Max Orient

This place is so lovely ! The food is amazing and there is so much to chose from place was clean and there was a lovely water fall thing behind us as we was eating ! There is so much variety to choose from soups, currys, sea food, rice deserts sauces ! Even a ice cream machine ! The food is so yummy ! Only problem was some of the staff seemed a bit rude and miserable and it did worry us that the sign said we would be charged for wasting food, luckily it was fine ! Will definitely go back

Went there today for the second time and have to say very good. Nice choices of food rice, pork balls, chips etc etc and for £7.80 you cant go wrong, only gripe I have is the staff are to quick to take away the plates as others said, that apart it gets ⁸⁄₁₀ from me for everything from me and others who complain are obviously used to eating in 5 star places unlike us poor pesants, one of the better Chinese buffets out there for me.

They do hurry you s bit and keep taking the plates £7.80p for a adult
Drinks are extra

You really have to know what you’re in for. Are you looking for good service, friendly staff and high quality food? Please avoid this place, it isn’t for you. If you’re looking for a cheap deal, large portions and decent food, this place IS definitely for you!
This buffet style restaurant offers as much food as you can eat in an hour and a half for 7.80 (8.80 on weekends and holidays). The chinese food selection includes a variety of soups, rice and noodle dishes, meats, seafood, tofu, vegetables, a salad bar, a pudding table and even a soft serve machine!
For the money it’s a really good deal, you can go back to the buffet as often as you like. Can’t ask for a better deal than that! However, don’t expect to find gourmet food at this place, it’s really not. The food is good an tasty, but definitely not of high quality.

Wow this place is amazing! I ate so much chicken satay!!! Cheap as well and such a massive selection! Can’t believe I’ve lived in London 5 years and never been to this restaurant before!

Billiges Ambiente, aber die Buffet Auswahl ist im Vergleich recht nett. Beliebt Eiscreme soviel man möchte und eine Schokoladenfontaine. Einen Stern Abzug weil es keine Lychees mehr gibt.

I’m not sure where Leon is getting this «over 60 different dishes» figure from. Someone don’t hire him as a statistician. or maybe that’s the precise reason to hire him.
Anyway, my friend said that any Chinese buffet that serves fries (chips) isn’t a real Chinese buffet. This place serves them on the first row. The food here is average. It’s not great, but I suppose that’s ok for the price. There’s a chocolate fountain, which was the main attraction for my many compatriots.
We went there in a huge group (5000 people by Leon’s math) without a reservation. The staff were somewhat unhappy with it, but it worked out, more or less. By less, I mean we had to split up into 2 groups (4999 and 1).

Do NOT eat here unless you’re broke and/​or desperate for some quick eats. After a long day of sight seeing, my boyfriend and I were starving and walked by. Seeing the hot food in the windows drew us in. The place was packed on a Saturday night!
After waiting about 10 minutes for a table we finally got seated and went right up to the buffet line. The options looked good and well labeled but eating it is another story! Everything pretty much had the same flavor and I really wasn’t tempted to go up for a second plate especially since they warn you of a £5 fee if you «waste» any food. What I put on my first plate, I thought I would enjoy but when I didn’t like it I felt forced to eat it all in order to avoid the fee!
Long story short, don’t fall into this trap! I’m ever so sorry I did :/

Das Buffet ist ganz in Ordnung. Der Preis von 8 – 9 Pfund ist auch noch ok, obwohl es in Camden im Vergleich doch wesentlich günstigere Restaurants gibt.
Die angedrohten Zusatzgebühren von 5 Pfund bei Lebensmittelverschwendung finde ich sogar gut, weil ich es wirklich nicht mag, wenn Leute sich den Teller vollpacken, kurz probieren, dann alles zurückgehen lassen und sich die nächste Ladung holen. Da aber schwer nachvollziehbar ist bei welchem Mengen dies angewender werden soll, kann man ja streng betrachtet nicht mal unbekannte Gerichte probieren
Die Zeit des Restaurantbesuchs wurde, wie ein Schild auf dem Tisch mitteilte, auf 90 Minuten begrenzt. Sollte zwar im allgemeinen auch reichen, ich lasse mir aber trotzdem ungern vorschrieben wie schnell ich zu essen habe.
Etwas kurios fand ich auch die Aufsteller auf den Tischen, die eigentliche Aufschrift eat tasty food with no MSG war um das no bereinigt mit Glutamat-​versetztem Essen zu werben finde ich dann doch seltsam
Das Nachtisch-​Buffet war insgesamt sehr farbenfroh. Nach der Glutamatgeschichte möchte ich hier lieber gar nicht wissen was die einzelnen Farben verursacht hat.
Toll fand ich allerdins das frische Obst und den dazugehörigen Schokobrunnen, in den man das obst tauchen konnte.
Auch hir hab es dann aber direkt wieder ein Schild welches drauf hinwies, dass die Zahl der Schokobrunnen-​spieße auf 5 pro Person reduziert wären und man sonst zusätzliche Kosten zu bezahlen hätten.
Von einem gemütlichen All-​you-​can-​eat Buffet ist man damit alles in allem ein ganzes Stück weit weg
Fazit: in Camden ist die Auswahl groß geht besser woanders hin!

Max Orient is an all you can eat chinese buffet with plenty of dishes to choose from. Although it’s not always the best quality some of it can be quite tasty. Good if you want something cheap and filling after a few beers in Camden.

So, it’s Monday night and I’m writing this review. On Saturday 6 of us went to Camden on a bit of a jolly for someone’s birthday. After an amazing lunch at Haché Burger we proceeded to have a few more drinks. The girls of the group actually drank enough to choose to eat at this place. Now please remember, it is now Monday evening. All 6 of our party have really bad sickness and diarrhoea. There is no doubt in my mind that this awful place made us all INCREDIBLY ILL as this is the only place we’ve all eaten at together in the last few days.
Avoid this like the plague, I have been so so ill and feel like I’ve had my stomach kicked in by Wayne Rooney with the same power as that goal he scored on Saturday.
Unfortunately Unilocal will not let me save this review without a star.

Most horrible I ever went. Food was disgusting, even fried rice which was at least two days old… Awful place, ate nothing and I’m a big fan of chinese buffet… to not ever speak about the staff who is more than rude… avoid

I’ve been to Max Orient before and it seems that the place has lost it’s charm and food quality.
The food was not good at all — the rice was very hard as if it had been left out for a few days and the meat dishes did not taste nice at all. Nothing tasted fresh and I was deeply disappointed.
The service charge is one that has always angered me as the service in this restaurant is just non existant. Lets put it this way — I had already start eating my food before my drink arrived (which was just a Coke!) Also, if you have any questions about anything do not ask the staff as they cannot understand English very well — which is quite annoying.
I won’t be going back to Max Orient unfortunately and would rather eat Chinese food from food court in the market.

If you are going to let me turn animal in a Chinese buffet for £6.80 with over 60 different dishes, I am going to make myself ill. And that is exactly what I did. I ate way to much. I felt fat, bloated and had to waddle home.
I was impressed by the quality of the food, and there was plenty of options including choices for vegetarians. The desserts were a little strange, and seemed a bit of an afterthought even though the choice for a sweet was still good.
There were no hidden costs and the service was attentive. This is no Michelin star eatery but for the lunch time price of £6.80, Max Orient is a winner.

While walking round the area we were hungry and finding it hard to find something that suited both mine and my boyfriends food requirements. Well mine really as I am a fussy vegetarian. We both love Chinese food so gave this buffet a go. My boyfriend doesn’t like buffet’s but we both loved this place. I was happy with the vegetarian options, which I can’t remember right now as it was a while ago. But anyway the food was good and we both left happy with our tummy’s full of decent food.

Oh, this is a little piece of the Southern States in the heart of Camden. Believe me, my family knows buffets being from the wilds of Kentucky (I was raised by wolves… or a version of the Hogans. true story.) THis one is pretty average but A-​MAI-​ZING when drunk.
My favourite was the lemon chicken with fried rice… MSG’ed! There is quite a selection though, including a decent selection of veggie dishes. The desserts were cute and served in adorable chalise-​type things. All about buffet presentation :) The food wasn’t the most amazing I’ve ever had but I suppose you get quantity over quality in this instance.
It did take a bit for them to bring us our drinks, despite not being busy on a Sunday afternoon. I stuffed myself to the gills for a cheapish price (to be fair… I didn’t pay… I think it was more expensive on Sunday though, word to the wise.) i think I would go back, but only if Belgo was closed and I was starving… it comes in ahead of KFC at any rate!

Fill your dish with MSG-​free Chinese cuisine, okay perhaps not cuisine, Max Orient is just cheap food. The all-​you-​can-​eat buffet was pretty average but attached to a £7.20 price tag (from Monday-​Thursday,) it can’t be beat.
The steam-​trays host the average menu medley like Hong Kong style sweet and sour chicken and spare ribs, you can fill in the rest. The pineapple rice and the hidden lemon chicken were pretty tasty.
The feature extraordinaire is of course the massive chocolate fountain. While it’s a no-​cone zone, the fresh fruit dipping was decadent.

Buffet as good as Warren. Pretty decent diversity of standard Chinese dishes. We have to put up with Camden if you want to sample the delights. But there we go, that’s life.
Basically, they’re cooking ready-​made food with decent sauces, prepped in bulk to cut-​down any costs. But they’re tasty and I think I spotted a ‘no MSGs’ sign outside, nice.
Hey, it’s not going to win any Chinese restaurant prizes, what did you expect from one of the grottiest street corners in the whole of London. But if you want filling in a cheap and fun way, bring friends and eat here!

There’s something so damn fabulous about a buffet of any kind — I think it must remind me of family holidays as a child, where there was ALWAYS a buffet at the resort/​hotel we were staying at, and we’re annoy Mum no end by selecting copious amounts of food we would never eat.
So imagine my delight when a friend suggested we head down to Max Orient for lunch. And lunch we did. With a myriad of food options, we settled in for a l-​o-​n-​g lunch. Sure, food here is not going to win any Michelin Stars, but it’s good, dirty Chinese food. You know, dirty in a good way. Super tasty appertizers, a great range of mains, noodles and rice. And did I mention the Dessert Buffet? Heaven.
Hint 1: go easy on the rice. It wastes precious stomach space that could be filled with a spring roll or sweet and sour chicken ball.
Hint 2: Allow yourself plenty of time if value-​for-​money is a priority.

I truly adore a chinese buffet. I see these kind of places as a competition, with the winner being able to screw the company out of as much money as possible. I’m sure that the food that they buy in bulk and then sold as an individual unit makes them a 400% profit margin so I’m sure I’m not doing alot of damage at all. but that never stops me trying.
A running theme through these buffet places is a lack of free tap water, which is something I always find a little bit annoying. but the food choice was immense, with little bits from various cuisines available to eat. The only problem for me is being able to eat a bit of everything, because I sit here right now thinking of the prawn toast and the beef and the chicken balls. and my mouth salivates. The staff are very friendly and the coup de grace is the dessert buffet as well! The meals are much more expensive in the evening then at lunch, and in the evening you get to use a fondue fountain for a dessert… pretty classy. The music is really good (think old English classics) and the layout excellent. A great place.

There are tonnes of Chinese buffets in London intent on making a quick buck for crappy, unsatisfying food. Max Orient hasn’t been around for years and compared to the rest is relatively new on the block but it definitely delivers a better standard of food compared to the rest.
The buffet on offer here has a much more variety than the rest I’ve experienced. The only problem I faced, I must mention, is that I found there was a lack of veggie stuff /​seafood stuff. I’m a pescatarian and at least expected more in the way of non-​meat dishes. Other than this though, what I did eat, I really enjoyed.
As well as mains, there is an array of traditional Chinese desserts too. I really enjoyed the desserts. The whole experience was pretty pleasant with the staff being really friendly and the fact that I stuffed my face for under a tenner — not bad.

This is a fun, cheap and cheerful all-​you-​can-​eat Oriental place on Camden High Street with a simply staggering amount of choice for both meat-​eaters and vegetarians. The Thai curries and Chinese-​style meat dishes were really very good, as were old favourites such as crispy aromatic duck. Unlimited refills of green tea were a big hit with our table, and I can only say that we were very upset to be missing out on the gigantic chocolate fondue — a treat served at dinnertime only, unfortunately! It amazes me that they were able to offer so much food for such a small price, and I will certainly be heading back here as soon as I can.
The restaurant is very large and, since we were with friends who have a new baby, we chose it for its child-​friendly credentials. They also do take-​away here, although I would prefer to sit in and gourge myself on all the goodies! The management’s promise of absolutely no Monosodium glutamate (MSG/​E621) was also good to see, something I would like other Chinese restaurants to mimic.