Giant Panda
| Address: | 11726 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32817, USA |
| Phone: | +1 407-381-1860 |
| Site: | flgiantpanda.com |
| Rating: | 3.8 |
| Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–10PM |
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Sean Jennings
Absolutely tremendous value for your money. It IS a buffet though, so its important to keep your expectations in line with what most buffets normally offer (I usually show up to this place within an hour or two before closing, not ideal I know). If you have a fast metabolism and a big appetite, you can potentially eat yourself silly on some decently good food items. Dont miss the made-to-order hibachi in the back. Sushi is fair quality considering its all-you-can-eat. They even have 8 flavors of ice cream, including green tea ice cream! The fruit is not memorable but at least its fresh. I believe the buffet is $12 and I think they might even offer a student discount. It is difficult to beat the value and variety offered at this place. When you are there, do your best to only pick out the most attractive-looking food items that havent been sitting out for too long. Sometimes you will make a mistake. If you make a mistake and take a bite of something that you dont like, try to stop eating it before its too late. As long as you keep this in mind and you have a good eye for fresh and well-prepared food on the buffet line, you can potentially leave here having consumed the equivalent of roughly $30-$50 worth of food at a typical a-la-carte place. Be realistic with your expectations and only put the best stuff on your plate, and you should be fine to eat here!
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Lana Light
Absolutely horrible place! It started as a good place with good food but went downhill. Last time I eat there I got sick, but I decided to give them a chance and came back. This time was even worse. I go there for their seafood, albacore, thats practically the only thing I eat there, but they serve it only for dinner (which I didnt know) We happen to come at the end of lunch, 30 mins before dinner starts. Since we came for this particular item thats on the dinner menue we offered to pay dinner price if they could serve it. They refused in an extremely rude way!!! They were very, very rude! I dont understand business like that when you offer to pay more money and they would choose not to have you as a customer at all, especially when it was 30 minutes away, by time we sit down, get drinks it would be almost the time. Will never come back, there are a lot of good Chinese buffets in the area.
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Nunya Beeswax
These are the same folks who ran another Chinese place that my family used to frequent. The new location is much bigger and nicer, and theres more variety. The sushi is good for a buffet--reminds me of the sushi youd get at Publix. Everything else is good to excellent. They have ice cream (not froyo from the machine thing, which you could consider good or bad depending on preference). Best in the area for sure. Only comparable place I can think of is Peking buffet, if youre up near Altamonte. Theyre roughly equidistant from me and I now go here instead of Peking. Price is very reasonable. I didnt have great service from my waitress one of the times I went, but the others have been fine. Its a bigger place and most of the wait staff is new, so I think there are still some growing pains, but Ive known the core group for years so I trust that theyll smooth it out.
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chun yip Yung
The service was really bad i cant not believe it. A waiter come over hand me a check said lunch is over and left before i finish eating. I went there at little earlier than 3:30 to get a dinner but i guess the guy think i was trying to get a cheap lunch deal. He treat me very badly. When i finish my first dish no waiter take the dish but they take everyone elses and before i finish my second dish a guy come over and imply i should leave. I never seem any service like this. If they think that i am try to get a lunch deal in the begining they should say to me dinner only I would have told them i came for dinner but instead they imply that i should leave. I think thats ridiculous. When i choice a place for dinner a good service is very important plus the food is not even upon average...... think for a second before you choice this place.
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David E
My fiance and I have been here probably five times in the past two months. I dont know where the other reviews are coming from. The dishes are hot, fresh, and flavorful. We always seem to get the same waiter. Hes very on the ball, always polite, and remembered us after just two visits. Its not every day I get service like his, he works for his tips! The only way I can see someone getting sick at a place like this is from overeating. The place is popular, so the food has fast turnover, and only a couple of "traditional" dishes sit long enough to get tough. The sushi can be hit or miss, some days it lacks flavor, but other days it is exquisite. It must vary with whos on duty. If they shaved a buck or two off the price Id go more often, but otherwise I dont have any complaints. Still my favorite chinese buffet in town so far.
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Shana Thomas
Went for the lunch buffet. Nice selection of sushi and sashimi. The value was great at $7.99. Other offerings were your standard Chinese dishes, pork spareribs, beef and onion, General Tsos chicken and pepper chicken. The General Tsos was some of the better ones I have had. Also had pizza, chicken nuggets, and salad for those not wanting Asian fare (or kids?) Dessert selection included ice cream. The food areas and bathrooms were both clean. My favorites were the two dim sum offerings, the sticky buns and siu mai(shumai). The only thing that could have been improved is that some of the vegetable offerings were not as flavorful as Ive had in the past. Would definitely recommend to someone and go again myself!
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Kathy Chan
Worst buffet ever. I frequent buffets and have never had such a terrible experience. First of all, the sushi was warm. This wasnt even that terrible, but then I went for the soup: Hot and Sour Soup. I love this soup but what I found in there was an ultra-disgusting surprise. I found a squishy, extremely bitter glob in the soup. After a bit of inspection, it was clearly chewed-up gum. I am not confrontational and did not bring it to the owners notice because she seemed to be unreasonable anyways. I accidentally got something that was a "dinner entree" and she immediately boosted my bill to +$4. Be careful if you walk in between lunchtime and dinnertime.
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Joan Sites
This restaurant was recommended by family members so we gave it a try for dinner on a weekday evening. The food was terrible - the fried shrimp were cold, the different dinners in the steam trays were dried up, the spring roll had some strange substance in it. My granddaughter ordered the pound of crab legs and she could hardly get the crab meat out of them and she said they had a funny taste. The waiter was slow and mostly absent. I went to the ladies room at the end of the meal to wash my hands and there was a roach crawling down the wall. What a ripoff - $30 for dinner for two and we could hardly eat any of it.
