text: Anyone who knows me and that is you buddy know I used to love Panda Express Enough to keep menus up at my desk at work to advertise Note they are coming down tomorrow Yeah I have been lazy up to this point but now that this is in print I got to keep up with my obligationsnnI just cannot take it anymore The prices increase witheverysinglevisit As does the wait in the drive thru My first experience with both the price gouging and the minute wait through the drive thru God I would pray for minutes now I thought Well the food is still great and this might be a onetime occurrencennBut just in case on the next visit I timed the experience clocked at minutes and I almost asked for a discount you know to bring back the price to the previous visit My reasoning for the markdown Duh gas prices have increasednnIm not dumb or ignorant enough not to know the two are intertwined but like a lot of other Americans I will be finding another place to spend my money for a better value Panda has done NOTHING to convince me to return Well aside from the cuddly bears in their marketing Okay okay I kind of like those talking pandas but it is not workingnnStill I rate Panda Express stars because I still love their food I cannot find Beijing Beef anywhere else and that is my favorite Also their Chow Mein by the way guys that is more like LO MEIN but still is good as is their Orange Chicken though I have had much better at a Chinese Buffet Unfortunately you will have to pay an extra dollar for shrimp items and take my word for it it is not worth it I would barely order them at the same pricennLesson Do not choose the Drive Thru save up for your yearly visit there as I will but can a restaurant stay open if that is the case and prepare for a long wait if you do not go inside It is about the same amount of time as if you went to a standard sitdown establishment such as Applebeesfor about the same price