and affordable comfort food, but experiences vary. Customers love the orange chicken, Beijing beef, and fried rice. Complaints include inconsistent food quality (dryness, rubbery chicken), small portions, and rude or unfriendly staff.

Popular Dishes

Orange chicken (3) Fried rice (5) Beijing beef Vegetable roll Chicken mushroom Chicken teriyaki Honey walnut shrimp

Best For

Solo Dining Quick Bite Casual

Tip: Go when it's busy to ensure the food is fresh due to the high turnover.

Features

🌳 Outdoor 🅿️ Parking 🚗 Delivery Accessible 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner
🎯 Casual 👨‍👩‍👧 Family 👥 Groups

What to see nearby

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Braun Music Center
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A 278m

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Panda Express is located in Stanford, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Religious Buildings

  • Stanford Memorial Church (A 278m) — architectural structure

Parks & Gardens

  • White Memorial Plaza (A 109m)
  • Escondido Mall (A 233m) — park in Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
  • Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden (A 251m) — garden at Stanford University

Other Points of Interest

  • Stanford Fire Truck House (A 135m) — building in California, United States
  • Braun Music Center (A 169m) — building in California, United States
  • Denning House (A 284m) — home of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University
  • Biblioteca médica Lane (A 344m) — library
  • J. Henry Meyer Memorial Library (A 344m) — library
  • Stanford Sweet Hall (A 357m) — building in California, United States

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Frequently asked questions about Panda Express

Panda Express is located at 459 Lagunita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305, Stanford.
Near Panda Express you can find points of interest such as White Memorial Plaza, Stanford Fire Truck House, Braun Music Center, Escondido Mall.
Panda Express offers chinese cuisine.
Panda Express has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Panda Express offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway, delivery.
The most recommended dishes at Panda Express based on customer reviews are: Orange chicken, Fried rice, Beijing beef, Vegetable roll, Chicken mushroom.
Panda Express is ideal for solo dining, quick bites, casual dining.
Panda Express in Stanford offers quick and affordable comfort food, but experiences vary. Customers love the orange chicken, Beijing beef, and fried rice. Complaints include inconsistent food quality (dryness, rubbery chicken), small portions, and rude or unfriendly staff.
Go when it's busy to ensure the food is fresh due to the high turnover.
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Panda Express Stanford Reviews

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210
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3★
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2★
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Reviews (70)
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Zheng Yan

Is this authentic chinese food? Absolutely not. Is it good? Oh yeah. Is it good for its price? OH YEAH.

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Wladimir Gramacho

Great place to grab some food

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Audrey Kim

Look, it's a Panda Express. If you want fast food Chinese, this is the place to go.

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Dave Walker

Very disappointed me cookie had no fortune

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Andy Park

They usually serve big portions. Very satisfied :)

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Photography Clickzz

Even though it is not authentic Chinese food and is a combination of American and Chinese, it is still tasty and worth the price.

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jermaine dambi

Awesome food, loved fried rice and chicken mushroom

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Chinese Moon

My comfort food. Orange chicken, Beijing beef and fried rice. Vegetable roll was superb. The chicken roll was too strongly flavoured with Shao Xing wine. Would have preferred lighter taste. Service was good as staff was patient with me downloading app to get 15% discount. Portion generous.

Chinese Moon
Chinese Moon

My comfort food. Orange chicken, Beijing beef and fried rice. Vegetable roll was superb. The chicken roll was too strongly flavoured with Shao Xing wine. Would have preferred lighter taste. Service was good as staff was patient with me downloading app to get 15% discount. Portion generous.

jermaine dambi
jermaine dambi

Awesome food, loved fried rice and chicken mushroom

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Sherri Widen

I love Panda Express! There are lots of options, the quality is always pretty good, and the price low. The service here is pretty quick and you are always offered a sample.

Sherri Widen
Sherri Widen

I love Panda Express! There are lots of options, the quality is always pretty good, and the price low. The service here is pretty quick and you are always offered a sample.

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Firstname Lastname

It doesnt have as many options as other panda expresses, but it's a panda express. Dont come here for real Chinese food, but the food is good still.

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The_Flavor_Voyager

Cheap and nice

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Scott Rutherford

My son suggested I try and it was good. Good at LSU and Stanford. Portion was medium sized.

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JunEn Low

Hey it's Panda Express. Fast and food's filling. Staff's been great.

やま

the food is good, nice place to have a meal with friends

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Pete Romfh

Some of the best Chinese fast food around

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Frank

Delicious Chinese food served within Stanford tressider union. Located near other excellent restaurants as well such as Starbucks and coho

Frank
Frank

Delicious Chinese food served within Stanford tressider union. Located near other excellent restaurants as well such as Starbucks and coho

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Aldrich L.

Nice place to get asian food. They're more expensive than other Panda Express locations though.

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Fei Xia

Usually to oily and salty. But the five flavor shrimp is my new favorite.

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Bornstrong

Not bad. i dont know whether panda is junkfood or not..

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Jongbin Jung

I go here because it's close to work with a decent price

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دكتور مصطفى الأبيض Dr. Mostafa Alabyad

None friendly staff, less than average food quality, noodles was a bit dry. Beef teriyaki was ok but grilled chicken wasn't.

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Grace

Food is ok, cashier is rude 😅 This one's inside a dining hall so it's easy to pick from the options

دكتور مصطفى الأبيض Dr. Mostafa Alabyad
دكتور مصطفى الأبيض Dr. Mostafa Alabyad

None friendly staff, less than average food quality, noodles was a bit dry. Beef teriyaki was ok but grilled chicken wasn't.

Grace
Grace

Food is ok, cashier is rude 😅 This one's inside a dining hall so it's easy to pick from the options

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Uni Traveler

It feels like the portions have gotten smaller over the past couple of months. Disappointing, because they used to be generous and that was a major draw for me when choosing from the various options on campus.

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Dongha Kim

You know the Panda Express. Good thing here, is that the cycle of the foods are short because of many visitors. Relatively fresh than other vendors.

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Alexandre Haddad-Delaveau

The food at this Panda Express location is generally pretty good, although the quality can vary significantly from day to day. The food can be very wet one day and extremely dry another, although it is generally well prepared. The orange chicken, honey walnut shrimp, and teriyaki chicken (w/ teriyaki sauce packets) are all good options, with the orange chicken being the most consistent in both quality and taste. However, the service is lacking, and I have had numerous experiences where my pickup order isn’t right (i.e. missing food, sauce packets, and utensils on delivery and pickup). The staff is also often unfriendly with their customers, and the wait can be quite long (even for pick up orders, where the food is already prepared). Overall, the atmosphere is quite nice. The space is very clean and has plenty of seating both indoors and outdoors. It is usually pretty easy to find a seat indoors, although during lunch hours it may be easier to find a seat outdoors. It is also not too loud inside, even during peak hours (lunch). Overall, the food and atmosphere at this Panda Express are pretty good, although I would make sure to check my order before paying/leaving, as they have often gotten my order wrong.

Dongha Kim
Dongha Kim

You know the Panda Express. Good thing here, is that the cycle of the foods are short because of many visitors. Relatively fresh than other vendors.

Uni Traveler
Uni Traveler

It feels like the portions have gotten smaller over the past couple of months. Disappointing, because they used to be generous and that was a major draw for me when choosing from the various options on campus.

Alexandre Haddad-Delaveau
Alexandre Haddad-Delaveau

The food at this Panda Express location is generally pretty good, although the quality can vary significantly from day to day. The food can be very wet one day and extremely dry another, although it is generally well prepared. The orange chicken, honey walnut shrimp, and teriyaki chicken (w/ teriyaki sauce packets) are all good options, with the orange chicken being the most consistent in both quality and taste. However, the service is lacking, and I have had numerous experiences where my pickup order isn’t right (i.e. missing food, sauce packets, and utensils on delivery and pickup). The staff is also often unfriendly with their customers, and the wait can be quite long (even for pick up orders, where the food is already prepared). Overall, the atmosphere is quite nice. The space is very clean and has plenty of seating both indoors and outdoors. It is usually pretty easy to find a seat indoors, although during lunch hours it may be easier to find a seat outdoors. It is also not too loud inside, even during peak hours (lunch). Overall, the food and atmosphere at this Panda Express are pretty good, although I would make sure to check my order before paying/leaving, as they have often gotten my order wrong.

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Matt Titchenal

Prices are marked up on everything compared to other pandas, and the selection is not nearly as good. You're better off going to the panda on el Camino.

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John Guibas

food was good but guy gave me unreasonably small portions compared to other panda expresses

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Karan Tibdewal

Just go if you’re hungry. They were out of a lot of basic things and the food was cold. Service didn’t bother.

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Emily Ebel

Fried rice tasted like burnt grease. Skimpy with the mains.

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Eric V

Poor customer service from the employee serving the food. The menu shows they offer the cub meal, so I tried to order it for my daughter. The server bluntly said we don't offer that. I asked "why is it on the menu if it's not offered?" He raised his voice and aggressively said "Sir, I already told you we don't have that here. This is the Stanford University Panda Express...." blah blah blah I let it go and ordered because my daughter was hungry. There is NO REASON to be that rude about it. For being the "Stanford University Panda Express" you think they would be smart enough to remove items NOT offered on their digital menu screen or cover it with a piece of paper! Side note: I did ask the manager as I was paying why it showed on the menu, he was more professional with his response.

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Ramez Cheaito

This place is terrible. It is nothing near Chinese food. They got the spices, sauces, and oils all wrong. I won't recommend.

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Gail Ertzgard

I ordered chicken teriyaki and white rice for dinner. The white rice was fine. The chicken was horrible-the chicken was rubbery and didn't have a lot of flavor. There was also a ton of fat on each bite. Very disappointed.

Gail Ertzgard
Gail Ertzgard

I ordered chicken teriyaki and white rice for dinner. The white rice was fine. The chicken was horrible-the chicken was rubbery and didn't have a lot of flavor. There was also a ton of fat on each bite. Very disappointed.

Eric V
Eric V

Poor customer service from the employee serving the food. The menu shows they offer the cub meal, so I tried to order it for my daughter. The server bluntly said we don't offer that. I asked "why is it on the menu if it's not offered?" He raised his voice and aggressively said "Sir, I already told you we don't have that here. This is the Stanford University Panda Express...." blah blah blah I let it go and ordered because my daughter was hungry. There is NO REASON to be that rude about it. For being the "Stanford University Panda Express" you think they would be smart enough to remove items NOT offered on their digital menu screen or cover it with a piece of paper! Side note: I did ask the manager as I was paying why it showed on the menu, he was more professional with his response.

Ramez Cheaito
Ramez Cheaito

This place is terrible. It is nothing near Chinese food. They got the spices, sauces, and oils all wrong. I won't recommend.

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Aaron

Never has food available. I've waited every time I come here for them to make food.

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Manraj Gill

Exceptionally rude service, asked for a side and was shouted at that I was required to wait 20 minutes. Almost nothing was available despite it being only 1.30PM.

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Uriah Rodriguez

Horrible customer service, they don’t care. Rude and disrespectful to customers. Croads at Berkeley is better.

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Sarah

Terrible Panda Express, long lines and below average food. Also it is not actually open for the hours listed.

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Alyssa LaTray

They never have anything. Orange chicken is always out, chow mein is always out. It’s such a waste of money

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Jorge Lopez

Worst place I've ever gone to do your job right missing up orders

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Francisco Perez

Employees really bad attitude especially Melissa

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Beto

No utensils; wouldn’t provide a cup for water

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JE Rodriguez

The server's face is like I owe him several million dollars.

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Angela Judah

Food looked old employees looked ready to go

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Peter Liu

Terrible service. Expect smaller potion if you are an Asian! Outright race based discrimination in Stanford tressider! Fifth time seeing the same problem. Pic in the hand was for the guy in front of me. And the potion I got is MUCH LESS. I hope any Asian who is treated like this POST the pic and speak up for EQUALITY!

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Anne Dawson

Worst customer service ever! The male employee gave me fried rice that I didn't ask.I wasn't done with my order yet,then he printed the receipt out and wanted me to pay.

Peter Liu
Peter Liu

Terrible service. Expect smaller potion if you are an Asian! Outright race based discrimination in Stanford tressider! Fifth time seeing the same problem. Pic in the hand was for the guy in front of me. And the potion I got is MUCH LESS. I hope any Asian who is treated like this POST the pic and speak up for EQUALITY!

Anne Dawson
Anne Dawson

Worst customer service ever! The male employee gave me fried rice that I didn't ask.I wasn't done with my order yet,then he printed the receipt out and wanted me to pay.

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Jeffrey Opine

Ordered delivery from here on my birthday, the receipt printed has all the things that I ordered, but the order itself isn't what I ordered, it's not even food I can eat sadly 😭

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Igor Shkilenok

At 18-45 there are no any staff, and all the utensils are already washed and clean. Obviously don't value and don't wait visitors.

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julie antonio-sipin

Phone is useless!!! Had a problem with my order. Tried calling them multiple times (more than 10) . At first, someone would pick up and just hang, to end the call. They got tired after a while and then they would just let the voice mail go with no option to leave a message!!!! I gave this place 1 Star only to be able to put a review. They don't deserve any stars at all!!! One day , I would like to pay them a visit and talk to the manager to see what is said about this!!!

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Munim Moiz

TL;DR: The perfect place to come if you want to leave more miserable than you came in. Terrible portion size- like just enough to feed an ant and even then I’d give the ant a 50:50 chance of survival. Person serving stared me down with a mean look…Pretty terrifying experience. I’m sure would be a fun time on Halloween though.

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JDK

I love panda express. But this was one of the worst Panda Express in my whole life. It's not even closing hour. 12pm lunch time and this is it??? Fried rice is so dry and old. Rice are dry and stuck together. I don't get it. Who's running this???

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Jonathan Zepeda

Staff is very unsatisfied working there because the service really sucks. I asked in how long one of the chicken dishes will be ready so I can wait for it and this lady came up with a "I don't know" and then I was expecting she would go and ask but she was so unfriendly and look stressed, I can understand them a little but attitude is the key for a business even though is not yours but you work there.

Jeffrey Opine
Jeffrey Opine

Ordered delivery from here on my birthday, the receipt printed has all the things that I ordered, but the order itself isn't what I ordered, it's not even food I can eat sadly 😭

julie antonio-sipin
julie antonio-sipin

Phone is useless!!! Had a problem with my order. Tried calling them multiple times (more than 10) . At first, someone would pick up and just hang, to end the call. They got tired after a while and then they would just let the voice mail go with no option to leave a message!!!! I gave this place 1 Star only to be able to put a review. They don't deserve any stars at all!!! One day , I would like to pay them a visit and talk to the manager to see what is said about this!!!

Jonathan Zepeda
Jonathan Zepeda

Staff is very unsatisfied working there because the service really sucks. I asked in how long one of the chicken dishes will be ready so I can wait for it and this lady came up with a "I don't know" and then I was expecting she would go and ask but she was so unfriendly and look stressed, I can understand them a little but attitude is the key for a business even though is not yours but you work there.

Aaron
Aaron

Never has food available. I've waited every time I come here for them to make food.

Munim Moiz
Munim Moiz

TL;DR: The perfect place to come if you want to leave more miserable than you came in. Terrible portion size- like just enough to feed an ant and even then I’d give the ant a 50:50 chance of survival. Person serving stared me down with a mean look…Pretty terrifying experience. I’m sure would be a fun time on Halloween though.

JDK
JDK

I love panda express. But this was one of the worst Panda Express in my whole life. It's not even closing hour. 12pm lunch time and this is it??? Fried rice is so dry and old. Rice are dry and stuck together. I don't get it. Who's running this???

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White Memorial Plaza
A 109m
Stanford Fire Truck House

building in California, United States

A 135m
Braun Music Center

building in California, United States

A 169m
Escondido Mall

park in Santa Clara County, California, United States of America

A 233m
Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden

garden at Stanford University

A 251m
Stanford Memorial Church

architectural structure

A 278m
Denning House

home of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars at Stanford University

A 284m
Biblioteca médica Lane

library

A 344m
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