My family enjoys coming to eat here. My daughter would like her 10 year old birthday party here with 12 other children, and then go bowling at a nearby bowling alley. Cannot go wrong with entertaining here. We also had our daughter's First Holy Communion celebration dinner here with guests and family 2 years ago. Our daughter likes to come because of the pizza, ice cream and sushi. Tonight we realized they have a candy floss machine for anyone who wants candy floss or cotton candy as part of the buffet as well. My personal favorite is the seaweed salad at the salad bar. They have a wonderful selection at all their food bars. Cleanliness and service is top notch considering how many people come in. It's always interesting to sit and look around at the other patrons who also enjoy eating here---all ethnicities, all ages, different reasons to dine---either lunch during workday, celebrations, seniors getting together to enjoy a meal together. I've recommended to my retired parents that they should come to Mandarin once every 2-4 weeks to change what they eat from their usual cooking at home. It would be great if Mandarin could begin a reward system..."eat 20 times receive 21st meal 50% or free" I really enjoy how they take a photo of any celebration at request for free of charge and enthusiasm. They deliver the free photo immediately in a souvenir Mandarin magnetic frame. I must admit my parents have about 10 on their fridge of different occasions.
Here are the hours as of today (went in person to check for ourselves, Feb 2, 2014)
Not certain if this helps but I'll post what I went searching for myself. I drove to the Mandarin closest to our home (GTA Toronto) and found this posted (Feb 2 2014),
BUFFET PRICES ONLY(add 1.00 to these prices for the head office location in Brampton):
Lunch......Mon-Fri 11:30-3pm $ 13.99; Lunch on Sat/Sun/Holidays 11:30-3pm 18.99.
Dinner.....Mon-Thurs 4:30-9:30pm....$ 20.99; however dinner Fri/Sat 4:30-10:30; Sun 4:30-9:30 is $ 26.99. Children 2 years and younger are free. Children age 5-12 are charged 50%, with accompanying adult. Seniors receive 10% off.
UPDATE:
A day following this review, we went to a birthday celebration at the largest Mandarin (head office) in Brampton, Ontario. There the prices are all $ 1.00 more than all that what is posted above. When I asked for the reasons 1.00 more is charged compared to other Mandarin locations in GTA, I was informed that there is more selection here, and a more extravagant display and decorations including a bird dining room, waterfall dining room, and fishtank dining room. We had a lovely celebraton here. Also note that all new dishes are first served at the head office location and then with time, introduced to the rest of Mandarin locations. The birthday singing is different here: much more elaborate and fun. Our birthday girl was singing the song all day and night, and commented on how quickly the photo was presented to us (3 minutes) after the song. "they must have had the photo before we came in today because they were so fast" we all joked. Service was impeccable once again...efficient, friendly, and not a hint of "please will you go?" as we sat and celebrated for 3 1/2 hours. Thank you Mandarin! read more