I considered stopping for the night, in Holbrook, but I wasn't as tired as I thought I was, so I planned to have dinner, instead. I had previously looked up hotels and saw that Mandarin Beauty was recommended by someone. I love Asian food, so I decided to give it a try. Pulling up, I wasn't sure it was the right place. For some reason, the front reminded me of a Mexican place. Walking in, there was an adorable older woman seated at a table. I asked for a table for one and she just smiled. A pretty younger lady came out of the kitchen and indicated I could sit wherever. I was the only customer in the restaurant, late afternoon, on a Sunday. The menu was larger than I had anticipated. Many of the dishes were likely popular with American tastes. I didn't want anything too heavy, so I opted for a chicken rice noodle dish and some hot tea. I went to the restroom to wash my hands. The bathroom, like the rest of the restaurant, needs some help. It was clean, but a refresh would go far. Near the bathrooms and kitchen, there is a buffet station. It was larger than I expected. (Buffet is not available at dinner.) When I got back to my table, the tea and food were waiting for me. The portion size was bigger than I expected. The rice noodles were cooked just right, not overcooked. There were far more vegetables than I expected, which was a welcomed surprise. The chicken was tender, flavorful, and plentiful. I enjoyed every bite. I went to the pay and the total was a little less than $20. I only had two 20s, so I gave the pretty lady a $20 and asked for change, wanting to pay the bill with my other 20. She gave me the difference from the price of the bill and the 20. I giggled and gave her the other 20 and asked for change. Then, she realized what I was asking. Unfortunately, it seems that business had been slow, because I got a $5 and a bunch of dollar bills. I left the change from the bill and a nice tip. As I was leaving a truck pulled up. I hope they got some more customers that evening. I plan on returning on my next trip through! read more

We got take out while stopping in town for the night. It took a while to get the food but the staff were friendly and it came out fresh and hot. It was worth the wait. Our only issue was that my wife ordered the Mongolian beef, which is her got to everywhere. It was so spicy hot none of us could eat it. Looking at pics by others who reviewed this place I think we may have gotten the wrong item. Between the rest of us there was still plenty of food to go around so we were all full and happy in the end. read more

Decided to try this place out. Mongolian beef was amazing one of the best i have tried in Arizona. Definitely deserves another trip. read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - Mongolian beef and steemed rice. - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

We were told by the hotel staff that the food was very good and they were not wrong. We really enjoyed our meal, pan fried dumplings, hot and sour soup (HOT), ham fried rice and Szechuan beef. Every thing was very good. read more

Stopped here after a long day at the national park & not tons of options in Holbrook. However, this did not disappoint! The inside was fairly underwhelming but about what I expected. The service was a bit slow but it felt like maybe they were short staffed this evening. The food was SO fresh and tasty! A great option in town when you need a tasty, hot meal. They were super nice too. read more

Good food and great service! We called to get take out and it was ready in ten minutes. Food was hot and pretty good. We got the meal for two and it was plenty to split between 3 people with extra leftovers. Had the chicken chow main which was good but different then most chow meins, instead of your typical pan fried noodle it was in a creamier sauce but still tasty. The sweet and sour pork was average, not much meat but it was okay. Probably would pay the extra charge to get another entree instead. Egg rolls were yummy and came with sweet and sour sauce. Fried rice and egg drop soup was pretty standard but still good with the meal. Definitely a good option if you're looking for a meal in Holbrook! read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - Chicken chow mein, egg roll, sweet and sour pork, fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

If you can appreciate Chinese food from the east coast, then you will like maybe even love this food! So fresh! Best I've had in years!

Fresh food and quick service! I got the Lovers with chicken it came out delicious. My boyfriend got the green pepper chicken and judging by how he licked his plate clean, it seemed like he liked it. Good sake too. Service was quick. Would drop by again for sure! read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

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I stopped by here for takeout during my road trip. The cashier, who seemed to be the owner, was very welcoming. The inside was very quiet and appeared to be not clean as a typical old Chinese restaurant. There are a lot of menus to choose from. Entrees were around $11.99~$16.99. There's no picture on the menu, so it took some effort to decide what to order. I ordered Garlic Beef and Kung Pao Chicken. The flavors were delicious, and the vegetables were fresh. I like vegetables more than meat, but I wish there's more meat. If you don't eat vegetables, I think there's not so much you can eat. Every entree comes with rice, a lot of rice. It was like half rice and half entree. For the price, I thought it was good. I think I can try this place again if I get to pass through Route 66 and crave Chinese food. read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - Kung Pao Chicken/Veggies - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

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Bam! Big city food in a little ass town. We had the Kung Pao chicken and it was dynamite read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

The lomein was made with spaghetti noodles we hated it would not recommend this place

We stopped at this restaurant during our road-trip thru Route 66 and Petrified Wood National Forest. A very low key, no frill, hole in a wall place. We kept our expectation low. We ordered a chicken corn egg drop soup and house special fried rice. The server was a lone worker tonight but she was quick and polite. We couldn't find any chicken or corns in our soup, only slurry of eggs. BUT it tasted really good! I don't mind if they change an extra $2-3 dollars and add an actual chicken bits and corns. The fried rice.... OH MAN, I judge my Chinese restaurants by how good their fried rice is. This one take the cake!! The house special fried rice is one of the best I've eaten ever! It has the wok "hay", umami /smokey flavor to it. Good ratio between eggs, bbq pork and 2 good size shrimp. Too bad, i have to share with my hubby. :) If i can come back, I'll definitely have to try their other staples. I'm sad, this restaurant isn't in my neighborhood. A lot of people may never experience how good this place is. So sad. read more

The overall rating for this restaurant isn't great, but if you sort the reviews by date, everything from the last year is very positive! So I took a chance and came here for lunner (lunch/dinner) and I'm glad I did. The food wasn't knock your socks off delicious, but it was very solid. On of my biggest gripes about Asian restaurants is crunchy rice. Some otherwise very good places often bomb the rice. But the rice here was properly cooked and tasty! I got a shrimp dish with a white sauce and veggies and the flavor was mild but pleasant. It was nice to have some food with actual vegetables in it! And there were plenty of tofu options for the vegetarians or vegans. Some reviews complain about the ambience. I was getting takeout so I didn't care, but I also found the location perfectly unobjectionable. In short, this is a good place to get a meal if you're in town. read more

This does not even deserve one star. It was disgusting. Tasted old and stale. And on top of that zero flavor.

Like most of you reading this now, I was on the road and found this place on my way to California. I looked at the reviews to make sure it's worth stopping. Don't be fooled by the low amount of stars. The food was really good, and tastes like it was cooked to order. Everything is crunchy and fresh, not soggy. Bathrooms are a bit dark and gloomy but clean. I do recommend eating here, very good food. read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - two plates of food on a table - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

The food is ok. You can tell the meat is low quality because it's got cartridge in it every now and again. I got the lo mian and it's really greasy. I've never had greasy lo mian before especially not chicken. The dumplings were pan fried and really dry. They tasted bland too. Everything is a bit bland. The staff was really nice. The delivery boy was cute and very polite. Obviously new or tired. Almost mixed up the receipts. There is a lot of food so that's good. They definitely expect you to share. I got three forks three spoons and three cookies for my food but only six soy sauce packets? So I don't know what's up with that. read more

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We both enjoyed our food and the delivery was quick and efficient and hot! We got way too much food, but we're starving after being on the road all day. We ordered two egg rolls (very good) the shrimp appetizer (nice and crispy, but a little dry) hot and sour soup(yummy) and then Kung pao chicken and moo shu pork( both delicious). I was glad it was good, since it was the only delivery in town, but we were very pleased! read more

The restaurant may be a small business but has the most wonderful food my taste buds and just tingling thinking about how good the food is and Love the how its always fresh off the stove. The service is very good always asking if your satisfaction is at its best. The peaceful atmosphere feels so calm. with getting straight to the point I would recommend eating here in or on take out. read more

The food was very substandard. Asian and we had the worst sweet and sour pork i've ever tasted. I just hate to give a rest on only 2 stars. But that's what it was we all agreed. If you pull up to a restaurant on a Friday night and there's only 2 cars There, There's a reason. read more

Cleanliness in restaurant was nice, but unfortunately the quality in food was missing. Fried rice was hard to chew, and after ordering the beef and broccoli, the meat did not seem fresh at all. The color and texture was very off. There was a long wait for the food, as there was only one lady working the whole front of the restaurant. She was kind to take our dissatisfied meal off though which we appreciated. read more

The overall experience is bad. We (4 people) went in around 6pm and got a table immediately. About 20 minutes later a waitress came and offered water and tea. Then she got our orders. About 50 minutes later we got out food. There are only about 4-5 tables in the entire restaurant, We did not know why it took them so long to cook 3 dishes, probably it takes a regular restaurant 10 minutes to do. The food is ok in taste, cheap in price. Obviously there are some management problem in the lobby and the kitchen. The waitress is rude in attitude, the kitchen is much less in efficiency. read more

Decided to Grab some take out after a very long day of driving - to tired to go anywhere else. I ordered my "go-to" schezwan chicken. Hubby got his usual Gen. Tso. I order this all the time - so I know it's a spicy dish- and I'm southern, so I like heat. To be fair, It says on their menu "spicy", as it does in every other Chinese menu. But this food was so spicy that I could barely eat any of it. The veg seemed fresh and I think it would have been really good if it hadn't been so over the top HOT AF. I probably would have been ok if I'd ordered something else - but instead I went to bed hungry. Sorry guys :( read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - Way way too spicy. This is how much I DIDNT eat. :( - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

Yuck yuck yuck. Was making a long drive and stopped in this small town off the 40. It looked like there were cars out front and I didn't feel like eating a burger, so I figured, how bad could Americanized Chinese food be? Ughh I was so wrong! We had the dinner for 2, it came with egg drop soup--cornstarch thick mess; chicken chow mein--canned fried noodles and goopy cabbage and bean sprouts; burnt fried rice; and the sweet n sour pork was ok. Oh almost forgot about the stale fried wonton and the inedible egg rolls. The people were nice enough, food didn't come out so fast that I knew it was microwaved, but it definitely was. SKIP IT. read more

Disappointing lunch buffet, very limited selection and the worst hot & sour soup I've ever had (only flavors were pepper & cornstarch). Price was on par with other buffets in AZ but the food wasn't worth it. Restaurant was clean, staff was attentive, but don't bother with the buffet. read more

Probably the best food in town. Staff is always cordial and helpful. Plus they deliver sometimes. :)

This place gets a bad rating from some people for some reason.... I personally thought it was very good. The food was great flavorful and more authentic than take out style Chinese restaurants. I knock one star off because there were flys in the dining area, possibly due to the front door not having an automatic close on it. Other than that the staff was great, and the food was tasty! $8.50-9.50 per meal on average. read more

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The restaurant is near the Petrified Forest National Park. We went to the restaurant and got a wonderful lunch buffet. The sweet and sour sauce of the orange beef is amazing and so delicious. All the dishes are so impressive that we decided to have dinner there again. Really recommended. read more

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It's standard Americanized Chinese food, but it's REALLY TASTY standard Americanized Chinese food. I had the buffet, which, even at the end of lunchtime, was hot & generous. Friendly staff, nice & quiet. read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - Buffet lunch - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

We were a bit hesitant to eat here based on the reviews, but we decided to try it anyway because there wasn't much to eat in Holbrook. Though we were the only ones in the restaurant, the food was outstanding and the service was excellent. Everything was freshly prepared and the food was delicious! Furthermore, the vegetables in the veggie delight were crunchy, satisfying, and amazing. Plus the general tso's chicken was superb. It was hot, crispy, and the sauce was very flavorful. Nevertheless, while the drinks didn't taste the best, the food was great. I would recommend this place to anyone looking for something quick to eat. read more

Mandarin Beauty Restaurant - Veggie delight with rice - Chinese Near Me - Holbrook, Arizona

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We ordered a lot of dishes & there wasn't really even one that was edible. The lo main was spaghetti noodles, the veggies fried rice has celery... and like every vegetable under the sun... just cause it's a vegetable doesn't mean it all goes together- read more

Surprisingly good Chinese food, especially since it's in a tiny town in the middle of Arizona. The flavors were delicious and the vegetables were fresh and bright. I'm glad we over-ordered because I'm looking forward to leftovers! read more

Wasn't expecting great food in Holbrook, AZ but this place is amazing! Food was ready for pickup on time, reasonably priced and so good! I got the chicken curry and I would buy it again in a heartbeat. This place truly is phenomenal! If I ever come to Holbrook again, this will be the only place I go to eat! read more

I am in Holbrook for work and decided to give this place a try. The Corona virus has the dining room closed so I had to get my order to go. I got chicken lo mein and wow it was really good. It came with egg drop soup and an egg roll. I thoroughly enjoyed everything. You wouldn't think you'd get Chinese this good in a small town like Holbrook but you can. The only reason I didn't give in 5 stars is because its run down inside and outside. read more

We love their food. Mu shu is great! Cashew chicken is very good. Sweet and sour chicken, very good. The only thing I don't care for is their egg rolls, everything else is very good. read more

We came in at 2pm and decided to skip the buffet and went for the menu. The waitress showed us the Chinese menu and we promptly ordered 3 items off this menu. We ordered a pork noodle soup, Napa cabbage + chicken, and a spicy pickled vegetable steamed fish. All three were wonderfully prepared and authentic. read more

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We were traveling through on 40, staying overnight in a hotel and ordered delivery from from one of the restaurants listed in the rooms and offering a discount for folks staying at the hotel. Turns out they do not anymore. They do get one star for delivery, otherwise their food is "old", could be a week old. The Mongolian beef had actually started to turn and after one bite no more eaten. My advice would be to not trust the food here as safe and find another place. read more

I was very hesitant on trying this place after some former neighbors told us that the food was disgusting. That's because she doesn't season her food and she swears that she is a good cook. Anyway, The restaurant was very clean, they have two big screen TVs. The food was very good! I had shrimp fried rice and two egg rolls. The customer service was excellent. I was the only one in the restaurant at the time. I enjoyed it. I would definitely go back during their lunch buffet. read more

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Our church bus tour stayed at Holbrook for one night before heading back to San Jose. I called the owner, Kevin, and asked if he can cater a fixed menu for our group of 97 people with buffet style After going back and forth choosing the menu, and agreed to the price, we arrived to the restaurant 1. Beef chow mein is no where to be seen. 2. Vegetarian chow mein is no where to be seen. They replaced with some terrible old vegetables stir fried (or something like that). They didn't refill the food. We were so tired and hungry. We had no choice to go anywhere else. I feel they tricked us. It was a terrible experience. They charged us an extra of 15% charge because we arrived late, which is understandable. However, they charged that 15% AFTER the tax and tip amount. I didn't realize until I came back to the hotel, which is too late. read more

Fast, pretty good food, nice waiter....not much more to say. Don't expect fine dining but it's good food

This is a family owned diamond in the rough of Holbrook. I come to this restaurant for its lunch buffet every chance I can get, and if I'm feeling particularly fancy (I don't usually eat out a lot) I'll go for dinner any time of the week. For the lunch buffet, it's cheap, has great food, and they maintain enough of a regular crowd to keep the buffet stocked. If you show up at 11, they'll probably still be making food, so aim for closer to noon. Their egg rolls are a bit greasy for my liking, but everything else meets chinese food expectations and you can't beat the price, free WiFi, and cable access. I also really love the sweet older woman who usually works at the front. read more