The Mandarin

Lovely Chinese restaurant, polite staff, clean and really lovely food 👍

The restaurant looked well appointed, but I found the dishes to be over-overpriced and of varying quality. Unfortunately, we found the two beef dishes to be inedible.
The shredded beef was just a mountain of orange cornflower, with the flat sweet taste of crispy carbs. The sizzling beef came in thick chewy slices, so we could not eat it. It was too rubbery. The starters, duck and vegetable dishes were nice and portions quite generous. We should have really returned everything at the earliest possible time, because we were given no leeway on the price, nor on the 'obligatory' tip, at the end of the meal. The staff were nice, the manager however, was not so generous about our complaint.

We used to live locally and get take-out from here many years ago. We returned for a sit down meal with the family this week and am very happy to say the place is still amazing. Staff and management are super friendly, came over to speak to us and recognised us from years back. The food was fresh and wonderful as always and we were very happy to share it with the family. Still our favourite Chinese Restaurant in Guildford. Hidden gem at the top of the high street!

Went to the Mandarin early on a Saturday evening. The food was exquisite , the staff were both friendly and very efficient. It was my first visit but I shall make the effort to return when I am Guildford again. In conclusion. It was fantastic and would throughly recommend the Mandarin to others. Five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Complete utter rip-off. Dishes were small and too sweet. For example, the seafood hotpot for £15 contained 3 prawns, 3 thin slices of scallop, 2 slithers of squid and a lot of onion (see pic). All the mains were served on small entrée plates. There was nothing at all authentic about this so called Chinese Restaurant.

Friendly staff, fast service only criticism is the pork dish was a little chewy otherwise food was excellent. Will visit again

Just wow ! My partner and I called in for dinner and we were actually quite blown away. Everything came out quick, sizzling and super fresh. Nice wine and beer selection too. The crispy chilli beef was some of the best I’ve ever had and the mixed chicken, king prawn and beef black bean sizzling dish was superb (my partner finished off the sauce with the spoon).The staff were super lovely and could not do enough for us. We had a great chat with our fantastic waiter. The vibe is genuine, real, no BS and family friendly. We’ll be back. Thanks guys !

Easily the best Chinese restaurant I've ever been to, across multiple countries.
Wonderful owners who are kind and gracious. Highly recommend the Chiu Yim spare ribs for the best spare ribs you'll ever eat. The crispy smoked chicken is also amazing!