Kids eat free at Mandarin Restaurant every day.

Mandarin's kids-eat-free deal is an every-day deal with an age limit: kids 4 and under eat free from the buffet, up to two kids per paying adult. The buffet has a designated kids section of pizza, fries, chicken nuggets, and ice cream alongside the Chinese dishes. Boosters and high chairs are standard, and the busiest days of the year are Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Family Day.

Over 150 feet of buffet: dim sum, stir-fry, honey garlic spareribs, a sushi bar, a grill station cooking meats to order, and cotton candy waiting at the end.

Noodles, Sushi, Salads, Pizza

Limited to kids 4 and under, dine-in only.

Always call to be sure.

Mandarin began on December 8, 1979, when James Chiu, his brother George, Diana Chiu, and business partner K.C. Chang bought a small restaurant on Queen Street in Brampton that already carried the name. The a-la-carte format worked too well. Lineups grew unmanageable, so in 1986 the founders converted an expanded 9,000-square-foot Brampton location to buffet service and transformed the business. Franchising through employee partnerships started in 1988, sushi arrived in 2003, and the Canada Day free meal tradition, launched in 1996, drew over 15,000 guests in its first year.

Today Mandarin runs 29 locations across Ontario, employs over 3,000 people, and serves nearly 6 million customers a year. The restaurants are built for occasions: 12,000 to 15,000 square feet, seating for 300 to 500, waterfalls, aquariums, and over 150 feet of buffet tables with chef stations cooking dishes on demand.