Panda Express 2641 Gateway Road, Carlsbad, CA 92009

"I am giving 1 stars so that I can write my review. I am speechless to have to find out that they are not the same. Their food is worse than a McDonald.they are bad, they ( Ponda Express has down grade their food quality. As I was walking into this fast food place I noticed that all the other restaurants around there were busy, so I thought it will be the same with this chinise fast food. Exactly at 12:30 pm on a Saturday, I walked in and only a couple is eaten in there, is no body else, at lunch time. So I always think, and tell myself that if there is a lot of people in a restaurant, in this case, it is because they are good. But this time, I just order my food, omg, their noodles were dry and hard to chew, their fry rice was unflavored, it was old, and it did have some pieces of rice that were harder to chew on. Think, they missed their left overs with the new food they cook. In the fry rice there were chunks of over cook white rice that they mixed with the old rice. I think, dog foods taste better than this. Sorry I waisted my money.!"

"Got there at 8:20pm. Almost no food left except the mandarin chicken and 5 pieces of orange chicken. They said they were closing at 9, not 9:30, as they list on Google. The guy there barely acknowledged my existence as I walked in. It wasn't till I asked him when they close that he even looked up at me. And the place was half closed off. I needed to wash my hands and both bathrooms were being cleaned. The turkeys that worked there could've cared less about their customers. They just wanted to go home early. It was a total waste of my time to drive there. Such a disappointment."

"I really hate getting ripped off and this Panda Express did just that. “Chicken chow mien”. Really, all I saw were a big pile of noodles—no chicken. I called the manager when I got back to our hotel and read him the hungry man riot act. He said that’s normal. Well, Chase bank didn’t buy into this fraud and I got $21.60 credit. And I really don’t know what I ate. The orange chicken was OK. Not all white meat though. Next time, it’s to Stater Bros or Trader’s Joe for real food. To the manager: CLEAN UP YOUR ACT OR SHUT DOWN THE JOINT."

"Worst service and portions I’ve ever had at Panda Express. We arrived at panda at 8:30 PM and Jacob was the one who approached us and told us they were closed and that the menu was limited to the scraps that were left. The associates at this location were eager to get us out of their facility and even placed a trash can in front of the front door, so that no one else would come in and ruin their early shift. All we had to choose from mushroom chicken and Jung pao chicken. Terrible terrible service and terrible portions. We regularly eat at Panda in our Area and have always had a great experience, great food at a good price. This is the first and only bad experience I’ve had at Panda Express. Will never eat at this location again."

"Nice new location with friendly staff, however upon arriving at 10:45 AM I was shocked to see a lot of menu items were low or out. The food itself tasted different than I'm used to, they obviously used a ton of sauce and over cooked everything. I thought everything would be fresh before the lunch crowd. The beef in the broccoli beef was so overcooked it was like beef jerky and the Kung pow chicken was way too saucy. Perhaps they just haven't gotten the hang of it yet but I'm not sure I'd give this location another chance."