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    Mandarin Cuisine

    3.7 (166 reviews)
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    Closed 11:30 am - 9:30 pm

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    Dogs allowed

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    131. Beef Chow Foon lunch special.
    Alex K.

    I went in recently to this needham long time staple and it's as I remember it. Food was tasty and service was attentive and good. I love the fish tank; the atmosphere is nice. The lunch special was good. Crab Rangoon was delicious, disappointed it only came with one. Egg drop soup was nice as well.

    This picture doesn't do the decor justice.  This restaurant is very beautiful
    Mollie M.

    If you aren't super careful you will drive past this restaurant...don't do that. It is set waay back from the road to accomodate your parking needs, so keep an eye out so you can pull into the correct parking lot and not miss out. When you go in the entry way you are greeted by multiple collages of photos of their regulars. This is a well loved and long laying restaurant The inside of the restaurant is really gorgeous. Colorful walls, fish tank, gorgeous lamps. The food was solid. I got a chicken with broccoli. There was a great looking list of cocktails but we weren't in the position to partake that day. Would definitely return.

    Scallion Pan Cake
    Winter B.

    My family got Mandarin cuisine on Christmas this year. It was ready on time and not a long wait despite being such a popular time to order Chinese. I enjoyed everything we got except the scallion pancakes. I wouldn't recommend ordering those.

    Boneless ribs appetizer
    Jay M.

    Well, stopped in for lunch . Haven't been there in awhile . I ordered a boneless spare rib appetizer and the lunch special Beef Chow Foon. No soup with lunch specials, no tea Asked the waiter if I could get Beef Chow Foon with garlic...he told me to order the garlic shrimp special then? The boneless ribs arrived with abundant pile but in bottom were all dry over cooked or reheated ones that were inedible . The others were fatty and I had to cut out fat as shown in pic of the pile of fat... Beef Chow Foon noodles were good , but bland taste and needed garlic or any spice. I enjoy the fish tank there but I don't see myself returning to view the fish.

    Alexandra A.

    The food taste fresh . The food is tasty . The staff is always friendly. The vibe is welcoming and warm .

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    John M.

    Amazing restaurant right outside Boston near Boston College. The staff was just awesome and so was the service. The hit and sour soup was some of the best I ever had. The Salmon dish was awesome and when I asked for some brown sauce it made it even better. The same can be said for the black pepper shrimp. This was authentic Chinese cuisine and it was recommended by the hotel clerk and he was right it is the best. The place actually looks like a Mandarin garden. Loved it! If you are ever in Boston, Massachusetts you need to find this little gem! The ambiance and decor was very nice.

    Dining room & fun decor!
    Rich P.

    YUM!!! I come here often. Never disappointed. I often have the steamed cod with ginger and garlic DEEEE-LISH. Always cheerful servers. Fun decor, as if they're art students!

    115. Shrimp Fried Rice

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    Really like this place, best Chinese food that I've had in a long time. Fast delivery too.

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    This place is weird. The food isn't great to say the list, and the whole experience wasn't great.

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    14 years ago

    Excellent Food, personal favorite combination dishes: shrimp fried rice with honey glazed chicken.... Gets better with every visit.....

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    12 years ago

    The best in metro west. Our Chinese restaurant of choice for 25 years!

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    Ding’s Kitchen

    Ding’s Kitchen

    4.2
    (171 reviews)
    2.3 mi

    I call my Mom Grandma Ding because she's a little ditzy. And she likes to tag along on family…read moreoutings like a dinghy attached to a bigger boat, sometimes in front, sometimes in the wake, so when we found this place on Yelp it was fate. We came for a family dinner and of course Grandma Ding was with us in her wheelchair. We only smashed into a few chairs in the big, crowded dining room. And fortunately other customers were understanding while the staff was helpful and accommodating. The small, curious child running around the dining room without parental supervision didn't get hurt when I ran him over. The menu was huge so it took a long time to order with Grandma asking questions about every item. I could see that the waitstaff was used to quick orders and rapid food delivery to the table, but the waiter remained kind and patient. He also repeated his answers loudly when she couldn't understand his English and because she didn't have her hearing aides turned up. We finally ordered a giant wonton soup, eggplant with garlic sauce, a shrimp dish, and orange chicken; all to share. Everything was fresh, hot, tasty and delicious. Grandma Ding did have to ask for the soup to be heated up because she likes it to be scalding. The dining room is worn and dishes were flying in and out as items were served and cleared. It's definitely a place for family meals, not one for an engagement proposal or romance. Perfect for our evening. Portions are generous and prices competitive with other restaurants in the area. Parking on the street is the only difficulty, particularly when you have a nonagenarian to get into the restaurant. We will definitely be back.

    One of my favorite restaurants in Newton!! Everything we ate last night was delicious…read more We ordered the: -Chicken fish maw hotpot: this was so delicious. The soup was so rich and fragrant. I will definitely come back for this. Almost every table last night ordered hot pot. -Dried Scallop and Egg white fried rice: I order this whenever I see it on the menu but Ding's makes this soooo well. It has the amazing smoky wok flavor. -Surf clam on vermicelli: so fresh, so delicious. I will definitely be coming back to try more of their dishes. The service was great, super fast and attentive. The restaurant was clean and bright.

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    Full bar and plenty of seating
    Full bar and plenty of seating
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    King Crab - steamed with minced garlic sauce
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    Dumpling House

    Dumpling House

    3.4
    (184 reviews)
    2.0 mi
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    Well , I was in the mood for some dumplings. I stopped in at…read morelunchtime ... place was hotter than Haiti . I assume a/c wasn't working and 99 degree day. Even the cook brought out a fan to cool his table as staff had their lunch. At least he was cooled done a bit while sweated like steer. Well , was committed ; so too late to convert to a take out meal in my Lamborghini or someone's else's. I ordered the ribs on spinach, pork egg rice, spinach and egg dumplings pan fried . The ribs were tender, actually very good in a flavorful sauce. The spinach in the sauce excellent ... I needed a lot more spinach. The egg pork rice was freshly prepared and was very good . The spinach egg dumplings were a first time for me type experience and these were excellent... pan seared perfect fresh tasting... these would be good for breakfast with a breakfast maple sauce on a waffle and bowl of fruit...or a spinach smoothie. My ice water melted from the heat . My dumplings would have steamed themselves in the heat. This visit was much improved since a prior visit months back. Ribs were beyond my expectations. Service was fast. I wanted soup and a side app included in the lunch special. I have been to their Cambridge location and that is excellent .

    I was up in the area and I was hungry and I thought this place looked pretty nice from the outside…read more I did try opening the door and I almost thought it was locked. The front door was very hard to open went inside. They had a really nice clean seating area . Everything was pre-done so plates and silverware. We're already on tables done ahead of time. Not sure if that's good or bad depends on how long they sit out in the open I would've liked to have ordered something that had all a complete meal together, but I missed the luncheon Specials which made or forced me to order separately. It came out very quickly all packaged in the bag cause I was taking out and I paid and when I paid, I almost passed out with the price. I'll add the slip to the review out of the entire meal. I had the crab Rangoon when I was in my car cause I was hungry. I didn't feel like staying at the restaurant the crab Rangoon were excellent waited till I got home for the entire rest of the meal. Add a whole container of pork fried rice started to have a little bit on that one and I didn't find any pork in it, but I did have some vegetable stuff in it so that was kinda OK but it'd be nice to have pork unless it's at the bottom, I haven't gotten that far The general Gau's chicken was very rubbery and it all stuck together as one clump in my takeout not sure if it would've been any better eating in the restaurant but I've had some very good takeout from other restaurants and this just wasn't it like I said the chicken in it was very rubbery and stringy. It did have broccoli three pieces in the takeout. What I really was looking for was one single container with general gau's chicken Some pork fried rice with a couple of crab Rangoon's. I'm not local, but I do travel there due to my jobs. This is one place. I probably won't make an appearance again due to the takeout quality of the meal. So if you're looking for a really good crab Rangoon, they definitely did a great job on that And maybe it would've been better as a eat in situation rather than a takeout situation

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    Interior with a/c broken or not working
    Interior with a/c broken or not working
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    F3. Szechuan Dried Spicy Chicken
    Interior 90 degrees with no a/c ... I was ready to disrobe for a sauna spa lunch

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    Interior 90 degrees with no a/c ... I was ready to disrobe for a sauna spa lunch
    Home Taste

    Home Taste

    4.0
    (360 reviews)
    4.7 mi
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    Ownership change is always a mixed bag. I could do with the change in service, ambiance and just…read moreabout everything else. What I can't accept ever is the change of food flavors and quality that was the initial reason I became a frequent regular. I found out about the transition and kept up my visits and support hoping the dishes I frequented would remain the same. It didn't. It really changed quite a bit. No, I don't blame them for applying their spin on the dishes. But don't expect me to forgive a lot of culinary mistakes that your predecessor perfected. I actually updated this review because I can't keep a 5 star review on a place that I once frequented often that I now decided I'd never return to after the repeated mishaps again, and again, and again. I wish your family the best and hope for the best. But objectively, you can't just buy a place that had culinary excellence and succeed without being of the same caliber - or at least show that you're trying to be there. Cheers.

    Dear Friend, I've…read morejust come back from another dinner at Home Taste in Watertown, and I had to write you. You know how we always talk about food as not just nourishment but as effort made visible? This place feels like the perfect example of that. I ended up trying a mix of 23 different dishes (don't worry, not all at once -- over a few visits, and with some takeout in between). What struck me wasn't just the flavor -- though, trust me, the flavor was everything -- but how much each dish seemed to carry behind it: layers of technique, timing, ingredient prep, and probably a lot of patience I'll never fully appreciate. I started thinking about what really goes into making these things. I thought you'd appreciate the breakdown -- not as a food critic, but just as someone who marvels at people doing hard things really well. Let me walk you through a few of them. First up: the handmade dumplings. The pork ones are juicy little bundles of joy -- perfectly seared on the bottom, soft and delicate on top. But think about what it takes to get there: the dough has to be rolled just thin enough so the filling doesn't break through when you cook it. The pork inside? It's got to be seasoned and mixed so it stays tender and juicy, not grainy or dry. And then each one is folded by hand -- not by machine -- so that they don't leak in the pan. Now multiply that by hundreds of dumplings a day. That's a rhythm of labor most of us never see. They also have a version with pork and leek -- which is a whole different beast. Leeks release water when they cook, so someone back there is carefully draining or drying them before mixing them into the pork. One extra drop of moisture, and the dumpling would break or steam soggy. I honestly can't imagine the precision that takes. And then there's the hot & sour dumpling soup -- it's like a comforting punch to the soul. A bold broth, full of vinegar and spice, wrapped around delicate dumplings that don't fall apart in the liquid. It's like controlled chaos in a bowl. I swear it's healing. Now let's talk noodles -- because this is where Home Taste really shines. They hand-pull the noodles in-house -- and you can choose between thin and wide. I went wild and tried both across a few dishes. One standout was the Spicy Hot Oil Seared Noodles -- a dish that sounds simple, but is anything but. The noodles are cooked just past chewy, tossed with this chili oil that's clearly been infused with garlic and spice, and when it hits the noodles... magic. But here's the kicker: if the noodles are overcooked even by a minute, they'll get gummy. If the oil isn't hot enough, the aromatics don't bloom. It's science and art. Then there's the Chongqing Small Noodles with Minced Pork & Peanut -- these are fiery little things with a crunch of crushed peanuts over minced pork, all mixed into a spicy broth. Again, seems basic -- but try to balance numbing Sichuan peppercorn, chili oil, and salt all in one bowl without overwhelming the noodles. You need experience for that. Another stunner? The Xinjiang Lamb Noodles -- lamb cooked with cumin and chili, tossed with hand-pulled noodles that soak up every drop of that sauce. The lamb's sliced thin, so it's seared quickly -- too much and it's tough, too little and it's undercooked. And you have to balance the strong cumin flavor with everything else. I don't even like lamb most days, but this one made me a believer. The appetizers deserve their own love letter. The scallion pancake is a flaky miracle. It has layers -- like a croissant, but Chinese and savory. That only happens if the dough's laminated properly, with oil brushed between each roll before it's pan-fried to crispness. You can't rush it. The egg version? Even better -- the soft egg folded in adds richness that somehow doesn't make it greasy. I also had the spicy salt & hot pepper squid, and I swear someone in the kitchen must have cooked squid every day for a decade to get this good. It's tender -- not chewy -- and crisp on the outside. I've tried this at other places where it turns into a rubber band. Not here. And their crab rangoon? Say what you will about it being an Americanized thing -- these ones are crisp without being oily, and the filling isn't overly sweet. Which means someone measured the cream cheese-to-crab ratio just right. That takes restraint. And good taste. One surprise? The soups. The West Lake Beef Soup might be the most comforting bowl I've had in ages. It has this silky texture from the egg whites and a clean flavor, even with all the beef and scallion floating in it. It's light without being bland, rich without being heavy. I imagine it takes a steady hand -- especially to swirl in the egg whites without them curdling or clumping. It's like watching a snow globe of food. Even the Egg Drop Soup, which most places treat as filler, is lovely here. You can taste that someone actually made broth, didn't just dump bouillon in water.

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