Mama Panda - Grande Prairie

So... We tried the infamous mama panda last night. <br/ It's infamously terrible in most people's minds. <br/ <br/ Hmmm where to start. <br/ They require you to pay first and ask for a tip at the register... <br/ When you walk in you kinda have to guess where everything is after we found the cups and found an area of clean forks (the one cup of forks had a bunch of granola spilled into them) and actually a lot of the surfaces were a little dirty, I didn't pry into it as I didn't want to ruin my appetite. Spilt food won't kill you. <br/ So you pour your own drinks and get your own food and utensils. (Lol why do they ask for a tip at the beginning) <br/ So on to the food<br/ Noodles were alright, mixed veges were actually delicious, fish was blah, Chinese flat noodles were all cooked stuck together in clumps, the battered imitation crab was oily but alright, sushi looked sub par, I didn't try it, chicken wings were Delicious! Pork chops were good, fried chicken was dry, beef stew (in my boyfriends words tasted like dog food) it wasn't thaaaat bad, spring rolls were VERY oily, sweet and sour chicken was fresh and tasty. <br/ Soft serve Ice cream was delicious chocolate or vanilla but no option to uses twist...<br/ The ginger ale was running out of syrup so tasted like club soda, my dr pepper was good enough. <br/ <br/ Don't get me started on the general population that was frequenting the restaurant either. Looked like welfare bums and family's with loud children. (Didn't mind the kids that much)<br/ <br/ All in all <br/ It is NOT WORTH the price. <br/ It's overpriced like all the restaurants in this city ughhhh <br/ It should be a 6.99 lunch buffet and 10.99 dinner not the 16$ that they charge. <br/ <br/ Everywhere I read everyone says well its cheap and you get what you pay for.... Are they crazy??? It's overpriced but the ONLY Chinese dinner buffet they have in town that I know of. <br/ This is not the greatest but good enough food if you want to eat a bunch of cheap Chinese food at grande prairie restaurant prices.

Worth a stop for a decent quick buffet meal. Not a fancy french restaraunt no, but ifmyou want a quick and decently priced way to feed a crew or crowd this is a good stop. Our family loved the ribs and wings. No complaints at all

Very excellent food service for a cheap price u can't go wrong! servers treat us really nice getting our plate and rewinding our tables;

One of the better buffets in town with friendly staff. I have always found it clean with a wide choice of fresh food.

Absolutely amazing and yummy food and fantastic company and great food