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| - Now, don't judge me, I'm not writing on the quality of food, but on the overall experience.
My other half absolutely loves Panda. So, when we heard there was a new Panda coming into town (as they're in literally every other city, but CLE), he leapt for joy.
I've had Panda in multiple other states- and it's your typical fast food fake Chinese food. This Panda surprised me though- very modern, ample parking, clean, and fast service.
I'm not sure why the other reviewers hate on this location so much. Sure, the service is a little confused at times- but what do you expect- having worked in retail food settings before, if you have a million of people coming at you wanting their deep fried fake Chinese food, being all hangry, of course it would be hard to get the orders straight!
The classics at Panda were good- the Beijing beef was deep fried nicely, as well as the orange chicken. The Kung Pao had a nice bite to it, and the other sides (chow mein, fried rice) were what you would expect. Ordered the honey walnut shrimp once- wasn't a fan of that, as I had expected the mayo shrimp like texture- it was just deep fried batter surrounding shrimp. Overall though, I liked how the food wasn't sitting in a bed of oil though. Also, they are really generous with their portions- if you order a plate, you probably could make it into two meals.
It's super clean and modern inside and for what it is, I give Panda a pretty high rating. It's what you expect for an Americanized Chinese food place.
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