I’m very surprised that this place is so loved. I’ve yet to have a single good experience here. The waiters are polite, and the décor is good, but that is pretty much all I can say that’s good about the place. This place fits nearly all of the stereotypes about Chinese restaurants. The food is almost always stale, and some of it is clearly not what it claim, such as the time I found a meatball to be made almost entirely of flavorless bread, and the chicken doesn’t taste like chicken… Even the desserts tend to seem old. They have sushi, but trying it is not advised, as it tastes and feels like you’re biting a chunk of rubber out of a tire. After you are done overeating here(and you will, desperately searching for one good thing about this place), you’ll quickly feel very sick, and not just from overeating. It feels like I just got done eating something prepared by Satan himself. Also, the music playing at all times in the restaurant is annoyingly repetitive. I’m going to keep going every now and then when I get the courage to, because I can’t believe that so many people could love an establishment that’s so bad. I hope I’m just so unlucky that every time I go they’re having a bad day, but I seriously doubt it.
Kaitlyn M.
Place rating: 5 Salem, OH
I love this place, my husband and I eat there quite often. Food is always tasty and fresh and the staff is really nice too. Pricing is good, I will say the variety of food is not too different between lunch and dinner. It’s still very delicious but, you are paying more at dinner time for the same variety of food that is out at lunch time. I’m not implying it’s the same food that was out earlier that day because I see them rotating the trays very often, I’m just saying there are no new items to choose from. Usually Chinese buffets will have different meal selections at dinner than they do at lunch. Besides that minor thing I love it and will eat there anytime I can!
Veronica H.
Place rating: 3 Alliance, OH
Generic food. Not always fresh. I don’t even like how the rice tastes. We tried their buffet after The Evergreen Buffet closed and we were so dissapponted. They have sushi but it’s not the best.
Susan D.
Place rating: 3 Alliance, OH
I’ve learned to visit this buffet either for an early lunch or early dinner. There are more fresh items on the buffet in advance of the anticipated demand at mealtimes. The meat in the entrees strikes me as rather strange; sure it looks like chicken and it has a texture that is somewhat like that of poultry. Did you ever notice that the beef seems the same texture as the chicken but it is a darker color? Try to shred the beef. It really does not shred. Still, I eat there. Also I recommend tipping in cash to make sure the server gets it.
Michael E.
Place rating: 4 Youngstown, OH
Had business this way and was getting near dinner. Had window down and caught a whiff of tasty Asian like food. Conducted a turn around and there it were«China Buffet» Alliance version, could still smell that garlic that had originally appealed to my hunger. Upon entry, Noticed it was clean /well kept then was immediately approached & seated, ordered beverage & on my way to select my 1st plate of what was to be 1⁄3. Very nice chicken selections, had shrimp, some beef– all were very warm ;and fresh .A severer was there rotating product the entire time we’d sat. I know«It’s a buffet ;& quality goes out the window». Really though, my sniffer did well, I can’t ever recall ever having such a good meal from a simple buffet.
Rick M.
Place rating: 1 Louisville, KY
I love Chinese food. This place is not good. I’m not sure why people would think bad food is ok if you get a lot of it. I have been to this buffet three times. Unless you see them loading a steam pan, the food is room temperature. The sushi looks dangerous. The mongolian bbq is bizarre. I asked for extra spicy and the cook used a generic version of red hot. I won’t be going back.
Randy S.
Place rating: 3 Uniontown, OH
I know that when I go to a Chinese buffet that I’m getting quantity over quality, but for some reason I’m okay with that because I just really enjoy Chinese food. Although the name of the restaurant seems to be lacking in originality, at least you know exactly what you’re getting. I was impressed with the overall selection of food, but the quality was definitely lacking. The different kinds of chicken I tried were average at best. I did not see anything particularly unique in the food selection. Service started out okay but ended poorly. My brother-in-law was standing at the buffet dishing food onto his plate when a server came out with a huge plate of watermelon. He was standing in the server’s way so she set the corner of the watermelon on the buffet and slowly nudged the tray against my brother-in-law until he moved. She never said a word to him at all. We thought it was pretty funny but it was really rude and a little ridiculous that she couldn’t just say excuse me. Even though our experience wasn’t amazing, I would go back because I really do love Chinese food even if the quality isn’t top notch.
Richard B.
Place rating: 3 Akron, OH
One is impressed by the overall cleanliness of this establishment. It’s a Chinese buffet, so one gets reasonably good food on the buffet if it’s built for steam table serving, but as usual, stay away from the egg and spring rolls unless you just saw them refreshed. The rest of the fare was reasonably good, and the prices were absolutely great!
Jason H.
Place rating: 5 Canton, OH
best chinese buffet in the Area. everything is good and taste better then most buffet places