4.4 – 275 reviews • Mandarin restaurant
✔️Brunch ✔️Lunch ✔️Dinner ✔️Dine in ✔️Take out
Hours
| Friday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–9 PM |
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Reviews
Madnificent_Arts
Do yourself a favor and come eat here! This Chinese food is amazing. The portions are generous and the price is very reasonable. I haven’t had orange chicken this delicious and authentic in years. The chow mein is probably the best I’ve ever had. I will definitely be coming back to this spot. Thank you for the delicious meal!
… moreJosie
First time trying this place out $28 for 2 items pictured. It had a odd old oil smell to it. Loved the chicken chunks but the flavor didn’t care for it.
… moreCherry Mari
Service was amazing and friendly, best part was the food! Best Chinese I’ve had up here in the high desert area. Second visit and tried new dishes and definitely was yummy! Highly recommend!
… moreAngela Scandora
Hard to find nothing but Chinese FAST food instead of a real Chinese food joint so it’s crazy I’ve driven past this place a million times assuming it was fast food, until I noticed online it’s not fast food like Panda Express, so I decided to check it out today. Ordered egg foo yung & deluxe fried rice. Rice tasted horrible like old oil was used. Took it back & owner was so nice, remade it & it was absolutely DELICIOUS!!! Restaurant is very cozy and clean! Thank you so much for making it right. I highly recommend eating here. Egg Foo yung delicious hands down! I’ll BE BACK!!! Yummy. Everything tastes good
… moreShannon Spini
We stopped by the evening before Thanksgiving and had a great time with amazing food. Our service was excellent, they are always so fun and kind. We look forward to trying new dishes every time.
… moreNichol Salmeron
Years ago their food grade was an A. Food tasted great.
Went there another time, months later, and their food grade was a C-They were out of country at this time.
Wanted some take out tonight, husband went to go check out their food grade and there is a B posted. Hesitant to eat there again as I didn’t look up why their food grade is all over the place.
… moreKathy Purcell
My shrimp egg foo young, was horrible, it was like eating mushy mini wheat…the orange chicken and Mongolian beef was just ok. The special fried rice was not special at all. Dinner was $65 and not worth $5.
Don’t waste your time or money!
… moreJuli Showkeir
Great food and service. This was our first time there and we were very pleased. We even ordered Singapore rice noodles which is not on the menu and they accommodated us and made it. The portions were large, food was fresh and delicious. We ended up going back a week later for the 2nd time because we just wanted to get more yummy Chinese food. This is one of the more authentic Chinese food places we’ve found in the high desert.
… moreChantelle Cummings
2/1/2025 My family and I are customers of this restaurant now for many years. Oh we relocated up here 8 years ago from the South Bay Area and had a great difficult time trying to find a restaurant that served good Chinese food until we came here. I just took the time to scroll down through all of the reviews to see what the negative comments were. You can’t please everyone but they sure do manage to please most people. I think the only thing I would change would be the decor because when you pull up in the parking lot it looks like the place is closed and that is the main reason that we did not go in for a very long time because we thought it was an abandoned building. I think if they brightened up those windows that it would attract people’s attention and they would definitely get a lot more business because it’s not the food and it’s not the staff that make it quiet in there. And all the years I’ve been going there I’ve never had bad food or bad service and I have some very picky children that are young adults and have sophisticated pallets and everybody’s always been pleased. I would say if you’re on the fence about this place to definitely go in and the young man that works there is extremely patient and answers questions so far away ask about the menu and try things that look good because it most likely will be delicious!
*Update* Just want everyone to know that as ofJuly2024 this is my favorite Chinese restaurantAnd I come here any chance I can. You just can’t beat the value and the food is just wonderful so is the service. I recommend the sweet and sour chicken or pork and I also recommend getting the dinners for two or more with the shareable appetizers which are absolutely wonderful and the soups are amazing as well Bon Appetit everyone!!!!!
I ate here before covid and loved it. I kept watching and waiting for it to reopen. Finally got back in and wow! So good! We ordered the dinners; broccoli with mushrooms and oyster sauce and sweet and sour chicken. Dinners came with a delicious appetizer tray and soup. We had enough left over for us to take home and have another meal. Don’t let the dark blinds fool you. Go inside and enjoy!
… moreMonica Reyes
House Special pan fried noodle sizzling plate was great, vegetables fresh. The egg rolls and wonton soup are the best!
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