Mandala Cantina — Restaurant in Downey

The atmosphere is great and they play amazing music and have great taste in it. However the thing that ruined my parties night was that our server took FOREVER to serve us. We arrived at 10:30 and he brought us waters but than I had to flag him down to order cause he just wouldn't come to our table. Once we ordered our drinks it took him over 30 mins to bring out a bucket of Modelos and a single bud light. Took him over 20 minutes to bring out the rest of the 3 mixed drinks. After looking for him and having to flag him down for 20 minutes it took him another 15 minutes to bring us our check. $138 just for 10 minutes of drinking and we couldn't even get any food ordered cause the server took so long to even attend us. He had to be flagged down every single time just for him to pass by our table.

Too long didn't read: The service definitely is something to be desired and definitely is not the best. Can't comment on food since we didn't get a chance to order any, mixed drinks were alright. Nothing to write home about. Atmosphere is great and music is great. Only problem was...

Beautiful Latin inspired atmosphere with a DJ at the brunch. The carne asada brunch menu dish was delicious 😋 but it didn't come with much only a few strips of steak, a few green onions, rice and pinto beans...no salsa, chips or tortillas. The $60 Paloma pot is delicious and serves 4-5 people. I enjoyed the atmosphere, decor and music the most. They were very busy and not enough staff so the service was not the best. I made a reservation a week in advance for a large group on a Sunday and my table was ready so we had no wait time. There is a 20% gratuity automatically added for large parties and they will not split the check but they do accept multiple cards and cash payments. They have indoor and...

My girlfriend and I made a confirmed reservation through Yelp and also signed up on their website for the Love Island watch party and drink specials. We showed up on time, and the place was packed. The hostess told us to go upstairs, nothing was available to us as this was a different restuarant. They didn’t honor our reservation — or the drink specials.

We went back down and were basically told “sorry, we’re full.” No solution, no table, and we missed happy hour, missed the event. We drove 30 minutes each way for nothing. Super unprofessional and honestly just a waste of our time. Not the hostess fault, just a poorly ran event. Just not cool. Someone should reach and and...