Excellent!!, 12/26/2012
Reviewer: Mike
from North Hollywood,CA
Christmas Day and looking for something open We were so happy for this find. Best sweet and sour chicken we've ever had. Great soup. Polite staff!
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Used to be our favorite Chinese restaurant in town.
Reviewer: Lisa
from Santa Barbara, CA
I have been going to Mandarin Palace for years and it has consistently been delicious. Though the last three times we have been in the quality has declined significantly. I called to find out if their chef had changed and they said no. We are now on the search for a new favorite :(
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Great Food....Sweet Place
Reviewer: Jacquie
from Santa Barbara, CA
My husband and I have been to many of the Chinese places in town...And Mandarin Palace is by far one of the best...and I can be very picky about restaurants, and the wait staff is very nice.
Love they're salad dressing! And the Mongolian Beef!
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Ok Food, large portions, Nice people
Reviewer: Glenn
from Buellton
The only negatives I could see were some of the meat I had was not the choicest and served fried instead of steamed rice. Also the decor was tired, the place was small and the parking can be bad. Other than that the food was fairly good, the people were nice there and portions were really big so worth a try to compare with other places around.
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Consistently delicious
Reviewer: Cathy M. Mallen
from Santa Barbara, CA
I love the food at Madarin Palace. Usually I get take out, but when I have ordered in, the service has been fine.
My favorite dishes so far are the Thai basil beef and the Sezchuan shrimp. But all of the dishes I have ordered have been very good indeed.
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Best Chinese Food In Town
Reviewer: Chris Carpenter
from Ventura, CA
I am an Orange Flavored Chicken fan. If you haven't tried the Orange Flavored Chicken here then you have wasted a trip. I have not found a place that makes it as good as here. Taste it and let me know (here on this site) if you have found a similar place that makes the Orange Flavored Chicken like this place. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! It's battered chicken in flour, in a soft crispy shell of orange delicious glaze made with pure white meat... damn it’s good. You gotta try it!
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locals
Reviewer: veronique
from Santa Barbara, CA
everyone has "their" chinese food restaurant, or the one they go to everytime.. this is ours..its really good..especially the starter chips with mandarin sauce...and moo shoo pork..and potstickers
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Great service + Good food + Free appetizer + Free ice-cream
Reviewer: leo wang
from Santa Barbara, CA
So far it is one of my favorite restaurants in Santa Barbara. The service is the best! Also, they provide you free appetizer plus free dessert!
Everyone should check it out!
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best chinese food in town
Reviewer: Jenny
from Santa Barbara, CA
despite the other reviews i feel the food is great, and the service is sweet..they appreciate regular business so i keep going back..give it a chance, if all else fails, the food is great.
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used to be our favorite chinese food in town
Reviewer: Maria
from Santa Barbara
Mandarin Palace was our favorite place for quality Chinese food for at least 6 yrs. We've noticed though the quality has declined. The beef quality didn't look nor taste good, sauce was bland and the broccoli was soft and yellowish green, not the hearty green it used to be. The wonton soup wasn't stuffed with anything -- usually has pork in it. It was all starchy and soup bland. We're disappointed that the quality has declined and prices up. We would go back here again if quality improves. We will pay for good food in town.
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best chinese in sb
Reviewer: Lily
from isla vista, ca
i love this Chinese restaurant!
i went in with my boyfriend in the mood for Chinese..
turned out to be really good. the service was great.
the waiter was helpful in suggesting what noodles were good etc.
we ordered the Kung Pao shrimp and Mongolian beef and the fat noodles. the noodles were a little bland but other plates were delicious. i would definitely go there again.
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Very Poor Treatment of Customers
Reviewer: Jon
from Santa Barbara
We(2) ordered our Dinner Specials and was not offered a choice
of rice, its steam or fried.When I courteously asked the staff
(before the food arrived) he said and I quote " Why didnt you
tell me this?" I said I thought the staff would ask us. He huffed
off. Received our food and it was Good, Nice flavors. I did
however watch 2 sets of people get up from the tables when
the staff started in on the "Kids cannot eat off your plate"
the child was 2 at best and they wanted the child to order
a plate. Another young couple wanted to share just 1 order and
they said NO you must order 2. As a small business owner
myself I thought I would say something to the owner about this
He did not pay attention to my comment. I was Apalled. Never
will I return to this place.
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