Man Li Chinese Restaurant

Do you love roaches crawling on the walls while you are dinning in? Do you enjoy rude service topped with prices out the wazzoo for a handful of overcooked food? Do you enjoy listening to the owner cry to shut down the kitchen because her hair and nails are dirty and her husband is an asshole who uses her? Do you love drama that is so loud you can’t think because all you can her is the owner screaming to her staff. Both times I went there I had to deal with this. This place needs to be shut down

Came in first and waited 45 min or more for our order while watching other people picking up their to go orders and people who came in after us getting their orders served first. On top of that we had two little children with us! Got to the point that baby started to cry and we got up and were ready to leave. They brought our order while we were all standing. Dinner was ruined

Last year when my stepmom told me she found good Chinese food in Florida, I admit I was shocked. I mean, you really can’t compare Florida Chinese food to New York Chinese food. At least I can’t. But last night I changed my tune.
We were a group of five and we were seated immediately. This is a small restaurant and you can tell the owner takes great pride in her restaurant. She spoke with us at the end of our meal and she was delightful.
Before I get into the service, let me say that our server handled her first day with a sense of humor and she was adorable. Instead of commenting on the negative aspects of the service, I will simply say we have all had a first day at a new job experience. This young girl was charming and her personality made up for some of the inconsistencies in getting our food out. Our whole group thought she was a sweetheart.
I thought the wonton soup was very good, albeit a bit salty and I would order it again. We shared a few dishes, and although the portions were on the small side, there was more than enough for all of us. My favorite out of the dishes we ordered was the General Tso’s chicken. It really was delicious.
I probably won’t be back anytime soon because Martin County is a schlep from Coral Springs. However, if I am up here again and want Chinese, I would not hesitate to come back.
The prices were reasonable and the food is good. Granted it’s not NY Chinese, but it’s close.

Inconsistent. I ordered take out at 4pm. That is the time they opened. They said my order would be ready in 25 minutes. 47 minutes later I still don’t have my food and their answer to that is I called right when they opened so the kitchen wasn’t ready. Now the manager is hiding in the back. Unprofessional overall.

I would give this restaurant a — 1.0 star, but this was not an option. I have only ordered to go twice from this restaurant, and both times the order was missing something. So I called and spoke to the owner –after the second order — and she said she would take care of it on a future order and to speak directly to her.
So I called back tonight and spoke with her. She had no idea who I was and did not recall our previous conversation. She then had the gall to say I had already called 3 times tonight (I had a signal problem with my phone), and told me
” HELL NO «- she would not take care of our order. She was incredibly rude and brash! Completely Ugly! This is the owner — not good business. So I told her — we would never give her another nickel of our money — and would post on Unilocal.Additionally,
even though the food was OK in the past, we could never recommend her restaurant to anybody in the future!

The food is terrible and the service is even worse. The woman «running» the joint is an absolute nightmare to deal with. I truly feel sorry for the young girl that was at the counter too. She was the best part of the whole ordeal. Sweet and courteous. Hopefully she finds better employment opportunities somewhere else.

After being away from the area for over 10 years I am so sad to see how terrible Man Li has become. The food used to be excellent. I noticed the inside had been remodeled and looks great. It’s a very relaxing atmosphere, but the food is horrible. We were the only diners there. I had sesame chicken, the husband had sweet and sour pork/​chicken combo. The food was terribly dry and overcooked. The meat was stringy and overwhelmed with batter. Two entrees and an app cost over $ 50, and we ended up throwing the food away.

The food is delicious never ate in allways did togo so dont know if there nice or not but the food is awesone best chineese food ever

We drive up from Tequesta for the food and the service. It’s the best Chinese food we have found in the area. Worth the trip!

Dinner last night was wonderful Food was fresh and service excellent. Best Chinese food around. Try the Seafood delight with shrimp fried rice !!! A great combination.

my friend and I swear our waiter was high off something, the waiter forgot our white rice (included) and she only brought one water to the table, The general tao’s was soggy. I left the restaurant, very thirsty and had diarrhea the next day. not coming back

I took a chance on this restaurant based on the reviews provided. Almost all the reviews (even some of the lower starred reviews) said that the food was good for the area. I disregarded the «Real D.» review seeing as he is still listed as Seattle and he is right that this doesn’t compare to West Coast Chinese food. I absolutely agree with Ashley A. that this is the best of Martin County, if not the Treasure Coast.
Admittedly, I have lived in Florida for nearly 15 years and I may have been «broken» by some of the other Chinese restaurants in the area, BUT I really really liked this place. The people were very friendly and I appreciated being able to communicate with them clearly. Everything that I got was delicious and I’ve already started cautiously recommending this place to friends.
The only reason I say I am recommending this restaurant cautiously is that I have only been the one time. I will update this review the next two times that I eat there to let everyone know if they are able to provide the same level of quality. If they are able to continue to deliver the same quality of food that I had with my first meal, I will have to bump up this review to 5 stars!

Sad to see the decline of a once great place turned to a fast food at best market, the frist owners had come here directly for China, Kenny and his Mom and Dad had run a top notch place.
His sister had taken over and now the orders are wrong, the food is no longer cooked or prepared by anyone who remotely resembles the quality or the care that had been a consitent part of the this once fine establishment.
It has been relegated to a fast food, money only drven former shell of itself with bad service, bad food and a very bad attitude.
No way for a small town restaurant to act nor any, for me its very sad as there are very few gems that could even be mined is a small redneck town surrounded by such great wealth.
The cornerstone was the way the service and food was presented and this because of Kenny’s sister this is gone …
I am truly disheartening…

Great Chinese with very friendly service. We had the egg drop soup, steamed dumplings, chicken with broccoli, and triple delight with garlic sauce. Everything was delicous and the veggies were nice and crisp. I recommend this restaurant.

Have eaten here and gotten take out for many years. The food has always been very good. The customer service the past year or so has been horrible. Three of my last four take-​out orders have been wrong. They do their best to convince you that somehow you made a mistake and ordered wrong. The customer wants to eat what they ordered, NOT what you made by accident! Very disappointed.

Absolutely terrible first experience. I ordered take out and received a chicken combo platter, pupu platter for two and an order of crab rangoon. I received my order in a large box which is typical for Chinese take out. Upon my arrival home, 3 miles from the restaurant (a 35mph straight road btw), I saw I had duck sauce all over my cloth seat because they put it in sideways without securing the lid. After cleaning my seat in my new car I got to the worse part of this entire ordeal, actually eating the food. The chicken was so dry it was indelible, the crab rangoons were so overdone they were tiny triangular bricks and the spare ribs that came with the pupu platter were 95% bone. The chicken wings were also overdone to the point they were dry and hard. They even managed to mess up the pork fried rice!

I love Chinese food! Man Li is the best in all of Martin County… its always great! The only downfall is that they are not a delivery restaurant, so if you want it, you’ve got to go get it!