Panda Express

Love the orange chicken. Hate the service. The food was even made fresh before my eyes. They must have undercooked it because as soon as I got to my table the food was cold. I got fried rice that had been sitting there a while. Got to the table and started eating. My old rice was more hot than the freshly cooked orange chicken. I love this places food but the heat table needs to turned up or something. Sorry but cold Chinese food is not at all desireable. Get real panda. Heat your damn food.

We went to panda express in owatonna after being at the Steele county fair we had three entrée the food did not taste good and was cold the same chicken tasted rubbery

Best Panda Express ever, except note that you want to order it to be made fresh, otherwise it might be cold.
Ps, good service.

Every now and then I will treat myself to a lunch instead of packing it and bringing it from home and this is one of my favorite places to stop off for quick Chinese.
Why you ask, would I rate it three stars if it’s my favorite?
Simple.
This is basic Chinese food. They have pre-​made everything, and all they have to do is heat it up and serve it. I order the same thing almost every single time that I go and all but ONE time since this place has opened I have had to wait there for them to either finish, or start prepping at least one part of my order.
One day it was the vegetables, and when I ate them back at my desk they were still cold in the middle. One time it was the chicken, which ended up being very well cooked (by well I mean burnt) and didn’t have enough sauce. One time it was the beef, which tasted chalky and stringy and had been mixed with something odd as far as the sauce was concerned. One time I had to wait 10 minutes for wontons which take 3 minutes to deep fry.
You get the picture.
I will not stop eating here, I will just stop eating here as often. It is too time consuming for me to spend my lunch hours here waiting for food to be ready, or wondering if it will be done right.