This is based on dinner that I had here with a friend. I had been meaning to go to Mandarin since long as it looks like a chic place. When you peek in from their glass front, you can see English, Chinese and Asian guests, but what impressed me was that most of them seemed to be well-heeled, dressed in suits and formal attire.
Located on Clifton street near the town centre, Michael Wan's Mandarin Restaurant is an easily accessible.
My eating-out companion Luckey and I went to eat here on Friday the 2nd of June 2017. We were sat at a 2-seater table that was in a crowded, front area of the restaurant. The waiters were quite prompt in their attention to us and kept hovering nearby to take the orders. It was a bit uncomfortable for me. Eventually, we ordered our soups. I had a Chicken and prawns hot and sour soup, while Luckey had a more traditional Chicken sweet corn soup. My soup was not as hot as I am used to, and, to be frank, tasted quite sweet. I managed to polish it off.
For the main course, we ordered a Kung Pao King Prawn and a Chicken Sizzler with garlic sauce. We had this with steamed rice. While the Kung Pao was an interesting concoction of large, well-cooked king prawns, onions, and a few other vegetables on a nice gravy of roasted cashew, the sizzler was a disappointment. Not only did it never sizzle, it was insipid in taste - I couldn't even make out the garlic taste in the final product.
To go with the food, we had a cocktail each. It tasted of chocolate liqueur.
They added a 10% service charge on the bill. The final bill was a bit steep, no denying that. However, you could not fault their eagerness to please. Hence, I paid up that charge. And that's that. Thanks for reading this review.
Ratings:
Stars: 4
Food: 3.5
Ambiance: 3.5
Service: 5
Cocktail: 5
Recommendation: Ask for rear seating as they have sofas and more comfortable seating there.
I had written a review of this restaurant on TripAdvisor UK (read the review here)
The management responded with the following comments:
Located on Clifton street near the town centre, Michael Wan's Mandarin Restaurant is an easily accessible.
My eating-out companion Luckey and I went to eat here on Friday the 2nd of June 2017. We were sat at a 2-seater table that was in a crowded, front area of the restaurant. The waiters were quite prompt in their attention to us and kept hovering nearby to take the orders. It was a bit uncomfortable for me. Eventually, we ordered our soups. I had a Chicken and prawns hot and sour soup, while Luckey had a more traditional Chicken sweet corn soup. My soup was not as hot as I am used to, and, to be frank, tasted quite sweet. I managed to polish it off.
For the main course, we ordered a Kung Pao King Prawn and a Chicken Sizzler with garlic sauce. We had this with steamed rice. While the Kung Pao was an interesting concoction of large, well-cooked king prawns, onions, and a few other vegetables on a nice gravy of roasted cashew, the sizzler was a disappointment. Not only did it never sizzle, it was insipid in taste - I couldn't even make out the garlic taste in the final product.
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| Hot and sour soup |
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| Kung Pao king prawns |
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| Chicken sizzler with garlic sauce |
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| The main course with steamed rice |
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| Yours truly |
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| With Luckey |
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| The bar at the front |
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| The entrance area |
They added a 10% service charge on the bill. The final bill was a bit steep, no denying that. However, you could not fault their eagerness to please. Hence, I paid up that charge. And that's that. Thanks for reading this review.
Ratings:
Stars: 4
Food: 3.5
Ambiance: 3.5
Service: 5
Cocktail: 5
Recommendation: Ask for rear seating as they have sofas and more comfortable seating there.
I had written a review of this restaurant on TripAdvisor UK (read the review here)
The management responded with the following comments:
blkman1, General Manager at Michael Wan's Mandarin Cantonese Restaurant, responded to this review, 2 days ago
Thank you for your review, we're glad you enjoyed your evening with us.
We remember you from the pictures you were taking of the restaurant which you mentioned were for your blog :-) The area where you were seated was a temporary dining area which is added to the usual dining area for the duration of the Blackpool Dance Festival (this is usually the bar area) and may explain why you felt a little cramped.
We're very surprised to hear about the lack of sizzle, that's very unusual and if you had mentioned it to one of our waiters it would have been happily replaced without question.
Thanks again and hope to see you again
Team Mandarin
We remember you from the pictures you were taking of the restaurant which you mentioned were for your blog :-) The area where you were seated was a temporary dining area which is added to the usual dining area for the duration of the Blackpool Dance Festival (this is usually the bar area) and may explain why you felt a little cramped.
We're very surprised to hear about the lack of sizzle, that's very unusual and if you had mentioned it to one of our waiters it would have been happily replaced without question.
Thanks again and hope to see you again
Team Mandarin
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