Mandarin Palace in Dartford

Not sure were to start. This has to be the WORST chinese shop that I have ever had the misfortune to try. It is supposed to be an "eat as much as you like lunch buffet". The lunch hours are supposed to be 12:00 noon to 3:00pm. We arrived at 12:35pm & saw that there were only about ten other customers already there. When we went to get some food, we found that out of the twenty items on offer that some were already completely empty, the other food that was there was nearly running out even though they had only been open for 35 minutes. We decided to wait for a while so that they could top up the trays (as this is supposed to be an unlimited buffet) but this DID NOT HAPPEN. We just could not believe that they could treat customers this badly. We then thought we would just get the last tiny amounts that were left in the hope that they would top up the food but this never happened. It is totally unacceptable to cheat people in such a way. We left at 1:15pm as we realised that they were definitely not going to supply any more food. It's as if they put out a very small amount of food & when it runs out, that's it, you are not getting any more. They are taking money but not supplying an unlimited buffet. An utterly disgusting awful place well worth avoiding. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Most of the items were not available. Rice was almost cold. Soup was nice and warm. Ambience not great. Not sure if one can say it’s value for money because many other places offer lunch buffet at similar prices but of much better choice and quality. But noted that this is not long after Covid restrictions lifted, hence individual businesses struggle to survive. Suggest fewer dishes but better quality to ensure repeat business.

Absolutely disgusting, the worst place I have ever eaten. The high chairs were extremely dirty - hygiene is a big problem with this place. Hardly any food at the buffet and the soft drinks aren’t even branded, I would say they are watered down. Never again!

Had a buffet yesterday with my family really enjoyed it, hope you guys opened Sunday evening

We went there for my girlfriend's Birthday party. Nice friendly staff, great food with there all you can eat buffet highly recommended. This restaurant is spacious inside so fantastic for those big parties.

This place obviously knows how to serve their clients. Always with a kind attitude. The food is affordably priced, always tasty and neat.

We ordered the chicken wings yesterday around lunchtime and regret spending my money on that. You could smell them across the room as if they were left out in the restaurant overnight and the chicken was pink inside. The smell alone made me nauseous. Usually we have no problems ordering from here and love the food in the evening but at lunchtime, it was awful. not making that mistake again

My kids and I are highly disappointed after receiving the order. The rice is horrible,tasteless and to my surprise is slightly burnt, the deep fried tempura prawns were drenched in oil,soggy and had an appalling taste not only that but the were stinky too my kid refused to have any and last but definitely not least instead of chilli oil we received chilli sauce.I am NEVER EVER ordering from here again and i highly suggest you don't and instead order from the place we usually do New Golden City.What a waste of a whole £33.00. :(Oh and we had to put a star for this review to be posted if i could i would a zero stars which is exactly what it deserves.

I visit this excellent restaurant from time to time since I enjoy the good mood that is characterizes this restaurant. The crew is highly loving and experienced. The service is impressively fast. Most important, the food they serve is first-rate. I visited often and I was always satisfied. The cost is modest. I highly suggest this place to my friends and family.

Worst Chinese ever 🤢 I can’t believe people are saying it’s nice, It was the only one on Uber eats so we ordered from there they sent us the wrong food so we went inside, customer service was a joke they were so aggressive and insisted this wet green slime on top of rice was special fried rice... I wouldn’t have fed it to my dog. The whole meal went in the bin, no seasoning no taste, no masks