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Panda Express Hours: When It Opens and Closes
Panda Express is the largest Asian-American fast-food chain in the US, best known for Orange Chicken. Meals are built as bowls, plates or bigger plates: a base of fried rice, chow mein or steamed rice plus one or more entrees.
Each Panda Express sets its own hours, which appear in the Find Your Panda locator on pandaexpress.com; the company publishes no chain-wide schedule. Two coming-soon restaurants, in El Paso and Denver, listed opening at 9:30 or 10 AM and closing between 9:30 and 11 PM. No breakfast menu appears on the home page.
Panda Express opening hours
| Drive-thru | Some locations. The rewards materials say points can be earned at the drive-thru and the company history says the first Panda Express drive-thru opened in Hesperia, CA in 1997, but the site does not list which restaurants have one; check your restaurant |
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| Order online | Order for pickup or delivery in the Panda Express app (iOS and Android) or at pandaexpress.com, from participating locations; the app lets you choose ASAP or a scheduled time |
How we checked Panda Express' hours
Hours are set by restaurant and shown in the Find Your Panda locator on pandaexpress.com. The company does not publish chain-wide hours on the pages we could read. Individual store pages, state pages and the contact page returned access-denied (HTTP 403) errors, so hours could not be sampled. The only two store pages that loaded were catering pages for restaurants marked 'coming soon': El Paso, TX (9:30 AM to 10:30 PM, 11 PM on Friday) and Denver, CO (9:30 AM to 9:30 PM Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 9:30 PM on weekends). Those are not enough to state a typical schedule, so we list no typical hours. No breakfast menu appears among the menu categories on the home page (October 2026), so we list no breakfast hours.
Panda Express menu with prices · opening hours of other chains
Source: pandaexpress.com, checked October 31, 2026.
Panda Express Hours: When It Opens and Closes FAQ
What is the difference between a Panda Express Bowl, Plate, Bigger Plate and Family Meal?
The Panda Express home page describes a Bowl as 1 base and 1 entree, a Plate as 1 base and 2 entrees, and a Bigger Plate as 1 base and 3 entrees. These are sold as Panda Bundles with a medium fountain drink. The 5 Person Family Meal is 2 large bases and 3 large entrees. The page also lists a Panda Cub Meal (1 Jr. base, 1 Jr. entree, a fruit side and bottled water or kid's juice), Balanced Protein Meals (pre-set plates), Classic Takeout Boxes (individual entrees and bases), Appetizers and More, Drinks and Catering. The home page shows no prices, so check the app or your restaurant. (Source: pandaexpress.com)
What time does Panda Express open and close?
It depends on the restaurant, and Panda Express does not publish chain-wide hours. Use the Find Your Panda locator on pandaexpress.com or the app for a specific restaurant. Of the pages we could read, two restaurants marked 'coming soon' listed opening at 9:30 or 10 AM and closing between 9:30 and 11 PM, which is too little to call typical. (Source: pandaexpress.com)
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