Panda Garden in Grande Prairie

Cold food. The shrimp had eyes still. And we will never eat here again. I don t recommend this place.

New management, way better than it used to be, give it a shot.

A sense of a fine dining right at home without the worries of cooking and doing the dishes... Love the foods from appetizers to desserts and drink of your choice as well as the warm, friendly and welcoming staff, 200% youre gonna enjoy here.

Shout out to the owners and crews of Panda Garden restaurant. My family had the best dining experience. Beautiful food served hot and fresh. Will definitely go back again. Food

staff were not super helpful seated us and that was it never said anything else too us.. my wife and daughter had the fried chicken. at the buffet and both got samonella from it so stay away from the chicken! personally Ill never be back and nor would I recommend anyone else to go there.( and yes my wife were tested and it came back positive) and my wifes pregnant) so thanks agian panda garden Ill be kindly waiting for your closure.

It is safe to say.. that they have the Best wonton soup, sisig, bulalo, and combo meals on their a la carte menu.. they also have all you can eat with food display in small batches to make sure they can always serve fresh to a different batch of customers.

Service was good the food was luke Warm I didnt finish my plate not worth the money wont be returning

Severs should let people sit where they want to sit and not roll their eyes at me when I say i dont wanna sit there. I walked out not going back 15+ years of going there ruined by a couple servers who are just to lazy to clean tables away from eachother they just want every table together because theyre to lazy to walk 20ft.

Ok, food was ok, not great.

Good spot for quick meal rather than getting fast food. Sometimes a bit low on items but overall not a bad spot.

Options or sometimes limited but always good

The food was really good and the service isnt that bad (they could be a little more attentive). However, whenever Ive eaten here (twice thus far) theres always some obnoxious group of people that are being really loud and degenerate. It was really uncomfortable to sit around trying to enjoy a meal, especially when other families/small children are around, and having to be subjected to the lack of self awareness from some other patrons. The staff should have been less passive and asked them to be more respectful - or to leave. I dont think Ill go back. Update: I noticed the waitresses talking for extended periods of time with the group of people that were being degenerate/having explicitly sexual conversations while other patrons (with their young children) were trying to enjoy their meals. The waitresses gave the impression that they knew these people outside of work and were friendly with them. Keep better company and do better. I wont be going back.

Service wasnt as good as previous vists, food was good. The atmosphere was light and casual. Overall price was for a family of 6, 117 seemed like alot for (15, 5,3 2)kids and 2 adults

Food was fresh and tasty. Our waitress was prompt and courteous

Food was cold terrible no selection even at dinner time. Very expensive for what was there

God damn garbage Chinese food lately. Won t be going back which is unfortunate because this was our go to. Food that sits on warmers until it s not very good anymore soggy or stale. When asked to refill the sushi they put out 2 of the cheapest options neither of which I ll partake in who wants to have veggi sushi . When we complained they gave us a discount but it was still $52 for garbage pretty pathetic really guys do better.

They dont real have a bunch of varieties of food like they use too. But other wise it was good

Photos are not what they have at all Very misleading Walked in walked out.

Hi I usually dont write reviews even if I have bad experience. I was in that restaurant long time ago and I didnt have very good experience I guess everybody can have bad day. Today what is mothers Day there was a lineup people waiting to get in. After 10 minutes I was led to my table, back section was completely empty dont understand why we have to wait. Food selection was pretty mediocre half of the trades are empty, no sushi Salad section was empty. What is really frustrated personnel was walking around fully aware of that I guess they dont care. I travel across Canada for my work and Ive been in some very good and very bad restaurants. This one is definitely not the worst I ever been but is cutting pretty close. I wouldnt recommend this one to anyone you better off going across the street to Wendys at least you know what youre gonna get and the service is probably much better.

We came to eat here in their last hour of operation (as part of a celebration). Not only did we leave feeling hungry but massively disappointed in being cheated out of $75. Upon arrival they said the kitchen was closed & to visually check what was left, to which what was left was visually fine. What we did not know was that everything was going to be hours overcooked, unbearably dry & hard or saggy. They ended up taking away plates of uneaten food because it was too gross to eat, we actually felt sick. Unlike some costumers, they know that at that time of the day the quality/value of the food is not at all worth $25, as everything is next to going into the garbage. All we asked for was a discount, but not only could their morals not allow that, they also tried shorting my friends change on purpose because they did not have the correct change. Such a waste of money. We were deceived, therefor we feel scammed. After $75, we then had to go eat somewhere else.

Rude staff, unreasonable price.. food never tastes fresh let alone that good.

Price reasonable tasty food. Highly recommend

Absolutely disgusting food nothing was fresh some dishes smelled sour very disappointed after spending so much money thought to take my family out for a nice lunch but never again I rather would have had mac Donalds.

Fresh and hot!

The food is good we went there for lunch food just right not too salty and sweet. We love the wanton soup comes along with everything. The atmosphere is very cozy too. And the service was good, the staff are very kind. Wheelchair accessibility: Very spacious for handicaps to go around

Food was awesome, service was also awesome, all renovated inside. Was truly impressed with everything. Definitely recommend it to everyone

Love the food.

Yesterday evening we went to have dinner there and we were very disappointed, there was little food out and what was there was very dried out. We will never go back

Perfect

Very over priced, 13 yr old and a 17 yr old and a 66 yr old, paid 80.00, that 26.00 a plate

Try this place out

No wheelchair accessible bathrooms

Wonderful experience!! Great food & super service as well. Will be returning whenever I m in the city

The buffet has some variety and its always hot. We come here for the buffet soft serve . Youll have to wave someone down to get a refill though....

Great Food, Great Selection, the Staff are so friendly! And ice cream! Check it out.

The food is old looking and very few healthy choices

Owner and manager were rude. She was ignoring us from the moment we entered. Service was really bad. Never going back again.

Food was below the average. Doesn t have the tags properly. We dont eat pork. We have to ask them to make sure its not pork. Behaviour was totally poor of the waitress. She was so arrogant because she is the owner. She can do anything she wants. Dietary restrictions: Not have proper tags for pork/Shrimp. Spoons are also mixed.

Me and my friend didn t know where to eat, and so we decided to go to a buffet and we chose Panda Garden. I was contemplating to go there since there s a lot of bad reviews about the restaurant. But, when we got there, the manager, Lyn, was so accommodating, she s lively and I kinda like that kind of attitude + the food was superb too. The runners were too kind and they re both jolly. i would love to go back there soon.

My wife and I just got a war wonton soup and it is a 10 out of 10 excellent soup

They must ve changed the ginger beef recipe it was mainly bread, tasted like buttermilk and had a thin thin slice of beef in the middle. I don t like leaving negative reviews but they really need to switch back to old recipe. Won t be ordering again.

The new ownership has done a good job with renovations. The place felt much brighter and more appealing than before. The variety of food was all good, and I enjoyed the sushi from the buffet. I will be a returning customer.

Food is always incredible, the staff are extremely friendly, and the place is always kept very clean. 100% recommend :)

We hesitated to go since theres been so many complaints about food quality and the ownership changing so frequently over the past couple of years. The place was virtually empty, but, nicely decorated and clean and the staff were attentive. Decent assortment of food to meet most palettes.....and its not all Canadianized Chinese Food; there ARE other traditional comfort food dishes (the meatloaf is quite tasty). It was a quick lunch but we left full and satisfied.....the one thing noticed was they actually have a take-away buffet menu that actually looks like a good idea. If youre looking for big city Mandarin style Chinese buffet, youre not going to find it here.....but for what its worth, Panda holds their own when comparing to other Chinese Buffets in the City.

It was a good restaurant. It wasnt too crowded, and the buffet table was set up nicely, and they had the food labeled, so you knew what was what.

Beautiful interior and Aesthetic, wonderful looking Bar and absolutley top notch Customer service

Went inbetween rush hour and our server came up to us and asked us to settle before we were done, saying she was off duty....so we felt like we had to leave even though we were not done.

Greedy owners. Verry expensive. Low quality food. Never go here.

It was pretty average, not bad not great.

Excellent service and the food was great

Alright quality and good selection. The service was good overall. The food did not sit well with me and the wife. We had a 6h drive after eating and I barely made it home with many extra stops on the way for the bathroom. I would most eat here again due to not trusting the safety of the food.

Amazing atmosphere and choices! The Chinese was the best in GP hands down!

Excellent food. Variety of foods. Great selection Outdoor patio.

Place is horrible. The food was so bland and seemed like it had been sitting a while in their warmers. I watched the guy on make a milk shake for some one and then drink the left overs him self. Who does that? For what they charge its a crime. I was warned about this place but thought Id try it.

Food was great highly recommend it if your in gp

We were just there for a buffet. The food was delicious. Sergio was a wonderful server. I will definitely be back again in the near future

I never had a margarita with crushed ice before maybe you should buy a new blender an the food was just ok nothing special

I was new to town and wanted to give them a try as i was in the area. That turned out to be a mistake! The food was terrible, along with the service. The food was likely sitting all day in their warmers as it was all luke warn. The selection looked like something from a bad caterer. Then the was the price for what they called a buffet! My drink only got refilled once and the young guy who was serving I think had his poor break interrupted. I felt bad for him trying to have a break and serve at the Sametime.

Food is just simple and not much on the display or buffet table

A friend of mine recommended the place. It was not a great experience. I ate some sushi that was really old and dry, immediately felt sick. Told the waitress. She argued it was me who was sick the food didnt make me me sick. So they gave me 10% discount instead of a refund. The waitress made me wait until they changed the food from lunch to dinner. Fresher the food the better. As I left I figured out the real reason, they can charge me 10bucks more for dinner instead of lunch. It was a shady scam. After leaving I tossed my cookies out the front door while waiting for a ride

We visited at lunch on weekdays. The food was prepared warm and clean. The price and taste of the food were satisfactory.

We have been going here for a long time and have always been mostly happy with all the food. Tonight we went there and all of the food was stale and tasted really bad. I ate about 10 bites of my entire plate and left most of my food on the plate. My kids barely ate anything and we all felt a bit sick after. My husband went to tell the waiter that we werent happy with any of the food and he charged us full price. When my husband questioned if he was going to charge us the full amount, the waiter sarcastically said well you ate right? $123 we wont get back for a few mouth fulls of food. Wont be going back.

Good food and good prices. Buffet was $20. per Person ( senior) includes icecream and pie

Im so glad they restored Panda Garden! Its way better than SOHO in both service and food quality! Had years of wonderful family memories here when it was Mama Panda!

We decided to give this place a shot being that the last few Chinese restaurants were awful that set up shop here. The restaurant was clean and service was good but the food was stale and tasteless. Has potential if they get the food tasting better.

Food was nasty.. my poor pregnant wife got so sick .. I was not happy with this .. over cooked sat there all week taste ..

Great staff with friendly fast service. Good atmosphere and a clean setting. Food was delicious and I will go back.

You get a lot of food for your money and the service has been very professional and fast in my experience!

Love the Wings

Nice place, food was good. Think we would stop in next time we are in or traveling through gp

Good

It s unfortunate you re required to give any stars at all in order to make a review because I would rate this establishment as a -1. This place is absolute garbage. The staff is rude and the food is dried out, disgusting & overpriced. Never again.

The food isn t to die for and I almost stopped coming here because the service was bad but they hired a new server and she has improved the atmosphere, the service and overall experience. She is very kind, and funny she always refills my drink when it s low without me having to ask, I always wish I could tip her more because without her improvement to the establishment I assure you I would have never spent another penny at this place. Thank you Brenda for making my weekly dinner very pleasant!

Food here is really good. Service is decent for what it is. And the pricing is very fair. This place has come a long way over the years for sure.

Nicely updated

Food fresh....wide variety. Some of the sushi tasted dry hence the 4 rating but very solid. Will be back again

Absolutely fantastic food. The menu is perfect for quick take out and the prices are very good

I do not believe the Filipino waitress (LXXX) deserves one star; her service attitude was worth 0 points. For the $16.79 I spent, I didnt get the respect and service quality I needed; her attitude was, this is what the restaurants service and food. You can either take it or leave it. WOW! Customers were served based on the mood of the waiter. She should stay at home.

Very disappointing. The booth seat and table were sticky-and yes we should have known from that how the rest would go. My husband went through 4 plates to get a clean one-which I didn t know till later. Some dishes were ok, some almost empty and not refilled, some not so good. At the end we were overcharged, which I also didn t know till we got home. So all in all not a good experience.

Great selection and tasty , recommend!

Food is not that hot.. very few selection. Definitely over priced.

WAY BETTER THAN SOLIEKI!! The new restaurant which used to be called mama pandas, now Panda Garden I believe, is soo amazingly good. We went around 2 pm and did the buffet, the food was amazing, everything looked fresh and delicious, it is clean and nicely renovated. I really like that they had all the food covered even the salad , sauces/dressings, as well as the dessert , it kept the food fresh. This will now be my go to spot for buffet!!

Food food was amazing Will be back very soon

It was good we will come back

Good service, nice to have a variety of foods..ate enough that i didnt get dessert..worth the money...

Its really just super cheap western Chinese buffet food, half the food was deep fried and its just really low quality.

It was a nice experience. The service was awesome and the food was sweet plus the restaurant was nice, clean and lovely. I would definitely go back there.

Meh. Did the Sunday brunch. Its still the same as Apple Bettys and Mama Pandas. They removed the pop and ice cream bar though. Loved the new coverings on the banquets. Staff was overwhelmed but still kept a reasonable experience, kudos to them. Still highly recommend the place, just dont expect too much.

Decided to try the new Pandas..and WOW. I am impressed. The food is amazing. Very well made. You can tell the cook knows what he is doing. 100% 5 star.... Will be going back..

Rude people.

My family and l had a wonderful time eating at this facility. The food was good, l loved the fry chicken, my wife loved the seafood and the chow M. The only 2 things l think should be improved are 1. dinner rolls...at least the evening l was there, and 2. deserts need improvements. Nevertheless we had a good time. Like the screens for entertainment.

Horrible over priced food!!

Yummy food..

Havent been to a buffet since the covid nonsense began. It wasnt the biggest selection as some that I used to frequent had but the majority of the items were very good. Im a big fan of the soft ice cream machine or at least some ice cream for dessert so I took away one star for its absence. I would definitely eat there again.

Frinly

Loved the food. Its way better then before

Great food great staff Brian was an awesome attentive host very polite and friendly. He was right on top of every request with a smile. Alex helped us with a chicken wing misunderstanding and we thank you for that great environment recommend trying this place after the renovations.

Food wasnt that great

Great food small selection is my only issue but its always fresh and really good drunks arnt that bad etheir

Panda Garden has gotten a face lift since it was Mama Pandas. The interior of the restaurant is clean and the wait staff was polite. But the food is extremely lack luster. The choices it used to have, have disappeared and so has the taste. Unless you are coming for nostalgic purposes I would not recommend Panda Garden.

Arrived shortly after 6pm. You would think they would have fresh food out for supper? But that was not the case. Hard and crusty Ginger Beef (not edible), as well as the chicken balls and lemon chicken dried out under the heat lamp for who knows how long. Absolutely nothing fresh, & near empty food vessels And a VERY small selection. Our hopes were raised as we saw the California rolls as we are lovers of gas station sushi, but, it was also inedible. The rice seemed to be days old with a texture I cannot describe. Maybe dessert was going to be ok, we went in with high hopes, but yet another disappointment, dry crusty cake will not be returning. It s a buffet, I don t expect much, but do expect more then what I received. Will not be returning. Really didn t want to even pay for it.

The taste was honestly horrible, bearable but still bad. And now I have food poisoning, haven t slept or stopped puking since the morning. Never eating here again.

This was the worst food Ive paid for in a long time. Even the chicken tasted like fish. Sub par. The old mama pandas was better and thats saying alot as it wasnt that great to begin with

Good dishes to serve, understandable service to people accompanied by service animals. 100% recommended

Has a decent buffet. The service was good. Was not too busy when we visited on a Tuesday.

The variety was nice. Food was gross. We were a group of 5 adults and agreed that the food was not up to standard. After someone bit into a raw chicken wing, we left. Wheelchair accessibility: I wa sad to see their ramp full of chips and on a high incline. A person in a wheelchair or even walker would have a great amount of trouble getting to the entrance.

Food was excellent. Service was good place was clean and looked very nice with the renovations. Would go back for sure

Best buffet in town of Grande paire

Change was good for the place.

Kid-friendliness: The place is spacesious. Your kida can play and the ice cream is perfect. Food

Food was delicious, staff and customers very friendly

Worst food I have ever eaten at a restaurant!! Dry, stale, bland, not fresh. Actually disgusting. I watched a server pick tinfoil off the floor and place back on top of what they called roast beef Worst restaurant in Gp. Zero Stars

AWFUL customer service couldnt even get a refill on our drinks whole time, meanwhile the workers are all sitting at a table by the bar talking and eating. Dont they have a lunch room? Or at least have them sit on other side of restaurant where no one is sitting. We grabbed sushi and a waitress walked by when we werent sitting there and pointed at it and said something to the other waitress about it like we can have as much sushi as we like we Paid for it and not only that but another family went to pay and when they left the waitress said to the other workers sitting down that they didnt even give 10% tip. They are lucky they get tipped at all. Also why cant customers sit at other side of restaurant? Is it because they dont want to do their job and actually take drinks that way? It was 100% better when you could get your drink yourself and not be watched like a hawk every time you get food!

Poor choice like for buffet.

Good food, good atmosphere. Not bad prices.

very good

Theyve got better. Its a buffet, not gourmet. Like going here days that I dont take anything out for dinner because of the variety.

Dirty staff is not at all motivated to clean up washrooms and dining area do not recommend

Tidy and clean.

Great buffet and cheap too! Includes pop and Juice.

Its hard to give a bad rating to pretty much grande prairies only buffet

Foods never fresh. Youre risking food poisoning.

Went there before renovation and reopening, food was okay staff was okay but the washrooms were scary. Now after the renovations, the food tastes terrible and the staff are rude. I got sick after this. Never coming back.

It is now Sohos awesome place please update name

Very good service and food arrived quickly and was very tasty

Good place to eat

Good was good place was clean staff was friendly

This place is terrible. But Ive been in GP for awhile now. I couldnt understand why all these 4 star rated places made me want to puke and made me angry, when all the food in the city is bad your standards start to drop, I wasnt as disappointed as I thought I would be. Now wheres all that fentanyl at?

Good selection

Good food, lots of variety.

Best buffet in the entire area

Deeeeelicious!

Not much if a selection if entrees. Probably the worse oriental food I have ever eaten.

Get there early or you will be waiting on them to re fill stuff and 2 deserts for a buffet?

the place was dirty, they have little variety. The bad attention. It is the first time we went and the last.

Overpriced for the weekend

Clean and good if you arrive there when the food is fresh

Just ate there with my wife and kids who are still toddlers. Within 20 minutes of leaving we both got sick puking at home. During our meal I mentioned to a bus girl that all the food I had tried was not hot it was below room temperature like cold with no heat on it for awhile. She said ok and never came back to our table. Now were home and not feeling well. This will be going to the health board in alberta.

Good selection for an affordable price. Service is quick with cleaning the dirty dishes off of the tables.

Place was clean great food

I miss this place amazing food and price is great

Was ok. Some might have been little old but didnt eat any of that. Was some pretty good food besides that.

Great all you can eat for a reasonable price , theres Chinese and Western , good selection of both well worth the $15 lunch or the $20 dinner !!!!

Food hot and fresh customer service great

Not that great. You could tell the salads were bag salads. Chicken tasted like cardboard.

Very good food friendly staff

Great value,

Nice for a change

Extremely expensive for the very basic buffet

Heard a lot of bad things about this buffet restaurant. To tell you honestly, its not really that bad. Place is a bit old and you can see it in the interior. Price is cheaper compared to other buffet restaurants in town. Drinks are included in the price. They have happy hour from 2-4pm and price is lesser. Food is decent. There are times that some food were not fresh and noticeable. Not much of an option for dessert but they have selection of fruits. Still a good value for money.