New Mandarin 5574 Norbeck Road, Rockville, MD 20853

"I'd normally shy away from a 3.7 star rated restaurant, but my wife decided to order there for some reason and to our shock and delight, their Kung Pao Chicken was made with the recipe we grew up with, chicken, peanuts, slightly spicy brown sauce, nothing else! Thank the stars! A Chinese restaurant that gets it! Since then, my wife, the fussier one of us, has been pleased with Kung Pao Tofu, Szechuan green beans, and the vegetarian spring rolls (crisp wonton shell wrapping a soft, engaging cabbage mix, followed by a salty, oily finish that's oddly pleasant. Will order again.) The fried rice is better than many I've had, the fried dumplings could have been crisper, but the flavor was good. I may be sounding critical, but we've been so disappointed with so many Chinese restaurants, serving sweet, dumbed-down flavors meant for Americans that don't actually like Chinese food, it needs to be emphasized that a restaurant that can serve so many dishes this well needs to get more business. New Mandarin is and will be in regular rotation for our dining out selection. EDIT: -Bad reviews are mostly old. They may have ironed wrinkles out. -We ate at the restaurant, so our meals were hot and the spring roll wrapper was crunchy and fresh. Maybe you'll fidn that you're happiest if you eat there? That applies to most restaurants. COVID got people getting carry-out all the time. That's kind of on y'all if you decide not to eat food as it's prepared and let it steam itself into oblivion in carry-out containers. No food improves that way. Live a little, get out of the house. -Apparently chicken wings are disappointing, but WTH? Wings? Why are you ordering wings, anyway? Are you ordering Kung Pao at KFC? When in Rome, people. EDIT Again: We ordered some Moo-Shi vegetable that tasted burned. Not good. Maybe order something else as well in case it's something about the recipe and not a fluke. Everything else has still been good. Had that one unhappy surprise. I'd still rate it between 4 and 4.5. 3.7 is still unfair."

""Deep sigh" I really wish I had read some of the recent reviews before I ordered from the New Mandarin chinese restaurant. I am not going to tell you what I ordered because it was to disgusting to mention. If you insist on patronizing this restaurant than order plain white rice and a vegetable egg roll. 20 bucks down the drain."

"My second experience was much better than the first. However the fried rice is beyond basic. No eggs no scallions. I would rather pay a bit more for a better product. Good is personal and when we are hungry we do not want to be disappointed."

"Tasty food and excellent prices, especially for the lunch specials! So much food for less than $10. I got the bean curd dish with white rice, a spring roll, and hot and sour soup, and my boyfriend got the general tso chicken. Definitely will come here again, especially since they have the lunch special on the weekends."

"During this pandemic, I applaud restaurants that are open and adapting to the current need for safety and provide good service to their clients! I got takeout for the three of us at New Mandarin. Plenty of parking, place was empty but clean; tables and chairs stacked to the side. My order was ready and waiting for me. All the employees were polite, distanced, and wearing masks. The food was good; everything was hot, the dinner specials were ample and packed well; my order was complete and correct as ordered, and there were plenty of soy/duck sauce/mustard packets. I also ordered fortune cookies, (they come in a package of 4) and they were fresh. I enjoyed the food - especially the steamed vegetables and the chicken with string beans - and will order take out more often. Thank you New Mandarin!"