Panda Express

If this were based on taste, I'd give it 3.5-4.
But the last three times I've eaten here, I've reenacted the spaghetti dinner scene from Alien the next day at lunch.
Something punches its way out of my digestive system, and it isn't pretty.
It looks like parasites but I know it was Lo Mein.
Cast Iron digestive systems might love it, I am apparently a fragile old man.

This place runs like that proverbial well oiled machine.  Even when there is a line stretching on for what seems to be forever, I've never had more than a five minute wait during the lunch rush.  And with such volume of customers, fresh pans of food are constantly being brought in.  

But it's during the non-rush periods that this place can sometimes disappoint.  Yes, the service is still friendly and quick, but the quality of food is severely lacking.  The chow mein and rice gets dried out, and they only have one or two main dishes available.  As much as I like their orange chicken, (which they always have) I would like to try other things on the menu.  

Still not bad for a quick and cheap lunch in the loop.

I don't really know where all the hate comes from, but to me Panda Express is a solid lunch option for relatively cheap.  Its tasty, fast, and not fried to within an inch of it's life.

This location is alright, but they never seem to have Barbecue pork in supply to make orders so I end up waiting or ordering something else.