Choice of Mandarin
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Private Lot
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: Yes
- Delivers: Yes
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Good for: Dinner
- Alcohol: Beer & Wine Only
8 Reviews for Choice of Mandarin
This place is great. I havent had chinese food in a while. I ordered the chikcen cashew and it was very good. I liked the sweet and sour soup it was ok. Their egg rolls are really good. From the outside you would never know such a neat place even existed there. If you get a chance try it out.
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This is a great Chinese restaurant. I had the Szechuan beef for lunch with fried rice (with no peas...thanks), egg roll, and some wonton soup. Their wonton soup is pretty unique because it has some kind of pork in it (so it's not suited for some people). The whole meal is great.
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I was soooo excited to read all the reviews because this is the closest chinese restaurant with good reviews. We went on a Saturday night and they did not seem too busy. We ordered take out. Cashew Chicken was very good, not very juicy though. The Khang Pau chicken (excuse the misspelling) also good, could be juicier. We ordered white rice, pretty good.
The service seemed good, considering we did not eat there.
The fried rice, however, was not good. It tasted and looked like brown rice. It was very plain and had no flavor. The fried rice had no eggs (I think I saw one little piece of egg in the entire box) or anything else. It was basically just rice...but it did seem like any fried rice I have ever seen. They should just call it dark rice.
One definite plus for me is the quality of their meat is really good. It wasn't chewy and chicken tasted like chicken. Their menu says they use no MSGs, this is a HUGE plus.
I will definitely go back because it is the best chinese in my area. I have eaten much better chinese but this is all I can find here.
The food was ready fast, 10 minutes. Parking was easy and convenient. The spots are wide.
Thanks again Yelpers, my belly is happy once again. (I will refry the "fried rice" they gave me with some eggs and green onions).
Cashew Chicken! Garlic Shrimp! Hot 'n' Sour Soup! Do it!!!! Hey authentic folks, if this this place was authentic chinese food then I wouldn't be giving it 5 stars!!!
"Avoid unchallenging occupations - They waste your talents."
Fortune cookies are so smart.
Tonight, I got a sudden craving for salt and pepper chicken. I haven't had it in at least a year, and once it creeped into my brain, it wouldn't leave. So I remembered reading Noly's review when I first found Yelp.
I called to see if they would still be open (I didn't have this brilliant idea until nine at night). The lady I spoke to on the phone was very pleasant and helpful. When I got there about twenty minutes before closing time, which I'm guessing is pretty annoying, the same lady greeted us and was just as sweet and helpful! She let us take our time to read the menu and decide what we wanted. The service was made me happy I had decided to try them because they were so friendly - a great example of how customer service should be. Before I left, I told her we found her on Yelp and gave her a "You've Been Yelped" card.
I ordered the salt and pepper chicken I was looking for, and my husband ordered a beef and broccoli with egg rolls. I tried some of his food as well, and everything was great! The broccoli was perfect, and the salt and pepper chicken was tasty. I am glad I decided to give them a try!
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I've been going here for over 20 years. Noly's review is spot on and is right about the regulars. We come back because of the great food and service. I've pretty much eaten everything on their menu - the items that keep me coming back are the potstickers, the green bean chicken, cashew chicken and the pan fried noodles. Also, they have daily specials that are geared towards seasonal finds. If you ever see Chow Fun as the special, you must try it. The special noodles are served with a brown sauce mixed with Chinese broccoli, chicken, shrimp, and beef.
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i love the broccoli and beef here. We had to order to go since they were about to close down. The restaurant was very nice and clean. The lady that helps us out was very nice to us, especially my wife Erin since they were talking about yelp and how she found it here. The food came out to us very fast. Drove home and I enjoyed my beef and broccoli.
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I feel really retarded because I've lived down the street from this restaurant for nearly 2 years now and never went there. Man, I have seriously been missing out!!! This place has great food and great service. They were very friendly and welcomed us right away. Our waitress was quick & helpful. We ordered the salt & pepper wings, honey walnut shrimp, and crispy garlic chicken. All very, very good. One of the telltale signs that this is a successful establishment was the number of regulars that walked through the door. The employees seemed to be on a first name basis with nearly everyone that walked in. I know I'll be going back...maybe they'll be referring to me by my first name someday, too!
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