I came to Mandarin Kitchen twice.. It was a Sunday Morning during my second visit... "the place is always good when there is a line..." that's what my friends and I said.. :) Reached the place at 11.20am and there was already a long line.. We waited for almost an hour.. I do not have much patient but it's ok since I haven't had good dim sum ever since I came back from NYC.. I dislike the fact that they told me to wait for half an hour and it's almost an hour.. oh well.. at least I have my friends to accompany me.. :) so when we got the table.. we just start ordering whenever the server push the cart to our table.. Xiu Mai, Ha gao, lo bak gou...... most of the traditional dim sum.. Their pork "cheong fun" tasted pretty good.. (Sorry I do not know how to translate all the dishes to English).. I might be kinda bias.. I keep comparing to the dim sum that I had in NYC... it actually tasted pretty good but it was a little over price and they simply just charge you with the service fee... (I thought we are able to tip the amount that we like depends on the service???) I don't really like the "carrot cake" - - "loh bak gou" I mean... It tasted kinda weird.. but other than that, the dim sum is actually really good but they do not have a huge variety... I will probably give a 4 stars for their traditional dim sum since they have the best dim sum in Minneapolis.. My friends and I bought the pork belly and roasted pork for our roommates... They are famous for it... it tasted good but probably is not really a big deal for me.. I can only say you might not be able to find another restaurant that serves good pork belly and roasted pork in Minneapolis.. As I said.. I will probably give a 4 stars but I took 1 star away because I think is a little over price.. I guess they price it slightly higher since there isn't any Chinatown in Minneapolis.. read more

Bathrooms are filthy. It's always crowded. Food is mediocre. I mean its dim sum..They didn't have a very good variety. The best thing I had was probably the Chinese broccoli. I the service was horrible, every time they back came to refill water(we had to ask for a refill every time) they servers would just reach over u and the condensation would just drop all over u. Another one came and knocked my phone off the table. It's an annoying lunch. Why do I continue to come back here and put myself through this? read more

Meh...I've experienced better. This place is so unorganized that it's amazing how they're still even open. When you first walk in, you have NO clue what to do because there's just people crowded everywhere without any direction. My friend and I came here for dimsum and it was just a mess. The chairs are uncomfortable, the staff is lost, and the food.... THE FOOD...was...awful. I was expecting much much better due to peoples' responses to this place. I am a huge fan of dim sum and this place disappointed me. The ONLY good thing on the dim sum carts was.....BBQ pork. On a positive note, this place is open until 1AM to fuel your late night cravings! read more

In search of Breakfast Dim Sum--I went to Mandarin Kitchen. I'm a bit of a dim sum newbie, having only eaten a few times, so please take note of that if you are an aficionado. It was okay. I tried a whole range of things but wasn't blown away by anything. My GF who grew up in Shanghai was grateful to relive some childhood memories, but also agreed it wasn't stellar. My least favorite thing was the salt shrimp--they were salty, greasy and shrimpy. I love shrimp, but these just seemed quite cheap. Granted it was Chinese New Years when I was there and it was packed, so it might be different on slower days. read more

My family and I have been regulars here for many family gatherings. I think it's a great place to eat for authentic Chinese food with your family, but their prices are pretty high. We usually order lobster and clams with black bean sauce which is sooooo good, plus a bunch of other things too. If I don't come here with my family, I usually go here to get dim sum with my friends. I like their dim sum and I personally think it's the best one in the twin cities, but again it's also pretty pricey! The atmosphere is just like any other Asian restaurants. Loud and busy, but I'd say it's good place for family gatherings. read more

Great portions & FAST! Only thing I wish was they had was the tiny forks for the crabs. Dumplings were HUGE! I did joy expect that & very tasty! Want to go for Dim Sum on the weekend but I feel I still may be full from tonight! Staff was super nice & very prompt on service, that's hard to find for allot of Asian restaurants. They usually just serve, don't speak too much & then push you out. Tonight was nice service. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - Hong Kong Crab - Dim Sum Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Not sure why so many provide poor reviews on this place. Definitely the best dim sum in town and fresh fish/shellfish from the tanks in the front. Duck and pork are a must, and you'll see them hanging in the case as you walk in. The ladies pulling the carts around are extremely nice and love chatting up my kids as they stuff themselves with sticky rice, har gow and more. This place is on par with the dim sum places I've eaten at in Chinatown, San Francisco. I'm here as much as I can, despite the long drive over. read more

The service is horrible, they enforced a 15% tip for lunch dim sum and didn't even remind customer during checking out. Also the food is overpriced. Shady management and unprofessional waitress made me leave in disgust. Will never ever revisit , and I am contacting my credit card company to dispute the hidden tip in my bill. read more

Expect at least a 30 minute wait, so make sure to snack before hand because you are likely going to get hangry! I came here for their dim sum, which I enjoyed. The food service was a bit slow although the waiters were accommodating and brought over the food items that I requested. However, there was 1 food item that I did not get and waited forever on...the pineapple buns. They were completely out and more was being made, so I waited and waited for them until finally, we were done eating. I would have waited some more because these buns are definitely worth the wait, but there was still a large crowd of people waiting to get their dim sum fix, so we decided to just pay for our bill and sadly left without my pineapple buns. :-( read more

Service is okay!! Food is decent i've had better cantonese dimsum!! I think they are a bit pricey but overall is not too bad!! They are very busy on the weekend for dimsum!! Long wait!! read more

I've come here a few times in the past and just like everyone else says, it's busy and the wait is always long. Plus their small waiting area doesn't help so unless you've gone in the past, you don't know you have to shove your way to the front to just put your name and number of party on their list. Just a suggestion: have that at the entrance and more than 1 worker coordinate with the patrons about seating. I've only came for the dim sum, and it has improved over the years. ( The former chef loaded everything w/ MSG and I had uncontrollable shaking after wards) Last time I was there, party of 2, I was charged for tea that I didn't order and became $80 poorer. Did not order that much either. Maybe I was charged $40 for taking up a table with only 2 people, perhaps. read more

One of the best Dim Sum place in Minnesota. I used to live in the Bay Area, so this is close to home. One thing is it gets really busy on the weekends for dimsum. My advice is go there early like around 11. I come here alot of times not just for dim sum, but for late dinner as well. One of the entree you should order is sizzling duck. That's one of my favorite dish there. You can't find any better sizzling duck in town. There's three place I know that have sizzling duck. Mandarin, Yangtze, and Peking Garden. But believe me Peking Garden sizzling duck is really hard and dry. The chow fun is also pretty good. Follow by House special pork. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - Sizzling duck...best thing on the menu - Dim Sum Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Best dim sum I've tried! HAVE TO GO EARLY or YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LONG TIME. steamed dim sum is the must try. I like the shrimp dumpling most. read more

Pricy but excellent food. I've been coming here for years with my family. The service is alright, but has become worse over the years. The food, including the dim sum, however is amazing. The wait times aren't terrible, although I would recommend arriving early if you're planning on eating dim sum on a Saturday or Sunday morning. Some of my favorite entrees to order are the pan fried noodles with beef and the tofus stuffed with shrimp. read more

Came here for my mom's birthday on a Sunday morning. -9 temp weather There was a long line outside already at 10am. By the time I parked and walked out, the line was moving quickly. Service was ok, not super duper friendly. Dim sum is better than others I have in the TC. Pretty pricey. Loud and busy place. read more

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Food was good. Service was terrible and over priced. We arrived at 1130 and was seated an hour later.

Went on a Saturday morning (10.00am) in a group of 5 for the dimsum and got seated immediately. They kept refilling our teapot whenever its cover was kept open. Now coming to food: One of the best dim-sums I have ever had (and I have been to really authentic places in San Francisco, Austin and even Taiwan!). Do try their spicy fried shrimp. And the barbecue pork buns and half shrimp-half pork shumai too. Aaaamazing!!!!My only tip would be go in a big group so that you can taste a little of almost everything. Trust me- you will get filled up pretty soon! We all left with smiling faces and overfilled stomach!! read more

Best Asian food in the Twin Cities FOR SURE. I personally know that the head cook is from Hong Kong - this dude is a PRO. Very authentic. My wife is Chinese, and is from San Fran - she says this restaurant is better than most in San Fran which is saying a lot. We've been to Mandarin Kitchen probably 40 times, can't believe I'm just now writing a review. read more

We went with some trepidation for Dim Sum this Saturday morning. We had been there some five years earlier and the experience was rushed and tense. The larger salon, well designed for pushing Dim Sum carts started things off right. While we were there (10:00-10:45) there was no waiting for a place to sit, even though there were several large groups. The best was the small prawn dumplings, one huge prawn wrapped in steam won ton and Char Siu Bau, Steamed dumpling with roast pork. I like the chicken feet but they are breaded and served with a thick sauce. The expensive items were roast duck and steamed clams, duck ok but skin tough, clams ok but the thickened sauce with black beans was not to my liking. I want to go back a few more times to try a few different dishes for a quick breakfast rather than a full meal or brunch. read more

I took my mom for birthday Dim Sum. The food was delicious when it is hot. We had 5 people and ordered about 25 different dishes. Four out of the twenty five were between cold and warm. Food quality and staff professionalism is 4.5, but the food served is 2.5 out of 5. The cost came to $180. I feel the price was a bit too high for food left out too long. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - Dim Sim for 5! - Dim Sum Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

More variety than any dim sum places I've gone in Minnesota. It's the best one so far! Services are 3/5.

I have only eaten here for dim sum. I enjoy the food and the busy atmosphere. Their fresh-fruit cream tarts and egg tarts are some of the best desserts I've had. read more

I normally don't write reviews but I feel compelled to write one after this experience. The food that was served, although hot was not very good and didn't live up to the standards that most people have hyped it to be. The Dim Sum experience is pretty much on par with many other restaurants around the area and they have lots to choose from. Servers are constantly presenting you with many different types of Dim Sum which is nice, if the Dim Sum was good. I've tried around 10 appetizers and I can only say that the only one good was the Pork dish that I do not know the name of. It consisted of a small dish with meat only and was without shrimp. The other dishes I could live without. All in all, I left hungry and my pockets empty. read more

Honestly, the food is good, but overpriced. Sunday dimsum servers are much nicer than the everyday receptionist. I feel like I am treated like I eat without paying by this female receptionist. read more

Mandarin Kitchen - Roasted duck noodles take out - Dim Sum Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mandarin Kitchen is definitely authentic Chinese, and one of the few places you can order good duck in the Twin Cities. I went with my family to get dim sum here over winter break, although we had to call ahead because it was crowded. I recommend the duck and the lo mein. read more

Mandarin Kitchen has great food and service. Very authentic dim sum and the best in the Metro. I have been a customer for 23 years visiting about 6 to 8 times per year ordering everything on their menu. HOWEVER, I was gravely disappointed this morning when my bill was 25 percent higher than a month ago! Don't understand why such a drastic price hike. For two my bill went up to $60 from $45 for the same dishes ordered. The place was packed so they are not hurting for money! I am boycotting this establishment until ownership realizes what they did was wrong and fix it. C'mon, a 25 percent hike overnight. This is ridiculous!! read more

I really love this place. They picked up good for me and the service was great!! Cám n nhiu!!!! S quay li read more

Good place and good service. The price is great for anyone. Cám n nhiu I will come back . read more

The Place to go if you are looking for RUDE service and OVERPRICED COLD FOOD. My day started off calling Mandarin Kitchen to confirm they do indeed have Dim Sum and what hours. A lady answered the phone, I asked what hours. She told me they have Dim Sum until 2pm. I began to ask her if it was going on right now, on that particular day. Before I could finish my sentence, she interrupted me, said; OKAY, THANKS, BUH-BYE and hung up on me. I figured they were busy. So, I didn't make too much of being hung up on and decided to try them out. Once I arrived at 1:30, I was told that they didn't have much left, I could have Dim Sum if I still wanted to. So, I sat down and ordered 1 order of pork dumplings, 2 orders of shrimp/pork dumplings and 1 order of crab claws. My girlfriend did not like the fact everything was cold, so she didn't eat anything except half of a pork dumpling. About 10 minutes into eating, we still had not received any drinks. We went up to the register where there were 3 or 4 people just standing around and told them we had not received our water yet. She literally said "So....?". Agitated, we walked back to our tables, one of the girls followed us back and told us if we wanted water to ask our server. We had told her our server has never been to our table, only the food carts have walked by. I quickly finished the rest of our food and we went to the register to pay. The total ended up being $35 for just the 4 items we ordered and there was a mandatory 15% tip on top of that. I will never eat at this restaurant again. read more

This rating is completely based on the service quality. In one word, RUDE! The staff (including the owner) is arrogant and condescending. I am not the only one with this experience. Many of my friends have stories to share that are just terrible regarding how they were treated. Sadly, the staff also feel that they can scold and badmouth their customers as they please if they do so in Cantonese. Maybe they didn't care if they were heard but in two separate visits that this happened, we could actually understand what they were saying to us! Mandarin Kitchen, you may feel that you are above all the other Chinese restaurants in the Twin Cities but no one deserves to be treated like garbage. FYI, it is NOT a special honor for us to eat at Mandarin Kitchen. It surprises me that you've stayed in business as long as you have. You should be so glad that people are willing to pay to dine at your restaurant. Please check your attitudes! read more

Best dem sum in the cities. The beef chow fun is to die for and the roast duck best anywhere

I've been to enough Asian restaurant letdowns in the twin cities to gladly say that this place is LEGITTTTTT. If you don't want to read my long review, just know this: if you are looking for PROPER dim sum, go here. For you lovers and friends that like to relish in the dirty details like I do, read on! First, I would like to point out that it is reallllly unfair of any person ranking this place with a low-star rating because there's a long line. You have most likely read the yelp reviews before coming to here and then you are surprised and shocked and irritated that you have to wait?!?! Get outta here!!!! But what they say about the line is true: the restaurant easily sits over 100 people, yet they are still very busy. Why?? Because their food is WORTH IT. I heeded the wise words of my fellow yelp reviewers and showed up an HOUR before they opened. And guess what, there were even more ambitious eaters than I am already lining up at the door before me. Let me further clarify the dedication of these foodies: It's 9:00am on a Sunday in SEPTEMBER, and it's 40 DEGREES OUTSIDE (this is a big deal for Hawaii-born me). My Chinese bf pulled the car up to the end of the line and shoved me out into the cold while he went to go find parking. He and I were almost nauseated by the anticipation; it's been months since we've had decent Chinese food. I expected this place to live up to my west coast/Hawaii Chinatown standards and it did~ - Pushy, loud Chinese ladies with carts on carts of goodies, trying to unload massive amounts of bamboo baskets onto my table, CHECK! - Making it rain varieties of bao, hash, and fried stuffs, CHECK! - Roast Pork and Roast Duck (the leveler of which one should measure the competency of a Chinese restaurant, not the rangoons or the orange chicken, you ignorant plebian!) that'll take you to high heaven, double CHECK! * the skin on both was crispy and fatty and melt in your mouth delicious, I almost shed a tear in this moment of reminiscing They had everything I normally want out of a dim sum experience, and even some things I was not used to seeing on a dim sum parade: large prawns, quail eggs, fried quail wings, fruit tarts, watermelon, THREE different sizes of custards, sauteed broccolini, and manila clams! Pleasantly surprised by it all. - Where you sit is KEY. Luckily we were sat along the main arterial walkway, or else it's a fight for the waitresses to get to you, and when they're rushing passed, they occasionally will miss you in their speedy line of vision. A big part of me doesn't want to write a review to improve its score on yelp because I don't want more people to come here, but it's okay, I am willing to fight you all for a place in line at Mandarin Kitchen. Maybe the only downside to this is that our bill came out to $67. I have no idea what we've been charged for because (of course) it's all in Chinese. To be fair, we did partake in practically everything that passed us AND an order of roast pork and roast duck. But you know what, worth. every. penny. We shall be back! read more

Walked in and walked out. Refuse to eat somewhere that has shark fin on the menu. Revolting. Time to evolve or go out of business. 0 stars.

My favorite for dim sum. Due to family and financial bummers, I haven't been since '06. The notable changes, except for the prices are definitely for the better. The Lyndale Ave exit off 494, the aesthetic and roominess, and the promptness of the carts coming out. It was one after the other as soon as you walk in, and I was in and out in 20 minutes! The experience of dimsum reminds me of the minor eating disorder called ritualistic eating. A very compulsive habit of eating the same things at a certain time and rarely deviating. In my case it would be getting seated at 10AM sharp. Start with the best shrimp dumplings I ever had. How everyone else screws this up is beyond me. Next the most perfect tofu skins(with shrimp) dipped in worcestshire sauce. Starting to feel stuffed, I get the shrimp cilantro dumplings to go this time around. I've been known to get the sticky rice(warning meat) in the see through dome, on occasion. I don't see it as a habit in the near future, but Gilbert did mention doing dimsum or it would be good for the eatin path brunch. Either way here would be lovely. read more

Very pricey, cost $70 for only 2 people. The food is OK, not surprisingly awesome. Not sure why there is high review but not recommend it for sure. read more

Great experience. I went right before rush hr. The service was great and the staff were really nice. The food was awesome. My rule of thumb when it comes to trying out authentic restaurants: You know a Chinese restaurant is good when you see other Chinese customers eating there. read more

We love this place the delivery is fast. I love the fried rice and orange chicken. Really everything here is amazing and I love that they deliver. read more

Mandarin Kitchen is an authentic Chinese restaurant. We come here very often and we love their food. Here are a few of our favorite dishes: crispy walnut shrimp, Salt and pepper Crab, 2 way shrimps (the shrimp head deep fried, body steam and it goes by pound) and don't forget to order Lobster with ginger. (If you want to eat roasted duck then go to House of Wu) read more

Went there for a dinner with friends yesterday, the service is horrible, we had to open the wine ourselves- ridiculous for $25/bottle open fee for the wine- the server didn't mention the fee at all, it totally ruined my day, and I would definitely not go back there again. read more

Bustling during dim sum hours, we had to wait for about 15 minutes for a table for two at 10:30ish on a Saturday morning. Dim sum was good, but not the best I've had. Although it beats Omaha's extremely sad selection of dim sum for sure (there isn't even one that has the little carts of food being pushed around). My favorite thing that we got was the bolo bao (baked "pineapple bun" with egg custard inside), probably because it came fresh from the kitchen (had to specifically ask for it because although I saw a guy bring it out on a platter, it was gone from his platter by the time he made it around to our table) and was still warm and soft with a crunchy top. Another thing I liked was the tripe - it was on the oily side, but the flavor was good. My favorite dim sum dish of all time is ham sui gok, which is a fried glutinous rice ball filled with pork. The one served here was a little disappointing to me - too oily and just kind of bland. I was also really happy they had doufu fa (tofu pudding with a sweet ginger syrup). Great, refreshing end to my meal. The people pushing the carts move quickly, and sometimes it's hard to flag their attention. Although that's pretty typical for dim sum restaurants, I'm just used to having my parents order for me back home in Hawaii. One thing that kind of irked me was that they don't have the prices listed under each dim sum dish size on the paper they mark to keep track of what you've eaten. Ended up being about $55 for me and my friend together, with the 15% gratuity they automatically tack on. A little more expensive than I'm used to paying for dim sum, but I did leave feeling full. read more