Mandalay Restaurant

Killer coconut curries! Only thing that gets this place docked a star is that they don't serve alcohol so you can't get a crisp beer to cool your palate in between bites of spicy curry! But get their fried bread that you dip in sugar. This is a good break from the spice.

My boyfriend and I just moved to Bloomington from LA. We're still looking around for good restaurants. We both really love pho & were happy to find a restaurant around here that actually has it. I thought the beef pho was amazing, for Bloomington at least.  =)

In my tour of Asian restaurants in Bloomington this weekend, I'd say Mandalay was probably my least favorite.  

The atmosphere was okay- kind of diner-ish.  The waitstaff was, however, amazing.  We must have had the pickiest, noisiest, most annoying table ever and the waitress was a gem.  

The food was okay.  I had pho, which is apparently their most popular dish, and I didn't think  it was anything special.  In fact, it seemed pretty bland to me.  I also thought the prices were a little high, but at the same time, I wasn't able to finish my meal (which is pretty rare for me).