Mandarin was brought to my attention through a Yelp newsletter that discussed places to eat in Reston. We had never heard of Mandarin before that. I looked at the reviews, which are mixed, with some who really like the food but some who were naysayers. Still, we thought it was worth a try.
One thing mentioned in a review is that there are currently only two tables in the place. Thus, we were glad to discover that they work with DoorDash.
We placed an order this past Sunday. We ordered two hot and sour soups, one order of chicken with snow peas and one order of spicy chicken with garlic sauce. As an aside, rice comes with each entree. We didn't know that so we had ordered one side of rice.
As for the food, the portions are large. We got two meals out of them.
We were pleasantly surprised by the food. The chicken with snow peas was a mild dish that came with an abundance of white meat chicken and a generous amount of snow peas. The snow peas had a nice crunch to them.
The chicken with garlic sauce was mildly spicy and contained white meat chicken, sliced onions, and sliced celery. It reminded me of the same dish I had many years ago: same ingredients, same taste.
My husband enjoyed his chicken dish.
The hot and sour soup was okay. We've had better, but we've also had worse. If you like button mushrooms, they put a lot of them in this soup.
We decided that we would order from them again. read more