Panda Kitchen

An absolute delight dining in this tiny restaurant out in East Auckland. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a friendly voice. We ordered a clay pot of rice and cucumber pickles. Both were very yummy. The menu has many different dishes and desserts. The restaurant was full with patrons. We will certainly return for more dishes especially in this cold winter.

Best stone rice pots I’ve had. Authentic stone pots, yummy selection, generous portion, super tasty!! Efficient service, atmosphere I rated well cos it’s your typical ‘messy’ but hearty Asian congregation table layout for a feed.nAlways satisfied with the stone pots, special shout-out to salted fish and pork. Won’t be disappointed! Consistency in the dishes is always spot on as well, have been a few times now and still happy with the food each time.nnBest congee and rice dishes as well, love panda kitchen!!

My friends and I had plans for a delightful weekend dinner, but our experience at this restaurant was anything but enjoyable. Despite making a reservation for 7:00 PM, we arrived to find no table available for us. Despite inquiries, no one seemed interested in addressing our concerns. We were left waiting for nearly half an hour before finally being seated. While the appetizers arrived promptly, the overall quality of the food was just okay. Considering the service, I don’t think it’s a place to recommend.

First time trying here. I love claypot rice so definitely tried it here. We had the claypot chicken and mushroom, claypot salted fish with pork and also salted fish with eggplant on rice. My favourite was the claypot chicken and mushroom, the rice was nicely separated but good texture. The mushroom and chicken adds good flavour to the rice and also tasted good themselves. The claypot pork was not as good, the pork texture I feel was the wrong type of pork, probably would be better using pork belly, as well as the salted fish was too bony but I quite like the saltiness. The eggplant salted fish was not bad also, but I feel lacking sauce and for this dish the salted fish was not salty enough, therefore I am not sure if there are multiple batches of salted fish in this restaurant. Anyway I still quite enjoy my meal here and price is ok.

The food was super tasty and worth the price! The service was also excellent but was slightly lacking in atmosphere as the place is relatively tiny and tight, so I had to share a table with others. Nevertheless, I will be back again.

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