Mandarin - Canada Day (2024) FREE Buffet LINEUP!!!

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
  • #mandarin #freefood #ontario #niagara #ontario
    HAPPY CANADA DAY!!! I LOVE eating at the Mandarin restaurant. FREE FOOD for anyone from noon - 8pm today! Thank you Mandarin!!
    It all started back in 1996… then 2004, 2009, 2014, in 2019 for their 40th and now they are doing it again for their 45th anniversary celebration - serving up more than 100 dishes at their buffet for FREE to anyone on Canada Day at any of their Mandarin locations in Ontario!

Комментарии • 39

  • @kathyb-007
    @kathyb-007  26 дней назад +4

    Mandarin didn't have to do this, but they did. It was a kind thing to do especially in times like these.
    This was the intention of the video - to show them giving back to the community.
    I do not wish to see any derogatory comments please cause it will bring out my evil side and that means I will have to block your A$$. Sorry… and thank you.

  • @janearkell5185
    @janearkell5185 26 дней назад +2

    It warms the heart to see the effort to offer free food for so many. Kudos to Mandarin for offering this on Canada Day.

  • @jamesgriesbach9153
    @jamesgriesbach9153 26 дней назад +6

    That's pretty sweet, must have cost them a lot.

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  26 дней назад

      Right?

    • @oparazzi53
      @oparazzi53 26 дней назад

      They can more than afford it. It's a PR job and a huge tax write off.

    • @ericgaudreau4287
      @ericgaudreau4287 21 день назад

      Not as much as you imagine. These buffets make money on the extras (mostly drinks which cost 2 cents but are sold for 3$). At the end of that day, Mandarin still made a lot of money. Never the less, this was a genius marketing move.

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  20 дней назад +1

      ​@@ericgaudreau4287 I never buy drinks - I just ask for water.
      Yes, it's a genius (and genuine) marketing move but what I don't get is, if this is such a great tax write off why doesn't Mandarin do it more often instead of every 5 years?
      In fact, why don't other large restaurant chains or restaurants in general, do this?

  • @danohstoolbox
    @danohstoolbox 26 дней назад +1

    WoW that is crazy

  • @andygrenn680
    @andygrenn680 21 день назад

    That’s a long, long line for Won Ton Soup and Chicken Balls…Weather was decent for the wait! Gotta like the umbrellas!

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  20 дней назад

      FREE wonton soup and chicken balls that is, lol. Yes it was a beautiful day for a line up...

    • @andygrenn680
      @andygrenn680 20 дней назад

      @@kathyb-007 Won Ton Soup and Chicken Balls with tasty red sauce will always draw a line. Especially FREE!

  • @Subie-Driver
    @Subie-Driver 24 дня назад +1

    My wife got a severe case of food poisoning eating here. It put her in bed for almost a week. Will never eat there ever again.

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  23 дня назад +1

      Oh no. That’s awful. I’ve never heard of that happening before to anyone that ate there, myself included. So sorry to hear that…

  • @jeil5676
    @jeil5676 26 дней назад +2

    I would drive away too. I havent been since they stopped serving the crab. They serve barely any chinese food in the buffet.

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  26 дней назад +3

      That's funny, there were lots of Chinese food when I went to one recently. As for the crabs, they probably stopped serving them since people were piling them so high on their darn plates, (all for under $30 at the the time), that the ocean eventually ran out of crabs.

    • @billchow747
      @billchow747 26 дней назад +2

      @jeil5676@@kathyb-007 I can confirm they had Chinese food, both authentic Chinese and North American style.
      It's a nice gesture on the part of Mandarin's immigrant (Chinese-Canadian) owner/staff. Nevertheless, I wouldn't have waited the 2 or 3 hours; I rather pay.

    • @pistolpete8231
      @pistolpete8231 26 дней назад +3

      So you stopped going there because they stopped serving the most overrated item on their menu?

    • @jeil5676
      @jeil5676 25 дней назад

      @@pistolpete8231 It was the only item that made the buffet worthwhile.

    • @pistolpete8231
      @pistolpete8231 25 дней назад +1

      @@jeil5676 that makes absolutely no sense but to each their own.
      They have plenty of choices and variety to choose from.
      I guess it all comes down to preference. I've always considered myself a foodie and always thought crab legs to be a waste of time to eat

  • @harpritkang3000
    @harpritkang3000 25 дней назад

    Not the first time they have done this for people whom don't know. First ever i tried was back in 2004, and no luck. Me and a friend left after .
    2014, i was shocked another friend wanted to go and i ranted about my bad experience of line up seems like its for low class peasants. And come now 2024, nobody bothered me and so glad i never wasted my time. You Get what you pay for , as the saying goes .

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  25 дней назад +1

      … and they got a lot for not paying any money. Thanks for sharing your personal insight but regardless of the wasted time, personal bigotry etc., these people found it justified in being there. Nothing wrong with that.
      Btw, Mandarin actually started their Canada Day FREE buffet celebration back on July 1, 1996!

  • @James-nv1wf
    @James-nv1wf 21 день назад

    How in the world did they have enough food!?

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  20 дней назад

      Right? They are experts in their field! :)

  • @maxgreddy9730
    @maxgreddy9730 26 дней назад

    That line looks very short compared to the Toronto location.

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  26 дней назад

      Yes, for sure. Toronto is way more populated, but it was much longer earlier... about 3 hours earlier before they opened. We were shocked when we went back to see how much shorter the line became. I was going to add it at the end of this video but I didn't like the quality of it. Perhaps I should have anyways. :)

  • @joe461
    @joe461 8 дней назад

    line up for just chinese food wow there other chinese resturant open

  • @derf869
    @derf869 27 дней назад

    Is this in Toronto?

    • @gracemarion499
      @gracemarion499 26 дней назад +2

      I think it is Niagara Square in Niagara Falls. It reminds me of the Gospel. Whosoever will may come. All these people are the whosoever.

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  26 дней назад +1

      No. Somewhere in the Niagara region, but that's where it all got started - in the GTA in Brampton, ON. Yay!

  • @JohnPaul-pb4eu
    @JohnPaul-pb4eu 24 дня назад

    This is the day when ppl go and over eat till they need to go to the ER!!

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  23 дня назад

      I overate there a few days ago cause there were so many great choices and not enough space in my belly for it all that I had to have almost 2 cups of green tea to calm the bloating afterwards.
      Good thing I don’t do buffets too often…

  • @oparazzi53
    @oparazzi53 26 дней назад +1

    Let's get to the reality. Waiting in line for hours in this heat, for a $40 freebie is absolutely ludicrous.
    Wake up people, its not about the generosity and good will, it's about a huge PR job.
    My time alone is worth more than $40

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  26 дней назад +2

      Sure it’s probably a PR job but so? That’s the best darn PR job I’ve seen in a long time. Either way, it’s a win-win situation. They get publicity and people get free food… and probably a chance to eat out at a nice restaurant for the first time in a long time.

  • @masahirogo3330
    @masahirogo3330 27 дней назад

    Free work out at goodlife after buffet

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  26 дней назад

      Sure. If it's FREE, why not?

  • @flipperfryer
    @flipperfryer 26 дней назад

    Not worth my time to stand in a line that long

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  26 дней назад +1

      I get it. I couldn’t do it either honestly because I’m naturally impatient, lol, but the majority who did looked pretty happy. :)

  • @RobS282
    @RobS282 25 дней назад

    the line starts at the front doors
    last person is the end..... common sense
    and they have been doing this for many many years

    • @kathyb-007
      @kathyb-007  25 дней назад +1

      @@RobS282 Lol. Ok Captain Obvious, no need for pedantries here. It is merely in reference to when someone asks, “Excuse me, but do you know where the end of the line starts?” Duh.