Kopo

I went to this place this evening for the buffet. I mean, all I can say about this place is its just a buffet. The music is dull the interior is dull and you would not want to bring a first date here. The food is OK, when I say OK I mean you will have had better chinese food before in your lifetime I can bet on it. The prices of £15 for 2 people is average, run of the mill, grand. I was kind of hoping the main course would be over so i could get to their desert section. Thats say enough about their beef in black bean sauce.

I popped in here for lunch one day with my brother upon seeing they offered an all you can eat buffet. My brother’s a big eater and I figured this was the place to go. It was pretty busy inside but we were seated quickly and ordered some cokes. The buffet was huge, offering loads of different options so you could really try things that you never had before. Their black bean was nice and as were the ribs! Yum. I managed to go up twice, trying out lots of different things and my brother went a third, as you do! Then we had the nice Ice cream and fruit on offer which finished it all off rather nicely! The food was hot and seemed to be pretty fresh, obviously doing a nice turnover at lunchtime! Not quite as good as China King in Belfast but it’s pretty up there.

The idea of an all you can eat buffet ought to work but for me it doesn’t really — when there’s too much choice I somehow don’t want anything so end up picking out little morsels of this and that didn’t amount to more than I would have eaten anyway.
At Kopo were all the usual Chinese options — satay chicken, sweet and sour, chilli chicken, beef and black bean and baby spring rolls and other fried starter like things.
I suppose it was a bit late in the evening by then, after 9.30 and the food had got a little cold.
The staff were friendly and helpful, even taking trouble to bring more lamb (chops in thick sauce, actually not very Chinese) which had run out when we arrived.
Afterwards there was ice cream, with jelly and fruit which was better than the main course. It is also a bring your own bottle place.
Somewhere like this needs to be very busy to work, because the food shouldn’t sit for long, but Kopo wasn’t, although perhaps we were just weren’t there at the optimum time.