Little Panda Chinese Restaurant

I ordered using Doordash, and my order arrived almost inedible. The Diet Coke I ordered somehow went all over the outside of the take-out order. I couldn't figured how it leaked. It was completely flat and undrinkable. I also received no napkins or plastic silverware with my order. I do not believe that this was the dasher's fault as I didn't notice the mess until I opened it. It happened long enough before it was delivered that the pop was completely flat. The food itself was mediocre at best. I tried calling the place to let them know what happened, but the call was dropped. Do not waste your time or money.

We're regulars. We only go on weekends for dim sum. Though not as extensive as in metropolitan areas, the dishes listed on the menu are wonderful. We always order the same items. Spring rolls with a hint of five spice powder, scallion pancakes, chicken congee with just the right amount of green onion seasoning, turnip cake and stuffed eggplant, are but a few of our favorites. Don't forget to order the duck! PS Don't look askance at the bathrooms.

Horrible. I ordered General Tso chicken combo. It was horrible. Did not taste anything like general Tso. I also ordered crab "triangles" which is just a knock off of rangoons. I would give them a 3 out of 10. Still really disappointed in the general Tso. It tasted like chicken cooked in soy sauce to be honest and no spiciness to it at all.

Slightly better than average. It’s the best Chinese on the west side but that speaks more to how bad the other options are than how great LP is. Either way, I get it once every few months. It does the trick.

The Moo Shu Vegetable with crepes lunch with egg drop soup and oolong tea was very delicious, definitely recommend and will be back for more.

Good food,especially quick take out. Love the almond boneless chicken!

Worst Asian food ever! They put a ton of dried onion strips in my beef and chicken. They sliced a iceberg lettuce in four big chucks. Gave the huge chunky of Lettuce wrapped in plastic. Called it a salad. Literally a chunk of Lettuce! The chicken and beef pieces were cut into almost crumbs. This place is horrible. I told a worker the bathroom needed paper towels. She sat at ts or and continued to sc through her phone, totally ignoring me.

I've been eating there since the late 90's. Love the food there.

I would argue that this is the best Chinese food in the Lansing area and potentially all of Ingham County. I've been eating their food since I was a kid and it tastes just as amazing now as it did then! This is going to sound psychotic but my go-to order is sweet & sour chicken but without the sauce (don't judge me, I don't like the sauce but like how the chicken is cooked) and as much chicken fried rice as I can get my hands on...literally the best fried rice I've ever had from anywhere ever! Their egg rolls and rangoons are fantastic as well! The service is always on point, the staff is always incredibly efficient when it comes to keeping track of orders and getting them out in a timely manner! As far as ambiance goes, the exterior leaves a lot to be desired, I won't lie, but that's not really their fault! The interior is incredibly charming, cozy and inviting. I've eaten dinners there instead of doing take-out and it's more expensive that way but very much worth it! Don't hesitate any further, make this your next stop for Chinese food!

Great hidden gem - this place was recommended to us by a friend, and we really enjoyed our meal here.

Received boiled chicken for the chicken and broccoli dish, was not specified on the menu, it also slimed up everything. All the chicken and vegetables were coated in a thick flavorless slime, it was completely inedible.

Recently moved to the East Lansing / Okemos area, and probing for our style of restaurant in every direction. We need a reliable dim sum spot, and it appears there are only two in the metro area: Little Panda and one other place (and the other place currently isn't serving it). So we gave Little Panda a go during their dim sum hours (weekends, 11:30 - 15:00). It's not a very comprehensive menu, and it is probably not the dim sum experience you're accustomed to. No carts, no buzz, no chattering family tables. Just a quiet, unassuming, very simple environment. On the other hand, the dim sum they prepared for us was decent! It was tasty enough that we're going to stick around instead of driving to Ann Arbor or Troy every weekend. In summary: simple, quiet, inexpensive, unconventional dim sum spot in a strip mall. Good service, respectable quality food.

This food was so good!!! It restaurant was so cute, the waitress was very nice, and took care of the whole restaurant by herself. She was quick, attentive and friendly. We came for lunch, so we ate off the lunch menu. Food was amazing, and my husband and I ate for $15.97 not including what we tipped her. The portioning was perfect, and the lunch menu was a good size too. A little something for all pallets. I have the broccoli & chicken, fried rice & an egg roll. There was so much flavor! My husband has the Szechuan chicken, which had mushrooms. He's not a fan but we loved that it was more chicken and sauce, and less mushrooms, so he was still able to enjoy his plate. It's December 2021! I recommend this place to everyone!

Great food! Good service! And they have the really good egg noodles, not the crap that Panda Express uses!

Decent as far as Chinese food goes. I ordered delivery, and my food was hot and fresh, so that's a huge plus.

The sweet and sour chicken was very underwhelming‍ portions we're super small and packaging left a lot to be desired

Food has been top notch since i first went there 26 years ago. Recently back in the area and had to hit it up. Egg rolls$$$ general tso chicken$$$ fried rice $$$ hot mustard FIRE$$$. Service was great ( one little Chinese girl serving, seating, and cashing out the whole place. Favorite Chinese ever! Good fair pricing and no stupid music

The best hole in the wall! Really tasty, affordable. But, slow service and not the most welcoming/decorated interior. I had very low expectations, but the food was exceptional. Got the sweet-and-sour shrimp, pork fried rice, crab Rangoon-- all were exceptional One of the best Chinese restaurants I've been to in a while. I will definitely be back

I had an order delivered by a friend. I had the BEST Almond Boneless Chicken (extra spicy) EVER! That's my favorite dish and it's not on the menu at most Chinese restaurants in Florida, where I live. Top notch! I can't wait to come back to Michigan and have it again.

Food is good and priced very reasonably. Service is slow at times. Waitress leaves too many dirty dishes sitting on tables after customers have left when she could be picking them up as she passes by waiting on other customers.

Delicious food and always consistent quality! Online order is convenient and quick pickup!

Food is fantastic! Good selection Very fast and efficient. Healthy portion sizes. Must try.

This is our go-to family Chinese restaurant. Very tasty comfort food- American style Chinese food. Fast takeout and friendly service for takeout and dine-in. Surprisingly pricier than it should be in my opinion so we don't go as often as we would like to; more for special occasions. But portions are good size- at least we have leftovers and can get a meal and a half out of it.

They're not exactly easy to find. Their menu could use better description on their website as to what comes with things. We got the coconut shrimp, bourbon chicken, and the bao bao platter. The coconut shrimp is served on a bed of sizzling rice. I did not know that and I've never had it before, but I had read up on it and really didn't want to try it. If you don't know what it is they make rice the normal way and then put it on a cookie sheet with oil and toss it in the oven to crisp it up. I don't like crunchy rice so I didn't want that and it turns out I don't like it. The shrimp and the sauce were absolutely lovely aside from the sizzling rice stuck to them. The bourbon chicken is served on a bed of cooked cabbage, we've never encountered that before and my partner is not a fan of cabbage. Had we known that we would have asked them to put the rice under it instead so the sauce got absorbed by the rice without cabbage there. The bao bao platter had a bonus to it which was great it includes crab triangles now. The shrimp toast and the shrimp balls were rather greasy. We don't know if that's normal we've never had them before. They do give you plenty of food for the money. I just wish their menu was more transparent. I'd also like to know what's up with the upcharge for fried rice? Plain is $2 extra, vegetable is $5 extra, and it goes up from there. I've gone to a number of Chinese restaurants in my 41 years and I've never been upcharged for fried rice.

Just okay. The rainbow chicken was bland in flavor. The hot and sour soup was neither and lacked much for vegetables considering I paid extra for a side of vegetables in it! Crab triangles were greasy. If the ultimate compliment for a restaurant is "would you go back?", I'd have to say probably not on this one.

Wow! Love this place..Just had a delivery of shrimp n broccoli...Showed up on time. Hot n fresh.

Love their food!! We have ordered from Little Panda for decades - our whole family loves it. General's chicken is fantastic.

Best Chinese in Lansing. Always friendly staff, food is always correct, hot and fresh.

I have to give this place one star in order to be able to post my review, but really, you don't get any stars from me....Today I ordered the generals chicken. It was disgusting the meat taste old the rice was crunchy. The whole meal was disgusting. I am so unhappy. I have not been here in a long time and to get something disgusting when this used to be my favorite thing to order here is so sad I will never come here again!!!!no stars for you...

Tiny hole in the wall place located near the target off Saginaw in West Lansing. I was surprised to not only find your average Americanized menu but to also find a traditional Shanghai menu infused with delicious varieties like my new favorite dish here, the crispy duck. Served simply on a bed of lettuce and crispy to perfection. And very decently priced. It's hard to find Chinese bbq in Lansing so it was nice to discover something good. I love that they add Napa or bok Chou to their wonton soup. It gives just enough texture to the brothy soup. All in all, glad I found this place and look forward to returning soon

From the start of calling in my order customer service was very prompt, friendly and quick which led me to not have any doubt about the service. Upon getting home and pulling out my menu items which were sesame chicken, beef and broccoli alongside fried and white rice I noticed that the chicken seemed more covered in sesame than flavor. Beef and broccoli looked about the same as most restaruants besides the beef being a little on the thinner side. As I started to tast the beef and broccoli I noticed an unusual funky smell and after taste that either is old oil or old vegetables. Given the other options in my town this probably be the last time I eat here.

Ok, this place definitely needs extra help. I mean the lady cooks, waitresses and answers phones plus clean up. Come on hire more people. We have been sitting here 20 minutes with out even a glass of water. When I was going into the ladies room she was coming out of the kitchen with hot soup. I was so close by being burned. Great food but super slow! Hire more people even just one!

Little Panda is by far the very best Chinese Restaurant in the area. We eat out regularly and this is one of our favorite spots. It may not look like much from the outside, but the inside has been renovated and is attractive. The food is excellent, especially the Mongolian Beef! The owners are very friendly. We have taken many friends and they have always been very pleased with their food. Excellent food, good value, and wonderful service.

My husband and I love to go to Little Panda! We get the meal for two so we get to try a lil of this and a lil of that! All their food is amazing..love the egg rolls!!

Never disappoints! Love their crab rangoon and egg rolls. Their lunch specials are great and sinner combinations! Delicious! Support local!

Okay I will post this as my first and last review of Little Panda. I really loved the food here. Best Chinese food in the area for the price. The inside of the restaurant always clean and the hostess(es) usually very nice and helpful. Honestly I've gotten take out from here somewhere around 20 times and always been happy with the food especially the hot and sour soup and egg rolls. However they screwed up a friend's order so badly that sad to say we won't be ordering from Little Panda anymore. But I can't in good conscience knock the food, the food is good. If anyone has suggestions for another Chinese food place in the area with comparable prices and quality please PM me. I'm not from this area but I do visit quite often and always looking for good food spots.

Stopped in because there where good reviews. Not entirely sure why though. It wasn't bad but wasn't great. The outside of the restaurant is a little scetchy, but so is the strip mall it's in. The interior was...odd. the pictures on the walls looked like they are about to fall off because they are angled down. While the table covers range in plastic designs from dinosaurs, to flowers, to stars and stripes. The lights where very pretty chandelier. So it's just a very odd mix of stuff thrown together. The service though out the meal was a very quiet Asian woman who spoke with no accent. Service was very fast though. We had our food in 10-15 minutes. The water glass my husband got still had the lipstick of the woman that had drunk from it before.... ew. My glass looked clean. The tea pot was older but the tea was good. The food was decent. We got some of the spicer items and they were fairly bland. But you get a lot for a small price.

First thing: why is it that no one has invented a takeout container that is vented so that fried foods can remain crisp? Yes, that means it will not be quite as hot when I get home but that's life.. Come on, MSU food science geniuses - I challenge you to solve this. Whew - I feel much better already. After digging thru the many Chinese restaurant Yelp reviews in the Lansing area, the Little Panda won the contest. I just wanted something simple and ordered Lemon Chicken and Fried Rice. The chicken provided a very generous serving portion, sitting atop the ubiquitous shredded lettuce which causes the chicken to become even soggier (why, yes, I did check to make sure that is a word). Lemon sauce was good though a heavy hand with the cornstarch made it too thick. As another Yelper noted earlier, the Fried Rice leaves something to be desired. It needs more moisture; perhaps more stock, an egg and/or more vegetables. The results are dry rice with some meat and a few veggies. Easy to fix but certainly unusual. Order taking on the phone was efficient. Dining room decor is kind of funky but hey, decor in some restaurants is not why we go there, right?

I ordered a bowl half full of noodles and 3 pieces of meat and 5 pieces of broccoli and paid $6.89. I will not go back to the store on Saginaw. The Meridian Mall treats you fairly for the price of the food.

We've been visiting Little Panda for the last ten years or so. We've gone as a family, taken friends there, and have always had an enjoyable experience. Now, I'm not Chinese food expert. I wouldn't know "real" Chinese if it bit me but I do know the food Little Panda serves is always hot, fresh, and tastes delicious. On some visits the food is a little more flavorful, it depends on who is cooking, but it is always better than good and more than enjoyable. I really enjoy the Three Flavor Sizzling Rice Soup. The menu says for two but that really means for three or four. The egg rolls and crispy spring rolls are also a nice addition to a meal. What follows are our family favorites: Sesame Chicken- my mom loves this. It is pretty sweet and crispy. It's served with white rice, a side soup, and broccoli Chicken Fried Rice- what can I say my dad isn't too adventurous. Even for fried rice it has good flavor and is full of veggies and chicken. Add a little soy and you have a legit meal. Beef and Peppers- My aunt swears by this meal. She will often go in a purchase it as a lunch special during the lunch hours. I'm not a pepper eater so I can't attest to how tasty it is but is always looks pretty good. The service is always good and the prices are always more than reasonable for the quantity of food. In over ten years Little Panda is yet to disappoint.

Tonight we ordered Beef with Broccoli, Chicken Fried Rice, beef lo Mein, Chicken Lo Mein, Hunan Spicy Chicken, Vegetable Fried Rice and lastly 4 egg rolls. Now, If you do not like cinnamon DO NOT order the egg rolls. I have never had an egg roll with cinnamon nor do I want to! Hunan SPICY Chicken was not spicy at all nor did it have any flavor. If you want it spicy, you have to ask for spicy. Why call it Hunan SPICY Chicken when the meal had no spice nor flavor. Lastly, Beef and Broccoli had the same brown sauce as the Hunan Spicy chicken and it did not taste right. There was no flavor, but something within the sauce was off as well. When, I called the restaurant to tell them that it not only tasted right, and that the Hunan was not spicy. I was told if you want spicy, you have to add extra spicy to your order. Again, why call it Hunan spicy chicken. I asked the restaurant to please remake the dinners. I was told NO!. I was told that there was nothing wrong with the sauce. I then, asked for a refund and was told NO! I understand, they are trying to run a business, but I paid $74.00+ for these dinners and two people were unable to eat!!! NO, I will not eat there EVER AGAIN!! I will also let others know not to eat there. The flavor was not right. Almost spoiled. My family has eaten here before and the food was pretty good. Today was not the case. When my husband picked up the food, he said there was only one table eating in the restaurant. Now I know why.

Good food and excellent contactless pickup. Especially like the green onion pancake.

Let's see... It's a Sunday. I don't want to study. And I'm hungry. Problem solved! My friends and I headed out to get dim sum at Little Panda and we left more than full. As mentioned by the others, Little Panda finds it's niche in a mini plaza of stores. Nothing flashy or showy, just a sign that says Little Panda. The inside isn't much of a show either. Just your typical booths and center tables. You wait to get seated and order your food on a sheet of paper where you check off what you want... kinda like most sushi joints. We ordered so many dishes I couldn't even begin to name them all. Therefore, I will try to name and describe the ones I ate. For starters, they bring out a pot of tea before the meal begins. This was quite nice as I very much enjoy drinking tea at any hour of the day. Our first two dishes: Fried Taro Cakes and Shrimp Dumplings were amazing! The shrimp didn't taste too shrimpy or fishy, which I usually hate. There was something mixed in with it that made it taste a little different. Kinda doughy but it was good. The dumpling itself is slippery so it was hard to eat with my chopsticks. I ate with my fingers instead! My favorite were the fried taro cakes. They were completely battered and fried in something delicious. Must be a secret recipe... The next set of dishes were the Green Onion Cakes, Mashed Turnip Patties, Meatball-Looking Dumplings, Fried Beef Dumplings, Spare Ribs, Sweet Sticky Rice with Pork, and another Beef Dumpling with Cinnamon. The green onion cakes were my favorite as was the beef dumpling with the cinnamon mixture inside. The mashed turnip wasn't so bad either, though I couldn't really taste the turnip. It was kinda like a mashed potato only without the distinct potato taste. I didn't much like the meatball dumplings or spare ribs because they left a weird porky after taste in my mouth. However, the meatball dumpling had some sort of ginger or lemon zest cooked into it which was kind of refreshing. The sticky rice was good as well, though I prefer it to taste sweeter than it did. The portion I got was modestly-sweet and tasted much like the meat it was cooked with. Ew. Lastly, we ordered the Sesame Seed Balls for dessert and these were a bit of a surprise. They were balls of mashed sweet bean curd covered with a doughy paste and then rolled in sesame seeds. It was a mix of sweet, doughy, and nutty. Pretty delicious! The service isn't the best but it doesn't much matter once they have served all your meals. Make sure to ask for water because you WILL get thirsty, and the hot tea just doesn't cut it somehow. I'd probably come here again but I wouldn't get many of the meat dishes. There's just something about the taste of the meat that didn't sit well with me, but everything else was good. Four of us went, ordered loads of food, and only spent about $30! Cheap and delicious!

Friendly waitresses and great food. The cashew chicken is a favorite between my group. My family always goes on the weekend during Dim Sum hours. We order the potstickers, shrimp green peppers, yobing, fried rice, and congee. All are great options and the plates are enough to give you a taste. This place has been a spot my family has gone to for years and every time we leave with happy and full stomachs.

This food felt way too Americanized for my liking. Heavy sauces & not enough spice &/or heat. The waitress also refused my request to add tofu to a vegetable dish? So strange....She said it would be "weird" but I am sure that since I was the one ordering I could have been the judge of that. When the food that I did end up ordering arrived I could tell the tofu would have been fine in the other dish. I was surprised too because supposedly that special tofu dish had garlic in it but I couldn't catch any hint of it...and this coming from a 36 yr old with a well developed palate. Their hot chili oil was also NOT spicy...which means it was old and not fresh. Their table cloths appear to have been purchased at a garage sale? Dinosaurs here, Easter bunnies there... The service was also really bad....very slow. The slowest that I've experienced for Chinese food.

Definitely a hidden gem in Lansing. The exterior of the restaurant is nothing special but the food is some of the best Chinese in the area. Fresh food and decently priced.

Little Panda is one of my favorite Chinese restaurants. I've eaten in and taken out. I don't think I've ever had a meal that wasn't delicious or service that wasn't good.

I've loved this place for years! It's a great family-run business. When I moved away to California, I got a hug from the owner. She always asks my sister how I'm doing. And today, we may have said hello through glass with masks on, but like old friends! And the food is delicious, the only place I order Chinese

Love this place. I'm a slave for the King Pao chicken and my family loves the lo mein. Sweet, hospitable servers & staff. The only reason it's not 5 stars is that the bathrooms are hella sketch.

After three disappointing take-out visits to Little Panda, I have decided to avoid a fourth. Forever in search of a Chinese restaurant that compares to those of the big cities I've lived in (Dallas, Chicago, etc...), I was super excited to see all the rave reviews for Little Panda. I was even more tickled when I looked over their menu the first time - they had so many options with an emphasis on the appetizer selection, which is my favorite part of most Chinese cuisine, and I had to give them an immediate nod for offering Dim Sum on the weekend. However, on all three trials, one or two selections were always forgotton in my bag, yet I was still charged for them. When we order Chinese, we go big, and therefore our bag is stocked full of to go boxes, and I'm not about to open the bag up in front of the staff - it seems like that should only happen at Fast Food restaurants. So we wind up home with our two egg rolls, or without our spicy chilled noodles, or without our hot and sour soups... Maybe on ONE occasion this would be excused, but all three? If that weren't reason enough for being underwhelmed with Little Panda, I have to say that the food just isn't that good. Not even by the lack of Chinese restaurants in the area standards. All chicken dishes were not cooked properly, with skeptical pink meat inside. The sauces are too thick, syrupy, and sweet. The items that are stuffed (dumplings and egg rolls, for instance) are a bit on the too-much breading side, too-much mushy inside. There is nothing we liked. By the third visit, my husband was like "Meh... I'll pass." And so will I. On top of all this, we never walked out for less than $35... which would be totally fine if the food were the quality of any other standard Chinese restaurant outside of Mid-Michigan... but for barely better than Ing-Credible or Panda Express Chinese, I can think of several other restaurants within five minutes of Little Panda I'd rather spend my money at.

Little Panda is one of my go-to places for Chinese and my exclusive for takeout. The interior is a bit worn and some of the staff have a tired demeanor about them as well. The food itself is great though. My personal favorite is their General Tso chicken. It's listed as spicy but it's not at all. The chicken seems freshly fried, a perfect crisp to it under the sauce, no sogginess at all. The veggie lo mein is excellent. Flavorful with hints of garlic. If you go to a lot of Chinese restaurants you'll note that the egg drop soup tends to come in two varieties; the thick yellow type and the clear brothy type. At Little Panda it's the yellow soup with with bands of egg white. Since I prefer the lighter broth variation, I usually stick to the Won Ton soup. The lunch specials are cheap for a LOT of food. I really really could use some Little Panda now. *sad* I know that they offer dim sum on the weekends. It's actually not my favorite place for dim sum in town. Not because it isn't good but because you order off the menu and they bring the dishes out rather than picking from carts as they go by.

Delicious. Perfect. Lick your plate clean so good. We dined in this time, take out previously. Consistently delicious. It's not exotic sexy, but I sooo love their sweet & sour chicken and my sweet man had the cashew chicken. Oh, we will be back. Soon. We had to wobble out with our full bellies. :)

So-so. Pretty good food for a late pickup. I had a few issues with the meal I had. The fried rice needs work. The rice was a bit hard, the meat was a bit cold and over-cooked, and there were way too many green onions. I'm not a huge fan of green onion, but I wasn't expecting it in the rice. I don't hate the flavor, but it was overpowering the rest of the dish. I ended up eating half and losing interest. Too much of one flavor. The rest of the vegetables were great. The beef sticks were well seasoned, but should have been warmer and less dry. A bit thicker would not hurt either. Service was fast and friendly. I assume dining in is a better experience. Would give it another go, but wouldn't order the same things.

I wish this rating had more stars! I LOVE Little Panda and miss it so much. I have to note, though, that I have only been here for Dim Sum and not for lunch/dinner. So this review will be for Dim Sum. Dim Sum I believe is served on weekends until either 11 or 12pm. My friends from Florida came to visit and we all went there for DS and they were amazed by a) how good the food was and b) how inexpensive it was. Some of our favorites are: Green Onion Cakes, Taro (something purple and friend, cant remember the name), fried dumplings, sesame balls, ribs, spring rolls (my fav!) and shrimp or beef in rice noodle. There are so many things to chose from but I'm not much for seafood, so that might be something you'd like to try! I;ve never had anything I didn't like. The hot tea you are served is also very tasty and great on a cold day. Service is great, atmosphere is nice, sometimes can get pretty full but I don't recall ever having to wait for a table.

Solid go-to Chinese place. My family has been going here just about my whole life. Value - incredible. They have great dinner deals (we get the dinner for 3 for 4 people and it's more than enough food). 30 bucks to feed 4 people and have leftovers... OK! Also the food is always delicious. Their egg rolls are perfectly fried and scrumptious. I also love their sprout filled wonton soup. The wontons are the perfect size - not too big. My favorite entree is the cashew chicken. Oh and spicy doesn't really mean spicy here... a very mild hint of spice in the back of your throat. It's a total hole in the wall and the decor hasn't... ever?... been updated. The service is ... fine. Nobody is going over the top here. You might get some sarcasm or impatience. None the less we go here often for the familiarity and good food/value.

I love the old school feel of Little Panda - the jasmine tea and the egg rolls were really good! But I must give a 3 star only on the strength of my personal taste buds! So since House of Ing closed down this has been my family's go to Chinese spot. I came for one thing and one thing only and that's the shrimp egg too young!! Although, it was good including the gravy - it had like bamboo shoots or water chestnuts or something inside of it - which is not supposed to be in it! I was not feeling that part. I was a little disappointed to say the least. But over all the rest of the experience was good. I'll go back and request they don't include that

The food was fine until today. Mu Shu chicken came without pancakes and was awful alone. I was not going back for them after getting home and I will be looking for a new Chinese restaurant.