Chef Panda

Ok, here we go… Awesome food! Yes, I said it and I will say it again, Awesome food! I have only eaten at this place twice, once for delivery which was about 5 days ago and today 06/​10/​2016 in which I picked up my order. The place is very small. A great place for takeout or delivery. The gentleman who gave me my order was very friendly and suggested other items for next time. This review is about our experience 5 days ago. The delivery was good; we did not have a long wait. I think it was like about 30 to 35 min. We ordered the Family Style Bean Curd (which is my favorite at this place) It had big pieces of tofu and plenty of large vegetables in a nice brown sauce. Second, we tried the orange chicken and that was very good. The kids ate that up really quick! I only got three pieces. Next time I’m going to have to order 2. Next was the beef chow fun, and that was fun to eat not to mention very tasty. Next was the vegetable fried rice. This was another hit, big vegies and the rice was perfect. The last one was the chicken lo Mein, this, according to my family was super good. For me, the noodles were larger then what I am used to in a lo Mein but never the less it was pretty good. Give this place a try. I do not think you will be disappointed. Sorry there are no pictures, food went to fast to take a pic

I will never go back to Panda Express after eating at Chef Panda! It was truly delicious, the orange chicken is actually chicken, great sauce, actual noodles for the chow mein. There was so much more food for the same price you would get at Panda Express! Best Chinese food in surprise!

I always make a review when I go places for the first time, and let me tell you… My FAVORITE food is Asian cuisine, so I always love trying new places. Today, my husband and I went to dine in at chef panda in surprise. We ordered $ 23.00 worth of food, and while we were waiting, the cook and front desk person began engaging in a yelling match with each other. I was embarrassed for the poor girl, it lasted about 15 minutes. Then after we received our food (25 minutes later) my husband gets about half way through his meat and rice… And FINDS A COOKED FLY!!! My husband is a cook at a restaurant near arrowhead, so he knows things like this happen, he didn’t complain, just told the staff of the issue, and they did NOTHING but said sorry. We threw our food away and left. To top it all off… their AC was broken. We were the only customers there, I can’t believe the service and integrity of these people. I will never eat here again.

The staff here was EXTREMELY nice and helpful. The food was definitely made fresh and tested great. I highly recommend this place for Chinese take out.

honestly the food is pretty freaking great but I gotta give it four stars cause lately they’ve been really messing up my orders, like when I order white rice and they give me brown… sucks

This place is so much better than Chen wok. It is amazing and huge portions for a great price. Will never order from anywhere else

Got take out for the first time, the food was good, the Orange chicken was very crispy and flavorful fried rice was good so was the moo shu pork egg rolls are very small and just ok we had the food delivered and it arrived hot in a timely manner delivery fee is only $ 2 portions are very generous. Will not hesitate to order from them again. Good place!

I find these poor reviews interesting, as I have frequented this establishment half a dozen times now, and I have had nothing but excellent food, and great service, I wish everyone could enjoy what my family has from Panda Chef!
The first two times, I had the food delivered, and it was within a reasonable time for a Thursday and Saturday night. I’ve had the take away, and the food has always been hot and fresh waiting for me when they said it would be. I have eaten in with my daughter, and she loves the Orange Chicken! The orders have always been correct, and hot and fresh.
But it’s about the food here!
The Orange Chicken is excellent, crispy, not sogged out by the sauce. Tons of flavor, and is now always an order for us.
The egg foo young was exceptional; large patties, firm, with tons of large chicken pieces in the gravy. I’ve had the chicken, the shrimp, and the Combination, and all where full of meats and vegetables.
My wife loved the broccoli beef (I’m not a fan personally, but it was good).
I have also had the Chef Special Happy Family, and oh wow! Pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, in an excellent sauce! One of my favorites!
I have a list of their Menu items that I am working though every time my family eats out for here. This has become our go to Chinese food place, and even though it’s further than the other two closest Chinese food establishments, this is the best place for us! I even recommend it to all of my friends!
The portions are always large, the have to tape the container to keep all of the food stuffed inside!
My wife and I are currently waiting on an order of Cashew Chicken, the Orange Beef (really excited about this one), and Chicken egg foo young! I will update with the tasty descriptions as soon as we eat them!

2 times coming here. Both times you screwed my order up. How hard is
it to take a correct order? You read it back to me just fine but apparently that
was all you did.
You need a better person taking your phone orders. This is not rocket science!
Food tasted average. Nothing special here.

Wanted quick carry out for dinner, decided on chef Panda. Not a wise decision! The Mongolian beef was extremely bland and soupy, the steamed rice was dry, and the fried rice only comes in one size large so you are forced to buy more then you really need. The young lady who took my order was very nice and courteous, and it only took a few minutes to get my food and take home. I really wouldn’t recommend this place there are many more choices in surprise area for Chinese food.

This review was actually for panda express NOT Chef Panda. Dont know how that happened but my apologies.

Dis-​gust-​ing. New place and we love Asian food so we thought we’d try this place out. Mistake of EPIC proportion. Crab Angels = good. Egg rolls = meh. I’ve had worse, I’ve had better. My husbands cashew chicken was completely tasteless and watery. His thought «a turkey sandwich has more flavor.» Seriously, all we could taste was celery.
My lemon chicken = OMG nasty. There was gristle rolled up into these nasty little fried balls of crusty greasy lameness. I spent the next 48 hours in my bathroom thanks to Chef Panda. Never, ever, again.

Ychhh. Ordered beef and broccoli, egg rolls, wonton soup, moo shu pork and spare ribs to take out. How can I say this? Everything was weird. The broccoli was so overcooked, it was inedible. The beef was slimy and tasteless. The egg rolls are minuscule. I’ve rolled blunts bigger than these. The wontons were just small slabs of under cooked dough with no meat inside. Who puts cucumbers in wonton soup? The spare ribs were big and meaty but what was that wet brown sauce they were swimming in? The moo shu was OK, thats why I added an extra star, but the Hoisin sauce was watered down. The fake duck sauce was awful.
I’m tough on chinese restaurants. I compare them to the better Chinatown places in Vegas, NY, Philly and San Fransisco. None in the west valley that I know of, ever come close. But this one is a distant last place.

Holy smokes!
Was about to go out to eat, and found a menu in my door! Decided to take a shot and so glad I did!!! Amazing food and quick to my door! Definatley will be ordering again

I am a huge fan of Asian food and am always down to try new places. I just don’t understand why there are no places here in Surprise – ok – Saigon Kitchen IS the exception – but no other places in Surprise that can do Asian cuisine. While the portions here are VERY generous, it really doesn’t matter how generous if the food is just meh. The service is nice, the prices are good and they try really hard to please, but you can’t get past the meh food.

Delicious food! If I were to compare it to San Francisco Chinese cuisine, I would say it’s a pretty good competitor.
The boss is super nice and makes great conversation with the customers. Hard working employees and the prices are great! For only $ 5.99, I got myself a pepper steak lunch special and my mom shrimp with lobster sauce for only $ 5.99 too!

My wife and I just moved here and tried the closest Chinese place.
We got sesame chicken and egg rolls. The egg rolls were quite tasty, however they forgot to mention these were not typical egg rolls; these were about 3 inches long.
The chicken was way over cooked. It was crunchy and did not go down well. There was also no sauce on the on the chicken. I’m not talking a little bit of sauce. It was crusted onto the chicken.
We will not be going back here.
The one bright spot was that it was delivered quite quickly.

Wanted Chinese food today, usually order from Chen Wok, took a leap and ordered from Chef Panda and I’m glad we did, this food is awesome!
It arrived hot, not lukewarm but hot. The egg flower soup had so many fresh vegetables in it and tofu you could actually see and taste, the steamed rice had a pleasant hint of jasmine water and their egg rolls were the bomb! The price was reasonable and the service was fast, way less than the hour we were advised. I didn’t mention any of the coupons they offered but they gave me the extra specials regardless.
I also have to say Derrick who took my call is the best order taker I’ve every dealt with, he was the most pleasant, helpful and energetic person, and an asset for this new business in Surprise. The delivery guy (didn’t get your name, sorry) was stellar as well. We will be a repeat customer.

Pretty good variety. Good prices. Definitely give it a try. I prefer this and Chen wok over panda express any day.

I wasn’t going to order thanks to the 1^st review but I am glad I tried it after all. The orange chicken was crispy and sooooo good and the portion size was more than enough! The chicken broccoli was good as well, lots of chicken and veggies. Orange chicken is my favorite so far. My husband and I will definitely be ordering again! Finally good Chinese food that delivers! Chen wok is disgusting!