Mandarin Palace

On a busy mothers day, service staff and food were top notch

The only downside on the food is that if you order a lot, it all comes out at a similar time. So food can get cold. Tasty dim sum overall.

Unfortunately didn't enjoy my experience at this restaurant, although the food is of good quality it was insanely overpriced. My family and I visited for chinese new year and were extremely disappointed. The set menu was £68, we were told we had to have the set menu there was no other option (we were only 6 people not a huge group) to then see many tables of other people ordering from the a la carte menu which we really would have preferred. When asked they just told us most people were having set menu which wasn't even true... The food did not reflect the high price, there was only 1 duck leg to share between 3 people for pancakes... the lobster was of good quality but the rest of the meal was made up of average dishes that were yummy but nothing special. £68 is ludicrous for this, I have had better set menus in central London at higher end establishments for less money. My mum is a vegetarian so some vegetarian options were provided for her, although some of them were nice like the Aubergine and Tofu dishes... 2 courses of the set menu were exactly the same; the faux duck and the faux salt and pepper chicken were literally exactly the same dish with exactly the same ingredients. Who wants to pay for a set menu and have 2 courses exactly the same? I said to the staff this wasn't acceptable and they claimed it was different because it had salt and pepper?!?! On top of all of this we asked for a pot of jasmine tea for 4 people, the price of this was not on the menu but the table was set with tea cups and in a majority of chinese restaurants they usually offer this for free so I thought it wouldn't be that much money. When the bill came they had attempted to charge us £18.50 for one pot of jasmine tea?! I queried it and he told us we had had 2 pots and they charge per person not for the pot. I told him we had ordered and received 1 pot for 4 people and only 4 people drank the tea he then changed it to £10.50. £10.50 for a pot of jasmine tea is crazy!!! I wouldn't come back to this establishment and there are much nicer places in Gants Hill to eat that aren't trying to money grab (eg. Royale spicy Dosa which is just across the road)

Excellent food, certainly quite different to Cantonese cuisine though there is some overlap. The food is cooked to a high standard with balanced flavours. Slightly pricey but still worth it.

Delicious dim sum

Authentic Cantonese food. Highly recommend. Parking: Parking available nearby, not free

Really impressed with the dim sum and roast meats.

Food - Good portion well cooked, although tasted better. Service - Perfect Atmosphere- Perfect