Great experience at Mandarin! I brought my son here after school one day for a mommy/son lunch date. I've ordered take out many times but this was the first time going inside to sit. We were greeted and sat right away where ever we liked. The restaurant does need a few updates, maybe a refresher cleaning, new light bulbs..but overall we felt welcomed and comfortable. The waitress was very kind and included my son in conversation. We ordered the hot green tea, meatball Pho, and chicken lo mein. The green tea was flavorful, pho came out hot with all of the wanted toppings and sauces, and the lo mein was the star of the show. Tons of veggies, thick noodles, and silky tender chicken. I was just about done with the pho and tried to help my son open his chop sticks and knocked over my remaining pho. The waitress rushed over and replaced the bowl with a new one plus a to go box. We will continue to come back! read more

Mandarin Cafe - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

I used to go to Mandarin Cafe when it was run by Chen and her husband. It was like a family restaurant then. But since they left I am not interested anymore. read more

Clean restaurant with polite staff. Portions are big enough to share. Delicious hot & sour soup. Very affordable. We get General Tso's chicken and shrimp lo mein. Both my children enjoy spicy food and love this place! read more

We come here once a week and the food is always great. Gen T'so chicken, Sizzling Rice soup and Shrimp Egg Foo Yung read more

Mandarin Cafe - Sizzling Rice soup, Gen T'so chicken and Shrimp egg Foo Yung - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

I ordered almond chicken, to go, on Saturday 04-11-26. Upon arrival at my home, I discovered the rice had pieces of plastic in it. I called the restaurant and the woman on duty, explained the situation. She asked me to talk to the owner, who she claimed would be at the restaurant on 04-13, 04-14. I called 04-14 and the same woman said: oh owner not here, he busy. After I reminded her of my phone call on 04-11, she changed her story & said bring dish back. Really? Three days later? I live 30 miles away and threw the rest of the rice away. I did take a picture of the plastic found in the rice. I will never order food from there again. Don't go there, they are slackers and don't care about debris free food! read more

Went to Mandarin Cafe and was turned away. Their water heater is broken and did have any heat; yet they are still taking delivery orders. How can they stay open without only cold running water so dishes can't be washed in hot water, neither can their hands. Needs to have another health inspection. read more

They have got new management and they've raise. Their price is 40% and the meals that we had with my church group was terrible not like the old café . The strips we stale and the soup was cold not hot,and the Mongolian beef was not good hard and not hot. This is the last time we will be there for lunch. read more

I dine in here at keast once a week for the pho! Food and services is excellent along with a nice traditional atmosphere and ambiance!

Not sure what's happened to this restaurant, it used to be good, decent enough to order when I wanted Chinese food. Today the food is horrible. This would be my last time ordering from this restaurant. They should be ashamed of themselves. read more

We ordered take out for 4, everything was perfect. Tasted great and serving size was excellent.

Recently tried this spot through delivery while visiting a friend in Kennesaw and I can say that I was impressed with not only the quality and price, but the portions...I legit had three meals out of my Lo Mein dinner! As mentioned, my choice was the House Le Mein dinner combination which also came with an egg roll and chicken wing. The portion size was definitely "dinner" size as the container was filled to the brim with noodles, shrimp, chicken, pork, beef and veggies. In addition, the egg roll was a plump fella! To kick things off I always grab a bowl of Wonton Soup, as it is the unofficial way I determine if a place is gonna be good...and lucky for me, the wonton soup was tasty. The broth was rich and the crispies were plentiful and perfectly crunchy! My friends all got other varieties of meals including a beef and a pork dish from the dinner combinations and all were pleased with what they received. Price is quite fair, especially for the amount of food you receive. Additionally, delivery was quick and the driver was super friendly. Overall, solid spot that I wouldn't mind enjoying again! read more

Very tasty food & thoughtfully packed take out. You can tell that a lot of effort was put into it. We ordered the moo shu pork and the chicken and broccoli and it was delicious and fresh. Huge portions - pleanty of left overs. Highly recommend! read more

I went Mandarin Cafe for lunch today. I ordered the General Taos chicken with fried rice and egg drop soup. The lunch price was $8.75 for a filling meal! There wasn't much breading on the chicken which is a win for me! The restaurant was very clean and the service was top notch! read more

Very good food for the price and you'll be satisfied afterwards. If you're craving Chinese food it's the place to go!

Despite the plastic bread tie found in my food today, the other 4 times I've ordered from this restaurant they had no issues, food was hot while rice is always dry. Might not come back here ever again because I'm moving anyway. read more

Mandarin Cafe - Plastic bread tie found in my food with white rice and A8. General Tso's Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

Love this place, my hubby and I order delivery from here all the time. They package the food really well, they have great portion sizes, and the food is so good and hot when it gets to you. The delivery is really quick too. We literally always order from here and it's always our go to place when we want Chinese food. read more

First of all, the food was delicious. I got the Buddha's Delight and Vietnamese egg rolls and it did not disappoint. Employees were so helpful on the phone and so kind upon my arrival. Definitely recommend ! read more

Mandarin Cafe - V1. Peking Buddha's Delight A20. Vietnamese Egg Rolls - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

I've been coming here for a while now and have ordered plenty of the food here to know what I like on the menu. My go to meal has always been fried wonton along with the chicken fried rice. Well today I placed an order for takeout got home to open up extra crispy crispy wontons. When I reached out to replace them the lady on the other end instead of fixing it kept arguing with me this is how they are suppose to be. I kindly told her that I couldn't eat them that's how hard they were and all she continued to say that's how they are. So much for the customer service read more

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This was one of our favorite places to get Chinese food until recently. My husband was eating his Lo Mein, which was in the usual plastic container, when he bit into a staple. This is pure carelessness on the part of the restaurant and a definite health hazard. Happy he did not swallow it. I will really miss their food but the trust is gone. read more

Our first and last order from this restaurant. We ordered the seafood noodle soup and 3 egg rolls. The broth had no seadood or any other flavor...it look n tasted like hot water. The 3 shrimp where the highlight, the squid was rubber and the imitation crab was mushy like mashed potatoes. It was awful. I called to request a refund and the lady who answer the phone, Tina, said to call back on Thursday bc the manager is on vacation. My husband said the fortune cookie was the best part...sadly. read more

With all the options we have in the Acworth area for Chinese Delivery, it is hard for one restaurant to stand out, yet Mandarin Cafe manages to do just that . We have ordered very large orders and they got the order correct and the food was very tasty. The wait is normally not to bad even on a Saturday night. Last order consisted of Mongolian Beef, Fried Rice, Egg Rolls, Lemon Chicken, Hot and Sour Soup and Egg Drop soup.... all arrived hot and very delicious. And the portions leave enough for lunch the next day. We will continue to order from Mandarin Cafe read more

The food was ok. The Pho was really bland and the beef was dry. I don't reccomend going here the noodles had a small roach stir fried in with then it left a horrible taste in my mouth. Made me uncomfortable to eat any of the other food. If there was a roach there I can't imagine how disgusting the kitchen is. read more

We order from here regularly. I usually get the pho and my husband gets something off the dinner combinations. Their double cooked pork is amazing and I'm really picky about meat dishes. Their service is great and they have never messed up an order for us. Delivery is always within the quoted time and is still hot and ready to eat. read more

definitely do not eat here. i had mold on my ginger and when i called to ask what it was they told me it was "sauce" definitely dont believe that. read more

Mandarin Cafe - so called "mold sauce" on my broccoli and ginger - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

I have been getting these fliers in the mail for quite sometime and decided to order take out from Mandarin Cafe. It's a little bit of a drive but wanted to try the place. It's Chinese take out mainly so we know what to expect. My wife really liked the Wonton soup and hot and sour was OK. The portions are quite large compared to most places and we easily had multiple meals from these portions. The MaPo Tofu was really good - lots of tofu in the bowl so was happy about that. Great service - we parked in the lot and called as directed and the staff immediately came out the entry door with everything very well packaged. No errors in the ordering - very pleased and we will call this restaurant again for take-out. read more

Another great experience. The staff is so friendly and the food was great, as usual. Order was ready when they said it would be. Our place for Chinese in Kennesaw. read more

chicken was a little slimy in the chicken fried rice , but service was fast. egg roll was just plain cabbage with no flavoring but not in a good way. overall like 3/10. read more

Having just come back from NYC where Chinese food rules, I was unimpressed with what we ate at Mandarin Café. To be fair, my friends like this place, but me...it can't compare to Buford Highway and other more authentic local restaurants. The hot and sour soup was watery. Mongolian beef was tough and sinewy with a burnt overtone. Fried rice was merely white rice doused in soy sauce. On a positive note, my husband enjoyed his wonton soup and the chicken with broccoli (crisp! not overcooked!) was better than the beef. I agree with Yelpers. The staff is nice. But when dining out, you come for the food, not the personnel. Sorry.... read more

Terrible. Should have read the reviews on the pho. It smelled funny and not only was it tasteless - it left a bad taste in your mouth. I think we were given 3 servings of noodles and 10 pieces of meat that were overcooked. We orderd the steam dumplings and it was okay.... No one makes fresh dumplings anymore so I'm not surprised. On the bright side, the spring rolls were fresh. The restaurant is clean, the ambiance is nice, the service was fast and people are pleasant and I'm wondering if the Chinese food is better. Bummer... We probably won't be back. read more

Mandarin Cafe - So much noodles :-( - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

I don't have many occasions to eat out in Kennesaw since my parents live there (yay homecooking). It trips me out when I do because the food options are, um, different from what you find in ITP. For instance, Google search showed that the nearest "pho" place was 7 miles away. Err. Thanks to Yelp (which I should checked first anyway, tisk), I found that this little Chinese restaurant doubles as a Vietnamese place and serves the pho that I was craving so badly. It's pretty easy to spot once you get into the Kroger plaza, despite the fact that it has no immediate neighbors. Couldn't tell if the plaza is just new or has been wiped out by the bad economy. I think- I hope- the former. The inside was clean and pleasant. While I wouldn't go as far as saying the lighting and decor were modern-chic, they were definitely more so than those you see in a neighborhood Chinese place. They brought out fried wontons along with water. Their lunch specials were pretty typical, with an entree, rice, soup, and egg roll for a not-so-typical price of $5.45 (woo). Chinese and Vietnamese entrees are separate categories, not some sort of fusion. The pho was a little bit more but tasted great! You could choose from 5 different types of noodles. I just went with the regular saigon noodles, and yum yum! It was the regular ol' pho I'm used to and was hoping for. read more

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I've been here a couple of times and food delivered a few times since the minimum is only $10. The restaurant has a great atmosphere and staff is friendly. I've had the beef pho. Broth was average but tons of toppings (bean sprouts, thai basil, limes, and sliced jalapenos). I wish that there were more options for pho besides rare slices of beef such as meatballs, brisket, tendon, chicken, etc. Shrimp summer rolls- rice noodles, cucumber, shrimp, and thai basil wrapped with a rice wrapper. They definitely do these right. They know how to roll them so that they don't fall apart like many Vietnamese restaurants in Kennesaw. They need a little work with their peanut dipping sauce. It has too much hoisin sauce and not enough of the other ingredients. read more

Mandarin Cafe - Shrimp Summer rolls with peanut dipping sauce $3.95 - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

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I got delivery from this place last night for the second time, and last time. I live less than 7 miles from this place, ordered delivery at 7:57pm and it was not delivered until 9:45pm, you do the math. Food itself is passable, nothing worth writing home to China about for sure and by the time you get it you're usually so hungry you don't care what it tastes like. For the record, the 1st time I ordered it also took nearly 2hrs, and my roommate ordered once and it was about an hr and a half. Absolutely no reason for this I can think of, don't offer delivery if you can't make it happen in a reasonable amount of time. Certainly don't quote 45min-1hr when it's easily double that time. NEVER AGAIN. read more

What can I can about this place. I ordered the spicy and tasty chicken and they got my order wrong. I arrived to pick up my food and was told my order of the basil chicken was ready. Granted she remade my order. Upon arriving at home and trying to eat I was met by a sea of onions. Hardly any chicken but a plethora of onions. The rice was dry and half uncooked. The only good thing I eat was the egg drop soup. read more

Mandarin Cafe - onions and onions in a plastic container - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

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I pass by this place all the time but never went. It's been so long since I had Chinese food, I had to get some. I am glad I did. The lunch special was reasonably priced and filling. I chose the hot and sour soup with vegetable delight. My guy got sweet and sour chicken since he is not a vegetable person like myself and he chose the won ton soup. He had no complaints about the soup and really loved his sweet and sour which he said was "the bomb" My vegetable plate lived up to its name as it was a delight! Perfectly cooked with a delicious sauce! Our bill was $11 and change. This was less than we spent at Wendy's last week. Waiter was very quiet and unassuming but everything was done efficiently. read more

This has been my favorite Chinese takeout for years. I don't live in kennesaw anymore but when I am back visiting home I always order from here. If you like tofu, the general Tso's tofu is the best I've ever had, I won't order it from anywhere else! read more

This is hands down the worst, and i mean the WORST Chinese food I've ever eaten, probably the worst food I've purchased in my life. Ever. I ordered a sesame chicken lunch special with crab rangoon on the side. Crab rangoon is actually pretty good, it's the only edible thing they serve. The lunch special comes with soup and an egg roll. Soup tastes absolutely horrible, like salt water with flavorless soggy dumplings. Ok fine, I power through it and try to eat the entree with the sesame chicken, the chicken is mushy and tastes like straight vinegar, literally inedible, I'm gagging trying to eat it. On top of that the service is absolutely terrible, I call them to get a refund or have my food remade. I normally don't even complain to restaurants but since I paid $10 for this food and couldn't even eat it I just wanted to get my money's worth. They initially refuse to do a refund or remake it and we're incredibly rude about it. They then relent and say they'll remake the food but only if I bring the original food back with me, which I've never been asked to before. All in all the food here is so bad that you can't even eat it and they're incredibly difficult and rude about giving refunds when they serve slop in a to go box. I sincerely wish I could give ZERO STARS. Please do not eat here, it will be the worst decision you make all week. read more

This place has very tasteless pho. I ate it because I love pho. The service was great and the area was very clean. I wish I could give it a better review mostly because the service was so nice. But if your looking for a pho fix this place can help scratch an itch. read more

Mandarin Cafe - Chinese Near Me - Kennesaw, Georgia

Looked and tasted disgusting, but I ate it anyway. One food poisoning later, should have followed my initial instinct and just went hungry.

Had delivery. A big disappointment. Food was poor quality. Delivery person was very unfriendly. Definitely much better Chinese restaurants closeby. read more

This is my first experience with the Mandarin Cafe. I ordered on line Mongolian beef dinner to go. The process was easy, the order was ready on time and was correct. The serving size was generous. The price was very fair. Unfortunately, the food wasn't very good. The beef had no flavor and the egg rolls were terrible. I don't know what their specialty is but it wasn't Mongolian Beef. read more