China Panda - Longmont

We are in the middle on this place.You don’t enter from the Main St side, which took us a bit to figure out. The sign did direct us just not intuitive at all. The front entry on Main looks so much nicer wonder why they don’t use it?We wandered around back and walked in through a creepy back entrance and then through a narrow hallway and eventually found a door we assumed was the restaurant. Entered in, but no one to greet us for a few awkward moments.Eventually a man, who was very nice, but quite busy, rushed to greet us. He brought us into a large empty room with a few arrangements of chairs and tables and told us to pick a table. Meanwhile phones keep ringing for him to answer. And here we were sitting by ourselves and this one guy seemed to be running everything himself. Wow! More people did eventually join the room, so we started to feel like we weren’t the only awkward ones brave enough to eat here.Tables were set with old fashioned dishes It was okay. Did he buy them at Goodwill? And the atmosphere, definitely NOT Chinese. Not even any music? It felt like we were eating in an old, dark, run down bar which is being converted by one guy to be a Chinese restaurant. Let’s just say the focus here is definitely on the food not atmosphere. And we took compassion on the guy for all his efforts.And… the food was pretty good, although it did have a weird seasoning MSG maybe? Would order again but probably only by phone. I got the strong impression that is what most people do. Portions were good, though.Tips for the guy running all this Hire a decorator to come in and help?And maybe a greeter? And just get some Chinese decor so it feels a little more authentic! Also get rid of the old beer bar lighting and replace it with something Chinese. Perhaps soft background music might add to the ambiance?I can see this being a pretty great place with a few small changes.

Great food. It's a bit hidden and I was hesitant to go in lol but overall really good food for a fair price.

My chicken chow mein was amazing! I've tried about 6 Chinese restaurants in the area and this was hands down the best! I deducted one star because the entire restaurant needs a good cleaning and renovation. I just hope the kitchen is cleaner and more orderly. I was in at 6:30pm and the place was empty. Delicious food, though!

We ordered delivery and could not have been happier with our food. I had chicken and black bean sauce and it was delicious! Will order again for sure!

Just like the past reviews I wanted to see how creepy it is. But it's a very good palace to eat we're from Los Angeles. The little girl who served us was on it, good job. My wife loved the food and my friend and I went downstairs for a shot and a beer at the speakeasy downstairs.