Mandarin Restaurant - Toronto

TONS of variety, friendly staff, hot, healthy, delicious and a pretty good deal.  Sushi, lamb, prime rib, and even 'gourmet ' foods.  You can eat right away too.  Much better than your usual buffet style restaurant.

We were recently at Mandarin at Eglinton and Yonge to celebrate our Mom's birthday. She always loved that location and enjoyed every bite of food there. Everything was festive for the Chinese New Year and we tried four plates of food before ending with the ice cream and some Nanaimo bars. I wish they had the chocolate covered strawberries they have in the summer but considering it was winter... <br/ <br/ The hot and sour soup was wonderful, not too spicy and I am a spice wimp. We even tried the Thousand Year Old Egg Salad which was quite exotic and fascinating. Not my favourite thing on the menu but I have never had anything quite like it. For the New Year they also has dumplings which were very good.<br/ <br/ I have had sushi there before that was quite good but this time it was just OK. Focus on the Chinese food and you will be fine. I loved trying a little bit of everything as usual at Mandarin and maybe we will go back for Mother's Day this year too.

Just walking into the restaurant....the atmosphere was visually nice, not too crowded but very COLD!!! I and my man were freezing and got goosebumps. <br/ <br/ The food was very delicious and I overall had a decent time dining for the lunchtime hour.

What's not to like ?. Superb intercontinental buffet ever. From sushi, noodles, meat on sticks, salad, cakes and dessert ...they have thought it all. Drinks range from cocktails, mocktails, juice, pops and beers. If you come alone, you will be served with a time limit per table, usually about 90 mins. There are time when there's very limited seating, it does happen often, so the best is to reserve a table for the number of people dining with you. On quiet days if you are lucky, then you got yourself a table.

A family thing!. This place, although not very classy, is always a hit with my family. If you have a large appetite and like just about anything, you will be happy here!<br/ <br/ It's really busy and they can accomodate large parties which is convenient. If you think $20 is too much for all the food in the world, then this place isn't for you.<br/ <br/ I like it.. secretly!