Mandarin House

It's really pretty simple. Mandarin House serves the best Chinese food in San Diego. Period. The portions are generous. The service is friendly and fast. The prices are very reasonable. The atmosphere is fabulous.In a world where it seems you can't get dinner without taking out a mortgage and getting lousy service, Mandarin House is a breath of fresh air!Absolutely love this establishment and recommend it 100%.

Service was absolutely horrible but the food was good! Our second waiter was pretty great, the people at the front desk aren't so great. If you would like to change seats even if the restaurant is empty and they say you can, it takes them forever to actually move you. It also takes a while for you to get a waiter to take your order or bring you water. Absolutely loved the food and the quality is great! I loved the Orange Chicken, Sesame chicken, and Mongolian beef. I unfortunately couldn't get the Lemon Chicken but it looked amazing!

Love this place! On week days they have a special deal called "date night" and it's basically a giant cocktail (a bowl that the light on fire) + two entrees + two soups + rice all for $55! We had tons of leftovers too. Food was also great - got the wonton soup, orange chicken, and kung pao chicken. We went there without a reservation on a weekday and probably waited for like 15min. It was packed but service was pretty good.

The service was great. Despite how packed it was they still were very attentive and the food came out fresh and quick. Our server had great recommendations as well. I loved the salt pepper shrimp. We got the upside down noodles but they just weren't for us. But others really enjoyed them. The inside was clean and great atmosphere. We will be back!!

Best Kung Pao chicken in SoCal... bar none! My son will scarf down an entire family serving of their orange chicken faster than a jackrabbit on a date! Service is always friendly in a classy atmosphere with a chic 70s vibe.

We LOVE Mandarin house and have truly never been disappointed on our visits. The decor is lovely, the service is quick and the food is delicious. They have tofu and other vegetarian options such as veggie egg rolls. Although we did not try one of the fancy drinks, I can see how this would be a fun place to go for a celebration. Super kid friendly, we saw many kids during our meal there! Love that they have "plain noodles" a kid favorite for sure!! We will definitely be back. : )

Very good menu with many varied types of beef, chicken, seafood dishes. I recommend it!

What a wonderful and nostalgic place! I happened to drive my Mandarin House and saw the retro signage and "world famous" notation so I had to try it. We came back that night and had dinner there. This place is loud and there's a lot happening here. Mandarin House has a lot of history and nostalgia. The man at the front told us he's been there over 46 years! Wow! He was nice and professional and has great pride in his restaurant. There's cute paper lantern lights all over the ceiling and a row of old school high backed booths along the front window side. When we walked in we saw an award sign behind the front counter that said "Voted best place to celebrate a birthday". While there, we saw at least 2 birthday parties going on. They certainly live up to their award!The food is wonderful. Among us, we had an appetizer of Salt & Pepper fried chicken wings, and for dinner we had Walnut Shrimp, Orange Chicken, and Crispy Beef, white rice and fried rice. All were very tasty and we had ample portions and enough for leftovers. I will return here one day when back in the area. I think it's a gem for the La Jolla neighborhood.

The food was amazing! They have a nice atmosphere, and their own parking lot! Can't wait to go back.

Busy restaurant. Lively and loud. The first Chinese restaurant I've ever been to that has a full bar. There were gigantic cocktails served in cauldrons of fire!!The service was fine. Food took longer than what I'm used to at Chinese restaurants. Probably because there were tons of people. We ordered:Veggie egg rolls - tasty. Arrived very hot. Salt & Pepper Tofu - goodBuddha's Delight - 10 kinds of vegetables. It was good. Mushu Pork - okay Crispy Beef - loved this!Overall, everything was decent.