Honestly? What are you expecting? It's Mandarin - they don't specialize in fine dining and the food is made in huge batches in order to serve tons of people. The service, honestly, is what stuck out to me - our server was clearly new at this, BUT she made up for it with her enthusiasm and pep! The food was okay - honestly the only thing I reeeally didn't like was the fried tofu, which was super mushy and gross, but everything else was decent (their mushrooms were surprisingly pretty good!), and their desserts were good too. Honestly I haven't been to Mandarin in years, and I doubt I'll be back for a while, but sometimes, you just feel like eating inauthentic Chinese cuisine at a buffet!