Mandarin Garden in Dundee City - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Have been here before to eat in this is our second delivery Excellent quality piping hot great delivery Highly recommended We will be back

Took myself and my two young children here yesterday evening. Food was great and the staff including the owner were very kind and helpful.

Came for anniversary with husband and so will NOT be back - absolutely terrible service , had to ask for everything, windows really dirty! Food not nice - no atmosphere whatsoever - other guests complaining too 🤬

Excellent restaurant. Very tasty food. I recommend it.

Sauce was runny - everything was cool verging on cold. Poor quality and a very different meal to what we'd expect from a restaurant we rate.

Fantastic food, fresh and plenty of it. Staff accommodated us even though it was near closing time. Excellent service and very reasonably priced.

Very disappointed with my meal, very small portion, was very bland, very little sauce, hardly any meat, just soggy batter and the noodles very dry. This is the second time I have bought a meal and the first one wasn't great but I like to give a second chance. Wont be back and certainly wont recommend....shame really Best of China on Lochee Road by far superior

Food was alright but will never order again. Don’t ever normally leave reviews but feel obliged to with just how late the delivery was. Called the restaurant after it was already 40 minutes late and told it was 20 minutes away. 40 minutes later and still nothing. Phoned again and was told driver was on the way. 15 minutes later and food finally arrived. Food not worth the wait. Avoid.

can't fault service as was going to be slightly late but they called and driver also when on way The food was excellent great quality the beef in Peking sauce nice heat to it and neat very tender my wife has a chicken curry very moist and ate it all First order from here and will be back

The best Chinese restaurant by far in Dundee and surrounding area. Great menu with reasonable prices. Customer service is excellent.

Worst restaurant ever. My recent experience at Mandarin Garden in Dundee was disappointing. Despite the appealing menu, the food quality fell short. The dishes lacked authentic flavors and tasted bland. The chicken and beef were overly greasy, and the noodles were soggy. The service was equally subpar; our server was inattentive and seemed uninterested in providing a pleasant dining experience. We waited over 45 minutes for our main course, despite the restaurant not being particularly busy. Additionally, the ambiance was uninviting, with dim lighting and a lack of cleanliness in the dining area. Overall, I would not recommend Mandarin Garden if you’re looking for a satisfying Chinese meal in Dundee. Service: 2/10 Food: 2/10

Have been going to Mandarin Garden on and off for years. Went tonight for tea. The food was good but the service was poor. The restaurant was very quiet and there were several servers . There was a delay in taking the order, the first main course came a good few minutes before anything else. Once the table had been cleared following our main course no one came back to ask if we wanted anything else. Therefore we left quicker than we had intended. Also felt it was a bit pricey . Don’t think we will be back

Great food as always, thanks Mandarin Garden.

Quiet atmosphere. Which i enjoyed... good to have peace and quiet enjoyed good food Very quick service aswell. I had the Mongolian beef and noodles. It was the right amount. And the flavours and the smells were outstanding washed down with a refreshing chinese beer. Happy days Staff were so polite. A restaurant i used to frequent many many years ago. As i knew the old owner very well. It was a joy to be back there

Typical Chinese food place. I liked the taste. Ribs were amazing.

Lovely food, piping hot, super fast delivery

Small portions and food was overcooked. Chips were pathetic. Really expensive and not really worth it. Really disappointed.

Very friendly efficient service. Excellent food at very reasonable prices. Will definitely be back!

As a family we have been going to mandarin garden on and off for years. It used to be so good, however the last few times it has not been great, and has actually made me feel unwell. I gave it the benefit of the doubt last night when my family were ordering, and it’s safe to say that will be the last time. It may be the oil that they cook in.

Nice family run restaurant with attentive staff.

Value for money not so good, compared to similar restaurants and the vegetable spring rolls arrived lukewarm.

Worst customer care experienced in Dundee. They don't know how to please customers. The lady in the cashier don't know how to speak customers.

Absolutely beautiful chicken and cashew nuts. So fresh and tasty. The egg fried rice was lovely too.

Waited over two and a half hours only to be told it hadn’t left yet. Utterly useless

Changed delivery time 3 times and took over 2 hours ! No explanation and had to phone twice to be told we are busy!!

I always get a takeaway here when I’m in Dundee it’s good quality and decent prices The fried rice is especially good

The best take away food I’ve had. Amazing

Visited with a friend for our tea. Friendly welcoming staff. Ordered a platter to share, ribs, spring rolls, prawn toast. Peking Duck with pancakes, spring onion, and a tasty sauce and noodles. Our food was delicious, freshly made and well presented. We njoyed our visit, highly recommend here :) :)

took three hours to get my food, i am regretting ordering from here

Chicken fried rice was tasty. Chios were overcooked so were hard and chewy. Curry sauce was much thinner than usual.

No faff, just good food! This restaurant has been serving Dundee for many years. Friendly staff, tasty food and decent prices. Enjoyed tasty authentic Chinese food after a long time on Chinese New Year Day.

absaloute joke.... told our order would be ready for 6.45pm, I get a notification to say it is ready to collect. we go down to collect and they say it is another 20 minutes!! ridiculous service!!

Food arrived earlier than estimated delivery which was great. Tasty food.

In short, great Sichuan and Hunan food can be had here but you have to ask for the Chinese menu, which is a bit embarrassing I think… I was hesitant to give Mandarin Garden five stars… the meal we had was excellent - Morning Glory in Preserved Tofu sauce (炒腐乳空心菜) duck in beer sauce (啤酒鴨) and Fish in preserved Vegetables (酸菜鱼). Unfortunately, we nearly had none of this as the menu we were given initially was limited to the standard British Chinese fare… we had to ask ‘is this the whole menu’… Thankfully, the kind wait staff informed us ‘we also have a Chinese menu’ and brought that around with chopsticks and bowls. I’m left completely torn… if this excellent food is available, why not market it? Especially when similar places in Dundee, such as the excellent Manchurian, provide a full menu from the beginning? I’m happy that it’s so easy to get reasonably priced, excellent Sichuan and Hunan cuisine in Dundee, so close to the DCA and other hotspots… but don’t make me ask for a special menu please?

Tasty food with punctual delivery

Very disappointed, Food was cold , quality was not great ,

Stopped ordering from here as last delivery was over 2hrs and I eventually cancelled it but thought I’d give it another try but same thing happened so definitely won’t order again as food wasn’t anything special.

Food is excellent. Best Chinese food I've had.

Bad food i never had like this food in my life ,raw chicken ,bad rice ,tasteless chilli chicken . Finally Time waste to come here ,wested 60 pounds 🙏

Food was good very tasty. Could have warmer. Smaller portions compared to other restaurants. Delivery on this occasion was quick.

Had an excellent meal tonight. We were there early (before 5pm) so restaurant was quiet but the phone was already ringing non-stop with takeaway orders. The food was superb. Everything obviously freshly cooked to order and very tasty. Service was excellent too. If you want a decent, no fuss Chinese restaurant this place is great!

It’s good food I’m Chinese I guess this can appear convincing

The atmosphere was nice, the service was quick & I didn't have to wait long on my food, the food was excellent, I will be going back again definitely.

We order from this Chinese regularly as its our go to, but will not be after the lack of professionalism tonight, Food tasted sour like it was off so when I rang up to ask for compensation on the food and details about a wrong item in our order we were told that the boss does not speak English and does not care. As the item they mistakenly misplaced was £3.00 more than the original item we ordered he took that to not refund us or come to agreement to compensate regular customers. Unprofessional

Poor service, no contact from delivery rider, late and food was cold on delivery

This has to be the best chinese I've had chips are not too thick love them also the chicken fried fried and curry sauce is spot on really polite aswell when on the phpne to her

Loving this restaurant. Friendly staff, super quick service and good tasty food.

Ordered at 5 and still not here 3 hours later. Have phoned the restaurant numerous times and have been told that it's on its way repeatedly, yet it is nowhere to be seen as of yet.

Excellent food. Chips missing from the oder, unfortunately , but not a distraction from the quality and service.

Had to wait 2 hours to receive food after ordered

This is literally the most authentic chinese food you will get in Scotland. Ask for the chinese menu. Raymond the chef is brilliant and all the staff are lovely, people complaining need to grow a backbone, this place is fantastic. Try the pepper chicken on the bone and the mapo tofu, tbh anything on the chinese menu you cant go wrong with. This is a place for foodies not people who want to be pampered 😂

The noodles and fried rice which were delivered both contain chicken and vegetables which is not what we ordered and not what we normally get.

Vegetable soup is really bland and fried rice was really soggy and sour. Forgot 2 out of 4 meals. Overall disgusting and will never return.

Only received part delivery, was going to take another hour to receive items that they forgot to deliver, had to drag an apology out of them.

Order was ready way before stated collection time which is not helpful when people are travelling to the restaurant to collect yhe takeaway as they live put of the delivery area. This then meant that the food was cold and the chips were dry. So for anyone ordering to collect their takeaway, be aware it will be ready way before!

Just picked up what was supposed to be a chicken chow mien it was more like slime slops taken from the bin . I’ve had a few meals from this place and none were as bad as this . Whoever the chef is tonight ? Get rid of him , by far the worst meal I’ve ever had in my life 🤢

Food was tasty, although we did have to ask to re heat the rice. Poor customer experience in general . Lights were switched off in dining area, presumably as forgot we were there. Server then came and said restaurant is now closed. Then she came back with the bill and her card machine, we were paying cash , and due to the poor service the exact amount, no tip. On leaving did explain the reason for this. Certainly would not hurry back to the restaurant.

Lovely food. Worth waiting for. Prawn crackers were missing and I paid £3 for them. :(

We have eaten food for years at this restaurant but today the food was abysmal. The three starters were all very oily / greasy, the sesame prawn toast was chewy like they had been reheated and the ribs were fatty and chewy. The Chicken with oyster sauce was tasteless and the ‘sauce’ was a thin gravy. The chicken in the Gan Shao was chewy. I doubt after years that we will be back.

Great food! My advice: ask for the Chinese menu, not the English one. Great dinning experience in Dundee.

Late over 50 minutes after estimated delivery time

Lift is still broken, it is about time this was fixed party of 14 now having to go elsewhere Food was great on my last visit

Food was delivered hot and fresh. Chicken curry was super tasty as was the chicken with broccoli dish. Served with chicken f/rice and noodles. Highly recommend - so tasty and WONT leave you bloated and thirsty (high salt level) like other places.

Food is always great from here and usually fast delivery but waited two hours for it to arrive this time. Driver explained they were a chef down and sit-in was very busy, hence delay. Food was piping hot on arrival though and demolished quickly as everyone was starving.

Absolutely lovely meal. Hot on delivery. Great

Food was tasty although one dish we had said it was sweet and spicy but for us anyway it was just spicy but still tasted fine. We would go again

Delivery took an hour and a half and the food was very bland. The Cantonese beef had less flavour than the boiled rice

Opened the order to find it is the wrong order yet again - food is tasty when it is the correct, sadly not always the case!

Avoid at all costs! Absolutely shocking service and told blatant lies by staff. First, they told me my order left at 8pm 25 minutes after it should have been delivered. Secondly when I phoned back as my food still hadn't arrived after another 35 minutes. I was told that the manager wasn't in the restaurant, another blatant lie as he is the head chef, and the delivery driver told me he was in the restaurant. The member of staff had no idea when the manager was going to be in. The only good part of the experience was the delivery driver, who was very polite and apologetic for a situation caused by the incompetence of the restaurant staff and all their blatant lies. The delivery driver showed me the text he received to say my order was ready 20 minutes after they told me my order had left. This restaurant doesn't deserve to have such an excellent driver. I was also told they hold the orders back until they get another order in the same direction. If you can't fulfill the orders, you shouldn't take them. The food wasn't even worth waiting for. I won't be back!

Avoid at all costs! Absolutely shocking service and told blatant lies by staff. First, they told me my order left at 8pm 25 minutes after it should have been delivered. Secondly when I phoned back as my food still hadn't arrived after another 35 minutes. I was told that the manager wasn't in the restaurant, another blatant lie as he is the head chef, and the delivery driver told me he was in the restaurant. The member of staff had no idea when the manager was going to be in. The only good part of the experience was the delivery driver, who was very polite and apologetic for a situation caused by the incompetence of the restaurant staff and all their blatant lies. The delivery driver showed me the text he received to say my order was ready 20 minutes after they told me my order had left. This restaurant doesn't deserve to have such an excellent driver. I was also told they hold the orders back until they get another order in the same direction. If you can't fulfill the orders, you shouldn't take them. The food wasn't even worth waiting for. I won't be back!

They also have halal meat. It was a fantastic experience and really nice food. Especially who are looking for good halal Chinese in the town

The Satay Beancurd and fried rice were delicious. Will order from them again.

This was worst meal we've ever had it was inedible rice was disgusting couldn't eat crispy beef it was so overcooked noodles were very greasy all starters deep fried very little chicken or prawns or vegetables cash only will definitely not be back so disappointed

Food was tasty but about an hour late and some of the food was cold which ruined the meal

Food was not great at all, got a half full box of salt and pepper chicken and my fried rice was more like boiled rice, curry sauce was also just spice and not really any taste, chips were nice though!

Usually Mandarin Garden’s food is excellent. This evening it was terrible. We often order the same dishes and usually are lovely. However tonight’s was inedible and ended up in the bin. The food was clearly not freshly cooked, the beef had no chilli sauce on it and the noodles had very little meat / veg / prawns etc. The crackers were clearly left overs, being chewy and inedible

Prawn crackers were soft and not fresh. Everything else was good.

Always perfect. Delicious food and always arrives piping hot.

Food was piping hot and so tasty. Delivery is always prompt. Would totally recommend to all.

The best and cleanest Chinese food (while remaining decently priced) I have had in a long time. Lovely staff - shame we don't live closer as the ambiance inside the restaurant is sleek and looks very appealing for dine in

Still not arrived so can’t score the food. :(

After order was placed estimated delivery time wasn’t for 2 hours Then delivery was a further 30 mins late BEST OF ALL THEY FORGOT MY RICE THAT I HAD PAID FOR 😭😭😭😭

excellent food and service, never let me down

Food terrible i ordered honey chilli chicken, was dried up and hard, chips awful had been pre cooked long before i received order. Chicken chewy and batter hard on chicken. Not happy with meal. Would like refund please

You pick a delivery time. You expect it to turn up at that time

Delivery was supposed to be over 2hrs. Called up and they apologised and said ours will be sent out next. It must of been. However items missed from the order, quality was poor. We got the same order not even a week ago and it was excellent

I must say the food we had from the Mongolen beef to salt and pepper shrimps to shezuan beef fried noodles All was very much like I expected it Great place to for Chinese food

Best Chinese in Dundee, especially if you ask for the real menu and get the more authentic stuff.

1 hour late, had to heat food in microwave. Not cheap and definitely not acceptable. Never again.

Visited with a friend recently, he hadn't been before and was impressed with the food served. Cannot fault the food. Tasty, cooked to perfection and good-sized portions. We'll be back!

To be fair, I don’t care about service. Only here for the food. I had 豆腐斑斓fried fish with tofu and it’s incredibly good. The vegetables go well with it. Also tried the custard bun, which is unexpectedly good. I guess they made it themselves! I will come back!

We were very pleasantly surprised by how good the food was. There were five of us and we all loved our food. We all had different things, too. Our waitress was polite and humorous. Highly recommended.

Always enjoy an order from here, always fresh, always tasty 😋

I was parked outside so Google asked me to review it. I found it easy to park. Nice frontage. Nice five spice smells coming from the kitchen.

Ordered in advance with 3hrs notice and still could not be delivered on time. Attitude of the restaurant was appalling laughing on the phone. Reason for lateness is that the sir in customers are prioritised. Call back by driver who was professional and apologetic. But this should be his job as not him running the restaurant. I'll go elsewhere from now on.

Ordered take away for delivery on 31st March 23 at 515pm via app and paid online. Expected delivery within 45 mins. As of today 5th April 23, delivery is still to arrive. Have called several times on the day and all weekend with call being disconnected each time. Very disappointed, no refund either. Do not recommend ordering for delivery PS food is usually delicious and have never had an issue before.

Ordered food at 6:30, and 2 hours later nothing has been delivered. No communication about a delay, and when we try to call the number provided, the call ends immediately. Spent £25 for nothing it seems, and need to find an alternative dinner arrangement.

Meal was cold, service was diabolical waitress more interested in her boyfriend than in seeing if we needed more drinks or more food.

Upon arrival we discovered the card machine was out of order so after a trip to the bank we ordered our food. The waitress who served us couldn’t have done more, very friendly and attentive. However the food experience was mostly disappointing. My starter of spring rolls was great, but my partner’s tom yum soup was bland and tasteless. We returned it to the kitchen and the second dish was better, but still not great. For the main course my partner had crispy chicken in a spicy sauce. The sauce was sugary and tasted overwhelmingly of cumin. I ordered beef in garlic and chilli sauce. Though tasty, the garlic was almost raw and I felt rather ill afterwards. All of the urinals in the men’s were out of order, each having different hand written signs in different colours on them, obviously each one failing at different times and not repaired. The restaurant itself was sparse and cold-feeling. Overall a pretty poor experience which was only redeemed by the excellent service from the front of house staff.

Hour late and missing fried rice