Royal Panda - Portland

There food is always good and consistent thank you :

I used to visit this place years ago when it was called something else (Lucky something.. and the food was outstanding. So good that my dad and I looked forward to it. Clearly ownership has changed hands since then but while the place looks exactly the same and the service is still pretty good the food has gotten so lazy and cheaply made that the sauce tastes like it's all the cheapest canned versions of whatever they thought would pass for that dish. And I mean bad like somebody went to WinCo and got a flat of powdered or canned sauce and then didn't bother to even try to dress it up, much less taste for seasoning before serving.And I gave the food two stars instead of one because when I got mine, it was nice and hot, so at least someone put some effort into selling the bad food hot I guess.I really hope someone in charge there will take notice and make efforts to bring a standard to their food again. It's in an amazing location for business but no wonder it was a complete and silent ghost town when I visited recently. It felt like being in detention with abject silence to where the only other party in the place was a couple who clearly felt as awkward as I did and stopped speaking to each other except for muttering like a couple of kids on a sleepover trying not to get caught staying up too late chatting. Except not nearly as fun and definitely could hear each other chewing instead.This place has all they need to thrive and they're choosing to cut corners on the main product to let it fall to such a level?We're not in the shutdown anymore, guys. There are ways to be cost effective and not serve garbage to keep it cheap.Whittle down the menu a bit perhaps to the big favorites, cross utilize ingredients, and stop using horrible canned sauces to start please.I really would love to see this place resurrect the food it once had and come back to life as a special spot.

Had the salt and pepper calamari, loved the flavor, but it was tough. I've eaten there numerous times before, food is great and so is the service. I'll go back again.

It was nasty. Gelatos mess. The beef was unrecognizable. I took one bite and threw it in the trash. I have a high tolerance for crappy food and I wouldn't even take a second bite. Waste of money.

I ordered kung pow chicken, expecting a nice plate of veggies, chicken, and spicy sauce. It was awful! I got stringy chewy dried out chicken in some type of BBQ sauce with a few peanuts buried underneath. The waitress asked me if it was okay and I said no, I thought it would have veggies. It's not very good. She argued back it was their most popular dish but admitted it's not like other places. I would have thought she would have offered to add some vegetables or a discount since I did not eat it, but she did not. Instead she ignored me the rest of our visit and only addressed my husband. The worst dining experience I have ever had, and I left hungry and frustrated. I will tell everyone not to go there, and if you do, DON'T order string dry kung pow chicken.