Great Panda Restaurant in Huntsville

2121 Whitesburg Dr Ste B, Huntsville, AL 35801, United States

★★★★☆
(471 reviews)
Categories: Chinese restaurant Fast food restaurant

About

When you want food in Huntsville, AL, come to Great Panda Restaurant! We offer a wide array of delicious traditional Chinese food cooked with the freshest ingredients. We pride ourselves on the excellent service we provide to our customers and our affordable rates. We are a dine in restaurant offering take out options as well. For great service and the best Chinese food in Huntsville, AL, call on Great Panda Restaurant.

Website
greatpandahuntsville.com
Address
2121 Whitesburg Dr Ste B, Huntsville, AL 35801, United States
Plus Code
PC9C+3X Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Time Zone
America/Chicago

Business Hours

Monday
10:30 AM–8 PM
Tuesday
10:30 AM–8 PM
Wednesday
10:30 AM–8 PM
Thursday
10:30 AM–8 PM
Friday
10:30 AM–8 PM
Saturday
10:30 AM–8 PM
Sunday
Closed

Services

Service options
Delivery Takeaway Dine-in
Popular for
Lunch Dinner Solo dining
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Comfort food Healthy options Quick bite Small plates Vegetarian options
Dining options
Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups University students
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs Kids' menu
Parking
Free of charge street parking Free parking lot Parking

Photos

Reviews

4.4
★★★★☆
471 reviews

Most Mentioned

kung pao chicken (19) egg rolls (12) general tso (8) spicy (8) buffet (8) egg drop soup (7) food and service (6) mall (6) hot and sour soup (6) steamed (5)
5 stars
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★★★★
December 4, 2024

Food is good. You get a lot for cheap. Refills cost .50. Food lunch trip

★★★★★
September 13, 2024

Classic Chinese take-out food. Best in the city, too, if you ask me. Generous amounts of delicious velvetted beef and chicken and fried rice with a dinner combo.

★★★★★
September 7, 2024

We came in and were immediately greeted and served. Food was fantastic and a great price. Tables were cleanm

★★★★★
June 9, 2024

Our favorite Chinese restaurant in Huntsville!! We have been coming here for several years. The restaurant is always clean. The food and service is always consistent and the best!! The KUNG PAO CHICKEN is our favorite.

★★★★
May 25, 2024

The food is good. I just wish they would help out more on the portions. I'm paying almost 12 Dollars for two items and I just wish they were a little bit more on giving on the chicken and chow mein. Other than that, food is bomb.

April 12, 2024

Foodies BEWARE: I just picked up an order here and they served me brown, rotten and bloody chicken. They had a 75 health score on the wall when I walked in so immediately made me suspicious. None of them were wearing gloves when serving the food or taking any cleanliness measures. This shows it. Was my first time coming here and now my last. I’m so disappointed.

★★★★★
March 8, 2024

Great food and service! Definitely recommend for locals or travelers. Not in the best area but is a gem on the inside!

★★★★★
March 2, 2018

Excellent. Very very very fresh. Flights to little place to go by and get you really good bit of chinese food. They really people and really good students.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2024

Love this place. Great food and service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 8, 2024

You will never in your life enjoy better food, this I promise you!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 8, 2024

Great. Place to eat in or take home

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Good food. Good service. Good prices.

★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Good greasy and oily americanized Chinese food. Just wish they would not use seed oils

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Came near closing time, but service very good and lots of food given. Good quality as well.

July 22, 2024

Ordered chicken fried rice and veggie eggrolls.i found the food to be substandard..

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 22, 2024

Delicious and will definitely order from them again.

★★★
Local Guide
June 22, 2024

Small but nice place, at least these Asians do clean the restaurant.....

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Panda has good food and good service, love it

★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

We have been eating there since they were in the mall. Some of you dont remember that. It has to be said >>> PUT NUTS ON the Kung Pow Chicken !!!!!!!! Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
April 22, 2024

Great tasting and clean place to eat. Small location, but definitely one of the best little Chinese restaurants you will find.

April 22, 2024

The food is nasty

★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Food isnt very good. Convenient, fast with good service. Ive ordered off the made-to-order menu, and its not much better. Egg drop soup is very good tho.

★★★★★
February 22, 2024

Great food! Will visit again very soon.

★★★★★
February 22, 2024

Delicious food. Would recommend!!

★★★★★
February 22, 2024

Good service and the peace are nice

★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Consistently yummy. Nice owners make you feel welcome. Best family that runs the restaurant. Great prices. Support local.

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Plenty of serving for the price clean professional service

★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Dont know if someone new took over or if they changed ingredients on some of the food but it was horrible didnt taste anything like it used to and Ive been eating at this place for 23 yrs and its never tasted like it did today.

★★★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Always good and hot! Friendly service, good prices for a lot of food!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Great food for such a low price. They always stack the plates too!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Great food and the owners were very nice. I will certainly visit again.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Nice ppl. Rice had no flavor without soy sauce. Pops were over priced for refills. If I go back Ill get it to go and find my own pop.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Food was cold except for the soup.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I like the buffet style menu. You go in and see what you order. They will also let you sample. Good Chinese food.

December 22, 2023

DON T EAT HERE! After eating their contaminated food last night, my wife, daughter, and myself all have food poisoning.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I just love these guys! & in today s world of rampant inflation, it s still such a great deal .

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

THE CRISPY CHICKEN SO GOOD

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Only Chinese i will eat PERIOD

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

She may not look like much, but shes got it where it counts - Han Solo I was pleasantly surprised by this nice little restaurant. I didnt feel like going all the way home before dinner and saw this place on Google Maps. The staff were quick and helpful, prices were a great deal and the food (I got the rice and Kung Pao Chicken) was excellent. The drinks were a little small, but not unreasonably so. The tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurants always seem to have the best food, and this one follows the pattern.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Been eating here for over 25 years it!

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Everytime I go to this Panda Restaurant, they do smthg to mess up my order. Once I ordered on the phone and they messed up my order and didnt give me what I wanted with no apologies. Another time I got sweet and sour chicken. Who wants sweet and sour chicken without the sweet and sour sauce. When I got home I had my vegetables and my sweet and sour chicken but I had no sauce. Then I had to go back across town to get it because I had a taste in my mouth for sweet sour chicken. Another time I win and I ordered the same thing that I usually got but they changed their menu on me and I couldnt get the same things I got before in the same order. I hate going to this restaurant because of the customer service there. They dont seem to care about me as a customer.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

This is by far the least expensive and best Chinese food in the city! Love it here!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Very friendly. Good food. Will return for sure.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I give the food 4 stars only because im comparing it to chinese places in the shoals area, which are poor for the most part. Fast service, which is a buffet style served by employees. Food was fresher than buffets, and chicken was better quality than other similar restaurants. Parking can be tight. The place needs an obvious remodel.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Best Chinese food in Huntsville area. Super quick, consistent, and good! The ladies working there are always super sweet. Atmosphere is very casual.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great option for quick Chinese takeout. Fantastic service.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

For a hole in the wall place, VERY friendly, immediately made themselves known as soon as I walked in, quieter and smells amazing

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I thought it was amazing I pulled up in the parking lot called and ask the employees if I placed my order to go and paid by card could they bring it to the car because me and my momma have problems walking in on a walker and my momma has severe emphysema and COPD... The young lady was so helpful and had no problems assisting in our aide.. She was a true blessing for us and I will always take my friends and family to eat here since Ive been their customer for over 20 plus years already.. BEST RESTAURANT IN HUNTSVILLE..

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great food with great service plain and simple. Employees are always polite and patient with both customers and 3d party delivery drivers.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

The staff here are always kind. They are fast and efficient every time. They have 3 types of rice, steam white rice , or fried rice, or a wheat rice for those on a blood sugar diet, The kung pow chicken is awesome, hot and sour and egg drop soups are great especially when you arw under the weather. All ten in my family my parents and 5 brother and 3 sisters have eaten there since they have opened and still do. When my husband or myself walk in they are already getting our order ready because they know us that well. Now our little girl live them just as much. Dont let one bad review fool you they are wonderful. They might have been the rude persons and you know when your rude to a restraunt your service will suck so change or attitude and maybe you have better experiences.

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

It was expensive and not good at all Parking: Wide open Food : 2/5 |

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Lots of food for little money

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

My favorite place for Chinese food! My go-to order is the dinner special (served all day) with Sesame chicken and Kung Pao chicken with rice and noodles and a hot and sour soup on the side! It is such a filling meal and service is always fast and friendly!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Food was excellent. You definitely get a lot for what you pay for and the workers are all very friendly

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

I love this place, please update your hours online, I drove 12 miles to get food as internet says open til 9, got here at 8 and youre closed

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Ate there once food was decent. Had it delivered the next time food was decent. Next time we ordered delivery and it never showed up and had to cook dinner at 7 oclock at night while on the phone with the credit card company. Food is not so good that it was worth all that. I guess its one place in Huntsville we wont be eating again.

★★★★
December 22, 2023

Great food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great place for a quick bite or take out. Serving typical Chinese food you know what you are getting.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

I love this place food is always good and fresh.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great food. Great staff! Best Chinese takeout in town.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Fast great service.

★★★
December 22, 2022

Good food, kinda pricey.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Delicious food. I really love the egg soup and pepper chicken.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

My daughter was up from college and I asked her if she wanted dinner it was raining cold and nasty the 26th of February she suggested Great Panda as she and I like Chinese food and I go here quite often and have so for some 15 plus years. Youre greeted immediately with a hello and smile and asked dine in or carry out rice or noodles with about 8 or so entrees General Tsos , Teriyaki Chicken , Sesame Chicken and others you can choose combo if wanted and a generous amount is served with a couple of soups egg drop my favorite of course egg rolls with sauce vegetables chips sauces and fortune cookies drinks both fountain and bottled the entrees tender and delicious the place older and small but adiquit room for family and friends and clean always. Its located downtown near the Huntsville hospital and subsidaries all around heart and pain centers near, along with Walgreens , CVS , Burger King across the street , Krystals and Dollar Store just South of it . Corner Stores , Dodger Dogs gas and buffet , several Parks including the Veterans Memorial and the Buffalo Soldiers all with a 10 mile radius oh and yalls favorite Chikfila is close also , Publics and the Library Credits unions all the Banks and Von Braun Center is included Just to let you know that you have other choices for your taste and convenience But Great Panda I think you will enjoy I didnt think to take a picture but trust me I think youll enjoy yourself. Enjoy your day now and remember its a gift that you should cherish because you could be just north of in the hospital

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Fast service!!! Food is tasty and OK.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Best hot and sour soup ever. Really great place to eat or take out.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

They have great food but now they use shallower plates to fill so you get less food and it is expensive for the quantity you receive Im not. As happy as I use to be guess Ill stop going here

★★★★
December 22, 2022

Service is excellent and portions are plentiful.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great food at a great price. Ask for their spicy condiment, if you like the build up of slow heat. You won t regret it! Hubby and I will be regulars.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Love getting good from this place, and always such great service. Nice and friendly staff. They also have eat in we just ordered ours over the phone and carried out. Well I wasnt as pleased at this last visit the soup bowls have gotten smaller but they charge the same. And my hunny was not pleased with his broccoli. Third time is the charm, they always try to please.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Love this place. Some of the best Chinese in town!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Fast and consistent.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very friendly an clean. Just wished they had moo goo

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Quick and reasonable. Nice employees

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I love everything about the restaurant great food staff always amazing Vegetarian options: They definitely have vegetarian options

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great Panda is hit or miss. I have been with great service and food but Ive been with terrible service, restaurant out of menu items and the restaurant dirty. Its worth going to eat if you in the mood for Chinese style food, but there are better places

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

We recently visited it for the first time. The food is great, and the prices are very reasonable. We have been back twice this month!

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Use this guys for years. Hands down. Good food. Good people.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

First time coming!! Great food! And nice workers!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I absolutely love this place. I get chrispy chicken and General Tso chicken with noodles and it is amazing. I will keep going back to this wonderful place

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Delicious, affordable Chinese food. Fast & friendly service. Well lit, cafe ambiance. You walk thru a line and make your selection from about 8 entree options. Dine in or take out. Have been 3 times. This is our go to for Chinese take out. Vegetarian options: They offer stir fried veggies instead of noodles it rice. Parking: Lots of easily accessible parking .

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Best kung pao ever!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great food at a great price ! Very friendly staff! Ill definitely go back !

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Some of the best chinese food i ve had. the kung pao is my new favorite.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

A great place to come for lunch. Excellent food!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Ive been going to Great Panda for about 20 years since Parkway City Mall. Still my favorite. I still dont know what Crispy Chicken is since nobody else has that, but I love it, and its not crispy

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I get lunch here regularly and everyone is always nice. I usually get one entrée with steamed veggies and it ends up being around $7. Its hard to find a good lunch anywhere else at that price!

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Food is always good! Highly recommend!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Delicious

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Worst Chinese food I ve ever had.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

They have good food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Cheap good food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

My favorite chinese place. I always order with them through GrubSouth but I went there today and they are amazing as when I order delivery.

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Absolutely the worst Chinese food Ive ever tried. Ordered fried rice and it was steamed, slightly fried, with no sauce. Ordered chow mein and they sent lo mein. Also order other things totaling $137, our group ended up throwing it away, no one was happy with it.

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Love this place. Great price for what you get

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Awesome! Great ownership, clean, and good food. Ive known the owners for years. Great people.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Love this place. Always easy to get in and get out. Food is served cafeteria style but is always fresh and delicious. They have also done a great job adapting during the COVID pandemic.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

ALWAYS GREAT FOOD AND FRIENDLY SERVICE HAS BEEN FOR 15 PLUS YRS

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Lovely family. Fast and clean. Food is fresh, hot, and good. Flirt with grandma. Promise to come back soon.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

I decided to try them again after several years, they are the closest Chinese restaurant to me. So I ordered on line for pickup. And I think it will be several years before I try them again. Hot and sour soup lacked spice, it was bland. Cream cheese wontons werent good. Fried rice had large clumps of white rice in it. Egg rolls were ok. Beef and broccoli contained very little beef.

★★★★
December 22, 2021

Good food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great lunch special!

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Ordered general tsaos and beef and broccoli during lunch. Based on the decent reviews I figured I d anything at least the food would be fresh. Got my food and the best thing was the fried rice and that was just, okay. The general tsaos chicken was pink......... The beef in the beef and broccoli was soooo over cooked it just disintegrated while chewing it. When having a rare craving for Chinese food, this won t be the spot for me.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Incredibly nice staff. The food was well priced and very good.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Always great...Great Panda

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Been eating here since they were located at Parkway City Mall. Absolutely love the food, fast service and the consistency in quality! This is our go to place for Chinese!

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

We used to go frequently many years ago. Recently started going again and its still good!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Was making a delivery but the food LOOKED GOOD

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Chicken fried rice was great also sesame chicken. Red diamond tea and egg drop soup. Under 10 bucks... 5 stars fresh and good.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Very nice people and very good food to match. Great place.

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Wrong order and it like subway all veggies very little meat wont order from there again

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

EXCELLENT FOOD AND SERVICE!! My favorite place to eat when in downtown Huntsville area.

Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Ive had similar quality from the freezer section at the grocery store for significantly less money. Couldnt finish my plate, waste of $80.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

I was there at closing time, had to take rice instead of noodles. The chicken was ok.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

My family has eaten here several times, we order online or when we arrive and it has been excellent. They could work on their packaging (be prepared for a bit or leakage from the box)

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

My favorite Asian place.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Very good food.

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

The Kung Pao Chicken Will Change Your Life! One Of The Best Restaurants In The City!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Awesome food! Best Chinese food in the city! I highly recommend the Kung pao chicken or sesame chicken if you like it sweet. Definitely worth checking out. The rice and noodles are to die for.

★★★★
December 22, 2021

Good

December 22, 2021

Weird gen tsos

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Eh

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Love this place, go there just about every Friday night.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Good food. Wonderful service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Absolutely LOVE the Vegetable Egg Rolls. You either have to call ahead a few minutes or wait on them if you order when you get there. But definitely worth the wait. Especially if dip them in the sweet and sour sauce.....mmmmm

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great place to pick Up some quick & yummy. Plus the little ladies serving are the best, a favorite with the locals

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great food. We and our friends have take-outs regularly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Tasty food and good service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Amazing food. Love the general tso

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Great spicy chicken and lo mein

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Very tasty food always a high health score, nice place to eat , very friendly staff.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Cant get enough of this place. Try the kung pao chicken.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Pretty good chicken with fried rice and big servings. Friendly staff too

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Best fast Chinese in town. Always in and out.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

The best Panda restaurant in town! All others are imposters!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Great food great price..very clean

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Very good food. The employees are very nice.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Best Chinese food I ever had I would definitely recommend coming here if you want to have great food for a cheap price

December 22, 2020

I m not sure who is giving them these good ratings but this food tastes horrible! This is not the Chinese food place to go if you are hungry

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

These folks always serve fresh food, and follow important protocol, during covid. Thank you!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

For me, the best Chinese take out around

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Always yummy, fast service and friendly staff

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Amazing food!!!! Will order from them again.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

This is a favorite place of my family. Always delicious and generous portions. They have done a great job implementing pandemic restrictions.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Great Panda has been around for years. And while its nothing fancy, it is the one place I want to eat at when I pop into town for a quick, on-the-go bite as far as Chinese food goes.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

I absolutely love this restaurant! I ve been going there for about 13-14 years. The food is always good and the staff is very sweet and accommodating!

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Great food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

The food is good and the people that work there are fast and efficient.