Tokyo Mandarin

I absolutely love this place! I try to come here at least once a month to get my sushi fix. Sushi here is 50% off. The food is excellent and the service is great!

One of the few sushi restaurants in the NE Philly, I’m glad my boyfriend and I tried this place and love it. There’s always parking whenever we go and once we’re inside, we’re immediately seated.
The staff is very attentive and it’s 50% off sushi. We start off with appetizers (kani salad and salmon wrapped mango rolls) and then dive into the menu. So far, we have enjoyed everything we ordered! The sushi is fresh and all of it is very well displayed.
Definitely going to make another trip back whenever I’m searching for a fresh sushi dinner/​lunch :)

Tokyo Mandarin is one of the best local sushi restaurants around! The sushi is 50% off all day, everyday. They also serve Japanese and Chinese food which is a plus. I have yet to try their Japanese cuisine but I did have their Chinese cuisine. I ordered the chicken and broccoli with white sauce. It was pretty good. My friend had their pad Thai, which was terrible. The service is great, the workers very laid back and easy going. I will be coming more often.

I’ve only been here once so far, but I can’t really complain. Good sushi, great service, nice to be able to sit down and get tea and soup and so forth. I haven’t tried the half-​price stuff yet, went on a Saturday night with family for a birthday and everything was great.
I’m looking forward to another visit and it’s really nice to find a place like this in the Northeast with such potential. There are so many trashy little take-​out places with nothing to write home about and so few decent sit-​down joints with competent food.
This is worth a look and I know I’ll go back at least once more soon.

I always wanted a good sushi place with decent prices in NE Philly. Don’t need to pay Center City prices for good sushi here. Large variety of choices on the 50% off menu. I will be returning for sure!

The food is good. Sushi rolls are great. Great customer service. Thanks for having us. Also, try their sirachi wings!

Love this hidden gem! I tried this place because the northeast area lacks good sushi places. I’m so glad I tried it cause now I’m addicted… in a good way lol. Sushi is pretty good not the best I ever had I suspect that their tuna isn’t really tuna at all, however they make it taste great so fuck it. I really like coming here/​getting takeout because their hot food is equally if not better than their sushi. They do offer Chinese food and bento boxes, however the quality is sooo above your typical Americanized Chinese food. I highly highlyy recommend the pad Thai! Omg so good! Sweet, sour & spicy. The noodles were moist but not too greasy, the protein was generous, and the presentation is always spot on. Mouth is watering just thinking about it. Go order some now! Overall good spot.

I came here to eat several times and the food is always great! I also came here with my friends and we had really great service from the owner. I couldn’t find any other sushi place that was as good as Tokyo Mandarin and I love the 50% off all sushi deal. Although they did mess up my take-​out order a few times, but it’s fine since they fixed it up in a jiffy. I order the same thing every time I visit and the price differs between hosts/​hostesses. Nonetheless, décor is amazing and the bathroom is a plus!
Okay, after going back with a few friends for dinner, they done messed up my order AGAIN. They got a new waitress so I let it slide. I ordered a Philly roll to go and they do not use smoked salmon, they use imitation crab meat. It was basically a California roll with fish eggs on the rice. I just face-​palmed when I saw it. Overall 3.5÷5.

Places like this are exactly why I try them more than once before doing a review. First time around the rolls were decent average at best but what can you expect with half off rolls all day. Well… Second time around FISH BONES in all my rolls! Eel avocado, spicy salmon (which was drenched in mayo), and Green Dragon rolls all had fish bones I had to spit out pieces from each roll and threw out almost the whole order. Never again will I be eating here and you shouldn’t either. If I were able to give a zero or negative star rating trust me I would. They should be embarrassed to serve such poor quality of sushi.

Searching for a sushi place in the Cottman area and this restaurant was top on the list. There’s street parking available and the restaurant is really easy to find. We walked in with no reservations and were a little bit concerned when we saw that only two tables were occupied. Nevertheless, we were seated quickly and found that they offer ½ sushi everyday so we tried 6 different rolls.
The owner and the waiter were really attentive, service was on point! We received our orders really quick and the quality of the rolls were good. They also do ‘take-​out’ because a lot of people came by to pick up their orders. At the end of the meal, we received oranges and fortune cookies, which weren’t stale so that is a plus!
I definitely recommend this sushi restaurant!

My go to place for sushi and now they have 50% off sushi everyday! Great bang for your buck. I suggest the Angry lobster roll and the Kani kappa salad.

Service=very solid seated quickly greeted wit fried noodles which was solid half price sushi always good if you don’t like sushi they have Chinese food very solid
Good sushi and at half price can’t beat it
Gave us some wet naps and oranges at the end very solid
Overall very solid experience solid food solid service

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Thanks to my fellow Unilocalers, I was able to satisfy my craving for GOOD Chinese last night. I called in an order and went to pick it up. I picked it up 15 minutes later and I was greeted by an extremely sweet waitress. She rang my order up and it was a little less than $ 40, but I ordered A LOT. Here is a summary of what I tasted and how it was:
Shrimp Lo Mein~Excellent. Filled with shrimp and a nice sized portion.
Egg Drop Soup-​Mediocre
Spring Rolls-​very good, but too much shrimp inside
sushi-​excellent
General Tso Chicken-​I didn’t try this, but my husband said it was good
There is a parking lot on the side of the restaurant and a clean, nicely decorated dining room. This place is a gem in NE Philly and waayy better than Chinese Restaurants in the surrounding suburbs. I will definitely be frequenting.

I used to go to New Kin on Cottman Ave. They are no longer there, so I had to find a new place to get good Chinese food while at work. This place is better than NewKin.
The menu is great as is the food. The portions are generous and the price is fair. I’m glad I found this place.

Loved the Sushi and service! I sat and talked to the manager after I finished my lunch and he’s a really nice guy! 50% Sushi on Tuesdays and Wednesdays! Nice lunch specials! Also I love to watch while my sushi is being prepared!

Tokyo Mandarin has become the local sushi place to go to. The restaurant has a 50% off sushi deal on Tuesdays and Wednesday’s that are amazing to go to. I honestly wish more people took advantage of this deal, because it’s really worth it.
The top three things that I’ve ordered that I would order again are the Eel Avocado Roll, Shrimp Tempura Roll, and the Tokyo East Roll. The Tokyo East Roll is a speciality roll that’s worth it! The soft-​shell crab is what makes it delicious.
I always come back here for half off sushi! It’s completely worth it and be ready to order a lot!

I had some pretty low expectation placed on this place because the restaurants around the area wasn’t something special.
I ordered a spicy lobster roll when they were having the 50% off and I have to say, this was actually pretty good. It left an impression on me because this taste wasn’t something you can get at the buffet on city man ave.
Now for my entrée, I ordered roast pork udon. A pretty big mistake because the broth was almost tasteless. The roast pork was just Chinese BBQ pork and the flavor wasn’t quite the same because it was siting in the broth. It was an okay meal but I would only come back for the sushi.

The 50% sushi on Tuesdays and Wednesdays was what drew my friends and I to this restaurant, and the special offer didn’t disappoint. We thought the sushi was pretty standard; if you like sushi, you’ll enjoy this place, and they have a good selection. (Appetizers are also 50%!) I would recommend the Tokyo East roll. It has soft shell crab and avocado– strangely warm for sushi (because of the crab) but definitely tasty. The prices were definitely worth it. I don’t think many people know about this restaurant; it was really empty during lunchtime. The service is great though, and people in the NE should definitely check it out!

I wanted to make sure to leave a review for this new sushi place in NE Philly. Nowadays few restaurants (or any other services) impress anymore.
The place is brand new, newly renovated with nicer than your average décor, and spotless clean. The sushi so fresh, beautifully presented, and most importantly — not skimping on fish. Most sushi places put a long list of sushi rolls on their menu, which end up looking and tasting almost the same and are mostly rice. Not at this place! My boyfriend and I ordered our usual number of rolls and an entrée each and had to take our entrees home because we were so full from the sushi. They do not cut corners when it comes to the food they serve, the service they provide, and presentation of the restaurant. My Pad Thai was excellent also. Instead of your usual brown sauce noodle mixture, their Pad Thai looks and tastes fresh and delicious.
Service was great as well! I cannot really find even one thing to criticize. Maybe that the hot green tea could be stronger. Definitely the nicest and best quality Japanese/​Chinese place in NE Philly. I hope they keep it that way.

Usually sushi places around the northeast is mediocre but Surprisingly the Sushi here is fresh, delicious and the price is reasonable. The service was quick and the staff were very polite and accommodating. The only negative thing I have to say about this place is that their sushi roll options were very limited compared to other places such as shogun or Sakura but overall I had a great experience and I’m planning to come back soon. FYI: 50% off sushi is only on Tuesdays-​Wednesdays and its BYOB. I’m so glad I don’t have to travel to Bensalem just to get 50% off sushi.