Ivory Mandarin Bistro

Best in TampaBay

by Hexe82 at Citysearch

So far, this is the best chinese restaurant we have been to in TampaBay. The portions are huge, and they are served with egg roll AND soup of your choice. Everyone there is really friendly and helpful.

• Pros: authentic good food, huge portions, friendly service
• Cons: none

Response to NO ICED TEA, NO SALADS, NO DAIRY -- HUH?

by beckmutations at Citysearch

I won't review the food as it is clear from the other reviews that this place is (1) good (2) authentic

I was shocked to read NO ICED TEA, NO SALADS, NO DAIRY -- HUH? review - WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ANYWAY? Would you go to a steak house and ask for chinese noodles? Do you go to a sushibar and ask for grilled lamb chops? Do you go to an italian restaurant and ask for hot dogs?

I mean REALLY? how obvious is that? - if you expect to go to a real chinese restaurant and ask for baked potatoes or cottage cheese instead of your rice there's something seriously wrong with YOU, not the restaurant - and most good chinese restaurants I've been to don't carry raspberry flavoured ice tea either - that's an insult to their culture... where RICE and TEA are STAPLE FOODS

NO ICED TEA, NO SALADS, NO DAIRY -- HUH?

by matthewcoye at Citysearch

They had never heard of raspberry iced tea; in fact, had no iced tea at all. I didn't want rice; asked what I could have in place of rice. cottage cheese (NO), baked potato (NO); waiter was smirking by this time. I felt like I was in a foreign country. No dairy products? No salads? How do they stay alive? Instead, he brought me veggies which I would've gotten anyway so I'm thinking we'll probably never go back there. Most of us like a balanced diet, right?

• Pros: huge tables with handy turntable thing in the center
• Cons: no tea, no salads, no dairy products. what gives??

Good food! Great price!

by thelefthanditch at Citysearch

It is always nice to eat at the Ivory. The food is good. They have a huge menu with a lot of choices. The service was great, and the food always comes out hot! This place is cheap, and if you look in the paper you can find coupons. I always enjoy a meal at the Ivory.

• Pros: fast friendly service and good food!
• Cons: none

Went for lunch with Wife and 3 year old daughter

by skiiiii664 at Citysearch

I would definitely recommend this place. We were impressed. The staff was very friendly as well as attentive to our needs.

They had no problem following my wife's instructions for my daughters meal. They got it right.

I had the Garlic Chicken while my wife had the Szechuan Chicken and they were both very good to say the least. With every bite I took, I kept saying to my wife, Damn...This is really good.

We also had the Steamed Dumplings and they were also enjoyable.

Prices were very affordable to say the least. Their lunch menu is a bargain.

This is how I would rate them on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being downright lousy and 10 being excellent.

The Food was an 8.75

Service was a 10.

Price was a 10.

Atmosphere was an 8.25

It is hard to find good Chinese food in the Tampa Bay area although I think we found it.

We live in St Pete and the restaurant is in Dunedin although we will definitely make the drive and go back and try other items on the menu. I have a feeling they have a lot more excellent dishes.

Enjoy.

• Pros: Taste, Price, Service, Kid friendly, Family oriented
• Cons: None to speak of.