I used to love ordering Chinese food from this place! Maybe it's my body adjusting to eating healthier that when I eat this food now, my stomach gets upset. I was disappointed, really looking forward to my old favorites, but I just can't stomach (pun intended) the heavily laden fried food anymore. I also feel that the customer service and delivery needs improvement. I waited for 45 minutes for delivery in the middle of the afternoon, not a busy time! The people on the phone weren't very helpful. Disappointed... read more

This place is our go-to Chinese food place. It's so good and delivered within a reasonable time and always delivered hot. The General Tso chicken is so so so good. It's actually white meat chicken and minimal breading. Other places have a mixture of chicken looking filler and tons of breading. This place has actual chicken and the perfect amount of breading. Crab Rangoon is yummy here too. 5 yelps! read more

Mandarin Palace - General Tso 's Chicken - Chinese Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I think I didn't order right here, so I'll have to go back to give it another try. I had the shrimp with lobster sauce. To my surprise, the dish looked like egg drop soup had been spilled all over my shrimp because the sauce was so runny. And I didn't really taste the lobster flavor, or much of any flavor at all :( My boyfriend liked his dish, though. He got chicken with garlic sauce. I had a bite of his, and I agree that it was tasty. The inside of the restaurant is nice, and the place is BYO. Our waitress and the hostess were also very friendly. Next time I'll stick to the regular shrimp and veggies dish and I'm sure I'll have a better experience! read more

I wasn't a fan of my meal here at Mandarin Palace. I found this place on Yelp and I decided to try it- despite the reviews being somewhat of a mixed bag. Some good, some not so good. I would have to say I should have trusted my gut- because I was throughly dissapointed in the quality of the food. The Beef & Broccoli was swimming in a gelatinous sauce that was completely unappetizing, and the Sweet & Sour Chicken- well I'm not sure it even was chicken. Here's the information- you do what you want with it. read more

Underwhelming spring rolls (maybe I was expecting more like egg rolls). A little too greasy for me. Pork fried rice was just average. The prices are fair and more reasonable than other places in my area. I've been spoiled by great NY Chinese take out. It was my first time here so maybe some of the other dishes are better. read more

Tried without checking Yelp. :0 So glad we did. Great food. Great service. Even better sushi! Wonderful!

I've never been here but we have ordered in from here almost 20 timesNow and every time it's amazing. Our staples are the beef & broccoli and the general tsos chicken. The quality of the meat is great. The happy family (general tsos chicken and shrimp) is absolutely incredible if you're into that. & the pork fried rice is the best I have ever had. The wonton soup is great. The egg drop soup is nothing special . Their spare ribs are great. Sushi is pretty good. read more

Dirty, absolutely no semblance of order or decorum. Food was over cooked. One waitress and the jalapeño yellowtail app was nice otherwise I'd had given it one star. read more

Don't know what happened but this place took a nose dive in quality lately. They used to have the best General Tso's chicken in the city. Maybe they changed chefs, ingredients, something, but the order I had last night was nothing like what I expect from here; dry pieces of over cooked chicken. What was worse was the pork fried rice we got, which tasted off, weird. We stopped eating it after a few bites, but was enough to make us both sick. After years of ordering here, I'm done. read more

I love ordering Chinese take out so when I moved to center city a few years ago finding my go to was high priority. I tried a number of places in the area and this one was the winner. Delicious, fresh tasting , restaurant quality food (so many Chinese places have overly greasy flavorless food but this is not one of them), all for take our prices. I almost always get the chicken with broccoli and rice combination platter. It's always full of fresh broccoli and the sauce is not too heavy. Delivery is quick (even though I live about a mile away it's never more than 40 mins) and people are friendly. Definitely a reliable option for a night in with a movie and glass of wine! **do not confuse this with "A Mandarin" down the street- you will be disappointed read more

My husband and I were stuck in a hotel in Philly for a surgery and ordered delivery from Mandarin Palace two specialty rolls and one hand roll, two dinner specials. It was a lot of food, for what we paid $70 and we have left overs for tomorrow but it really wasn't anything special at all. Not worth the delivery fee. Some of the specialty rolls continuously fell apart. The dinner specials were over sauced. These things are nit picky to me but I expected more of this restaurant when I saw all of the 5 star ratings- if I give Morimoto 5 stars this place gets two. read more

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Wow. The woman who helped me was patient and answered all my questions. The food was ready in 10 minutes. My friend ordered general tsos ($9.5) and I ordered chicken with broccoli ($10.5). Our orders were cooked to perfection and it was very good. Would recommend and if I'm around I'll come back! read more

Mandarin Palace - Chinese Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

And I'm a professional athlete I do not like GMOs fillers and MSG ...Funny story these people did nothing wrong besides be to embedded in their opinion. I was treating a group of friends to a nice evening meal at any restaurant that they wanted to go to they chose Mandarin Palace. I'm a professional athlete who plays for the Philadelphia Eagles I don't eat Chinese food but I do like to go out and eat with friends. So I compromised I got a salad down the street at Sweet greens great salads they have excellent service. So I walk in with my sweet green salad and I ask the server who was very kind and understanding if I'm able to bring this salad in while my friends sit and enjoy their food we were seated and given menus. While my friends looked at their menus I started to eat, I had my food already and I hadn't eaten all day. Just when we where l about to order the manager comes out and says we don't allow outside food you have to leave. I proceeded to explain to him that I understand but I'm paying for this meal and that I don't eat Chinese food and on a strict diet so I would just like to sit here enjoy a nice meal with my friends at their location. He stayed persistent and insisted that I leave. Now I understand a restaurants moral code and belief system but I also believe that the customer is always right and being that the restaurant is BYOB ( bring your on beer and or alcoholic beverages) you would think that they would make accommodations for person in a party of people that doesn't partake in eating Chinese food. And they caused a scene I'm never been more embarrassed in a restaurant. Myself and all of my Friends left the restaurant , they lost out on a lot of money because I planned to do it big for my friends who had just graduated from Drexel. I'm asking you the people of Philadelphia to not support restaurants that treat customers this way. They're worried about one salad opposed to making some money if I was the owner of this restaurant I would be pissed about the management. read more

Ahh, Wonderful Shrimp. If I had only ordered you alone, we would be looking at 4 stars right now. Good sized shrimp, coating still crisp under all that sauce, and crunchy steamed broccoli. Truly "Eating Hi-Excellent". Unfortunately your counterparts are dragging you down with them. Chicken with Garlic Sauce is content with being middle of the pack, Egg Roll is past his prime (but still has a few tricks up his sleeve with a little soy sauce and mustard), and Wonton Soup basically mailed it in. What's with that guy, he wasn't even trying! Next time, you and I shall dine alone. Actually, bring Dumplings if you're feeling frisky. She's got untapped potential. read more

WARNING! BYO Utensils...seriously. I ordered take out for the office and they refused to give us utensils. Also, they completely messed up our order. Becareful. Make sure to open your food before the delivery man leaves. Otherwise, THEY WILL EXPECT YOU TO EAT WITH YOUR HANDS. We called and received awful response. The man literally told me to eat with my hands. In addition, the food is soggy and cold. Delivery took almost one hour, but the weather is nice outside and we are less than 15 blocks away. Massively disappointed. Do not order from this place, there are plenty of better places to order for Chinese. This place is awful. read more

My family and I have been eating here for many years. The food is consistent and good, always well prepared and fresh, and the portions are generous, especially the sushi. We are sorry to be leaving the neighborhood because this has been such a stalwart place and the family who runs it are very good people. Highly recommended. read more

I went to Mandarin Palace because I got one of their takeout flyers in my mailbox. After looking them up on Yelp, the consensus seemed that it was "good Americanized Chinese, but nothing special." I thought I was okay with that. I just wanted something basic. I thought I didn't need anything special. Turns out I do. Or rather, I did. Yes, I left feeling full, and I left with food for lunch the next day (even after ordering the dinner special, which is typically a smaller portion). But my tofu/veggie stir fry was just so damn boring- even after I requested a boost of spice. If I learned anything from my experience at Mandarin Palace, it's that SPICY does not mean FLAVOR. The next place I want to hit up is Su Xing, the veggie place on 15th and Sansom. I'll let you know how it is. read more

I knew I should have just driven my ass to Chinatown! I decided to order take out from this place which is kinda in my neighborhood. The menu was pretty decent, lots of the typical run of the mill Americanized selections. I got the szechuan chicken, with an egg roll and wonton soup. Pretty standard huh? Well that's what I was hoping. But nope....let's just say I was very unsatisfied with the quality and had to go out and get something else to eat. To me it was that bad. First of all the eggroll was the greasiest little sucker, which wouldn't have been that bad if it was actually tasty. The wonton soup had the worst tasting broth and very 'unusual tasting' wontons in it. Mystery meat? Who knows. At least cover it up with some spices or something. It was bland to say the least. The szechuan chicken was blah to the extreme. No spiciness to it and just a bad sauce, with poor quality meat. I hoped for the best but was left feeling empty. read more

Did I really just rate a place 5 stars? Yes! I love it sometimes when decide to wander about in a different city without the iphone telling me where best to go. Like the old days, sometimes this is how you discover the best places. Was it 5 star food? Okay, perhaps not all around (but for our main dish)--- but for the super friendly service and super cheap prices - Yes! Old school Chinese restaurant which I'm a sucker for since it reminds me of my childhood going out to eat every weekend. Delicious wide noodles with duck sauce and lots of tea. Very good hot and sour soup chock full of ingredients and good wonton soup. Then the star of the night ... Huge portion we shared at an attempt to be healthy: Steamed chicken with broccoli. In the past when I ordered this back home it was always rather blah and the thick, corn starchy sauce it would come with on the side was never any good. This chicken was steamed to perfection along with the broccoli and the garlic and ginger sauce on the side- to die for. Seriously I need to know how they make that sauce! I told our waitress this is better than anything we have had in NYC's Chinatown. Oh how I wish I could order from here all the time. Thanks Mandarin, for the friendly service and making me see there are still old school Chinese restaurants around serving good cooking. read more

I ordered the lemongrass seafood soup. It was not as good as other laksa soups I had. The scallion pancakes were good - but it's hard to mess up fried dough. Mediocre at best. I should have known that a restaurant with a menu that large can't keep quality standards across the board. read more

The place is nice, the staff is friendly, and the food tastes good. But I got food poisoning from the beef, so.... 1 star. I'll try the chicken next time. read more

Not even going to write much as everything I was going to say has already been written by Aria S. below as we dined together with two others! The experience was pretty weird, and our stomachs feel kind of weird today too. Give a shot and see what you think? read more

We chose this place because they stuck a menu under our hotel room door -- I now, not the best reason to choose a service. the good: it arrived promptly and was mostly edible. the bad: one of three meals was good. One was okay though did not seem like curry as ordered. The third was inedible. read more

The food is your average chinese food. However, the brazen and rude delivery guy made the experience distasteful to the point of removal from our ordering options. We will not be ordering from this restaurant again. read more

Never again! took over an hour to get cold food. I have ordered from them for over 7 years, quality has gone down drastically. They could care less about loyal customers. Will no longer be ordering from this establishment nor referring customers anymore. when i called to tell them the food was cold, after calling twice to find out where it was, i was placed on hold 5 times while Howard kept speaking to the manager, offered $20 food credit vs. remaking the food or refunding. long term customer here who would order twice a month, never again, i refused the credit. Done. read more

"Meh. I've experienced better" fits my review better than "A-OK," so that's why I'm going with a 2. I've only been here twice. The first time I had a delicious Chinese meal. The reason for coming here was due to me purchasing a groupon for $40 dollars worth of sushi. Little did I know the groupon only went towards the sushi purchases, not the other entrees, so I was unable to use it. The service was okay. I had asked for a glass of ice water and the waitress sent out a glass with warm sink water. I felt like this was a warning sign of things to come. So I decided to come back and order nothing but sushi. My friend and I were the only ones in there for dinner. We decided to go all out and order the "Sushi and Sashimi for 2" for 54.99. It's described as including: "Ten pieces of sushi, eighteen pieces of sashimi, one tuna roll, one chef's special roll and one California roll." Sound great right? The main buying point to us was the "Ten pieces of sushi" and the "eighteen pieces of sashimi." We ultimately thought we'd be able to pick what 10 and 18 pieces of sushi/sashimi we wanted. Wrong. This felt like false advertising. They brought the platter out, which was neatly organized, the rolls were delicious, as was some of the sushi. But the sashimi was hard to get down, especially when there was eel involved that still had it's scales/skin on it. I wasn't completely wowed by my meal here, and was a bit disappointed to find out there was no free refills on the soda beverages. Suffice to say, I don't think I'd be returning back. The chinese food was good, the sushi was alright, but why come all the way out to Rittenhouse Square for asian food when you can get a better quality deal in chinatown? Word of advice when dining out in Philly for Chinese: stay in Chinatown. read more

Mandarin Palace was good. I don't like it as much as Szechuan Hunan, but it was a place I would go back. A couple of things: 1) The portions on the combination platter are not as big as a lot of other places, which is good and bad. Bad because you get less for your money, good because it prevents me from eating as much. :) 2) The fried rice was kind of boring. Common thread with my Chinese food reviews is that I like my pork fried rice with big pieces of pork and lots of egg. This was a little dead. It kind of reminded me of the rice at a Panda Express. Good texture and everything, but not much going on. 3) Very quick service, and a nice dining area for a Chinese place. (Not that it matters since I always do takeout.) read more

We waited almost 40 minutes for one appetizer, and two entrees. Everyone who came in after us was served, finished their food, and was ready for their check as we were just getting our food. The moment we got it, we found a hair in one of the entrees and when we told an employee they tried to tell us that it wasn't a hair(YOU COULD SEE THE ROOT). When we asked him what else it could be he stuttered and said he didn't know but he knew it wasn't a hair and that we should continue eating. When we tried to give him our food back he shoved it back into our faces. NEVER going back there again. YUCK!!!! read more

This place I've come to enjoy and is conveniently not in chinatown. The menu is huge so I haven't tried too much, but they serve free tea, fried asian chips and duck sauce before the meals. It has a nice sit down atmosphere and is alittle better put together than many chinese places in the city which basically have plastic tables and lawn chairs. They have a large thai section, but it is Thai from a chinese slant. The pad thai doesn't taste like what you'd expect but it's still good. Their chinese food is good as well. When going with a few chinese students, we were brought all sorts of off the menu items for chinese new year. They also mentioned if we call early, they can make some more non-americanized dishes for us. It just added to the experience. read more

Well, I can say 'The New Mandarin Palace' has been remodeled and they have added a Sushi bar so now They have Chinese, Malaysian, Thai and Japanese food. The remodeling looks nice, with different light fixtures and new tables/chairs. Looks more contemporary and with a Japanese flair. The menu is HUGE and can be overwhelming when you visit the first time. They still serve hot tea but no longer give you fried crispy noodles as a snack. I like this restaurant but noticed they no longer have the Vegetarian proteins (aka Seitan, Wheat Gluten) and lunch specials no longer include an egg roll or soup with order, only fried rice. I will come back. It is busy at lunch time during week, but still a relaxing occasion. Today I tried their thai food (Chicken Pad Thai ) and had a cup of Miso Soup. The Miso soup was savory, with little bits of tofu. It wasn't salty like at some places. The Pad Thai was fairly good too, but, it's NOT my favorite thai noodle dish(they do not have this on their menu). I would say, this restaurant has been consistent with flavorful food, friendly staff and nice atmosphere, before and after remodeling. I have been coming here for 9 years with various friends/co-workers. I can't wait to try the sushi. It looks fresh and delicious. Next time, I will sit at sushi bar and watch Sushi chefs... read more

Gotten takeout from here a few times. Generally, okay. Not great, not awful. Food tends to be a little greasy and overpriced for standard "chinese store" fare. I assume it's the location driving up the price. I made the mistake of trying to get chicken lo mein on a Sunday, which apparently they just don't do. Strangely, it was on their online menu, and a pretty standard dish. Luckily there are other places in the neighborhood that are more accommodating. read more

To be honest, was just expecting another shady sub par Chinese take out place but the food was ready SUPER fast and the everything from side veggies to the meat to the rice is all super fresh. read more

On the inside, Mandarin Palace is an old school, cheesy Chinese chow hall -- think red vinyl banquettes, little bowls of fried noodles, fake pagoda accents on the wall. As such, I see this as more of a take-out place. In terms of the food, I've always enjoyed it. Is it the best Chinese food ever? No. Is it creative? spicy? garlicky? No (although I haven't tried the Southeast Asian dishes other Yelpers rave about). But is it solid American-style Cantonese? Yes. Do they accommodate my random requests? Yes. Can they steam any veggie and serve sauce on the side for when I want to be good? Yes. They're always quick, friendly, and priced fairly. I have no complaints. read more

Have been going here for years, therefore, let me lay some knowledge on Ya'll...s The good: *Hot and Sour soup *Seafood soup with or without the noodles *Lemongrass seafood soup (make sure you tell them to make it 1/3 the spice otherwise your toilet god will be pleased but your lower intestines wouldn't) *Vegie/Pork dumplings *General Tso's chicken *Singapore mai fun The bland: *Eggroll - the dough is too thick and over saturated with oil *Chicken with garlic sauce - somehow the chicken is always bland, like a piece of gum that was chewed for 10 hours straight and then left on the sun for a week (no, I didn't try such a gum but I do have a vivid imagination) *Beef with onions - I got a food poisoning once from their beef (like somebody mentioned below) so I just avoid it. *My regular server, Wendi is not there anymore. So sad! read more

I been to lots of Chinese restaurants. They serve one of the best tasting Chinese foods, I highly recommend this place.

Despite my last review saying I would return, I had a Groupon for sushi that I had to use. The sushi/service was infinitely better..I would not go here for Chinese but would for sushi. Seems like standard stuff, reasonable price, reasonable taste. -Server prompty brought a bucket of ice and offered to pour our wine -Continuously asked if we were ok and repeated back our orders after we ordered (love when they do this) -Sushi prices were like $4-7 which is standard for 8 pieces I believe -They were good, tasted decently fresh, but nothing to rave about -The specials didn't look GREAT/drool worthy -Food came out quickly Total bill for two chicas ordered 2 rolls + soup each was $14/person. N2B (not too bad) read more

I had a Groupon for this place. It was cool... decent sushi, but nothing special. We got a few rolls, I got a few pieces of sashimi (tuna and salmon) and I also ordered the soft shell crab. The crab tasted like it was fried in old oil. The fish for the rolls and sashimi was fresh and the service was great! The two servers we had, the owner and the men behind the sushi bar were so kind and polite!! They were even nice to the annoying girl who kept asking about the mercury in the fish. I'll definitely be back. read more

First time ordering from them. Better than average but far from great. Siu Mai were larger than normal with a lot of pork but it was not ground fine enough and was missing whatever gives siu mai a delicate flavor. Had two spring rolls (one shrimp and one veggie) and both were cooked perfectly but neither had many vegetables. I guess if I order again, I'll try their egg rolls. Wonton soup had more filling than most but the broth had ABSOLUTELY NO TASTE. I went with appetizers, as I think it is a good way to judge a place and these should have been easy to master. If I order again, I'll try egg roll and an entre. read more

Tried this once for takeout - ordered vegetarian chicken w/ broccoli. The texture of the imitation meat was very mushy, the sauce was greasy and the taste was bland. This place may be good for inexpensive standard Chinese food, but for vegetarian specialties Su Xing House is much better. read more

We just ordered a dinner from Mandarin Palace through Grubhub. The restaurant makes a combination of egg drop and won ton soup that my husband likes. I ordered the duck for him that was mostly Lettuce and fair but my dish was supposed to be Chicken and Cashews. I opened the lid of the container and all one could see was celery. I thought that when I spooned the dish, the chicken would show up. That is robbery. $11.00 for a container of celery, carrots, and some red pepper. What looked like chicken was certainly not prime but tiny pieces left over from some other dish. If I wanted a vegetarian dish, I would have ordered from a vegetarian restaurant. Chinese restaurants use turkey because it renders more meat than chicken. My dish should have had beautiful slices of turkey. Will never return to Mandarin Dump. read more