Mandarin Cafe, Perry IA

So disheartening to have to say this was by far the worse experience I’ve had at a restaurant, along with the most embarrassing and under inconsiderate circumstances. My fiancé and I dine here frequently as Perry doesn’t have many restaurant options. My fiancé has a bad food allergy to onions, and the last few times we’ve ate there his food has come prepared with onions it in, despite the request to have none in his food & making the servers/ owners aware that he is indeed allergic. Tonight his food was made with onion again, so I politely asked for it to be remade and explained again that he has an allergy. The cook (owners wife) came out and argued that it wasn’t onion, but rather cabbage when it wasn’t. She told my fiancé he “does this everytime” to which he replied “I’m sorry but I asked for no onions like previous times because of my allergy” she shook her head and told him “almost all Chinese dishes come with onion” and she walked away after she had said she’d make him something else (which we appreciated). After his new food was made, the owner, Sam came out and told my fiancé that he “had told him before he wasn’t welcomed back to the restaurant due to him always complaining about the food”. I’ve been with him all times we’ve dined there and that had never been said to him, hence why we came to begin with. I asked the owner why he was kicking him out and he said “because each time you guys come, he (my fiancé) always sends his food back to be remade”. I explained to the owner that “respectfully, my fiancé has a food allergy and eating something with that food, even if it was a (“small mistake, because the onion sits next to the cabbage” per the owners words) that he could get sick/hurt from it. The owner replied to me by saying “eating just a few pieces won’t kill you”. I told him that it could thought because it is indeed an allergy. He then proceeded to take our plates away and tell us BOTH we had to leave and we’re not welcomed to dine there again. Very disappointed and disgusted by how we were treated. To banish someone from a restaurant for having a food allergy is beyond ridiculous, and to make comments about how “he won’t die from eating a little bit” was so irresponsible and immature. Good thing we were banned I suppose, as I never would want to step foot back there again after how we were treated.

Some of the smallest portions I've ever seen. Ordered beef and broccoli and got half a carton. Lunch menu is even smaller.

Best Asian cuisine I have had in a very very long time. Food comes in awesome Togo containers that I always wished a place would have gave it the New York take out feel. Everything was prepared fresh and the owner is nice and loves his craft!

Good food but customer service (over the phone) was really poor, talked over and hung up on twice! Totally unacceptable.

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Small portions, bland food, long wait, no masks. Missing some menu options out of a very small menu.

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They have really good food i absolutely loved it would highly recommend and I know I'm going again for sure

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First time here.totally LVED IT! Great service, Great food, and great prices! Cannot wait to come back!

I love this place! Their Pho (pronounced "fuh") and Pad Thai dishes are the best.

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