Mandarin Chinese Restaurant

Their lunch buffet is amazing, everything is fresh and tasty. Our favorites are the green beans and egg drop soup. Nothing like the other chain buffets.

Great food and exceptional service staff that remembered my wife and I even though we had lived out of state for the last 18 years.

Had the lunch buffet. The price was lower than I expected. The selection was limited, but the Sausage in Black Bean Sauce was an interesting little international dish that appealed to me greatly as a kid who grew up on kielbasa with a Polish grandma, yet didn't let the sausage overpower the sauce, which is a feat in itself given kielbasa's sharp flavor, and the sauce was modest in salt and instead rich in umami and felt much fuller than its texture would indicate because of it. The egg drop soup is light with a creamy texture, but incredibly flavorful, and white rather than the thick yellow kind like most serve in the area, with a focus on wispy egg whites that were plentiful enough the bottom of the cup was hidden where the yellow kind has more diffuse pennants of it. The sauces are pleasantly thick without being heavy and the veggies are cooked to perfection. The crab rangoons have an interesting hint of spice to them and were unlike any I've had before. The atmosphere is calm and everything is very clean and business-like, but the walls are filled with homey touches like house-style windows, a tasteful number of paintings, and a couple wooden fans. Thoughtful touches abounded, like having the soup cups already sitting on saucers stacked at the soup station, more chopped green onions and dried noodles to add to it than I've seen on offer anywhere else, and full bowls of sauces held in a tasteful tree-style holder. They even had the Chinese ladle spoons rather than making you use a normal one like other buffets in the area. The food was hot and fresh even though it was after the lunch rush. The staff talked to the other patrons like they knew them, even a family who only seemed to have been there once or twice before. It's overall a pleasant experience with pleasant food, all seasoned with a sprinkling of enticing points of interest. What makes it special is subtle and that in itself is intriguing.

This family run restaurant aims to please and succeeds every time. The Pepper Steak has the best steak in a Chinese dish, I have ever had. The Mu Shu Pork is out standing and the buffet is always fresh and filled immediately.