Mandarin Karma in Derry

They cook very slowly. Tom yum soup is similar to it, but definitely not the same. Boiled dumplings are not tasty. We waited an hour for a kid’s hot dog (just a bun and a sausage) and chips. The prawns were tasteless, the chef apparently has his own opinion on the types of frying meat, the steak is tough, the chips and mushrooms were so hot that it burned my mouth

Sorry to say, very poor experience here. Arrived 6.45, placed drinks and order 6.55, had starter at 7.05.. all seemed good.... 7.20/30, I chased.. then 7.45, food finally arrived.. what a wait...other tables served before us. Plenty of staff ambling around but could not get eye contact with anyone. Was offered onion rings as an apology, and a drink, which never arrived. Passed on the onion rings. Final staff member was apologetic and offered a discount next time, there will be no next time. Honestly, a long standing establishment like this, 1989, dinner for me and my daughter £61, not value for money and overall poor experience...sorry to post negative review, hope others don't experience that...

Great atmosphere, friendly staff and food was delicious. Definitely would go back.

Massive portions, great prices, and good service.

Very expensive. Myself and 3 kids got 3 meals and an extra plain noodle and it cost over £80 And small quantity. My local is half the price and twice as nice.

£50 for 2 course meal for 2 and 2 drinks, value for money it was good. The food was very quick to come out, but was far too sweet for our liking.

Love this place, just don't get often enough

Good food...getting a place is nightmare as they always failed to keep bookings..but atmosphere is really good

It's my favourite place to go for my dinner and for a wee date night they are so welcoming and friendly and understanding of allergies

Fantastic atmosphere, and amazing food, recommend a hundred percent.

Me and my wife visited last night,food was even below average and was pricey too! Staff guided us wrong that food you ordred will be enough for 2 people but when i got it served it was not even enough for 1 person we had to order extra portion, which they served us uncooked rice bowl. Worst experience ever.

Absolutely crazy the prices this place is charging could get the same order in Jasmine for £16.40 never again and the chicken in the chicken curry was like a flip flap

Absolutely terrible. In no way authentic Chinese food. Terrible service and seriously overpriced.

Got very expensive recently, not the best Chinese in town we all know where that is 😉

We have eaten at the Mandarin Palace on several trips to Derry, from the US, and always look forward to returning. As always, we had a great meal, drinks and service. We took advantage of their mid-week special of two starters, two mains, and a bottle of wine for 50 Pounds Sterling. Great location on the River Foyle.

Beautiful food on a quite night

Amazing Food is highly recommended to give it a try 😋

The best salt & chilli chicken and Singapore vermicelli in Derry!

First class meal service fantastic will be back again.

Have used takeaway for years Always loved it. Sadly gone downhill last 6 months. They have gone cash only which is a pain coz I always use Apple Pay. Must be for tax reasons. Had a spicy chicken last night and chicken was half cooked. Also price has soared in last 6 months. Not great

The fried rice tasted like plain boiled rice and didn’t have any flavour in it.

The food was good. The staff were very friendly and the price was good

Very clean,staff friendly, quick service, food lovely, highly recommended, will be back when we are next in Londonderry.

Food terrible had be binned. Chicken not cooked rock hard tasteless chips cold

Excellent service friendly staff I have been using this establishment for years take away service outstanding. So now I am looking forward to actually going for a meal soon. I have only recently been getting outdoors for the last 2 year's due to mental health problems mobility issues COPD and PTSD etc.

Was given an express menu on Saturday (Staff not bothering to inform it’s not applicable on Saturday while seeing us ordering from the menu). The details on menu was not clear, giving false information to the customers. The staff’s attitude were rude, very bad in explaining, very arrogant. 1 meal cost 20 per person, low-standard taste with expensive price. Not worth. Not recommended. Very disappointed.

Staff’s attitude were really bad and unreasonable. Atmosphere were nice but if you don’t want to ruin your mood after eating, not recommend to go here.

Menu not explained and staffs were rude when we try to ask the questions. Not recommended

Staff didn’t explain the courses and put the menu that is not for weekend on a Saturday. The attitude of the staffs are really rude, we have a really bad experience. Not recommended

Not recommended due to bad attitude and impatience of the staffs’. Don’t go if you don’t want to ruin your day.

Great restaurant I go fairly often.

Lovely spot with great food. More importantly great options for coeliacs/gluten free options.

We had a takeout on a Wednesday night. It was so disappointing. We have previously eaten in the restaurant so expected a good quality meal however the best compliment I can give is that it was edible. My husband got Prawn with Bkack Bean Sauce and it was watery, my King Prawn Curry was OK but for the price prawns, onion and curry sauce was a let down. We also ordered Vegetable Spring Rolls which were overcooked and tasteless. Overall while we were previously impressed with the sit in restaurant food we won't take a chance on either sit in or takeout again 😔

Well themed restaurant good food restaurant prices slightly higher than you would expect

grear food amazing service lovely staff very helpful 100% for service & food great location in the city

Best Chinese in the area would visit again and recommend

Went tonight and had a lovely main was served quick and the food was delicious. Also had great service of a young staff member named Eden she was very helpful. Very lovely

Pros: lovely staff, good service, nice atmosphere. They're doing a lot of stuff right. Cons: food was poor to middling and shockingly expensive for what it was - a bit of white and fried rice and chicken in sauce. Nearly £20 for a main. For Derry, you need to do a lot better on the food for that price. I am surprised they were so full. I remember the food being better years ago but I would not go back again.

The young lad serving us was excellent, great fella... The food though was a bit underwhelming and wee local Chinese, for me, is nicer.

Nice restaurant with a good atmosphere while in Derry city. They had a Christmas deal with three courses for around £30. The cocktails were unique to the restaurant and interesting. We were able to walk in without a reservation.

Very good food enjoyed our meal highly recommend

Horrible food. Probably the blandest food experience I’ve had in Derry.

Went here early evening for a meal for two. The staff were very friendly and helpful but the food was just alright -- nothing better than anything ordered from a local takeaway. Our curry was a bit bland and the Peking Chicken was very, very sweet. Not in a rush to hurry back and experience the food again.

The food was great here one time but has sadly gone downhill. The trigon starter wasn’t bad but in a bizarre move they were served with mayonnaise. The main course of salt & chilli chicken was dry and tasteless unfortunately.

Very accomadating for large group and children

Excellent food and service. Very generous serves

Really enjoyed eating here food very tasty Busy environment but staff were efficient Booking very advisable as it is busy I’m sure all the time

Ordered a takeaway for three. It came at a good time. I put the food out and started to eat when a small black bug came crawling out of the fried rice and ran off the plate which we then killed. I rang in to say about it and was offered a new meal but I didn't want a new meal, I wanted a refund and was told they don't do refunds. They said they would put credit on our next order but I will never eat in or out of this place again. This is the worst hygiene I've ever experienced from a takeaway.

This restaurant is absolutely fabulous. From door to table to service to leaving I was walking past and noticed restaurant was busy always a good sign). It was about 5.30 on a Saturday afternoon 23/8/33. No table booked but the lady allowed me to wait (seated) and I was called quickly. The food and service was fantastic. All staff were beyond what I would expect. I would definitely return and recommend 100%

So long since I've eaten in and was not disappointed

Top spot great food have to go when in derry

Just had take away from the restaurant and sorry to say it was way below the excellent standard that we have received regularly in the past. Very disappointing

Very Professional staff grade A ++ Very Professional service top class place. Would recommend this place to anyone. Food was excellent. All plates went back empty

Ordered a takeaway online which was really easy to do and payment was straightforward. Received a message to say delivery would be 45 minutes. I thought it was a bit long but then it was Friday night so could be busy. After 55 minutes I phoned to chase my order and was told it had left and would be with me shortly. A further 10 minutes later (65 minutes) I called again and was told that the orders "had gone crazy" and the driver hadn't left at the time of the previous phonecall however he had left subsequently and should be with me shortly. Food arrived after 70 minutes rather than the quoted 45 minutes. I don't like that other orders had been prioritised over mine, or that I had been told my order had left when it hadn't, and I don't like that when I had paid my money the food hadn't been delivered on time as promised, especially as the time proffered was from the restaurant's end and wasn't divulged until after payment had been made. The food was OK though when it finally arrived. Probably won't use them again.

Best Chinese I've ever had .. service and prices were excellent

What can you from when you walk in until you leave friendly helpful staff who can't do enough for you to the beautiful food

Excellent service start to finish xx

Strongly recommended to stay away from this restaurant, For the ridiculously expensive price we were expecting a truly delicious meal but was awful. Only good thing were the drinks

Very disappointed, would get a better quality food from any Chinese take away. Prawn cocktail was the worst, poor quality tiny prawns flooded in mayo sauce, the main dish with spring onions and ginger had very little ginger in it. The only good thing is the decent portion size and nice staff but won’t be back.

Amazing restaurant, eaten on many occasion here and every time the food and service was amazing. One thing I think could be improved is the use of half portions for children as my son wanted sweet and sour chicken and rice and I felt the price was quite high and really only 2pound less than a adults meal :(

Gorgeous food. Very busy restaurant but food definitely worth the visit

Great for Sunday lunch with a difference. Set menu is £26.00 for 2 courses on the Express menu per person. If children eat on the express menu they are charged as adults. Kids menu is western foods.

Great food, great personal service and good all round atmosphere! We visited this place early evening on a Monday and it was packed! Shows the popularity of this place! Reasonable prices too!

Excellent service and excellent Great food and entertainment to tribute to King Elvis Presley and don't forget Great view Great anvene ( Summer Easter Christmas and Halloween and Weddings) nicer service Excellent Entertainment and Food and excellent services

Food was lovely a little bit rushed and staff very friendly but lacked a bit on service and slow with drinks

Excellent food and service. Noisy.

Excellent food. We had spicy chicken and salt and chili chicken. Both were great!

Here on holiday and went into the restaurant for a meal last night and it's the best place I've ever eaten in 🥰 my mum has a limited soft food diet and they catered for her needs amazingly 🥰 can't wait to come back again soon 😁 also the takeaway is great too if you don't fancy sitting in 😊 thanks again

Find was excellent. It wasn't that busy but bar very very slow in bringing drinks to table. We ended up double ordering our drinks so as not to have to wait. Otherwise, okay. Over priced in my opinion cause of slow service.

Very good food, tasty and big portion, defo worth the price, good drink and cocktails as well, I don’t give 5 stars just because I been there once, I would love to come back ASAP but I was on holiday in Derry, by the way really recommended and the place inside is very beautiful, great looking restaurant, unfortunately didn’t take pictures, only one. The only thing that maybe is not nice is see not Chinese staff inside a Chinese restaurant, but the workers were great, kind and polite…

I love their food however wverytime i ordwr on the mobile app i never get my drink, starting to get ridiculous

Portion size is halved, prices doubled... Defo not worth the money

Didn't feel the quality of food was up to the normal high standard. Ordered duck - very fatty and unpleasant to eat.

Very busy Chinese place with very good food. We didn’t have a booking so we had to wait a little bit for a table but they have a cool waiting area that you can still order drinks while waiting. Service was very quick, staff very friendly. We had the Cantonese King Prawns and sweet and sour chicken balls. Portions were bery generous and both were super tasty. 10/10

Everything was perfect. The food, amazing. The staff were so friendly and the cleanliness was unmached

Really enjoyed my night here food very good service excellent will be back again

Service was awful, some young boy with a beard called me a liar because he said I never ordered a side of chips when I did, maybe he didn't hear me properly but to be told "naw, I'll tell you for a fact that your lying lad" is shocking. Won't be back, put right off the place, the cheek all over a side of chips was ridiculous.

Expensive, but very mediocre food, e.g. simple dish such as Singapore noodles cost 18 pounds. This place is still stuck in the past, chinese-euro cousine of the 80s, heavy on sweet and sour dishes with low quality rice, on the positive note the service was nice and friendly.

Food is fresh and plentiful but everything we ordered was missing something just a bit bland. I have had better takeaways from other places

Fantastic food,fast service and reasonably priced

highly recommend! the food and authenticity of the place was so good!

First time eating here... Superb!

Been here twice! Was here last night, me and my misses both went for the Thai curry, I got green and she had the red Thai curry. The portions were huge we could hardly finish it, so you get a lot for your money! The staff are lovely and the food is bang on everytime!

Beautiful food. Definitely be back

Reasonable priced good food, be warned can be busy at peak times. Staff very good, good selection on menu, also includes Thai curry dishes. ,

Cost - No set menu and far too expensive for the food Service - good quick service Atmosphere - nothing special What I ordered would of been a usual take away which would of cost No more than £30 MAX. But in the restaurant it cost over £60?? I won't be eating in the restaurant again.

After reading reviews I bought my food from here and was not disappointed. Everything was absolutely delicious. Well packaged and presented. Good value. I'm staying in a hotel nearby and next time I'm here il be getting my food at Mandarin Palace :)

One of the best value nights out you will get.

We went for dinner on a Friday night around 8/9pm. Not too busy, ordered our food and drinks. We were told the angel hair starters would take 20 minutes and we said we'd wait for them, they came out within 10 mins. We wanted to ask for drinks and even with the almost 10 members of staff walking around, we struggled to get the attention of the staff. We finally ordered more drinks and we had to follow up with the staff as we never received them. We received the mains, sweet and sour chicken was a bit bland and we reckon the duck was reheated and it was really fatty. We stopped eating the duck and just ate the chicken, at least that was edible. Nobody came near us to check if the food was okay so we didn't complain until the chicken was finished(we shared). We complained to who we thought was the manager and he just said that we should have said it to him.. If we had staff come over and check about the meal we would have but unfortunately trying to get attention of staff that had no interest in working just wasn't worth it. And then when we went to pay, there was a group of male staff all hanging around the bar laughing loudly. We ended up handing in the bill and leaving. Not an enjoyable experience at all, and a bad start to our holiday in Derry

Food is okay. Setting is good. Price is 2 high for what you get. Otherwise fine.

I would usually give 5 stars to the Mandarin Palace but tonight I was very disappointed and I have only awarded 3 stars. I ordered Sweet and Sour Chicken but was very surprised to find that there were no vegetables or pineapple in the sauce, it was more like a red clear soup. On saying that I have to state that the chicken and the rice were perfect and up to their usual high standards. I know there are shortages of fruit and vegetables at the moment but I dread to think what if there had been a shortage of chicken?

Place looks lovely. Waiting staff very attentive. Food let it down. Was cold, watered down sauces. Complained had one uneaten meal. Got a sorry. Would not reccomend. Disapointing

BB even here several times before. Never fails to impress.

We had an amazing experience the food is exceptional, brilliant atmosphere and helpful friendly staff 100% will call again.

Great place. Beautiful view. Great service. Good and high quality food. I liked..

Fantastic Chinese restaurant, great atmosphere and service. Can't wait to return

Cold takeaway and horrible chips which had obviously been recooked put in bin disgraceful

Enjoyed our dinner after a long break

Fantastic service food just beautiful

The food has changed since we were last here, quality has gone down and price has gone way up.. It was fine.