Mandarin Spice Asian Grill

Nice place. Nice people. Gluten free clearly stated on menu. Many choices for Celiacs. Good Mai Tais to drink. Server was Hikaru...very good at his job. Thank you Hikaru! I had sesame noodles (gf). Husband had Kung Pao Beef. He said it was the best he'd had in quite a while. The noodles were a little under seasoned for me..but a little gf tamari sauce and it was very tasty as well. Best dinner we'd had our in a long time.

The atmosphere was very warm and welcoming. Server was kind and patient with us, especially when I had a difficult time making a decision on food. He also answered our questions and provided explanations whenever we asked. I had the Snow Roll and Egg Drop Soup. The Snow Roll was a bit much for me but still very tasty and satisfying overall. The Egg Drop Soup was fantastic and will be a definite re-order for me. Overall, if you're looking for a nice place to dine with good food and welcoming staff, I'd recommend here.

Late post from about 3 weeks ago from a work trip. I tried tofu for the first time at this restaurant. I’m glad I did! My 13 year old daughter even ate it and tho it was good. We had a few dishes, chicken lettuce wraps, chicken dumplings, Bok choi and fried tofu, and sweet and sour chicken. The waiter was busy with other tables and we wished he had came back to us more but it’s a great place to eat. Must go if you like Asian food. We met a really nice lady there and talked while she waited for her order. Overall nice experience.

We have been coming to Mandarin Spice for some time now ordering parking lot sushi(it’s kind of turned into a date night for us)! Tonight was the first night we decided to dine in, thinking the whole menu was back open for dine in. Totally my mistake when I read a picture of the menu to quickly! The reason this is important is because we sat down excited to order all of our favorite sushi only to quickly realize.. dang it they are still carry out only for a-lot of the sushi. So totally embarrassed we had to tell Logan our waiter we would actually only be ordering an appetizer and then ordering the rest of our food togo! I was so embarrassed but Logan was truly such a great waiter and made us not feel unwelcome at all! We still totally got the dine in experience while we wait for our appetizer and our takeout meal. He was funny, kind, welcoming and overall still very attentive to us! Most places you go and order take out you often don’t get as much attention, let’s face it that is because most people don’t tip for takeout. So I don’t blame people! But Logan did not treat us any different! I would also like to add the dumplings are by far the best I have ever had in Iowa. I love a true dumpling but have not found a place that makes them perfectly! This place does! They are not weak on the stuffing and of course the sauce is to die for! Anyway, great experience and the first time we have really left feeling wowed so it was time to right a positive review! Logan really stood out, and the food is always amazing even when Togo!

2 stars for the horrible takeout experience. They said it would be ready in 20 mins so I reach the restaurant on time to collect my meal. They charge me for it and then tell me it's not ready yet and it's gonna take a few minutes. 5 minutes go by, then 10 and then 15, the servers there keep saying it'll be a few minutes more. Finally 20 minutes after the estimated prep time I finally received the food. The food was good and pretty tasty but the quantity felt quite less for the price. I would suggest anyone to not order takeout food from here. Dine-in experience is better. If you do order takeout, ask them if the food is ready before paying for it. If not ready then pay when it's ready, that way you can leave if they don't make the food ready in time.

I think we just had bad timing, Mothers day buffet was just ending. I ordered sweet and sour chicken it was overcooked, the chicken was so hard you had to push the fork to go in.i think our orders were from the left over buffet they came out quick. Prices are a little high. Service was very friendly and attentive. We will give it a second try.

We ordered a lot and everything was excellent: red bean sesame balls, general tso chicken w/rice, korean BBQ chicken w/fried rice, and crazy spicy tuna roll. Everything was served quickly and cooked perfectly. This place has definitely improved over the last few years. They're always packed Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, there were at least 15 people waiting inside the entrance so we decided to come back when it was less crowded during the middle of the week. That's probably why our food came out so fast. We have not tried to eat there during the weekends yet to see how fast they serve the food when they're crowded.