Panda Country Restaurant 9621 Mission Gorge Road, Santee, CA 92071

"Flavor in food was extremely lacking and bland. Ordered the Kung Pao Chicken lunch special with fried rice, egg drop soup and a cabbage egg roll as well as the vegetable delight with the same addition items. Everything was bland, bland, BLAND. Kung Pao didn't have the traditional smokey flavor nor red coloring that is common of those dish. Egg drop soup tasted like powder mix and the "egg roll" was just fried cabbage. Considering the lunch special price, I guess it's not surprising but left feeling disappointed and it didn't satisfy our craving for Chinese food. I found a long hair in my food and the manager was kind enough to remake my order. It was extremely busy this day. Would not come again. My 2nd time here and I remembered having a similar disappointing experience when it came to their food, unfortunately."

"Ordered for the first (and LAST) time as take out. Ordered Mongolian beef: way too many onions, brown sauce salty, so I am happy I ordered a side of sauce, which I doctored with brown sugar to give it the sweetness it should have been. However, that didn’t help the tough beef, which was way too thick. Also ordered the Kung Pao Chicken which was heavy with cut up zucchini and chopped peppers, and unfortunately had NO flavor. Ordered the WonTon Soup and have never had so many vegetables as this had and was extremely bland, so added Soy to give it flavor. Also ordered Crispy noodles which were thick and not light like I normally get at other Chinese restaurants and the sauce was like applesauce with maybe apricot jelly or something mix in. So, very disappointing and will continue to check other restaurants that actually know how to prepare the above food entries. No recommended items!"

"I placed an order for my grandmother who just got out of hospice, 45 minutes before closing. When I got here at 9:30 and got a notification that my order got canceled. I gladly walked in and and asked them to remake my order they just canceled as they close at 10pm.. Love their food but that was absolutely ridiculous. I am a manger to a franchise, I get it’s Friday and y’all want to go home but if I already placed an order do not do that! You cancel orders that come in at 9:45."

"Great food. Have been going here for years. However they now allow a transient to hang out inside the restaurant (second time we have seen her there). We showed up for dinner last night and there she was...two carts of stuff and sitting inside on the seat by the door. We turned around and left. We will not go back unfortunately."

"Today, my friends and I went to try this traditional Chinese restaurant together. We tried spicy and salted chicken wings, cashew chicken, and crispy beef. It's unbelievable, it's better than any Chinese restaurant I've ever had. They even gave us free noodles, and I think I'll definitely come back"