We had a very large group yesterday, and the service was excellent! The food was fresh and tasted great! Great value for your money with lots of leftovers for later. The staff is always very friendly! We highly recommend if you're in town!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Felipe “Flipper” Meza
Friendly staff with very fast service! Came here during lent (can't have red/white meat on Fridays) so we didn't have any beef or pork but I can only imagine! The noodles, shrimp, crap pops were great! The onion rings took me by surprise, one of the best I've had! Definitely coming back to try to beef, pork and chicken dishes!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Onion Rings, Crab Pop, Curry Pork or Beef or Chicken or Shrimp Add 3 50
Lilly_San
Owners are so sweet and have remembered us! The food is always 10/10 and so clean everywhere! Love this place!
The food is always excellent and the service is great! The staff treats you like family and they all work very hard! My favorite Chinese restaurant is in my hometown so I order takeout often when I visit!
The staff is so friendly, helpful and fast. We always have a great experience when we eat here. I always eat the same dish when I go here and it's so tasty! The restaurant is always clean!
I grew up eating here & it is still my favorite place to get chinese food! Nothing beats it!! 10/10.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stacy Anders
The food was great! The lady was actually the nicest person I've ever met and the portions are phenomenal. I definitely recommend getting one of the family sets if you have more than one person eating.
So delicious! My favorite is their Mandarin chicken, but everything everyone got was all yummy ❤️❣️♥️ They were so accomadayumg for our large group celebrating some birthdays.
Fantastic service, great introduction for my first time having Mandarin food. Absolutely would recommend, and come again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Special Chow Mein
Samantha Jones
Once you eat here, no Chinese place will ever compare, I make a trip down, and it's the first place I go eat. I will always make time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Mandarin Chicken
James Ortman
Good service and portions and food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maya Almanza
“The Mandarin”is a great place for family dining. I come here often with my parents and grandparents, everyone is so welcoming and kind. I definitely recommend! My go to order is the special chow mein & pork fried rice ! it’s near & local i definitely recommend. Best dining in downtown payette!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
Taylor Erskine
Ordered dinner A with pork and seed, crab pop, fried rice, sweet and sour pork, and egg roll. Food came out quite quick which was great but port I on was underwhelming for $13.75. Hate to say it but the only thing I really enjoyed was the pork fried rice. I ate everything else besides the pork and seed which was flavorless, very dry, and didn't even come with mustard, nor seed even though that's how it is listed on menu. I literally left 2.of the three pieces on my plate and for me that happens so rarely I can't remember the last time it did. I mentioned it to waitress and asked if I could just have a little more fried rice instead which she did which was cool. The sweet and sour pork was a bit.over cooked and sauce was the brownish sauce which I'm not partial to but that's more of a preference thing. The egg roll was so greasy inside I'm wondering if fry we r grease hadn't seeped into the egg roll maybe? Crab pops were Allright but definitely no crab and pretty skimpy on the cream cheese also. My biggest thing when dining.outnis always washing down a bite with water and I try to make that very clear when I'm first seated and order ice water as I did on this visit. If a place is super busy I will even ask for a pitcher may be available so that I don't warrant so much attention. There was only one other 4 top table in there while I was and my small cup only got filled twice and for some reason not anywhere near the top. What really bothered me was when she came by to ask about the meal with a pitcher of ice after refilling the four tops waters and my cup was empty yet she never returned with the pitcher. I finished the second d half of my meal with no beverage and that led me to leave a less than 15 pct tip. I worked as a waiter for years at places where I did Caesar salad, cherries jubilee, and bananas foster table side and am a firm believer that if I feel like a tip is undeserved or should be less than 15 that it's time to make a complaint but I didn't feel up to it. Normally I do 30 for great, 25 for very good, 20 for good, and 15 for meh so it was pretty bad considering there was nothing else going on. Maybe its because i complained about the pork. I hate to mention it as its not really their fault but I went to use the bathroom on my way out and some fool had peed in front of the toilet and I dont mean missed it looked intentional don't. One other thing that bothered me was that my total was $14.95? 6pct on $14 is 84 cents and the meal was $13.75. Not enough to quibble about but i do t appreciate being overcharged in today's economy by one red cent especially when everyone is raising prices and shrinking portions by so much which this place indeed has. I looked at old menu and ptmrice was $10.95 on same meal which is a mark up of over 25pct. Anyways good Chinese food is hard to find and I hope this helps the restaurant with their operation and anyone out there looking for that steaming plate of greatness. Next time I'll just go to the buffet.
We had a very large group yesterday, and the service was excellent! The food was fresh and tasted great! Great value for your money with lots of leftovers for later. The staff is always very friendly! We highly recommend if you're in town!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Friendly staff with very fast service! Came here during lent (can't have red/white meat on Fridays) so we didn't have any beef or pork but I can only imagine! The noodles, shrimp, crap pops were great! The onion rings took me by surprise, one of the best I've had! Definitely coming back to try to beef, pork and chicken dishes!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Onion Rings, Crab Pop, Curry Pork or Beef or Chicken or Shrimp Add 3 50
Owners are so sweet and have remembered us! The food is always 10/10 and so clean everywhere! Love this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Broccoli Beef Orange Chicken Pork Fried Rice Eggroll, Pork Fried Rice, Mandarin Chicken, Egg Flower Soup
The food is always excellent and the service is great! The staff treats you like family and they all work very hard! My favorite Chinese restaurant is in my hometown so I order takeout often when I visit!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork & Seed, Fried Rice, Egg Foo Young, Pork Fried Rice, Mandarin Chicken, Special Chow Mein, Egg Flower Soup
The staff is so friendly, helpful and fast. We always have a great experience when we eat here. I always eat the same dish when I go here and it's so tasty! The restaurant is always clean!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Egg Foo Young, Chicken Fried Rice, Pork Fried Rice, Mandarin Chicken
The pan fried noodles where the
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Best Chinese restaurant in the area and the best fried rice I've had in the pacific northwest.Kid-friendliness: The kid LOVES their grilled cheese.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork & Seed, Egg Foo Young, Pork Fried Rice, Mandarin Chicken, Egg Flower Soup
I grew up eating here & it is still my favorite place to get chinese food! Nothing beats it!! 10/10.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was great! The lady was actually the nicest person I've ever met and the portions are phenomenal. I definitely recommend getting one of the family sets if you have more than one person eating.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Egg Foo Young, Pork Fried Rice, Mandarin Chicken
So delicious! My favorite is their Mandarin chicken, but everything everyone got was all yummy ❤️❣️♥️ They were so accomadayumg for our large group celebrating some birthdays.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Almond Chicken and House Chow Main, Cashew Chicken, Chicken Fried Rice, Broccoli Beef Orange Chicken Pork Fried Rice Eggroll, Pork Fried Rice, Mandarin Chicken
Restaurantji Recommends
Fantastic service, great introduction for my first time having Mandarin food. Absolutely would recommend, and come again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Special Chow Mein
Once you eat here, no Chinese place will ever compare, I make a trip down, and it's the first place I go eat. I will always make time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice, Mandarin Chicken
Good service and portions and food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
“The Mandarin”is a great place for family dining. I come here often with my parents and grandparents, everyone is so welcoming and kind. I definitely recommend! My go to order is the special chow mein & pork fried rice ! it’s near & local i definitely recommend. Best dining in downtown payette!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Rice
Ordered dinner A with pork and seed, crab pop, fried rice, sweet and sour pork, and egg roll. Food came out quite quick which was great but port I on was underwhelming for $13.75. Hate to say it but the only thing I really enjoyed was the pork fried rice. I ate everything else besides the pork and seed which was flavorless, very dry, and didn't even come with mustard, nor seed even though that's how it is listed on menu. I literally left 2.of the three pieces on my plate and for me that happens so rarely I can't remember the last time it did. I mentioned it to waitress and asked if I could just have a little more fried rice instead which she did which was cool. The sweet and sour pork was a bit.over cooked and sauce was the brownish sauce which I'm not partial to but that's more of a preference thing. The egg roll was so greasy inside I'm wondering if fry we r grease hadn't seeped into the egg roll maybe? Crab pops were Allright but definitely no crab and pretty skimpy on the cream cheese also. My biggest thing when dining.outnis always washing down a bite with water and I try to make that very clear when I'm first seated and order ice water as I did on this visit. If a place is super busy I will even ask for a pitcher may be available so that I don't warrant so much attention. There was only one other 4 top table in there while I was and my small cup only got filled twice and for some reason not anywhere near the top. What really bothered me was when she came by to ask about the meal with a pitcher of ice after refilling the four tops waters and my cup was empty yet she never returned with the pitcher. I finished the second d half of my meal with no beverage and that led me to leave a less than 15 pct tip. I worked as a waiter for years at places where I did Caesar salad, cherries jubilee, and bananas foster table side and am a firm believer that if I feel like a tip is undeserved or should be less than 15 that it's time to make a complaint but I didn't feel up to it. Normally I do 30 for great, 25 for very good, 20 for good, and 15 for meh so it was pretty bad considering there was nothing else going on. Maybe its because i complained about the pork. I hate to mention it as its not really their fault but I went to use the bathroom on my way out and some fool had peed in front of the toilet and I dont mean missed it looked intentional don't. One other thing that bothered me was that my total was $14.95? 6pct on $14 is 84 cents and the meal was $13.75. Not enough to quibble about but i do t appreciate being overcharged in today's economy by one red cent especially when everyone is raising prices and shrinking portions by so much which this place indeed has. I looked at old menu and ptmrice was $10.95 on same meal which is a mark up of over 25pct. Anyways good Chinese food is hard to find and I hope this helps the restaurant with their operation and anyone out there looking for that steaming plate of greatness. Next time I'll just go to the buffet.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2