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Jason Wuon Google

2 months ago

We’ve been coming to Mama Mulan for ages but I’ve honestly just been too lazy to leave a review until now (sorry for the bad photos, we usually just eat straight away!). ​It’s definitely on the pricier side for Chatswood, but the food and the lovely, relaxing vibe make it completely worth it. A few highlights from our usual order: ​The Crab Meat & Fish Roe Fried Rice is so delicate and loaded with roe. It’s not super salty or packed with MSG at all—honestly feels like they might not even use it. The wok hei is perfectly balanced with just a nice hint of ginger. ​The Wok-Fried Wagyu Beef (with mushrooms, cashews, and teriyaki) is a massive hit with the kids. The wagyu is actually good quality and super tender, not chewy at all, and the sauce is great. Love the mushrooms and peas in it too. ​You also have to try the Dim Sum. You can tell they actually have a shifu making it fresh in-house, it’s not that frozen, mass-produced factory stuff. The dumplings are always my absolute favorite. Making the skins thin is an art—bad ones are always way too thick and doughy, but Mulan's are beautifully thin. ​Overall, it's just really good, consistent food. Highly recommend if you want a nice, relaxed meal!

Dickson L (Diciniho)on Google

2 months ago

Been here a few times with friends and decided to take my family here for lunch. Very much like my previous visits the food is great and the service is great. The bbq duck spring roll was our favourite. It’s has a nice duck flavour with crispy spring roll skin. The fried rice and dim sum platter are nicely done as well. Although there is abit of await for our table but good things there are plenty of seats for you while you wait. Staff are great and attentive, going around filling glass of water without asking. Overall my family had a great lunch here. Price is on the higher end but quality of the food and experience makes it acceptable. I would definitely recommended this place for others to try.

Anna Manluloon Google

3 months ago

We've been going to this place for many years (when we lived closer) and just only recently dined again. The menu is Cantonese cuisine and the flavours and dishes are just as we remembered and now I recall why we keep coming back. The highlight for me was the spinach tofu and our family favourites - the sweet and sour eggplant. They also have yum cha, but more pricey than your regular place as they present themselves as an upscale Asian restaurant. The venue itself is classy and everything we ordered was devoured.

Bunnyyon Google

2 months ago

I visited this restaurant again tonight as I had a very positive experience previously and genuinely enjoyed the food. However, this visit was extremely disappointing due to one particular staff member. My friends and I arrived around 8pm and were still deciding what to order, as we are not very familiar with Chinese dishes. When we politely asked for a few more minutes, one staff member responded in a noticeably impatient and unfriendly tone, repeatedly rushing us and stating that the kitchen was closing soon. While I understand restaurants have last orders and closing procedures, the way it was communicated felt unnecessary, unprofessional, and uncomfortable. Throughout the interaction, this same staff member’s tone, facial expressions, and attitude were consistently dismissive, which made us feel unwelcome as customers. Later, we found a short hair in one of the chicken dishes. We calmly informed the same staff member, simply to make them aware of the issue. Instead of any apology or acknowledgment, we were met with a dismissive response asking whether we wanted a replacement or to cancel the dish, again without any apology or concern shown. At that point, we no longer felt comfortable continuing our meal and decided to cancel the dish and just pay and leave immediately. What was most disappointing was not the mistake itself, but the behaviour of this particular staff member, including the lack of apology, professionalism, and basic customer service. I hope management takes this feedback seriously and reviews staff training, as this experience does not reflect the quality of the food, which was otherwise very good.

Ali Son Google

a month ago

We went for dinner on a Saturday night, so needless to say, things were a little busy. As we were a party of 2, we could not really order a lot so we tried out the teriyaki beef, pumpkin spinach tofu, crab meat crispy noodles n plain steamed rice. We also had oolong rose tea for 2 . We had been to Mama mulan a few times, and this was by far the least pleasing. First, I have been a fan of oolong tea and the tea we ordered tasted nothing but rose. The tea flavour was extremely mild. Teriyaki beef was on the sweet side and the portion was tiny. The tofu was a delight, but only for the few slices on top, the rest were all bathed in the pumpkin sauce, which unfortunately rendered all the crispy tofu skin soggy. The pumpkin sauce was in my humble opinion, tasted like some canned pumpkin soup concentrate, it was an inventive fusion idea, but bad execution. Perhaps, the worst is the crab meat crispy noodles. The crab meat sauce was a little too heavy handed with corn starch and the crispy noodles was fried in a ball and was so hard and difficult to sever and mix with the already thickened sauce. It was just a dinner with a huge room for improvement. Service wise, our lady server was very helpful with the order and prompt to refill our tea, which is worth a mention. Ambience was ok, tables were not too close, but too small. On average, a couple would order 3 to 4 items and with drinks, there was no juggling of dishes on the table. A below par dinner service tonight, and hope next time round, if we choose to revisit, would have a better overall experience.