Been eating here for many years Love coming here. The staff is always friendly They suggested I try one of their new soup dish Banh canh (thick rice noodles) read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Banh canh - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

4/5 I got the beef pho & Thai tea with boba. the pho broth was delicious & the basil/sprouts portioning was great. the Thai tea tasted a little more floral than I'm used to but I still reallly loved it! service was fast, even though the were completely packed! cute restaurant, they gave a Chinese new year calendar which was fun! read more

Mandarin Restaurant - pho, Thai tea - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

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This place has been around for years, located in a strip mall off of 85th. It's a mix of Chinese and Vietnamese food. They offer a Chinese food lunch special of typical stir fries that come with a soup and egg roll. Service is friendly and responsive. However a little annoying when we tried to split the bill (between 2 credit cards) she charged it all to one and told us that the other person can pay next time rather than correcting her error. Best dish was beef chow fun. Has nice chew and smokiness. We also ordered the Vietnamese pork chops with rice dish. It was solid. The Bun Bo Hue was huge with big chunks of meat. Broth lacked flavor and richness. Lunch special of pork with garlic sauce was decent with an egg roll, fried rice, and a soup. Soup was a clear broth and bland. With so many options for Chinese food or Vietnamese food around the Brooklyn Park area, not sure if we'd return. read more

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Great little hidden gem tucked away in a Brooklyn Park strip mall. Easy to find right off 85th and plenty of parking. Inside was clean with plenty of tables and booths. You know a legit asian restaurant when they have a table of just grab and go bahn mi sandwiches, fresh spring roll, drinks and things that I didn't know what they were unless you are vietnamese! Everything looked delicious. Service was excellent and the staff was friendly and helpful with the menu. Family run restaurant that has been open for over 20 years. Order: Garlic chicken wings. Sweet savory glaze that were perfectly fried, crispy and juicy. Beef chow fun. The flavor was tremendous. The flame grilled taste from the scorching hot wok during stir fry mixed with the sauce, noodles and tender beef made each bite cravable. The onions added a nice crunch and texture. Bun bo hue aka the spicy cousin of pho. Delicious meaty broth mixed with tender beef chunks. Add fresh been sprouts and shaved cabbage for a nice texture and crunch. Overall: Great experience. Definitely will be back to try more Vietnamese and Chinese dishes. read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Beef chow fun - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

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If you love beef chow fun this is the place to go. It's a quick mom and pop shop to stop in for some Vietnamese and Chinese food. The chow fun had the perfect balance of noodles, beef and sauce. read more

My go to Vietnamese restaurant! I crave their food when I haven't had it in a while. It's always consistent and the prices are so reasonable especially when everything else in the world has increased in price. My go-tos to try is house fried rice, it has that wok Smokey taste. I love their lo mein - best noodles. This is the stereotype of lo mein noodles. Pho is fantastic - way better in person but ok for take out! Bahn mi is a basic cold sandwich, but a classic nonetheless. Love their fried cakes and oyster wings! My family also loves their orange chicken! read more

The food was okay but to me this place kind felt price for what I got. I did like how the food came out very fast. And the customer service was good. read more

I went to meet my friend for lunch. I used to come to this restaurant for years, but have not been back since we moved. This is one of my family favorite pho restaurant. Just in luck, my friend was craving for pho. Service is always great, I remember the servers there. Restaurant is always clean but busy. Full Vietnamese menu, everything is delicious. read more

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Fast, fresh, and friendly! I visited this place with a couple of coworkers who recommended it when we were in the mood for Vietnamese food. The staff was very kind and helpful, and the food arrived steaming hot and quickly. Honestly, I have no complaints about the prices either. When you first walk in, there's a small market area where you can buy fresh and packaged options to take home as well! read more

Did a quick lunch date at Mandarin in Brooklyn Park! Used to go here frequently years ago and it had been a while. I've always loved their combination plates since you get to try a variety of different dishes with a few extra add ons. Today, we ordered the beef chow fun, fried rice young chow, beef in garlic sauce, and Vietnamese eggrolls. The beef chow fun had a light sauce that coated the noodles and the beef was tender. Unfortunately the eggrolls and fried rice were a miss for me. The eggrolls had an interesting flavor on the inside... I honestly can't even describe it, just didn't taste good? The fried rice had a "charboil" burnt kind of taste that really through the whole dish off. The beef and garlic sauce was okay. Super spicy which I kind of forgot, but overall not a bad dish. I think if you're craving a stir fried dish or pho, this might be your place. The service is always quick so expect to be in and out fast, which is kind of nice. read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

My son and I decided to try somewhere new tonight, and tried this restaurant. We were warmly greeted upon entry and promptly seated. There is seating for around 50 people. It is a quaint restaurant. The menu is huge. The food came quickly and tasted pretty good. The quantities are large enough to fill a big guy like myself. I ordered Seafood Chow Fun. My son ordered the Orange Chicken dinner entree, which also comes with an Egg Role, Fried Rice and Sweet & Sour Chicken. Overall the food was pretty good. We'll come back and try other dishes. read more

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Mandarin is a great Vietnamese spot in the Brooklyn Park area. The service is polite and the fried rice is yummy! The restaurant is the classic, no frills type, but clean and plenty of parking. read more

This is our go to restaurant for our family. Food is always consistent, authentic and good. The kids always choose this place when we ask them where to eat. Best cream cheese won ton C1 rice platter with pork (pork tender) Hong Kong steak (the fries with this dish is so good. Wish they let us do an order of just fries only. Bun Bo Hue Pho overall not bad The headed shrimp is pretty good. My favorite all time dessert is here: D1 Che Thai They do try to provide good service. When you have picky kids and they enjoy a place. You just keep going back. Try out these dishes here read more

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Decided to give this place a try even though it is a little far from what I'm used to for Vietnamese food. Almost mistaken this place for mandarin kitchen when my cousins brought it up but they're totally different. This place has both Vietnamese and Chinese food style dishes. Seems like they might have off menu dishes as well so definitely ask if you don't see it on the menu. They do sell snacks and appetizers on the table by the register as well. Not a lot of Vietnamese restaurants have Nuoc Rau ma or pennyworth drink so I liked that here. A little too much ice. They def could make it more flavorful with my leaf blended in my opinion but it was not bad. 3/5 Entrees: we only ordered Vietnamese food so not sure hot the Chinese food is there. Pho- broth was ok. Nothing out of the ordinary or different. Not the best but not the worst. Meat portion was alright. 3/5. Hieu Tieu - both the seafood and nam vang(ground pork version) has the same broth in my opinion. The only difference is one has seafood and one ground pork. Broth was also mediocre. I had to add some chili sauce for more flavor. A little bland for me but not bad. However, I do like that their Hieu Tieu has glass noodles. Not a lot of places offer that. 3/5 Overall, nothing too special here. If I was in the area and was craving Vietnamese food I would stop by but not somewhere that I would drive to go to since there's are other places around my area with same or a little better food. Also. Seems like it's a new trend but it's one of those restaurants that will charge for credit card fee. Business should stop charging consumers for the fee since we are paying for the service already. Businesses paying for credit card fee is part of having a business. So bring cash or be prepared to pay for the fee. 1/5 The service was not bad. Seems busy and not a lot of help. When we got there, it was not busy but almost all the tables needed cleaning up. Maybe everyone came and left at the same time? read more

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This food was very tasty! I would go back. We ordered the spring rolls, lo mein, and chowfun/pad thai. All vegetarian. It was a relaxed environment and the service was great. read more

Ordered take out for first time from Mandarin Restaurant - order was ready in 25 mins. Eggrolls have a fishy taste and were dripping with grease. General Tsos chicken was a large serving but not a lot of flavor. Wontons were overcooked and so hard you might think you'll break a tooth. Not interested in ever returning here, plenty of other Asian food options in the area. read more

The beef with broccoli smelled like a diaper. (This is just my opinion) Waited 20 minutes for a boba drink I never got.

TERRIBLE FOOD AND CUSTOMER SERVICE! I would give less than one star if I could. I ordered squid and house fried rice. The fried rice was delicious. However the squid was atrocious. The slices were very large and chewy. The batter was half cooked. When I spoke with the manager he told me that this is how they have cooked it for over 20 years. read more

Bad ass customer service Ask for tip because I don't tip them They not even service me on anything . Not even ask for how I feel about my food Bull shit lady and customer service Still get 0 start if this app let me read more

So we finally made it to the famed Mandarin to try their Pho. My family has been curious about this place when they ranked number one for pho in the recent Hmong Pages. Well I'm sad to report that while their pho is great, it did not out do number one on our list, 2 Wives Kitchen in East St. Paul. 2 Wives' broth has more depth of character and flavor than Mandarin. It is very obvious. Mandarin is good, but I would rank them slightly below all the mainstays on Eat Street and Frogtown: Pho Tau Bay, Quang, iPho, and Trieu Chau. The meat was all tasty, but for a large the portion was a little small, and I did have to adjust the broth. On top of the food they were short staffed and only had one server for the whole dining room. They had two bus people, but that was not enough on a Sat night. They really needed three servers. Oh well, I'm sorry to say this place absolutely did not live up to the hype. read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Bun Oc. Spicy Snail soup! - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

The Vietnamese dishes here are pretty good, considering location and all nearby restaurants. They use to have rare beef dish that was delish but it's no longer on the menu. There fried headed shrimp is delish. Also the seafood chow fun with sauce is good! Don't visit the bathroom tho. read more

Menu prices are high but portions are generous. Nothing really bad; just not distinctive inflator. Too many sauces seem too similar.

Mandarin is a fairly decent Vietnamese-Chinese restaurant in the Northwest suburbs. I was surprised to see many patrons waiting in line to be seated in this medium-sized restaurant. The menu was extensive and had a wide variety similar to the competition over on Eat Street. I ordered two dishes: - Mi Kho (dry egg noodles) 4/5 - Che Thai 3/5 I enjoyed the dry egg noodles due to the hearty meat sauce and large noodle portions. However, it tasted a little bland to what I am used to. Nonetheless, it was a good dish. The che thai was a-ok. The core ingredients were there, but the presentation (it was given in a plastic cup) was unappealing and did not have flair. One of my relatives ordered the Bun Bo Hue and was not pleased. She actually complained directly to the waitress assigned to our table as the dish was not authentic and missed key ingredients such as gio heo (pig's feet). Overall, Mandarin is a good Vietnamese restaurant in the suburbs, but would not fare well if it was positioned in the Twin Cities. read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Mi Kho (dry egg noodles) - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Service was horrible, I got yelled at by the young man serving us. All I asked was for a cup of water, and when paying they just ignored me and my family for a good half hour. I tipped 20$ and the worker complained about how my $130 order took so much time and they only got tipped 20. read more

The food is pretty consistent here and it's not overpriced. Pork and shrimp wonton soup and chicken skewers are good. Pay in cash to save 3.5% on your bill. They will charge you extra for paying with a card. read more

The pho was a little too hard when compared to most restaurants that have pho. I ordered the extra large Pho Dac Biet, no seafood. They were very generous with the amount of meat. I was surprised at the amount of meatballs I got. Those were cut in half and I probably got about a total of 5-6 meatballs worth! The broth tastes like mom's cooking, which was a plus! It is not a special broth, but it tastes just like home to me. I rate this pho bowl 7/10. The chicken wings were perfectly cooked. It wasn't too crunchy or too dry. It was smaller than most places but the price of around $5 for 8 pieces was too good to pass up on. 10/10 Overall, I liked their service and waiters. Our food came out quick and the waiters were very attentive and nice. You won't be disappointed and leave full! read more

Mandarin Restaurant - 8pc. Crispy chicken wings - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

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Pho doesn't taste authentic. Quite bland tbh. There are better places out there. Bought an XL bowl of pho to go and they gave me enough broth for their normal bowl. Do they not increase more broth for larger portions? Would not recommend. read more

Food portion was good, taste is ok, service is very good, price fairly reasonable . -1 Star for online posted that it wasn't open till 11am, but the sign on the door said 10am Hopefully they get the other restroom fix soon, just having one restroom for EVERYONE , yeah not a good thing . -1 star The floor was a bit messy due to food crumbs here n there. read more

Food was disappointing order a beef chow fun noodle and got a vegetable stir fry NO noodle so little I can't barely see noodle but vegetable. I have to double check with the server, I been here a few times I know it's definitely doesn't look like that. Probably won't be going back there for lunch! Horrible place and bad service... read more

Me and my family or friends come here often. I love their chicken wings, their pho is also good but definitely not the best in the city.

Mandarin is my go to Vietnamese restaurant in the north west suburbs. If you know what to expect before coming here, you will leave very satisfied. So what can you expect? Cheap and delicious food that will come out fast and very mediocre service. My favorites are the spring rolls, crab noodle soup (bun rieu,) and the vermicelli noodle salad with egg rolls and sautéed pork (bun thit xao cha gio.) I have been here 30+ times and the food is always consistently good. The portions are huge and that alone makes up for the bad service. You will be lucky if your water is refilled and if you need something from the kitchen after your meal arrives, you can forget about it. Conveniently, once you're done, you can pay at the front where you can grab some goodies for home. I like grabbing some banh mi and they have these really great sweet raisin rolls too. read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Vermicelli noodle salad - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

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This is my favorite place to go. I like the dinner special it's a ton of good food for a good price .

they are super nice, great customer service and great food also. love it! they dont make you wait long to get you seated, make sure everything is alright after you got your food, etc. read more

Honestly I keep coming back to this place because they're open until 9pm, when Kim Anh is only open until 8pm. And it's not all that far from my house. I do like their pho. It's good, though by the end of the night the broth has been sweeter than I like because of the onions. Still a very good broth. Every time I'm there, I try to order their vermicelli noodle salad with marinated pork to go...one time I even tried to order it with egg rolls, but they always tell me they're out of marinated pork. Super annoyed. It's like the third time I've asked. I really might just need to stop going here. They have bubble tea (from powder)....so eh. read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Pho dac biet - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Friendly staffs. Quick service. Nice and clean environment. Has a great variety of food ranging from appetizers, pho, entrees, seafood, salads, desserts, bun & more. Everything seriously looks delicious! I love their bun bo hue - the broth always taste so good. I also like to add some hoisin and sirarcha to add extra flavor. Good amount of portion; LOTS of meat. The spring rolls were a little bland, but the sauce is amazing. Add some sirarcha to it to make it taste even better. This place is pretty popular and gets pretty packed around noon. Best time to go there I would say is after 1:30pm. read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Spring rolls - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

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I live in the neighborhood right behind the restaurant, and I've been ordering, and dining in here for the last couple years. Each & every time they've yet to disappoint me! For their prices I'd say that the food you receive is great. read more

2.5 stars. Eh, not the worst pho I've had. Came here because of the reviews and there's not much Pho places to chose from in this area so decided to give this place a try. I ordered the special pho. There was a hint of beef flavor there but for me the broth was still missing something. It lacked depth, I found it to be quite bland, I gave up on drinking the broth after a few sips. Noodles also broke and was unable to get a good amount with my chopsticks. Everyone has their own taste but for me this was a one time visit. Also got some eggrolls which were pretty regular, nothing to special there either. Service is decent, it's not horrible. Clean place. Flavor of the food was just not to my liking but I did just try the pho and eggrolls. Maybe I'll come by again and try one more dish but for sure this is not a go to for Pho for me. read more

Took takeout Mandarin Shrimp. It has hardly any spice, which was disappointing to me.

This is my favorite Asian restaurant in Minneapolis! They have a lots of Vietnamese and Chinese food here! Dont skip dessert!!! Their dessert here is super good! They have Pho, the soup right here is delicious! We can buy some more Vietnamese snacks to go! read more

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This is my go to place for bun Bo hue. No where else makes it even close. The broth is filled with flavor with the perfect spicy touch. This restaurant is also very generous on the broth and meat they put into the beef noodle soup. The beef and pork isn't super chewy like other places, you can actually swallow it here because they actually cook it long enough. If you like bun Bo hue, this place is better than any other restaurant i've had this soup at. The pho here is actually pretty good too, it's definately one of my top places to go for pho because the broth is good. I really like their desert selections as well, all of my favorite authentic Vietnamese desserts behind a glass door. The food here is great, you know they work hard to please your taste buds here. Service can be a hit or a miss though. read more

Mandarin Restaurant - Bun Bo hue, with bean sprouts and lettuce on top - Chinese Near Me - Brooklyn Park, Minnesota