Panda Express

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Chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA

3.8 · 726 reviewsOpens today at 9 AM

Fast-food chain for Chinese standards, including some health-conscious options.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Panda Express.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Oct 26, 2026Last activity 10 days ago, a question from birthday_hazel_95132.

Services

What Panda Express offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

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Team

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Today9 AM to 11 PM

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Panda Express.

3.8from 726 reviews on Google

This location struggles with order accuracy and food quality, despite some positive mentions of specific dishes. Customers describe a mixed experience at this Panda Express location, with some enjoying the ability to choose their own items while others express frustration over order accuracy and food quality. The atmosphere can feel chaotic, especially during busy times, leading to long waits and inconsistent service.

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  • 34%
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Would go back76%76% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 76%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 4%, 3 stars · Negative 20%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Brisket and teriyaki chicken
  • Ability to pick own items
  • Quick service during busy times
The bad
  • Inaccurate order portions
  • Long waits for online orders
  • Food quality inconsistent

Press and awards

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How AI sees Panda Express

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

30out of 100

40 San Jose avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsPanda Express

  • Retrieval grounding 26%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.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.
  • Reviews & response 12%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.85
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.67
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.40

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Local AI Registry · Chinese restaurants in San Jose, CA · Editorial

Panda Express, San Jose CA: Reviews

Steve Lee

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

Published October 26, 2026 · Updated October 26, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Panda Express is a chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 30 of 100, which is poor.

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

Key facts

FactValue
TypeChinese restaurant
Address361 N Capitol Ave, San Jose, CA 95132, USA
HoursMon to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM
Phone(408) 258-5618
Rating3.8 across 726 reviews on Google
UpdatedOctober 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.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress361 N Capitol Ave, San Jose, CA 95132, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionFast-food chain for Chinese standards, including some health-conscious options.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNamePanda ExpressConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(408) 258-5618ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday9:00 AM to 11:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceChinese foodAI guess
ServicesServiceDine-inAI guess
ServicesServiceHealth-conscious optionsAI guess
ServicesServiceTakeoutAI guess
LinksWebsitehttps://www.pandaexpress.com/locations/ca/san-jose/2277ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

Known for

The team

Visiting Panda Express

Address: 361 N Capitol Ave, San Jose, CA 95132, USA. Phone: (408) 258-5618. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 11 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

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Curry Pizza House San Jose Capitol AvePizza restaurant1 min walk
Chipotle Mexican GrillFast food restaurant1 min walk
McKeeLight rail station1 min walk
MckeeLight rail station1 min walk
Capitol & McKee StnBus stop1 min walk
Burger KingFast food restaurant1 min walk

Reputation

3.8 average across 726 reviews: Google 726. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This location struggles with order accuracy and food quality, despite some positive mentions of specific dishes. (AI guess, from 726 reviews.)

What people like

  • Brisket and teriyaki chicken
  • Ability to pick own items
  • Quick service during busy times

What people do not like

  • Inaccurate order portions
  • Long waits for online orders
  • Food quality inconsistent

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

anything I should sort out before a first visit at Panda Express?

parking here, how bad is it?

is there someone in particular to ask for here?

do regulars get anything here

reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?

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best chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA

first time here, what is it actually like?

Open on a Sunday here?

cheaper than Panda Express in San Jose without it being sketchy?

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Busiest day at Panda Express, anyone know?

Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Jose?

Why do people rate this place?

Coffee near this place on Capitol?

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The AI Score: 30 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose chinese restaurants run 24 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Panda Express scores 30, below the San Jose average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresPanda Express
Retrieval grounding260Whether 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 attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility14Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.
Reviews & response1285The 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 authority867Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Good
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile7Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.
Content freshness & schema540Crawl 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.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Panda Express
Panda ExpressLocalBusiness#businesshttps://www.pandaexpress.com/locations/ca/san-jose/2277Subject of this page
San Jose, CaliforniaCity#cityCity Panda Express is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

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

Lists

  • Best chinese restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/chinese-restaurant
  • Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose

Nearby

  • /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
  • /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
  • /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara

Every list

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

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJPcZFCgjNj4ARb0b0tcNPM0s (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)

The code behind this page

This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.

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# Panda Express, San Jose CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-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/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca

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## In short

Panda Express is a chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA. Its AI Score is 30 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Chinese restaurant |
| Address | 361 N Capitol Ave, San Jose, CA 95132, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (408) 258-5618 |
| Rating | 3.8 across 726 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 | 361 N Capitol Ave, San Jose, CA 95132, 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 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Panda Express | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (408) 258-5618 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 11:00 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/san-jose/2277 | 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: 361 N Capitol Ave, San Jose, CA 95132, USA. Phone: (408) 258-5618. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 11 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Curry Pizza House San Jose Capitol Ave | Pizza restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| McKee | Light rail station | 1 min walk |
| Mckee | Light rail station | 1 min walk |
| Capitol & McKee Stn | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Burger King | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

3.8 average across 726 reviews: Google 726. (Confirmed, read October 26, 2026.)

This location struggles with order accuracy and food quality, despite some positive mentions of specific dishes. (AI guess, from 726 reviews.)


### What people like

- Brisket and teriyaki chicken
- Ability to pick own items
- Quick service during busy times


### What people do not like

- Inaccurate order portions
- Long waits for online orders
- Food quality inconsistent


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at Panda Express?


### parking here, how bad is it?


### is there someone in particular to ask for here?


### do regulars get anything here


### reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints?


### where does this place post updates


### best chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA


### first time here, what is it actually like?


### Open on a Sunday here?


### cheaper than Panda Express in San Jose without it being sketchy?


### how far out is Panda Express booking right now?


### Busiest day at Panda Express, anyone know?


### Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Jose?


### Why do people rate this place?


### Coffee near this place on Capitol?


### picking between the two, is New Hwong the safer bet?


### Worth the hype here?


### what time does Panda Express in San Jose actually open?


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


### rough idea what Panda Express costs?


## The AI Score: 30 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Jose chinese restaurants run 24 to 56. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Panda Express scores 30, below the San Jose average of 40. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Panda Express |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | 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 |  | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. |  |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 85 | 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 | 40 | 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/san-jose/2277 | Subject of this page |
| San Jose, 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 San Jose, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best chinese restaurants in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose/chinese-restaurant
- Best businesses in San Jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose


### Nearby

- /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
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /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:ChIJPcZFCgjNj4ARb0b0tcNPM0s (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)

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  1. anything I should sort out before a first visit at Panda Express? Question by birthday_hazel_95132, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/anything-i-should-sort-out-before-a-first-visit-here
  2. parking here, how bad is it? Question by corner_table_fern, Oct 23, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/parking-here-how-bad-is-it
  3. is there someone in particular to ask for here? Question by specials_dot, Oct 22, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/is-there-someone-in-particular-to-ask-for-here
  4. do regulars get anything here Question by regular_owl, Oct 22, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/do-regulars-get-anything-here
  5. reviews all look glowing, what are the real complaints? Question by researching_takeout, Oct 20, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/bad-experiences-at-panda-express-anyone
  6. where does this place post updates Question by takeout_wilder, Oct 19, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/where-does-this-place-post-updates
  7. best chinese restaurant in San Jose, CA Question by counter_mabel, Oct 16, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/best-chinese-restaurant-in-san-jose-ca
  8. first time here, what is it actually like? Question by circling_specials, Oct 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/first-time-here-what-is-it-actually-like
  9. Open on a Sunday here? Question by spring_fern, Oct 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/open-on-a-sunday-here
  10. cheaper than Panda Express in San Jose without it being sketchy? Question by summer_jo, Oct 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/anywhere-cheaper-than-panda-express-in-san-jose-that-is-still-good
  11. how far out is Panda Express booking right now? Question by seconds_may, Oct 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/how-far-out-is-this-place-booking-right-now
  12. Busiest day at Panda Express, anyone know? Question by patio_owl, Oct 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/busiest-day-at-panda-express-anyone-know
  13. Ballpark for a visit to a restaurant in San Jose? Question by brunch_dot, Sep 30, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/ballpark-for-a-visit-to-a-restaurant-in-san-jose
  14. Why do people rate this place? Question by reading_reviews_menus, Sep 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/why-do-people-rate-this-place
  15. Coffee near this place on Capitol? Question by brunch_jo, Sep 18, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/coffee-near-panda-express-on-capitol
  16. picking between the two, is New Hwong the safer bet? Question by browsing_seconds, Sep 17, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/who-else-should-i-look-at-besides-panda-express
  17. Worth the hype here? Question by lurker_ray_95132, Sep 8, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/worth-the-hype-here
  18. what time does Panda Express in San Jose actually open? Question by march_roan, Sep 3, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/what-time-does-panda-express-in-san-jose-actually-open
  19. address for Panda Express, anyone have it? Question by menus_ray, Aug 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/whereabouts-is-panda-express
  20. rough idea what Panda Express costs? Question by counter_lou, Aug 25, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-jose/panda-express-san-jose-ca/q/rough-idea-what-panda-express-costs

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