Come enjoy a delicious dish at Mandarin Restaurant. You can get there not only by public transit and bicycle but also by car. They are in a lively location acknowledged for its nightlife and its history.
The 9.99 all you can eat lunch buffet is by far...
The 9.99 all you can eat lunch buffet is by far the best deal at any restaurant I have ever eaten at. Dinner is more pricey, 19.99, but still worth it...the food is plentiful, warm, fresh, original, and despite the buffet style, uncompromised in terms of quality. I have eaten at several all you can eat and table d'hote chinese restaurants, and even though this one is considered to be quite plebien, I am always happy to go.
the dinner selection is always excellent, the dessert buffet could be better(maybe i'm picky?)
always impeccable service and cleanliness
everyone is always happy and very full
The food is good but the deserts are NOT that great the water taste like toilet water and I only drink water so that was a real turn off, the lunch food never seems to change, and the dinner food isn't much different then lunch. The staff is very good, very nice and on top of things considering how packed it is in there. It was very clean inside and out and I found the main course to be very fresh.
I have visited the Mandarin many times, and as always the food is great. This visit we went with a party of 10 and 2 babies in car seats. We asked for seating in a spacious area as we had the babies in car seats. Well all 10 adults were jam packed in a tiny corner close to the window with no room what-so-ever to place the 2 babies. And I mean we were jammed, no arm room, I felt like I had to leave the table to change my mind. We moved the table ourselves closer to the table behind us to give more room. Beside us was a table that seated at least 20 and there were only 5 people sitting there. A little disappointed that they didn't give us more room. The waiter waited what seemed like forever to ask a drink order, I mean we were all done our salads and on our second course when asked. It took forever for the drinks, and the waiter barely came by to refill our water or drinks. They rarely took the plates from the table, a soup bowl sat there on the edge of the table for the entire meal, and was taken just as we were leaving. Had family come in from out of town and was hoping to give them a great experience at the mandarin since they don't have one near them, and they definitly enjoyed the food but very disappointed in the service. The waiter tried ripping us off on our money when he was bring back the change for each bill. My visits before were great, the service was always great, usually the waiters were waiting like vultures to take your plates or fill your water up. Not sure what happened this time, but definitly will not take a group there again.
