If eating grocery store Chinese food is your idea of gourmet, then make sure your taste buds are prepared for the experience of eating at Mayflower, a Chinese restaurant, located at 3022 L Street. The food, along with the atmosphere, makes for an unforgettable meal.

Serving Sacramento for seven years, the restaurant offers a roomy, warm environment fit for either a family party or a romantic date. Traditional Chinese decor lines the walls and the staff is well dressed, well groomed and eager to please.

The menu offers a huge array of food served family-style including a variety of beef, seafood, poultry and pork dishes, along with traditional Chinese appetizers such as pot stickers and egg rolls and different types of rice. The prices are extremely reasonable (about $6.95 per dish) and the food is delicious.

If visiting with a large group, you will be seated at a round table with a Lazy Susan in the middle to easily share the food. Otherwise, they serve the food in shifts so to not over whelm you with food.

They offer the usual wine, beer and soda, but what impressed me is that they serve both Coke and Pepsi. As an avid Pepsi drinker, I was most pleased to have my drink of choice.When visiting the restaurant, we were quickly seated and were served within 15 minutes of ordering our food. We began our meal with sake and egg rolls. My date and I shared the Mayflower special chow mein, white rice, and sweet and sour pork with pineapple. We left with our bellies full, smiles on our faces and plenty of food for the next day?s lunch.

The service was quick, our drinks were always full, as were the other customer?s.Offering great service and terrific food at reasonable prices, Mayflower is an exceptional Chinese restaurant.