Mandarin Palace Hornchurch — Restaurant in London

It’s been quite a few years now since our last visit but last night we finally went back to the Mandarin Palace in my hometown of Hornchurch. I can honestly say that we won’t be leaving it very long before we return again. We enjoyed great Chinese food along with excellent friendly service from every member of the team. We also loved a couple of old school touches that reminded you of years gone by.

Let’s begin with our arrival which really set the tone for the evening. It was as friendly as you could ever want before being escorted to our table. Once seated we were immediately brought a large helping of prawn crackers. We then ordered a pint of carlsberg (80s) and a glass of rose wine while we looked at the extensive menu.

We decided that despite the appeal of the set menu’s we would order of the main menu to which the waitress was very helpful and said what order the food could be brought to the table. It sounded great so we left it with them. We started with the Gourmet Platter of Five Delicacies ( satay chicken , bbq spare ribs , pancake roll , sesame prawns on toast & crispy seaweed ). We followed this with the with the Assorted Steamed Dumplings.

We now moved on to the main courses where we had the Dried Crispy Pork Belly with hot chilli & garlic , Spiced Chicken in garlic sauce , Mixed Vegetable Chow Mein & Spicy Singapore Fried Rice. All the dishes were perfectly cooked and full of flavour.

We then moved to dessert and I was in for an old school treat when I saw the Fantastica on the menu. This is a crispy chocolate base with layered vanilla & caramel ice cream , caramel sauce and dusted with chocolate biscuit. I followed this with another treat as they did a Floater Coffee.

This brought to an end an evening of great Chinese food with excellent friendly service that makes this restaurant a real credit to not only my hometown of Hornchurch but hospitality itself. I would definitely recommend a visit and for one can’t wait to return once...

Absolutely delicious and wonderful! We stumbled upon this restaurant on a Saturday night after being turned away at our first choice. If you're looking for authentic and tasty Chinese food, Mandarin Palace is absolutely a must! The restaurant is in a very cozy and old building and although we had not booked ahead of time we were seated at a very quiet and lovely table for 2. The food was really fantastic and the service was even better! We were helped by several very friendly and polite servers. My fiance and I shared the house fried rice, duck in orange sauce, and chicken with black bean sauce- all very good. Additionally, we tried their house white wine and thought it was really delicious!! One of the best restaurants in Hornchurch, and even the Essex area! Thank you for a wonderful experience. We will...

Dined in at this restaurant last night. Was very disappointed with the service and food. Prawn crackers were taken from the table without being asked despite the fact we were still eating them and only half of our party had arrived! Same happened with one of the starters, taken without being asked if it was finished.

Food was fairly bland. £3.90 for a plate of chips is ridiculous and so was the price of all of the other items. Don’t get me started on the price of drinks!!! Bill came to an extortionate amount for what we got. The satay chicken was delicious, ribs were fatty & full of gristle and hardly any meat. Desert was so frozen it bent the spoon and knocked over the glass.

Save your money and don’t go... or do. Whatever pleases you but rest assured we won’t be...