# Panda Express, Mountain View CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/panda-express-mountain-view-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-26.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/mountain-view/panda-express-mountain-view-ca

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## In short

Panda Express is a chinese restaurant in Mountain View, CA. Its AI Score is 50 of 100, which is fair.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Chinese restaurant |
| Address | 1035 El Monte Ave C, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 10:30 PM |
| Phone | (650) 691-9061 |
| Rating | 3.8 across 869 reviews on Google |
| Updated | October 26, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 1035 El Monte Ave C, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Fast-food chain for Chinese standards, including some health-conscious options. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Panda Express | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (650) 691-9061 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Chinese food | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dine-in | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Health-conscious options | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://www.pandaexpress.com/locations/ca/mountain-view/2384 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

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### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Panda Express

Address: 1035 El Monte Ave C, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA. Phone: (650) 691-9061. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 10:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Fast-food chain for Chinese standards, including some health-conscious options."


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Panera Bread | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Pizza My Heart | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| El Camino & El Monte | Bus station | 1 min walk |
| El Monte & El Camino | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Domino's Pizza | Pizza delivery | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

3.8 average across 869 reviews: Google 869. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

Operational inefficiencies and inconsistent food quality set this Panda Express apart from typical standards. (AI guess, from 869 reviews.)


### What people like

- Hot orange chicken
- Cantonese BBQ brisket
- Abundant and delicious food


### What people do not like

- Long waits past the appointment time
- Inconsistent portion sizes
- Slow and unresponsive service
- Undercooked or poorly prepared dishes


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### parking here, how bad is it?


### never been, is it walk in or appointment only


### anyone at Panda Express people keep going back to?


### last update from here was when?


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


### walking in for a first visit, what happens


### weekends at Panda Express, are they open?


### do regulars get anything here


### Why do people rate this place?


### best chinese restaurant in Mountain View, CA


### picking between the two, is Joyous Cuisine the safer bet?


### anywhere cheaper than Panda Express in Mountain View that is still good?


### is it weeks or months to get an appointment


### when is this place actually dead?


### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea


### any last minute tables at Panda Express?


### what else is on El Monte around this place?


### rough idea what Panda Express costs?


### address for Panda Express, anyone have it?


### opening hours at Panda Express in Mountain View, what are they these days?


## The AI Score: 50 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Mountain View chinese restaurants run 26 to 51. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Panda Express scores 50. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Panda Express |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 100 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Good |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 88 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 38 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Poor |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a chinese restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Panda Express |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Panda Express | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.pandaexpress.com/locations/ca/mountain-view/2384 | Subject of this page |
| Mountain View, California | City | #city |  | City Panda Express is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the chinese restaurants in Mountain View, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best chinese restaurants in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view/chinese-restaurant
- Best businesses in Mountain View: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJHchEeciwj4AR96J2YstPDW4 (accessed Oct 26, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 26, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Oct 26, 2026)