Although I haven't eaten here since the pandemic, this was a regular lunch stop for personal and…read morebusiness meetings over lunch. The buffet was hot, well attended, and great value.

As I cannot remove the original, terrible review I left the other day. I'd like to apologize for…read morebeing so angry. I recently made an extensive, livid post regarding my first experience with this restaurant.. I had mentioned due to my vast experience working in a restaurant that they could not convince me to change my opinion about the order. That being said, I never, ever post bad reviews in public knowing that it's very likely the restaurant is just having a bad day. An angry customer may see "reasons" as "excuses" however I have endured all of this at my own workplace. Every restaurant, just as every human has off days. The restaurant contacted me today, we had a nice chat. The man was very kind, understanding and in no way tried to deny that things were not up to par that day. I have been offered a full refund, a thousand apologies and zero resentment for what I originally said. Everyone I know who has tried this place seemed shocked when I told them about my experience. They all have had nothing but good experiences here. Although it was unfortunate that it happened to be our first time ordering from here, what's done is done and the restaurant has done everything they can to try and reconcile. I stated originally the service was great. I appreciate them reaching out and for being so kind, patient and understanding about it. Possibly in the future I may be willing to give it another try, based off the amazing customer service.

The mandarin in North Bay is not the place that your minds probably all conjure up when you hear…read morethe name. When I think of the mandarin I think of buffet lines, Asian antique decor, and beautiful oriental waitresses. This is not the case in North Bay. The Manadarin in North Bay (who; how they got rights to the name still baffles me) is a locally owned and operated restaurant which has a sit-down area and also offers take-out. The food is nothing more than your typical Chinese food. I'm not sure how my Mom ever fell so deeply in love with this place since it really is nothing special. The one waitress they do have (the times I've been) is an older woman (one of the owners). Which is not any problem I'm just trying to make it clear how it differentiates from a real Mandarin restaurant. She has always been very pleasant though (I'll give her that much). The food is always good. The place is always clean. We have never had any disgusting surprises(unlike some other Chinese food places). But like I said, cliché, boring, dissimilar from what you expect out of the Mandarin name. Indifferent on whether you should make the effort to visit this place or not.

Best Chinese food in town! The staff is very friendly and the food is yummy. They also get it to…read morethe table quickly, which is a bonus when you walk in starving. Take out orders have always exceeded my expectations. I would highly recommend this place if you are looking for some good food and a clean, quiet atmosphere :)

Quick, courteous service. All three of us that came are vegetarian and we got the tofu with veg,…read morealmonds and veg and veg chop suey. The tofu was deep fried and crispy, and the best of the three, but all three were solid and good for value.

Great food, decent price, what more could I ask for?…read more My dad and I ordered their "dinner for 2" deal that went for basically $20 + tax. It was more than decently sized, as it came with two wonton soups, two spring rolls, a plate full of chicken balls, a plate of stir-fried rice, and a plate of sprouts with I believe pork. Had plenty left over to take home as all-in-all the size of the meal was massive. Drinks were extra as expected, and the pop can in pop cans for the price of $1.25 each. I'd definitely return again. This place does take-out and eat-in, and they seem to have a buffet, however the time we were there was in between lunch and dinner, so their buffet was empty. It looked pretty small, but I'm sure the price was right based on the rest of my experience with this place :-)

Our dinner was 30 min late. A little annoying but not a huge deal. The place was dirty and the…read morefood was disgusting!!! That was a big deal! If I could give zero stars I would. Yuck.

I'm in North Bay area and this is the closet Asian restaurant to the Hampton Inn. Of course I had…read moreto stop in to try it. The food is...decent. It wasn't great, but it was decent. Compared to the "Asian" noodle dish I had at the office's cafeteria, it was glorious. Sometimes, it's all relative. Would I come back here if I find myself back in the area...yes - to get my Asian food fix. They also serve alcohol, which is a huge plus after a long day. I'm not sure which parking lot we should have parked in, but there was plenty of parking in the lot either side of the building. One lot is for a hardware store and I think the other lot is for the medical center. I was just glad to see our car was still in the hardware store lot after dinner. The place was empty when we rolled in. I think a lot of people opt for pick up or delivery since the ambiance isn't that inviting. There were plenty of tables to accommodate large groups of people. They had a chalkboard displaying display specials by the entrance to the dining area. It was a couple bucks off the usual price of the dish. I went with Thursday's special - Poon Ped with rice for $11. It was a chicken dish with onion, celery, broccoli, baby corn, and green peppers in a spicy sauce. It was spicy, but not overly spicy. The sauce was good, nothing exciting. All the veggies were fresh and crunchy. Although they have mixed drinks on the menu, they only offer wine and beer. The lady working here was very nice. Our check came with fortune cookies and Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies. I thought it was a nice little end to dinner.

Wasn't all that great at all and the price wasn't worth the portions - I won't be stopping in there…read moreanytime soon unfortunately

Small town Chinese food. Ordered fried rice, egg rolls, vegetable dishes, chicken balls, and hot…read moreand sour soup. Really like how the vegetable stir fry dishes were not too oily, or starchy (from corn flour). Fried rice, egg rolls, and chicken balls were all quite delicious. Only miss was the soup, which was not great, it wasn't hot nor sour though had decent amount of vegetables in there. Pretty great option as the only Chinese within 30 min by Sunridge.

Cute little hole in the wall type of place. Service is great, friendly and timely. Food is…read moredelicious! Dim sum Saturday and Sundays 11-2!

very bad service... we ordered few dim sum dishes and took about 1hr , and food is not ready…read more compare to other dim sum places in Toronto. this is very slow, poor customer service. will not come back here again

My wife and I love to stop into old school Canadian Chinese Restaurants. And we have found that you…read morecan find some real jens in small towns. Tai Pan China Cafe in Mattawa is one of these places. We always like to start with a Won Ton soup. It seems to be the best measure of how much a restaurant puts into their cooking. Called Wong Ton soup at Tai Pan you will get a piping hot bowl of delicious broth with about four won tons. It is an obviously home made soup. With lots of chopped green onion and special ingredient chopped lettuce. This soup pulled up the rating of everything else. We also each had an egg roll, and shared a BBQ Pork fried rice, Hunan Beef and General Tao Chicken. We were asked if we wanted medium heat or hot. My wife answered medium. We should have ordered hot, it was a little bland for our tastes. But they were both good with lots of meat in each dish. The service was excellent, the woman serving us was in constant motion. They were making a lot of take out orders (on a Sunday night). The restaurant is old and worn but overall seemed pretty clean. We will certainly stop for this won ton soup again next time through Mattawa.

Four vegetarians travelling in Temiscaming, we figured the pickings would be slim…read more We ordered egg rolls, veggie chop suey, and Szechuan tofu. Not only was everything delicious, the service and presentation was amazing. The very polite and efficient server brought the tofu out and placed it into a cast iron serving pot with sizzling onions and poured the (delicious) sauce over it in front of us. The four of us (two Montrealers, a Sudbury guy and a North Bay girl) all turned to watch her prepare this for us. Honestly, it was one of the yummiest Chinese foods we've had, and we were so happy to get delicious vegetarian food in Temiscaming. Just great. (Also the portions were huge! We had leftovers and we even brought a growing boy!)

The absolute worse chinese restaurant that I've been at in a while. And the service is even worse…read more My bf and I went there to eat a nice meal and he found hair in his food!!! Asked for the woman who owns the restaurant to come out so he could show her and he started figiting with the food some more and surprise surprise another hair. She brushed it off saying it was some spice. I ain't ever seen no spice like that. Anyways, we simply asked her if he could either get a new plate or he wasn't going to be paying for that one. She refused and got hostile with him, grabbed the plate out of his hand before he could do anything and basically said get out. She is one of the rudest managers I have ever met. Most certainly wi not be going eating there again anytime soon.