Mandarin House Restaurant

I was looking for an old favorite, the tunnel Bar-​B-​Que that we found, but it was closed :-(So we randomly chose this restaurant. It was clean and we had Excellent service — but we were the only one’s in the restaurant, the entire time we dined her. So for an hour, we were waited on by a very nice waitress. So other than the one other person that came in for a carry-​out, we were alone. We decided on the dinner for two, since it was recommended. The Won Ton soup was very bland, the spring roll was very small and tasteless, The other three dishes were very good. Geneal Tso Chicken. We ordered it medium, but it tasted like it had almost no spice. The mushroom rice and the beef dish were tasty. Clean place. If you go, order ala cart and skip the soup and appetizers.

I came here today with my boyfriend and we decided to because we’ve always passed by but never entered.
It was about 8PM when we got there and we were the only customers. I had to use the bathroom and I was instructed to grab a key so I did. I went down a flight of stairs into an although lit part of the basement, it was scary as hell. Anyway.
Their dinner combo for one is probably the most expensive I’ve seen among other Chinese restaurants. It’s about $ 10.95 for one special combination (ex. Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls) and it comes with rice, soup, and a spring roll. Other restaurants have a combination plate for that much with a double combo (ex. Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls & Sweet and Sour Shrimp) with chicken/​mushroom fried rice, soup of your choice, and an egg roll for about the same price (give or take a couple cents).
ALTHOUGH! Kudos to them during 11AM — 4PM for a rough $ 6.50 meals that come with rice. So I’d swing by to try that out next time (maybe).
I ordered R10. Fried Rice with Chicken, Beef, or B.B.Q. pork and I chose chicken. This was $ 6.50. I also ordered two spring rolls (cabbage, beansprouts and chicken) that were $ 1.49 each.
While we waited, the waitress brought over our «plum» sauce. I use quotations because it was very questionable. It came in a obviously dirty saucer? (sauce pour thing, idk what’s it’s called). The opening had white stains and you could see clumps of plum sauce near the inside top. It was disgusting. Plus it was watery. The cutlery was a hit or miss. Mine were clean but I inspected them because I guessed if they couldn’t clean a plum sauce container I should probably watch out for the silverware. My boyfriend’s cutlery were dirty.
What gives this place one star were the spring rolls. I was very happy that they were so good. I haven’t had a spring roll in a while that had meat and veggies in it because most Chinese restaurants do one or the other.
What gives this place two more stars was the rice. Some people might mistake it as a burnt or char-​coaled type of smell but I found it homey. It was delicious. I absolutely inhaled it. My boyfriend didn’t like the fact it smelled eggy and burnt. But I LOVED it. It’s a lot better than most Asian restaurants’ rice.
Your bill will include the tip so just be aware of that.

Been coming here for 20+ years, since they moved from the University area on Wyandotte years ago, to downtown. Chef is great, wife is wonderful. Food is great and consistent always. Hot and Sour soup is awesome, dumplings, spring rolls fresh… just the best Chinese in the area.

I’m from Montréal and have lived in Ottawa for a few years, so my standards for Chinese food are pretty high. I have to eat out a lot for work, so when Mandarin House was suggested, I was open to the idea but tried not to have high hopes.
The place itself looks pretty standard for a Chinese-​Canadian restaurant with big round tables. The menu is also pretty standard, offering staples like sweet and sour chicken/​meat/​whatever, general Tso chicken and tofu and fried rice. It was nice that they had vegetarian options listed on the menu. I hate having to communicate that kind of stuff to a confused, blank face.
I order the garlic eggplant off the lunch menu. For 8 $, with tax, I got a soup, rice and an entrée. I went with the hot and sour soup, which I did not enjoy. There was a LOT of cornstarch in it, and it was more of a gelatin than a soup. The garlic eggplant was okay, but definitely amongst the better that I’ve had.
There’s nothing WRONG with Mandarin House, I’m just not in a hurry to go back.

We tried this place after having numerous bad experiences at The Flying Tiger, and we definitely don’t regret ordering from here. The food was hot, fresh, and very tasty. We ordered chicken fried rice with our order and it was surprisingly moist, unlike the little dried out pellets you get from most other places. We also had ordered the sweet and sour chicken with pineapple, it was delicious, so good in fact that even our daughter pigged out on it and she usually refuses to eat it.
If you’re looking for good food at a good price then this is the place to order. The delivery is a bit slower than other places, but i assume that’s because they aren’t just sending you the slop that’s been sitting there like some of the other places we have ordered from.

I’ve been coming here since 1992 or 93… basically 20 years! This is by FAR the best Chinese restaurant in Windsor… and Detroit. I live in the Detroit area and drive 35 minutes to the border, then pay to cross and maybe deal with traffic crossing. But it is SOOOOOOOOOO worth it!!! Not only is this place the best in Windsor, its one of my favorite restaurants of all time! I’ve traveled to Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, etc, but never found a Chinese place that matched this one. The wonton soup rocks! My wife and I order something different each time, and have yet to be disappointed. So many places serve soggy veggies, I can’t stand that. Mandarin House serves crisp veggies. If your from Detroit, pay the toll and give this place a try! I’ll be there this Saturday night.

I have been coming to Mandarin House for years. My boyfriend and his family are Chinese and they swear by this place. That’s gotta say something. The portions aren’t TOO large, everyone I go with (even my grandma) can finish their plate while there, but you also don’t leave feeling like you need to be rolled back across the bridge to Detroit.
The Wanton soup is great, you can tell the wantons are hand-​made and they have a really great flavor to them, definitely the best that I have ever had. The spring rolls are also very good, very fresh, but a bit pricey. $ 1.39 for 1! But they are worth it. I always order the Crispy Beef which are deep fried pieces of beef with a General Tsao’s sauce. My boyfriend always ordered the Beef with baby bok choy. He LOVES it. He begs his parents to bring it back for him when they visit there. My grandma is from germany and this was her first Chinese food experience in her life, she ordered the Pineapple Chicken and practically licked her plate afterward. You have an option of getting white or fried rice, both are great but the fried rice has mushrooms in it.
I definitely recommend going here, it seems to make everyone happy :) It’s worth a shot! Next time I want to try the stir fried green beans with pork.

Inexpensive yet okay Chinese food. I went for the seafood basket which was a bit heavy with shrimp but okay overall. I would not go out of the way for eating here.