The Mandarin Cafe

10 Reviews on “The Mandarin Cafe”

• Drishti Mittal

  Trying to kill time before movie, we visited this place. It was a restaurant with a touch of chinese in it. We ordered caprioska and sunrise tequilla in drinks. They were vety mild. In main course, we went for tom yum chicken ramen and chicken schezwan noodles. Both were top notch and really admirable. Loved that place and the food.

  February 16, 2020, 2:20 pm

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• Nikhil Neelanthara

  Good place for Chinese cuisine, was previously known as Yo China! The place has undergone a rebranding. The dishes in the menu are same, however the prices have gone up. They do offer one on one on draught beer

  February 2, 2020, 9:14 pm

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• Kartikey Gadgil

  Trust me when I say this!I am being generous by giving 2 stars only because their management is good and the staff is really polite and provide a good service and are there to help out their customers.The ambience here is modern with nice dim lighting and high seating chairs and the huge glass windows make the place look spacious.Coming to the food : *Let’s start with desserts because those were the only good things out of all the dishes I personally tried* :1) Brownie with Ice cream : The brownie was nice gooey and soft with a thin crisp on the outside and it was topped with a huge scoop of chocolate ice cream and chocolate sauce. This combination never goes wrong.2) Darsaan : These were deep fried flat noodles tossed in honey syrup and topped with chocolate ice cream. Now the noodles were perfect but combination of chocolate ice cream doesn’t go with it. Vanilla ice cream should have been served.Now coming to the rest of the food I personally tried :1) Pork Ribs : This dish was served with side of carrot , babycorb and bell pepper salad which was just pointless as it doesn’t go with the dish and was not even seasoned. The sauce of Pork Ribs was way too sweet than it should have been which destroyed the overall taste and the Pork Ribs should fall apart from bone when they are perfect but these Ribs were just too tough and chewy.2) Tom Yum Ramen Soup : I have eaten Ramen Bowls in Pune at other places before and this one was the worst Tom Yum Ramen soup ever. Let’s start with the broth! The broth was just plain bland water with like 1% of flavor and. The other ingredients were chicken , boiled egg , noodles and assorted veggies. It was just bland tasting water soup overall. Nothing much to say on this.3) Honey Chilli Potato : These were potato fries tossed in Honey Chilli Sauce garnished with sesame seeds and cut scallions. The Honey Chilli fried were decent in flavor and nothing to go wow about and even the chilli flavor was way too less which allowed the honey flavor to be overpowered.4) Crispy Lamb : These were chopped fried lamb bits tossed with spicy and sweet sauce , sesame seeds, chopped onions and bell peppers. I personally loved the crispy texture and the spicy flavor to the lamb but it was super super oily and it left a oily after taste in your mouth and trust me it was not good. Also the lamb had become extremely chewy.5) Dim sum/Dumplings : Out of all the dim sums/dumplings ordered , I personally tried :A) Chicken Sui Mai Dumplings : It’s an open faced dumpling with mildly spicy chicken filling. This dumpling was actually good and I loved it. It was not honestly authentic in terms of flavor but it wasn’t bad in flavor.B) Spicy Four Season Veg Dumplings : This dumpling was true to it’s name it was definitely spicy and it did not came only with the usual cabbage stuffing but also other finely chopped veggies. As far as Veg is concerned I really liked this dumpling. No complaints about this one.Also the prices for the dishes are way too high for for the quality and taste they promise.

  December 18, 2019, 7:14 pm

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