Giant Panda 熊猫餐厅

Delicious food. Good prices. Well maintained location. The service was fast and they also give fruit iced tea. after being seated!!! I've spent some time in many different Asian restaurants and this places hangs in there with some of the best.

The restaurant’s Szechuan food is the flavor we tasted in China. Very classic spicy dishes!

I stopped by Giant Panda to grab a bubble tea and pick up some takeout for dinner recently. Overall, it was ok. The food was too oily/greasy for my liking. 4 stars for the bubble tea taking into consideration price and quantity , 3 stars for the Pad Thai. So 3.5 stars overall, but I 'm rounding up due to the good service. I was a bit leery of trying this place due to all the poor reviews on Yelp, but most of them are from years ago, so I think they have improved. I got the Chicken Pad Thai $12.99 . It had large pieces of chicken, lots of bean sprouts, green onions, egg, and some slivered carrots. It had something that tasted like caramelized onions in it which was unique and enjoyable, but I couldn 't get over the excessive oiliness. I would have enjoyed this dish so much more if they used less oil. It did have lots of flavour and a nice spicy kick though. I got the Original Milk Tea $4.99 which comes with tapioca pearls already included. I got it 50% sweet and less ice. The tea had a roasted slight caramel flavour to it, which was quite pleasant. The temperature was good at less ice but I could have gone with more sugar, maybe 70%. I usually find standard bubble tea too sweet so my usual order is 25-50% sweet which suits me fine, but 50% sweet here was not quite sweet enough for me ! The bubbles were soft and chewy, but almost too fluffy if that makes sense, lol. The price is excellent though, as the size is large and they are generous with the tapioca. I didn 't find the bubble tea as good as places that sell exclusively bubble tea, but for an eatery, their bubble tea is respectable. Service was very friendly and efficient. There are a few booths to eat inside but it seems more like a takeout joint to me. The restaurant is in front of an apartment building. There 's limited free parking at the back of the building on the second level, up the ramp. The spots are labelled for Giant Panda customers only. Then you can enter the second floor back entrance to the restaurant, but this means you will have to descend a steep flight of stairs. Otherwise you can go down the ramp and around and enter the main entrance on the ground level. There was no readily apparent street parking that I could see. I suspect a lot of their business is from residents of the apartment building and nearby buildings. There are a lot of University of Ottawa students who live nearby ;

It’s very nice place. The waiter is so kind. Food is delicious here.

Ordered for delivery for the first time last week and can definitely say I’ll be ordering again in future. The food was packed with so much flavour and the portions were more than generous. Nice variety of Asian dishes with a very friendly vegan menu. Highly recommend giving this restaurant a try. Everything was absolutely delicious. My favourite was the Yushiang Eggplant. It was a full of YUMM