Mandarin Canton is down the road on Telegraph Blvd. In the a shopping plaza parking can get busy But lots of parking I always call in a order and by the time arrive it's ready so busy at times, but I like Salt and pepper chicken wings and vegetable noddles are my favorite here. Service always fast and happy to see their next customers It's small inside but I like to pick up It's not fancy Resturant but good food And a lot of regulars come so you know it's Good here they work hard to serve the community read more

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Oh man, would definitely recommend going somewhere else. There is an Asian lady here with long hair on a ponytail, not too old but not young either, who is super weird and rude to customers. It is funny but not funny, she acts like a bully :-/, she gives customers dirty look, and screams at them. Who is she? Must be the owner to act that way and get away with it. Used to be a quick fun stop to get some Chinese food for dinner. The portion got so much smaller, while price much higher - and on top of that, the service comes with a bad attitude. Not worth the stop. There are many other Chinese restaurants within the area worth exploring. read more

Mandarin Canton Restaurant - A bit expensive - Chinese Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Nice little place for some good Chinese food. We decided to try somewhere new and im glad we did. First off this salt n pepper wings were one of the best ive had. So much flavor you could taste the red pepper and salt! The mandarin noodles were okay not the best but ok. I felt like they added way to much cabbage kind of over powering the noodle. I dont know about you but when I go to eat Chinese food these wonton are a must especially with the sweet and sour sauce. Lastly the honey walnut shrimp was so crispy and sweet. This place was pretty good it had a slight lemon taste I could have done with out. I think I got more full off those wonton chips. The prices are a bit high that was also a bit surprising for two people we spent over 70.00 for just 2 main dishes. At least it was good. read more

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Salt and pepper wings are the best here! The kung Pao chicken is awesome. We just order regular. The war wongton soup is great as is the egg drop soup. Prices have gotten pricey and service is ok. I go for the food and usually pick up Anyway so don't worry about their service or tipping. read more

Love coming here to get my Chinese food today. I got me the house fried rice with shrimp beef and chicken was absolutely delicious. They had it ready within 10 minutes. They're pretty quick service. They're not the best but what do you expect so I usually get the chicken wings, but someone else already got them for a Super Bowl party. read more

Mandarin Canton Restaurant - House fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Chula Vista, California

This is our favorite go to Chinese restaurant. We got there so often that they know us. The food is always delicious and the service is great. There is no reason to go anywhere else. read more

- One of the original, local Chinese restaurants in the South bay. - Easy access from fwy and parking in a strip mall. - Cooking is consistent! Food comes out quickly! Large portions. - Dine in only: fried won ton skin appetizer w/sweet and sour sauce! IYKYK! - Everyone seems to have fried rice, noodles (lo mein) and salt and pepper wings on their table. - Our dishes were all good: shrimp lo mein and shrimp fried rice (both loaded with large shrimp), chicken w/black bean sauce, crispy beef (not spicy although noted as spicy on menu). - We arrived after dinner rush so we could get a table. A great local restaurant for Chinese takeout or dine in! read more

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Great salt and pepper wings and ok lo mein it lacked flavor . Would definitely recommend wings .

So expensive. I asked for honey walnut shrimp side they said we don't have that only tray. They know what they're doing I ordered a tray of shrimp $25 tell me why it is a tray full of cabbage and shrimp sitting on top. Noodles $20 like what???! Also answered the phone while I was talking to her twice not once but twice. read more

Mandarin Canton Restaurant - All cabbage barley any shrimp $25 is not worth it - Chinese Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Ordered via Urban Eats because we won't have a fridge until tomorrow and I am lazy This restaurant makes the most unbelievable food. In fact my husband's beef with broccoli and shrimp fried rice were heavy and wrapped extra. We just moved to CV and couldn't weigh them unfortunately m. Our guess was minimum 1 lb - 1.5. Honestly. King pao tofu and peanuts scrumptious The meal arrived less than 15 minutes, fresh and steaming hot!!! read more

Always a solid choice for my family . Salt and pepper wings delicious. Beef noodles nice large portion enough for my family if 4 with some leftovers. Egg rolls good reasonable choice for an appetizer (2). I also had the egg drop soup nice a smoking hot when it arrived home . read more

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I've ordered here regularly over the years but after 2020 the prices are much too expensive to keep in the normal take out list. The food is great! The salt and pepper chicken wings are definitely contenders in my places to go for the wings. The service is good but that's from someone who orders take out all the time. I think I ate there once. I don't consider it a place I'd like to sit down in, not sure why. It's pretty small. Their good food carries some of the weight of the prices but not completely. read more

A go to place for salt and pepper chicken wing take out. Call and your orders ready in like 5 mins, so by the time you drive here. It's ready. The salt and pepper chicken dish comes with white or fried rice. You can also dine inside. Free private parking lot. Easy access as this is located in the strip mall right off the 805 near the McDonald's. $15 credit card minimum. read more

Mandarin Canton Restaurant - January 2025 - Chinese Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I have lived in Chula Vista for pretty much my entire life. Their salt and pepper chicken wing is my all time favorite along with their honey walnut shrimp. Always had great interactions with the employees. Will keep coming back. Highly recommend wonton noodle soup on rainy days with their wonton chips. As I am writing this review I'm already craving salt and pepper chicken wings and shrimp. read more

I'm there all the time. Decent. Quick service. Get the family meal #2 for 3. Best value and tasty dishes. read more

This is not my first time here this restaurant is my favorite. There's a lot of Chinese food restaurants out there in Chula Vista but by far this is the best one for me. Their food is always fresh with good presentation with quick turnaround time after ordering . I will highly recommend this place I give it five stars. I've been coming here for over 20 years. Customer service amazing , food excellent , menu options great. Honestly if all the repeat customers had Yelp this place will have over 10,000 five stars. read more

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Today I had the worst Chinese food. It wasnt our intention to go this place... Terrible sweet and sour soup....the noodles we ordered and the chicken campau bad Even worst was that I was given the wrong ticket to pay.. Never ever will go there agaib read more

Love their food! My fav of course are the salt and pepper chicken wings. They have a number of noodle dishes that are outstanding. They are very quick and are very responsive when requesting either more water or napkins or whatever you may need. read more

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Been eating here forever. A change in ownership did not negatively affect food. Love the food. PROBLEM they used to be open until 9:00 pm but if you called after 8:30 they would tell you to hurry because they were closing. It seemed like 9 was when they walked out the door after doing all the cleanup starting at 8:30. OK no problem but most Americans think of.closing time as the time service stops NOT when they go home. So I thought they should close at 8:30 if they want to be out the door by 9:00. Last pickup noticed they changed closing to 8:30. Good for them. Until I called at 8:00 to place an order and the girl tried to talk me out.of it. She said I was too far away and I would mess up them trying to close. First of all I live 5 blocks from them and can go door to door in under 5 minutes. Second they WERE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AS THEY DID before changing the closing time to earlier. I don't know if it is a simple cultural misunderstanding or what but calling during business hours and they try to talk me out of it and changing your closing time and still doing the same random behavior of closing before the actual closing time even after changing closing time. We have spent many thousands of dollars there and should expect at least some basic common courtesy. Makes me NOT eager to call them in the future. I wish them the best as always. read more

A little hole in the wall Chinese spot & a hidden gem in Chula Vista located in the Telegraph plaza. Been coming here for years & food is always fresh & good no complaints here on food or food portions, portions are good. Inside is small, if lucky get a table or just or order to go. Service is ok, speed & accuracy is good & friendliness is ok, not rude but could be a bit friendlier but they are Chinese so you know ehhh. Prices are reasonable on most items. Their food is very flavorful especially their House Noodles, best House Noodles I've ever had & their Beef & Broccoli & Mongolian Beef is also one of the best I've had no lie. Salt & Pepper wings are amazing here, love their seasoning on it & very meaty they're a must when you come here. And don't forget to get an Egg Drop soup when you're here, it's on point. Over all me & the fam really like this place & will continue to come, they have loyal customers in us, just smile a bit more you guys have great food :) read more

Food was not great. Vegetable Lo Mein had no flavor and the Sesame Chicken was dry. The House Soecial Beef was adequate. Kung Pao Chicken was not the best. The winner was the bvq Pork friend rice,because really, how donyou mess that up? First and last time we waste our time and money here. read more

Food is always fresh and delicious. Highly recommend. Even dining in, staff is attentive and restaurant always clean.

Been ci.ing here for years our neighborhood restaurant. Big disappointment last night. I always call midday to place my NYE pick up.Lasy year was a madhouse this year worse.i placed oder for pick up at 5. I walked away at 6:30 as they couldn't find my order to be completed by my pick up. 1 long line, people waiting phone ringing resturant not answering Uber orders lost or not completed. Staff were busy bees but no organization. People were frustrated but we all patiently waiting. I get home order is wrong and cold. 5 minute drive. Wings dry and over cooked. Wrong cold noodles. No fortune cookies no sauces. Did I mention order completed at 630 but had 5pm pick up. YEY.my patience ran out,thankfully I was home.i hope the resturant works on a better plan for next big holiday where customers are looking for quality. read more

ordered orange chicken..spices and sauce was very good...the chicken was awful...the chicken pieces were hard...not juicy..but tough.. was even hard to cut it with a knife.... I used to go to this location a lot of times, but have not been there in the past year and a half or two years... while I was at the restaurant, I heard some people say that the food was not that great.... It was very disappointing... I don't think I'll be going back to that location anymore.... read more

Went in to order a to go and no friendly greetings. Lady in a pink mask straight up asks me "what's your phone # for pick up?" and I tell her I'm here to order a to go. She then asks me what I'd like to order in the most rudest way with crappy tone of voice and I tell her this (1 food order )... then she straight up looks at me and asks me "that's it?" as if I'm supposed to order more then one? like it's a must thing to do? I just tell her "yea just one order..." and here i am thinking do people always have to order more then one order if they come to this place? She then says This bla bla amount and I hand her my credit card. She then hands me the credit card receipt to sign... obviously I won't tip this rude ass B**ch of a worker cause she has such a bad attitude and crappy tone of voice. After she sees crossed out tip section she just throws the receipt at me... here i am (shocked) thinking wow... wtf just happened...what a b**ch she is... How the F does person like her work at a restaurant being so rude to a customer without any sort of reason? I just came here to order a food for myself... After I got home and thinking about the situation really got me pissed off so here I am sharing how much of a shitty customer service I had at this place and how rude that one lady is (ONE LADY THAT WEARS PINK MASK). BE AWARE, this is like the worst customer service in the most UNREASONABLE WAY EVER. I won't be going to this place anymore and I hope whoever is new willing to try this place out? don't... it's not worth it. there are lots of other Chinese restaurant near by and Mandarin restaurant in front of south western college has much better service there. read more

I've been eating here since I was about 11 years old, so for a couple of decades at this point. There's a reason I've been eating here so long. The inside of the restaurant is always clean and the staff is always quick to pick anything up or clean any messes. They're courteous and the food always comes out fast. Last night we ordered the pork fried rice and the Kung pao beef. Their fried rice, just like their House Soft Noodles, are deliciously smoky and perfectly fried. However they cook it gives it such a depth of flavor. The little bits of the pork are little flavor bombs. The Kung pao has that nice depth of flavor as well. Their salt and pepper wings are near perfection. Basically everything I've had here is delicious. As far as getting Chinese food in Chula Vista goes, this is the spot. read more

Mandarin Canton Restaurant - Barbecue Pork Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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Food always tastes great and always hot and fresh. We have ordered it for lunch and also for catering definitely recommend it!

Awesome lunch specials!! When the wife and I want Chinese food this is our go to place. I've been coming here for at least 20 years. Even though the prices have gone up but what hasn't,the food remains tasty and ample.The lunch is still excellent,the service is quick and the place is clean. Quick story ! We went to a rival restaurant on a Columbus Day and they said that they weren't serving lunch ? So everything was ala cart in other words we were going to have to pay $50 bucks for lunch?? So we walked out and came to our favorite spot and they were serving lunch . Love this place . read more

Tried a new place to get salt/pepper wings. The family unanimously enjoyed these compared to the other place we usually go to. The wings were more meaty and flavorful. We ordered half a tray but the family was so excited that I forgot to take photos!!! Lol Would definitely come back here again to order. read more

Mandarin Canton Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Chula Vista, California

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I wrote a review way back in 2010 and I am still coming to Mandarin Canton for my Chinese food and now with my wife and she loves this place! Obviously there are many Chinese food restaurants here in Chula Vista/San Diego, but for consistently delicious food and for a reasonable price I don't think you'll find a better place. In all the years coming I don't think I've ever had a bad dish. Not only is the food tasty and reasonably priced, they serve good size potions. I have to recommend trying their salt & pepper chicken wings. Yes other Chinese restaurants have them, but not quite as tasty!!! Along with the wings they have shrimp, squid, and pork chops. As I mentioned before this is a no frills restaurant, but the food is delicious, friendly service and reasonable prices! I highly recommend coming here for your Chinese food!!! read more

I'm from St. Louis Mo where I think we have the best Americanized Chinese Food anywhere so I know I'm not going to get that experience but I wanted to come close in flavor and service and got neither. I asked for special fried rice with no pork. Typically it should come sigh 4 meats. Shrimp, Chicken, beef and pork. Theirs does not come with beef. When I asked to replace the pork with beef they wanted to charge me $3 more even though I didn't want the pork so I just got the chicken and shrimp which is no longer special fried but they charged me the special fried rice price. Go figure. 3 shrimp and 3 pieces of chicken. A lot of rice. Not at all worth $19.04. Anyway, when my order was handed to me it was already in a bag. I asked if red pepper, soy sauce and sweet and sour sauce was in the bag I was told YES. I got to my AirBNB and there were only napkins not even a fork . Overall this was not at all the dinner experience I was looking for. read more

Mandarin Canton Restaurant - Shrimp and chicken fried rice (not special) - Chinese Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Salt and pepper wings are the best! And the house fried rice never disappoints. I haven't found a better wing anywhere else

Food is great! Pricey but they give you good portions. Favorite items- bbq pork fried rice, walnut honey shrimp, peppered wings, bbq pork soft noodles and lemon chicken. read more

This place was a spiritual awakening. Honestly, I had my doubts--I was craving my usual Chinese spot. But this? This was straight-up euphoric. I can't even put into words what went down here. The amount of food I consumed was enough to feed a small village, or at least three grown men. The ambiance? Immaculate. It smelled like the gates of heaven opened, and all the angels were cooking Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings, Beef and Broccoli, Kung Pao Chicken, and War Wonton Soup. Every bite? A flashback to my childhood, like I unlocked some hidden memories. I'm not even kidding when I say, for the first time in my life, I understood what true happiness felt like. After a long, brutal week of work, this meal gave me hope for a better tomorrow--one filled with more and more War Wonton Soup. World peace? Yeah, it starts here. If more people ate at this restaurant, I'm convinced world problems would just vanish. I'm talking global harmony, y'all. You need to book a flight--from anywhere on this planet--for this restaurant. It's worth it. By the time I had consumed so much that my vision started to blur and my heart was beating like I just ran a marathon, the staff gracefully packed up my leftovers for round two in the morning. Shoutout to the chef. May the staff live long, blessed lives. This is the meal that could heal the world. read more

Happy to know the lunch special menu is available on weekend. Wings were delicious with lots of the chili, onions, and garlic seasoning. I add it to my rice. My new go to. read more

Came here on a Wednesday and there was a bit of a line but we got seated relatively quickly. Very fast paced when it comes to ordering and service but the food was delicious. We tried the salt and pepper chicken wings, shrimp, and fried rice. All very good. Will return when in the area. read more

I've been sick and started ordering their Wonton Soup. It was just what I needed! I was pleasantly surprised with their other dishes. I will never order anywhere else again. So many restaurants have forgotten how to cook. read more

Iv been coming to this restaurant since I was a kid and it's never disappointed. Their wor wonton soup is medicinal. That was not a typo. That soup cures common colds, the flu, depression, sleep anea, fertility, your credit score, you name it. In my family, we look no further than Vicks and wor wonton soup from Mandarin Canton as a remedy for most things. I'm not going to lie, the ambiance is minimal but sometimes, at some places, those things are irrelevant. And this is one of those places. The service... well..they take your order and they bring your food quickly and with accuracy. That's an A in my book. If you're looking for Soup for whatever your Soul is going through, look no further. Also, if you're responsible for bringing a dish to the consonant pot luck and you know you don't have any business in the kitchen, order an order of their Salted Pepper Chicken wings and see how how quick your dish disappears before behind else's read more

Good food and the service was extremely quick! Salt and pepper chicken wings were a hit for our family.

The food is amazing! the Salt n Pepper wings are out of this world good and I had the almond chicken, and the portions were so big had enough for a couple days! Friendly and fast service! the only thing is dinner is very expensive, when we go back I'll do the lunch instead read more