This is a decent place in the area to satisfy your Chinese food cravings, especially if you're…read morecraving soup dumplings. For anyone familiar with Chinese soup dumplings, you know the best ones are made fresh to order right in front of you. But let's be realistic--if a restaurant did that here, the price per serving would probably double just to cover the high cost of rent and labor. With that in mind, I'm actually very pleased with the quality of food they offer at the price point. Besides the pork soup dumplings, I highly recommend the green beans with garlic. They're well made and flavorful. I also ordered the minced pork noodles with cucumber slices, and everything was very tasty. I came here with my daughter around 1:00 p.m. on a weekday, and it was pretty quiet. We were seated right away and really enjoyed the relaxed dining atmosphere. The server/owner was warm, friendly, and very helpful. I'd definitely come back whenever another Chinese soup dumpling craving hits!

This is a great place to satisfy your Chinese food cravings. We came on a Sunday for lunch, found…read moreplenty of parking, and were seated quickly despite the restaurant being busy. The servers were attentive and efficient, bringing out each dish promptly. We ordered the xiao long bao, bok choy, string beans, and minced pork noodles. I originally came here after seeing a TikTok comparing it to Din Tai Fung. While not everything was exactly the same, they offered their own unique take on some of the dishes. The food was flavorful, the service was excellent, and we left full and satisfied. I'd definitely come back to try more items on the menu.

Best chinese food ever! The lady Kim was so kind and sweet and welcoming! I really enjoyed my meal…read moreand my time there! Highly recommend !!!

I have come to this wonderful place since I was a child. Having not lived in socal in so many years…read moreand being able to experience it not change makes me so happy!! Absolutely the kindest owners. Walking in, you are greeted like family with so much warmth. They are total gems and the food is equally the same. This is healthy AND delicious! I love that this is not your "average" take out Chinese. It is a fantastic selection of delicious and thoughtfully made cuisine. If you are in the Agoura area and looking for something delicious and unique give this place a try, it is a must. It is not often you get to enjoy food that is made with so much love

Love Mandarin Bistro. Amazing food. Great people who work there. Today they were running a bit…read morebehind and they were super apologetic. No biggie - patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you had in mind. I had to write a review because I knew one particular person was going to tarnish them because they didn't have that patience. As I suspected, he did. See the other review entry for today. It's definitely him. Let me share with you the chain of events I witnessed that allowed me to connect the dots so I can likely assume was him. With us other patrons waiting so patiently, because again, the manager was sharing with us how they were looking and was super apologetic. One can only tell you 10-15 mins but hey I knew I wasn't the only one there. Except for this guy who believed he was the only patron and should have been waited on hand and foot. He says 45 mins. I call BS. I was there. At the end of it all, he and his party walked out because 10-15 mins in a restaurant with patrons eating in and taking out was "too long." Thank goodness. Plus his attitude to some of the patrons was gross. The cherry on top was he was honking his horn to Mandarin Bistro for some reason as he was driving away. Um ok? In conclusion to that fool, YOU want private dining, stay your ass at home. For the rest of the Yelpers, if you want amazing chinese food while supporting small business in Newbury Park, I highly recommend Mandarin Bistro with utmost enthusiasm!

Over a decade after I first started coming here and yep, Mandarin Bistro is still the best Chinese…read morerestaurant in Ventura County, and one that I will happily go out of my way to eat at in spite of plenty of options closer to the freeway. It offers authentic Chinese food options instead of the mall-food sweet and sour chicken you can find anywhere else. Despite the extremely large menu, I haven't tried a bad item on the menu here (the staff recommends the basil chicken, and I second their recommendation, plus the hot and crispy shrimp). They also offer a few dim sum options as appetizers. The beef is extremely tender, the steamed fish is delicious, and they offer large portions. Even when in a large group, we usually have plenty of leftovers. Limited indoor seating, with what seems to be a bustling takeout counter, but they also offer outdoor seating for warm nights.

Great fast service and pipping hot food!…read more Tried the spicy fried chicken and it had a little kick and tasted great!

This hidden gem is a great place for authentic Chinese food! They are very helpful and will go out…read moreof their way to accommodate requests; unless it's almost closing so be aware and respectful. They have a full Chinese menu of most everything you could want, and if it's not on the menu I'm betting they can make it. I love stopping in for a quick to-go order from their steamer trays that always contain a fresh, delicious selection of favorites! (I highly recommend the fish!) And the value for the serving sizes is terrific. A 3-item plate might be too much food for some! It's a small place so don't bring the family expecting a sit-down experience. There's a few tables but this is the place to go to get delicious, hot Chinese food to-go and take home!

It been about a year since we last stopped by, since we live about 3 hours away. As always, this…read moreplace leaves us highly satisfied and feeling like we're really cared for. The food is absolutely delicious, the staff is so caring and friendly, and the atmosphere is very chill. It seems that there is currently some outside remodeling going on, but the restaurant is still open. My husband ordered the red curry with chicken. We agreed that it was delicious. I ordered the Thai Chow Mein and would have definitely asked for another order if I hadn't eaten a whole order of Fresh Rolls by myself lol (I was starving and they came out first, these were only okay in my opinion)! We ordered Sa-te chicken for my toddler, but she was being a little picky today. One of the servers attempted to bribe her to eat her food by promising her a scoop of ice cream. That motivated her to try again, but ultimately she didn't like the chicken. We thought it was delicious though. She still got her ice cream. We were sad to see that our favorite server wasn't working today, but we were still happy with our visit! We always make it a priority to stop by this restaurant anytime we are traveling somewhere near by.

I go here all the time for special events. They have many seating options for large or small…read moregroups. When I went for dinner there were very few people there. The service is friendly and our waiter was energetic. Ordering was smooth. They did forget to make my Thai tea but it was fine when I reminded the server. Their food is always really good. They have like the best shrimp ever there. Their garlic almond shrimp, basil tofu, and basil fish are my favorites. The texture and taste are perfect. This time I decided to try the Popeye tofu and it was good, but I still like the basil tofu more. I definitely recommend anyone to come over if they like Thai food or just want to try something new!

Very clean been going their for years! Great Chinese! Nice ambience inside. They delivery and…read morelunch specials. Great service.

We have been meaning to try this little hole in the wall for a while now. My family loves Chinese…read morefood so we decided to give it a go. There was only one other customer in the restaurant when we arrived. We had exceptionable service from the moment we walked in. The place was very clean and quiet and we were treated like royalty. We ordered the combination fried rice and the Kung pow chicken which came with a side of white rice. We also ordered the pu pu platter which my kid loved and it all tasted great! Fancy! The food all tasted amazing. The Kung pao wasn't super spicy which I prefer but my partner would've liked it to be spicier. All in all, we enjoyed our meal and would stop by again.

This is my goto spot for Chinese food. There was no line and we got a seat quickly. The service was…read morenice. This time I decided to try the hot and sour soup (酸辣汤). I was quite surprised that the soup was kind of watery with not many toppings as how I usually have. We talked to the waiter about it and he said that was the way they usually cook it. But he took our suggestion and said he would talk to the chef about it. Other than the hot and sour soup the rest of their food was tasty as usual. I got the triple choice platter and spicy fried fish and they were really good. The triple platter has a lot of meat which was nice. The ambiance was nice and it was not that crowded for dinner.

Staff was very friendly and the food we ordered online was ready when we arrived for our pick up…read moreorder. Online, they accommodated many requests by listed ingredients for their dishes... That appeared on our receipt as well. The restaurant looked clean and inviting, but we didn't eat in. The food was well packed, but I truthfully enjoy more sauce on my food. We had General Tso's chicken - tasty, but dry. The green beans were my favorite part of the meal. The noodles and rice were good, but not outstanding.

I thoroughly recommend this cafe especially the spicy duck it is absolutely outstanding.read more

I have no review of the food. This is strictly the experience…read more At 9:05 on a fri night, I walked in hoping to get some takeout since they close at 930. I was given a menu then after 30 seconds told the kitchen is closed and they won't serve any food, despite advertising as being open another 25 minutes. I have an idea-if you advertise as being open till 930, that means you make and serve food up till 930. That doesn't mean you close the kitchen at 9. That's false advertising.