Royal Panda Restaurant

This is the second-best Chinese restaurant in the area (the best, by far, is Formosa.) It has a nice, relaxing interior that has been little updated in over 25 years (which I like, though others may not.) I have ordered several dishes over the years, and while nothing I have had is amazing, nearly everything is very good. Among other things, I have tried cashew chicken, snow pea chicken, lemon chicken, orange chicken, vegetable lo mein, and mu-shu vegetables. The mu-shu was just OK, the lemon or orange chicken (cannot remember which) had a terrible, mystery meat-type chicken, but the rest of the dishes were very good. I think as long as you steer clear of the breaded chicken dishes, you are fine.

The reason I cannot give 5 stars is that the prices have gone up quite a lot lately, and it seems like more than most other restaurants. It is by no means a rip-off, but the portions are not huge, so it is a little frustrating. I am able to go only for dinner, but like most places, they have lunch specials that provide more value.

Overall, this is a very good restaurant. I credit them for staying open for dine-in all throughout the pandemic too.

Easily accessible location wise, Ambiance was justifying the name, service was good with polite staff. The Vegetable Roll was really good, especially with the Chilli oil(in pic). Had Vegetable fried rice and Tofu with Vegetables for main course. The tofu was a bit tender for my liking…