Mandarin Restaurant — Restaurant in Markham

A warm and welcoming atmosphere, Mandarin Restaurant is a must-visit. From the moment you step inside, you're greeted with friendly smiles and the enticing aroma of freshly prepared dishes.

The buffet selection is outstanding – offering everything from classic dim sum and crispy spring rolls to perfectly cooked General Tao chicken, Mongolian beef, and a wide range of sushi. Each dish is carefully presented and consistently replenished, ensuring freshness throughout your meal.

What really stands out is the variety. Whether you're vegetarian, gluten-free, or a seafood lover, there’s something for everyone. Their dessert bar is also a highlight – featuring soft-serve ice cream, fresh fruit, pastries, and even a chocolate fountain.

The service was exceptional. Staff were attentive without being intrusive, and empty plates were cleared quickly, making for a relaxed dining experience.

Clean, spacious, and family-friendly, Mandarin is ideal for everything from casual lunches to birthday celebrations. It’s no wonder it’s a local favorite.

Highly recommended for anyone looking for a delicious and satisfying meal in Toronto!

..... Absolutely! Here's the updated review with a special mention of Susie, the server who attended to you:

A special shoutout to Susie and Denniz, who provided exceptional service throughout our visit. They were warm, attentive, and genuinely kind. She checked on our table regularly without ever being intrusive, offered helpful suggestions, and made sure we had everything we needed. Her friendly demeanor truly enhanced our dining experience and made us feel right at home.

Highly recommended for anyone looking for a delicious and satisfying meal in Toronto – and if you’re lucky enough to have Susie as your server, you're in for an even more...

Overall our experience was not good and since we will not be coming back it is fair to leave some feedback.

Unfortunately what made me feel disgusted was the lack of control of the environment when it came to hygiene. During my visit today there was a group of young kids running and playing around the restaurant, crawling on the floors, touching the floors with their hands. The same group of kids reached into the bowl of sprinkles with their bare hands and started playing with the sprinkles. Now I understand its not the fault of the workers as they should not be supervising the customers kids while working at a restaurant however, I do believe that there should be someone be on the look out for this type of behaviour. Kids crawling on the floor is a safety hazard, and touching food with barehands is disgusting.

Next thing I wanted to point out was the place where we sat. The moment we arrived at our dining table, it smelled terrible. Now I am an avid buffet eater, I understand there needs to be a cleaning station to clear the food, however I never had an issue with other restaurants. While we were sitting next to cleaning station, we couldn't help but feel a bit gross.

Last thing was the food variety, I feel that there are too many dessert selection compared to savoury dishes which is a shame. Half of the savory dishes were fried food. It would have been nice to have some steamed dishes, or something innovative like Dragon Legend/Pearl's peking duck. The drinks we ordered were too sweet, Ho Ho Ho drink did not really taste like Pina Colada. The lack of coconut made it quite underwhelming.

It is a shame that Mandarin is not as good as before. However, I can say the service is good, the cotton candy...

First time having dinner at Mandarin buffet in over 2 decades. Came for a birthday celebration. That do a good job in making the birthday person feel special.

The service is excellent. From the front desk, to the staff keeping the food topped up to the staff waiting on our table, everyone was amazing. We given hot towels at the start and the end of the meal which is a very nice touch. Water and drinks were kept topped up and dishes were promptly cleared.

Love the atmosphere and ambiance of the restaurant as well. Ample seating, calming decor and the koi pond at the front is lovely.

Right now they have special dishes for the moon festival (see pics) like moon cake, butternut squash soup, apple salad, seafood casserole, chicken and eggplant, sweet and sour fish, moon jello, ube vanilla ice cream, mini donuts, pumpkin pie, and of course lotus moon cake. I enjoyed the moon festival dishes.

There is quite a lot of deep-fried dishes, none of which I ate because they did not appeal to me. All 4 soups were delish accept the wonton skin is quite thick so I just had the broth.

Salad bar is good. Sushi bar did not look fresh so passed on that, prime rib was quite good, horseradish is excellent. Bbq ribs was a bit dry and didn’t fall off the bone. The veggie dishes like green beans, broccoli and spinach were quite good but vegetable items are quite limited.

Most of the desserts are overly sweet and there are a lot of them, two stations in fact.

The Pina Colada had way too much coconut oil not enough pineapple flavour and the Shirley temple was mediocre. I would not recommend ordering drinks.

Overall there were not as many options that were to my liking but the service and...