Mandarin Chef in Apple Valley

This is the best Chinese that we have found...however, due to the fact that they will not open for dining in we won't eat here until they do. Our favorite dishes just don't taste the same by the time we get home 35 minutes from the restaurant. It is one of the only restaurants that refuse to open inside. Please consider opening for Indoor dining so that we can enjoy your delicious food again. So many customers agree with us.

Must have come on the wrong day. Ordered beef chop suey and wound up with some really bad chow mein. Walnut shrimp is usually good but really sucked this time

I've been ordering from Mandarin Chef for years now. I've always gotten take out, even before Covid. I have my favorite "speciality" dish and once I request one of the few changes I make to the dish, they know me and get it right every time. I really enjoy when the lady answers the phone because she is so nice and always gets my order right now that we communicate better with the small language barrier. When the young guy answers I know he's frustrated with me, and will be a little short with me, but he also has my food made just as I like it. It took me awhile to accept that the younger man is just a little frustrated sometimes, but we've never had a language barrier issue at all. I get my meal with several changes made to it and ask for it to be as spicy as possible but I just don't think they think I can handle it as spicy as I would actually like it. I encounter this at many restaurants and it's not that big of a deal. Their new to-go chili oil packets are fantastic and add so much spice and flavor to my dish that I've started ordering from here even more often. Of course, my entree is one of the most expensive on the entree list  (excluding, of course,  anything with seafood or fish as I hate that stuff). Leftovers store perfectly i...