Panda Kitchen - Auckland Central

Awesome little place we visited on a little exploration down Gooch. Lovely staff. $1.50 corkage where can you go wrong!? Ordered two seafood mains and the deep fried buns with condensed milk dipping sauce. All was to die for and enormous servings!! Suggested to all my friends who have loved it as well. Will definitely be back!!

We visited this little restaurant (could be a past restaurant at same shop location) some years ago. We visited again today after searching for Chinese (Hong Kong) eating outlets in East Auckland. In fact We were craving for crispy combination noodles and found Panda Restaurant has this dish from a past review(thank you). Feeling very confident, we ordered combination noodles, salt and pepper fish fillet and chicken clay pot rice. After a long wait, the dishes came out. First the clay pot, then the fish and finally the combination noodles. The dishes we exactly how we thought they would be, nicely cooked, just as I craved for. The only disappointment was that the combination noodles were stirred fried and not deep fried ‘crispy as I read from the past review. I would have given this restaurant full marks had my craving been met 100% but nonetheless, all dishes were very delicious. Friendly service but the diners were extremely noisy and the tiny restaurant could not hold the noise well. This is a nice place to just eat and go, very reasonable price too and excellent food. The portion size was heaps for the two of us. Will definitely be back and next time, we must ask for the combination noodles to be cooked ‘crispy’. PS. Since I discovered this place about 2-3 months ago, I had been back (both dine in and takeaway) at least 4 times since. However, each time we pay, the bill never really add up to the prices as shown on menu. It was often about $4-5 dearer (for 2 people or an order of 2-3 dishes). During the last order, I asked them to tell me the charges and was told the sweet sour chicken was $20 and combination fried noodles $14. Prices on the first menu on Zomato was $16 for the sweet sour chicken, the printed menu (photocopy of the actual menu) showed $18 for that dish. Now they are charging $20 for that dish. I feel a bit cheated though I love their food. I thought I'd better note this so if you are wondering why the charges are more, it is because they charge as they wish really, not according to the price as per menu. Going to change my rating from 4.5 to 4. (Updated 15/4/18)

Heard this place was pretty good, so dropped in here for an early dinner at 5pm. Serving Cantonese dishes, we ordered the Sweet and Sour Pork, Fish Fillet with Sweet Corn sauce, Braised Tofu and the Combination Fried Noodles. The Sweet and Sour Pork was crispy when I took my first bite, very delicious. The Braised Tofu is one of my favourite dishes to order for dinner. If only the tofu was a bit more hot, then it would have met my expectations. The Combination Fried Noodles was so good-the noodles were so crispy and the sauce/gravy that they used to stir fry it was tasty. The beef and chicken were cooked perfectly. This canteen only has a small number of tables, so don't expect to find a table during rush hour I suppose. This place is made for family style gatherings, and if you're wanting cheap eats, this is the place to go!

Great food. One of the better chinese restaurants around. The food wasn't oily and had awesome flavour. Very polite staff. Will gladly return.

The dining area of this restaurant isn't big. Only can hold less than 10 tables, including 2 to 3 big round tables which can sit up to 10 to 12 pax. So, when it's full house, can be quite intimate. Decor is quite basic. Nothing fancy. Service friendly. Food came out quite fast. Food typical Cantonese food. Quite good taste. Relatively cheap.