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Panda Express storefront at Terminal 8
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Panda Express

Terminal 8DeparturesPost-Security

Alcohol

No

Since 1983, Panda Express has pioneered the quick-service Chinese food market and quickly became the quick serve Asian cuisine of choice for consumers and developers. Nearly 30 years and 1,500 stores later, Panda Express continues to provide quality Chinese food.

Finding it

Panda Express is in Departures in Terminal 8 near Gates 70-88 at Los Angeles International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.

Nearest gates
Gates 70-88
Level
Departures

Terminal 8 has 4 places to eat and 2 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.

Hours against the security queue

Across the week, LAX security runs longest around 12pm at a median of 20 minutes, and lightest around 1am at 2 minutes.

Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's LAX wait-time record, not a live reading.

About this location

This Panda Express is the Terminal 8 branch, on the departures level next to Carl's Jr, a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Engine Company No. 28, not the Terminal 1 food court counter or the third Panda Express location LAX carries. Terminal 8 shares its checkpoint and an airside walkway with Terminal 7, so a passenger screened at either building can reach this counter without clearing security twice, unlike LAX's single-terminal buildings. No hours are posted for it, so check the Terminal 8 signage rather than assume it matches the others. Of the three Panda Express counters at LAX, this is the one tied to Terminal 8's gates.

One of 3 Panda Express locations at Los Angeles International Airport (Terminal 1, Terminal 8, Terminal B).

What to expect

  • chinese

Other options in Terminal 8

All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.

Sources

Official Travel Resources

1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.