Extremely delicious and extremely inexpensive American Chinese food that's much better than most of what you you can find even in Atlanta. I've heard stupid jokes around Jackson about why the food is so cheap, but such racist jibes do an awful disservice to the lovely Malaysian family who run this restaurant. They use extremely fresh ingredients and prepare everything from scratch every day, so you're never going to be served anything that's been refrigerated or microwaved. The restaurant is cheap because its owners manage it well and do steady business. The General Tsao Chicken is especially good, with spicy sauce and huge helpings of fresh sweet green peppers, but my favorite dish is the Happy Family, which combines every possible ingredient and shouldn't work but somehow magically does. The pot stickers (deep-fried pork dumplings) are divine, and the eggrolls are a perfect mixture of crunchy and chewy. All of the soups are competent and served with surpringly delicate fried egg noodle crispies, which I could eat by the bagful. The hot jasmine tea they serve is refreshing and subtly fragrant. And finally, don't be afraid to try the seafood dishes! The restaurant decor is retro and charming, and the service is attentive and friendly. These guys are really great with large groups. The drive-thru take-out line can sometimes take a while, especially on Friday and Saturday evenings, so it's better to call ahead and go inside to pick up your food. read more

When you drive by or walk into this restaurant, you'll probably think the food is whack and honestly if you blink, you might miss the whole place. But we made a Togo order tonight and it was quoted 10 minutes until pick up. And they were right on time. The sweet and sour chicken was heavenly. The sauce was thick and sweet and came with lots of pineapple, peppers and onions. The wonton soup with the wonton crackers was so well made and tasted great. Tip: ask for extra wonton strips! They're so good with the soup. The crab Rangoons were great and you could tell they're handmade and not frozen. I will say that while everything mentioned was amazing, the fried rice was not up to par. The rice was dry and wasn't very good. That won't stop us from ordering again! We spent about $19 and it fed two of us with plenty of leftovers! read more

Mandarin Garden Restaurant - Crab Rangoons, Won Ton Soup, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Fried Rice - Chinese Near Me - Jackson, Georgia

If I could give them negative stars. I would. Idek how this place is open getting health inspections. chicken was soggy rice was hard and salty read more

This place was delicious! I really enjoyed my meal. I will definitely order again. A winner!

called from 7:30 to 8:15 and no answer. shows up 40 minutes to close and nobody there. No sign on the door or anything. Don't do business with shady folks. read more

Call and order 15 min ahead of time. Drive up window to pick up. The Kung Pow Chicken is a favorite.

Ordered fried rice was disappointed, it was chewy and tasted old. The song tong soup was good

Tried the place 3 times. 1 time was 3-4 and all other visits were 1-2 Oily Egg Rolls Greasy Chicken Fried Rice Soda tasted of more carbonation than soda. read more

Family owned businesses. Always friendly and helpful. Food is always hot and tasty. There is a drive through which is also nice!

Small place with run down old 70's decor that looks like it needs replacing. I been to Mandarin Chinese may times include eating in China and this place is no where near being good or healthy. Heavy flavors with lots of salt and MSG. I ordered several dishes and the food all started to taste the same cause of the same oils and soy sauce. The prices are high for the quality of the food unless you want to stuff the belly. I ordered 5 different dishes and didn't find anything I liked. Only thing I can say good about the place is our waiter was very fast and helpful but the boss- asian lady with frown face was very unfriendly. I know Georgia isn't a place known for Chinese food but this place was disappointing and not recommended. Come on! Expect more. read more

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I really hate to write this review because my husband said they were all so very nice but this site is for the food and service review. So for service they get 4 stars but the food was just awful. We ordered take out from here last Thursday night. We ordered kung Po chicken, pork with vegetables and Mongolian beef. We were both starving when we got the food home half an hour later. This is the only reason we were able to eat any of it because it was flavorless and mostly onion. The pork with veg being the exception of the onion onslaught where instead we were bombarded by cabbage. However the veggies in it left a lot to be desired. The snow peas were so thin they were see through. There was SO much cabbage, very few carrots and all the veggies were of poor quality. The Mongolian beef was one of the worst I've ever had. All onion, poor quality beef and the noodles were teeny tiny. (All of the cheapest quality). The kung Po chicken - they wanted you to see the peanuts cause they were on top -but they were few. Once again the poorest of quality. Nothing had any flavor. Even the rice was inedible because it was so dried out. We won't be going back ever again! So a couple of days later as it sat in the fridge we decided just to feed the leftovers to the dogs since neither of us wanted it. I took out all of the onions on each dish and boy that didn't leave a lot for the pups but anyway I mixed it in with their kibble and even they wouldn't eat it! Enough said. read more

Awful! We got a small fried rice and 3 eggrolls. Eggrolls were small and soggy. Fried rice was brown rice, no egg, no meat, no flavor. Resturant was dirty inside, ceiling tiles were disgusting. Don't waste your money or time! read more

Mandarin Garden Restaurant - "Fried Rice" is digusting! - Chinese Near Me - Jackson, Georgia

Should have listened to all the terrible reviews. Decided to give it a shot anyways. Waited over thirty minutes in a drive thru line to pick up a call ahead order, and then got home to find the food wasn't even remotely what we ordered. It wasn't anything that we would consider eating, and not nearly as much food as we actually ordered. Wasted all that time and gas, and still have three hungry kids with nothing to eat. Had to go all the way back down there to get the correct food, and no attempt was made by staff or management to correct the issue. Customer service is terribly lacking, and the food is nothing to write home about. Basically, if you want what you ordered, go to the place across the street instead. Do not waste your time, money, and gas on Mandarin Garden. read more

This place is much slower than Steak 'n Shake in locust grove. These people who run this place have no clue on how to run a restaurant and there's quite a bit of them in Jackson. I won't be returning!!! read more

I have been going since I was a small child... The food is still the same.. And it's been amazing forever. The staff are smart with a great memory, from remembering orders to remembering distant family members from a long time ago. Love this place read more

Good service. The main waiter has such a good memory he remembers what you ordered a month ago. Lol. Food is standard good Chinese portions are large and prices are reasonable. I'll go back. read more

Absolutely recommend it to anyone passing through town. Family owned, fresh ingredients and amazing service. Ordered cashew chicken, a house special and some rice and rangoons and whoa mama, it was SO GOOD! They even have a drive thru pick up window!!! read more

This was our first time visiting so we relied heavily on the reviews. Not sure if maybe the cook(s) were having an off day but the food was the worst Asian food we've had. Everything except the egg rolls and fried pot stickers tasted as if it wasn't fresh. Just to confirm my suspensions, we put the shrimp fried rice and fried rice in the fridge over night and the VERY next day I took it out and they both had an odor as if they had been left in a hot car all day. Please proceed with CAUTION if you plan to dine there. read more

I have enjoyed the Mandarin Garden for the last 14 years. The food is consistently good and the service is too. The prices are very reasonable. read more

I use to eat here once a week. But the food, in my opinion, had gone downhill. A lot. And if they haven't already, they desperately need the inside to be remodeled. It's dark and depressing and very outdated. read more

We ordered takeout. Chicken didn't look remotely like real chicken at all.. very strange. Tasted funny.

Love their food! It tastes really good! I highly recommend it! They have been here a long time but they do make the best egg rolls!

I have been going to the Mandarin garden for many years when I am in Jackson, and it has been consistently great every time i go there. For starters, the wonton soup is what i base all other wonton soups off of. they use real fresh chicken broth, not cambells canned stock. many of their dishes include vegetables with the meat and the vegetable are always perfectly cooked al dente. Combine the great food and The value that you get it is awesome! I wish They had another location closer to my home read more

As someone else noted, the ceiling tiles are disgusting looking and the decor is decades old. Food was not bad. The hot & sour soup looked like bilge water, but tasted pretty good. The sweet & sour chicken was a large portion with big pieces of white meat. No meat in the fried rice, which was somewhat bland. Service was fast and friendly. I remember when this place was a Tastee Freeze, which is probably where the booths came from. read more

The food isn't expensive but it's also not very good. Greasy, and not very tasty. Crab Rangoon saturated with oil, and egg rolls contain nothing but cabbage and lack flavour. Entree's were also not very flavourful. Hot and Sour soup had shrimp in it- not really what one expects to find in this particular soup. read more

Excellent Chinese food at a reasonable price. My family has ordered take out and has eaten there as well many times. The food is consistently good and the service is friendly. Keeping in mind that the place is located in a rural community of 5,000 it's a really really good place to eat ... much better than any of the Chinese restaurants we've tried in larger communities that are within driving distance. read more