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

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

Right? They are experts in their field! :)

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…

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…

… 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!

@@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.

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.

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

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. :)

Right?

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

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.

​@@rick_zombie 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?

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.

@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.

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

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

@@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

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.

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

Sure. If it's FREE, why not?