My husband brought home Chinese, and told me about this place. We have been searching for a really good alternative to fill that Chinese void on the East side, I have high expectations for noodles. He brought home the house fried noodle, and beef broccoli, and sweet and sour pork. It was decent, however I told him he needs to order the noodle and have the sauce kept separate, because the noodle was a little soggy. We've been back a few times, and have yet to try the plates (pre-made options). The only thing we ordered that wasn't quite as expected was the Kung Pao beef. It lacked the pow, and had lots of onions and bell peppers and chili peppers, but not much flavor. Keeping the noodles separate is our new standard for orders, and walnut shrimp is pretty darn good as well. read more

Good food at reasonable prices. Conveniently located next to McDonald's Kahala with plenty of convenient parking. The food would have had a 4 star rating but lacks consistency. Overall food quality is a 3.5 star experience but taste was inconsistent. Their char siu was very salty at times and spot on other times. They used they used the wrong noodles for their gon lo mein. We had ordered the thin Hong Kong Style noodles but they used the thick Saimin style noodles instead. They prepare more fast food Chinese stir fry. Simple dishes that are satisfying but not very complicated. Similar to Panda. If you want an alternative to Panda and fast service check them out. If you want a higher end Chinese food go to Duk Kee in Kaimuki for very authentic Chinese good. read more

I'm surprised the rating is pretty low. It's great value, I got the one house plus lunch. The fried rice was much more tasty than pandas, and the tofu egg plant was great with bamboo shoots and even some tree ear mushroom, which is super tasty and not found in panda cuisine. I've only been once, and it's certainly not the quality of a proper Chinese sit down place, but for the price it's way more quality than you'd get at pandas! Also, I was in and out in a flash, the food was fished and rung up immediately. So if you go to the lace and order, you should be able to get it quickly if it's standard plate lunch. I'll be back for sure! read more

Good takeout Chinese. I prefer places like this that cook everything for each order bs the many steam table type "Chinese" places around Oahu. Will return read more

Ok I'm giving this place a generous review. I want to make it clear this isn't an authentic Chinese food type of place but more local style take out Chinese. If you're looking for more of a plate lunch type Chinese food, this place is legit. I usually eat Chinatown area. But when you factor in price, quantity, and taste, this spot is as good as it gets. You can get a great plate lunch here for $10. I spend double that on dim sum downtown. Black bean chow fun is killer.. minute chicken pan fried noodle also good. I'll be back again to see if the food is consistent. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - Black bean beef chow fun - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I am service sensitive, and this is why this place does not get my vote of approval. I walked in to find a worker slouched in a chair in the corner, and a woman with her back to the counter prepping stuff. I had to say "excuse me" three times before she turned around to pay attention. The worker continued to sit and ignore. Then I asked the lady a question, and as I was waiting for her to answer, she started answering, but the phone rang. She elected to pick up the phone and assist the caller, rather than continue to help me! Did not even say "excuse me". I thought that was rather rude, so I left without ordering anything. read more

0 stars!! The staff are dishonest about their pricing.They changed the prices that THEY quoted me I ended up paying $185 for 4 small trays. To be honest the price isn't even the issue, it is the fact they the out right lied. I called and ordered 3 Small trays: gon lo mein, salt & pepper pork chops, and cold ginger chicken. The woman quoted $110. I called back maybe an hour later to add a small tray of gau gee and she said the total is $185!!! I was shocked. I asked how much everything is and she said the gon lo mein was $47, pork chop $43, ginger chicken $42, and gauge $38. I told her that is not the prices advertised online or that she quoted initially. She said oh well the prices changed. You're telling me they changed in 1 hour!!! It was ridiculous. I asked to see an updated menu and she said that they don't have it advertised you have to call to ask. Yet when I called the same woman gave me different prices throughout the day. It's a shame that places like are still open. My advice: spend your money on good, honest businesses. This place is not worth it. read more

Took a shot to try Mandarin Kitchen for dinner and my family and I were more than satisfied! We made a phone order and food was hot and fresh when we went to pick up! They will make a courtesy call if an item had run out and see if you want to order a another dish! Portions are great! We ordered crispy gau gee noodle(2×), half roast duck, beef broccoli, fish filet w/choy sum, orange chicken, and salt&pepper pork chops to feed 8 people and we still had leftovers! *tip: remember to ask for hot mustard! Enjoy! read more

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Great char siu! Highly recommend the cold ginger chicken & char siu pork rice plate. Good for lunch, the good stuff was sold out the last couple of times I've called in the evening for dinner orders. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Tried new Chinese place for the first time. Ordered at 5pm. When we got there no entrees in the warmers so not sure if they still offer the plates where you pick one or two items. We had phone ordered four dishes with the best one being the House Noodle. Turned out to be the skinny Hong Kong style which is our favorite. They still had all their roast meats which was nice. We definitely will go back as want to try the shrimp won ton noodle, roast duck....One plus is parking is easiest for this Chinese restaurant. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - House noodle. Came with the Hong Kong style skinny noodles which was nice. - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Ordered Minute Chicken Cake Noodle. The cook burnt one side of the cake noodle really bad! Couldn't even eat it! Go somewhere else.

Ordered roasted pork with eggs, there were only two small pieces of pork, and basically, it's just eggs and charged me 12somethings dollars. I like this restaurant but now, the quality and portion it's like trying to scam their customers. Very disappointed. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

After seeing all the signs around the area we decided to give this place a try for dinner. We ordered Black Bean Beef Chow Funn (gravy type sauce), Salt and Pepper Pork Chops, and Beef Bittermelon. When we called at 5:30p they were already sold out of roast pork and char siu, only roast duck was available which we didn't feel like having that evening. Portion sizes are great, flavors are good and all cooked to order so it's fresh!!! Happy to have another Chinese option in the area aside from Panda Express. read more

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I'm really not sure how this place survived as long as it has. Maybe because of customers like me, who forget the high prices & awful quality of food, & go back every few months in hopes that it's gotten better. I ordered the minute chicken cake noodle a couple of days ago. They must have read the reviews which said the food was bland, & decided that adding a ton of salt would be the trick. Let me tell you, it's not it. Going forward, I'm going to make sure I quit trying to give this establishment the benefit of the doubt & I'm never going there again. Yelp needs to let people leave zero stars! read more

My daughter and I stopped nearby to check our the shops and decided to see the options at Mandarin Kitchen. We ordered half roast duck (my favorite) and a plate with orange chicken (her favorite). Both were delicious! She absolutely loved it. The staff were so nice and saw I was carrying a few other things and offered me an extra bag to help. Prices were reasonable and wait time was minimal. Based off this first experience I'll definitely be going back in the future! read more

0 0 0 0 0 ... STARs ! Made an order at 8:PM and they close at 8:30. No one was ahead of me, but I still had to wait. Finally decided to look at the kitchen and saw the Cooks scrubbing the walls behind the fry pan; the SAME pan that my food was being cooked in ! WTF ?!? I immediately told the cashier I wanted a refund. She apologized, BUT what if I didn't look at the kitchen and then ...? all the extra trimmings from the wall would've gone into my food. Gona call the health department. read more

Food was just okay, I ordered a one choice, they put it in a three compartment plate. They could have spread out that one choice that I ordered, and covered the other third compartment for a better presentation. It was also cold, the hot mustard was thick as peanut butter, looks like a lot of hot mustard less soy sauce. I'll post some pictures and show you what I mean! read more

Mandarin Kitchen - Roast duck noodle soup! Not impressed! - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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We went to kahala mall - Sharetea to pick up boba tea and spotted this place. My son loves the orange chicken and definitely we will be back. read more

We order take outs for Mother's Day dinner 5/10/2021. One pound of char siu, half ginger chicken, one black peppered beef with leeks, and one tofu eggplant. With four of us eating, I had leftover for two days. The best were the char siu and ginger chicken!! read more

So the I came here for the first time and I was in the mood for simple shrimp won ton mein due to the gloomy weather we've been having. Plus I was planning to go to Sharetea. The place looks clean and is located in the back part of Kahala Mall next to McDonald's and other shops/eateries- hidden. All I wanted was simple won ton mein. Price $8.25. Not bad right? So I had skipped lunch at work this day and was famished by dinner time. I went in person to order my won ton mein and asked for extra won ton. The lady looked at me, puzzled, and repeated "extra won ton?" Judging much!?!?!! She charged me $3 dollars for 3 more won ton which was fine because $11-$12 is still a good deal for me and I was just hungry anyways. Pretty sure her and her minions (cooks and whoever else) in the back were talking about me. I was the only one in the restaurant. I like to support small local businesses during this pandemic time, but seriously - better customer service is needed at this small establishment. I got my order pretty fast. A different lady gave me my soup and I then asked for mustard sauce. "How many?," she asked. I said 2 (I love my spicy mustard) but she only gave me 1 and said that it was a big container with lots of mustard so I only need 1.... -_- Pffft okayyyy then.....Stingy much?!? And rude! Don't ask me how many then! For goodness sake - it's mustard and I just bought food! Furthermore, I got home and within 2 hours of consumption...(sorry if this is TMI) but yup - stomach cramps due to food poisoning that caused dysentery. Definitely do not recommend this place to anyone expecting good food and good customer service. Better off supporting a nice place like Golden Eagle, or Panda Ex even (and I don't even like Pandas)!!! I really dislike writing bad reviews but this experience was bad and felt like I wasted my time and money. Advice: spend your money elsewhere --- at establishments that truly appreciate your business and treat you like so. read more

House Fried Rice and House Fried Noodle were great. The portions were very satisfying, so bring an appetite. I have a new favorite place. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - House Fried Noodle - Chinese Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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Showed up at 8:28pm and they said they were closed. Be open till your hours say you are. Call ahead.

Can't tell you about the food because they do not update their hours of operation. SERVICE IS TRASH! I check Google, Yelp & Apple Maps all say they close at 9p. When I call to order they tell me no orders. I understand it's during a pandemic; thus they need to make sure their social media platforms have the correct data. This is not quality customer service. You guys need to get you act together! HIRE SOMEONE TO MONITOR YOUR PLATFORM DATA. Yep I'm a bit upset about this experience. read more

Got a 3 choice plate during lunch. They are so stingy with their servings and everything was very salty. Not going back again, very disappointing. read more

Do NOT support this business. This restaurant continues to disrespect our community, other businesses (that market fairly), and disregard the state and c&c laws regarding business advertising. They duct tape their signs to concrete pillars under the freeway, screw their signs into the monkey pod trees in the neighborhood and tape their signs up along Kalanianaole Hwy. Just imagine if we allowed every business to do this... I was excited to see more food options for the area, and enjoy supporting new businesses, however, this type of business behavior is unacceptable and must be stopped. Please vote with your money and support restaurants that choose to market and operate fairly. read more

If you want quick and fast chinese food because you are lazy or tired after work, this place is option. It is conveniently located in the kahala mall area. read more

Maybe I caught a bad day but my visit made me want to dash over to Panda Express :( The orange chicken that is so ubiquitous at so many Chinese restaurants proved to be marginal and not that different from it's competitors except in it's higher price. The seafood wok was too watery and took away from the dish. We were going to order the duck but it was sold out and we ended up with a noodle dish. How can you go wrong with noodles right? Again, maybe just a bad day in the kitchen but they were fairly tasteless with nothing to set them apart. On the plus side there is parking, on the minus side the service was extremely slow. There are plenty of choices for Chinese and I'd be hard pressed to go back. read more

We have enjoyed the four takeout dinners we bought. Sour hot soup was yummy, so was the char siu fried rice and more. All good. Place is clean and tidy. Food prepared quickly. We like that they did NOT use that cheap canola oil (we're allergic to it, causes diarrhea). read more

Orange chicken was chewy and had a weird aftertaste, chowmein tasted 3 days old, fried rice was basically white rice with peas and carrots in it. Do NOT recommend. read more

I'm so under impressed with their food. The first time we had take out there, it was just ok. We thought "ok, maybe it was just an off day". We ordered again recently. It was a big no. I really miss Lam's Garden that used to be across from Kahala Mall. Restaurants like Asian Manoa, Happy Day, Maple Garden are all great... this place is so not. I would not go back a third time, nor would I recommend it to anyone. The food is meh. Even Panda Express has more savory flavors than the food here. read more

Been seeing their construction and glad to see it finally open! A great alternative to Panda Express. They also have roast duck here you can get whole or half etc. food is great especially for the price. Glad to have another Chinese restaurant in the Kahala neighborhood. read more

The good news first. The place is spotless. The ladies at the counter are friendly, upbeat and courteous. The quality of the meats and vegetables is first class. I bought char sui which was excellent quality meat, much less fat and grizzle than my usual places, but doesn't have as much of the sweet sticky coating I like. The beef chow funn is also excellent - I add a bunch more spinach at home to make it a little more healthy. But don't order the Northern Chinese dishes! the kung pao chicken was smothered in a sweet / sour sauce with some chillies and peanuts thrown on top. and the mandarin beef was likewise nothing like mandarin beef. they were both very edible, just not as advertised. I'll be back! read more

I gave this place 3 tries and they struck out! I live nearby and was so excited to have a chinese restaurant/pickup close to home. The food was mediocre. I bought Char-sui 3 times (the one that is hanging in the window). It took so long to process my order after I paid. And all 3 times the charsui was dry, too lean, and not flavorful, even though it looks good in the window. I also ordered a wonton mein, the soup had no flavor. read more

Ordered jajamin, spicy beef soup, and sweet n sour pork. Food was very tasty! Will order again some day

Food is excellent but they put MSG in there food. Which they should try and bot too put MSG

My daughter and I picked up several dishes for dinner tonight and felt they were all very flavorful, with good portion sizes. The hot and sour soup was very tasty, and we loved their spring rolls, beef chow fun and sweet and sour pork. The staff that helped us were friendly and quick. We will definitely be back! read more

We ordered a bunch of different dishes, but none of it was very good. Surprised they don't have kung pao chicken on the menu. I won't be going back. read more

People inside are very nice, its clean of course because it's new. We ordered over $100 worth of food just to try a little of whatever we thought looked good. First, I had to try the roast pork and char siu. The roast pork was unfortunately bland, not much taste and the skin wasn't crispy. The char siu could have either soaked longer or had more seasoning but it wasn't bad, I'd order that again. I had the cirspy gau gee noodles, the gau gee was very good, the noodles are made with crispy noodles which was different it was pretty good, I just wish they gave hot mustard. We ordered the black bean shrimp which was our favorite! It was so delish but, a ton of oil. My boyfriend got the lamb with leeks, he said it was just okay. We also got the yang chow fried rice, unfortunately also very bland with no taste. We also ordered the house noodle which was pretty good as well. We also ordered half a duck, their duck i must say was pretty awesome! Very juicy, not dry at all and the flavor was on point. Overall, they could use some help on some of their dishes but everything was with no doubt fresh and clean. We plan to go back to try other things. read more

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This restaurant, Mandarin Kitchen, is NOT A GOOD RESTAURANT. I bought a half chicken with ginger sauce delivered via Bite Squad. The small cup of ginger sauce was not enough, so I took the extra effort and went to the restaurant to ask for one extra cup of ginger sauce. SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED! They want to charge me $1.75! In my experience with other restaurants, they would happily give the extra sauce. Conclusion, beside this bad experience, the food was below my expectation. Recommendation: DON'T GO THERE. read more

We went here for lunch. Eggplant tofu was very salty. The sweet and sour ribs the meat was tough. The fried vermiceli noodles was bland. The crispy chicken was bland too. They need to fire the kitchen staff. They should hire my mom she even cooks better than them. read more