Excellent food. Great caring staff. Dim sum and lunch specials are solid.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Peking Duck Half, Dim Sum
Amy Yasotorn Dichoso
My family and I have been coming here for 20 year. No frills, authentic Chinese food. But what I go for is the CHILI OIL. Tastiest chili oil hands down. I always buy a large container to bring home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, Har Gow Steamed Shrimp Dumpling 4
Lillian Lee
A no-frills restaurant which serves consistently good Cantonese style Chinese food. This is our family go-to place for Chinese dinner. This is my born-in-China-mother’s favorite Chinese restaurant. The food is fresh and well prepared. The walnut shrimp is my favorite. Also like the black pepper steak. Their dim sum is excellent - on par with the other popular dim sum places in town. Prices are reasonable. Service is friendly.
Found dirt on pancake for roasted duck before, but this time it’s in porridge.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Steve L
The best I can say about the regular menu is that it can be good and tasty. For whatever reason it can lean sometimes toward better than good but sometimes it is only fair. On certain days, Sunday?, they do dim sum and that's better. Friends repeat going there because the prices are reasonable and it's open every day.Vegetarian options: Vegetable delight is good especially if another person gets a meat dish and then you share.Parking: We have almost always found a spot.Wheelchair accessibility: It's flat
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, Sweet and Sour Pork Chop
Peter Wang
Our family have been dining at Imperial Mandarin for nearly 35 years.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, Tofu Soup, Fried Shrimp
Christine Heyri Han (dearsaturdays)
best place to bring families. everything we ordered did not
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mateo Cruz
My family has been going to Imperial Mandarin since the 80s! We love the food and atmosphere and we have celebrated so many major family events here! I have to recommend the Sizzling Rice Soup as it’s a classic.
Imperial Mandarin is the best Dim-Sum in the San Diego area. They are not currently using carts but the service is very fast and helpful. A picture menu for us old white guys would be a nice addition. Prices are reasonable and food very fresh.Wheelchair accessibility: Entry is level and wide enough.
The Imperial Duck I had was the best ever. My dining companion did not like his Szechuan Beef and did not eat it. White rice was good and included with entrée. Spring rolls and dumplings were OK. Hot tea in a pot was made with loose tea, not a tea bag.Service was attentive, if not particularly friendly. Typical Chinese service for the non-Chinese.Ambience was austere, almost cafeteria-like. Was not crowded on a Sunday night around 6 pm.Parking is difficult in the large parking lot for this business park with at least 5 Asian restaurants.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Zhaohua Huang
Very nice Chinese food,I love it!!! They have great service, a clean restaurant, and as far as I know their food is very fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: steamed meat shiu my
Uchi Deshi
Excellent dim sum. My friend also ordered the salty fish fried rice, which lived up to its name. It was was way too salty.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
Gilberto Gonzalez
Dim sum is mediocre at best. Food was slow to come out. Fortunately, prices were reasonable. One of the servers was friendly while the other was very mechanical carrying out her chores. Both were not attentive, neither one saw me raising my hand or saying excuse me when I was ready to ask for the check. A forgettable experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Tara Freed
I haven't been here in a minute, and I was reminded about what a hidden gem this is! They offer fresh, made daily dim sum at a fair price. The portions are generous as well. The service is friendly and fast. The decor is understated, but the food is the star. I understand that some of the dim sum offerings are only available on the weekends. They offer lunch specials as well. I love this spot!
Excellent food. Great caring staff. Dim sum and lunch specials are solid.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Peking Duck Half, Dim Sum
My family and I have been coming here for 20 year. No frills, authentic Chinese food. But what I go for is the CHILI OIL. Tastiest chili oil hands down. I always buy a large container to bring home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, Har Gow Steamed Shrimp Dumpling 4
A no-frills restaurant which serves consistently good Cantonese style Chinese food. This is our family go-to place for Chinese dinner. This is my born-in-China-mother’s favorite Chinese restaurant. The food is fresh and well prepared. The walnut shrimp is my favorite. Also like the black pepper steak. Their dim sum is excellent - on par with the other popular dim sum places in town. Prices are reasonable. Service is friendly.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Peking Duck, Dim Sum, Beef Chow Fun, Mongolian Beef
Excellent food and service! Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Found dirt on pancake for roasted duck before, but this time it’s in porridge.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
The best I can say about the regular menu is that it can be good and tasty. For whatever reason it can lean sometimes toward better than good but sometimes it is only fair. On certain days, Sunday?, they do dim sum and that's better. Friends repeat going there because the prices are reasonable and it's open every day.Vegetarian options: Vegetable delight is good especially if another person gets a meat dish and then you share.Parking: We have almost always found a spot.Wheelchair accessibility: It's flat
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, Sweet and Sour Pork Chop
Our family have been dining at Imperial Mandarin for nearly 35 years.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, Tofu Soup, Fried Shrimp
best place to bring families. everything we ordered did not
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My family has been going to Imperial Mandarin since the 80s! We love the food and atmosphere and we have celebrated so many major family events here! I have to recommend the Sizzling Rice Soup as it’s a classic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seafood Fried Noodles, Fried Shrimp
Imperial Mandarin is the best Dim-Sum in the San Diego area. They are not currently using carts but the service is very fast and helpful. A picture menu for us old white guys would be a nice addition. Prices are reasonable and food very fresh.Wheelchair accessibility: Entry is level and wide enough.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
Restaurantji Recommends
The Imperial Duck I had was the best ever. My dining companion did not like his Szechuan Beef and did not eat it. White rice was good and included with entrée. Spring rolls and dumplings were OK. Hot tea in a pot was made with loose tea, not a tea bag.Service was attentive, if not particularly friendly. Typical Chinese service for the non-Chinese.Ambience was austere, almost cafeteria-like. Was not crowded on a Sunday night around 6 pm.Parking is difficult in the large parking lot for this business park with at least 5 Asian restaurants.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Very nice Chinese food,I love it!!! They have great service, a clean restaurant, and as far as I know their food is very fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: steamed meat shiu my
Excellent dim sum. My friend also ordered the salty fish fried rice, which lived up to its name. It was was way too salty.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dim Sum
Dim sum is mediocre at best. Food was slow to come out. Fortunately, prices were reasonable. One of the servers was friendly while the other was very mechanical carrying out her chores. Both were not attentive, neither one saw me raising my hand or saying excuse me when I was ready to ask for the check. A forgettable experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
I haven't been here in a minute, and I was reminded about what a hidden gem this is! They offer fresh, made daily dim sum at a fair price. The portions are generous as well. The service is friendly and fast. The decor is understated, but the food is the star. I understand that some of the dim sum offerings are only available on the weekends. They offer lunch specials as well. I love this spot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5