Dynasty Chinese Buffet

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  Love a good old Chinese buffet, but this place is sad and depressing.  Not too many choices and the food looks like it's been sitting around all day.  Haven't tried the Mongolian grill, that may be your best bet for fresher pickings.
  
  Overall, I just plan to steer clear of this place.  I don't like saying this about any place, but I can't recommend this to anyone.

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  Posted on 08.27.12 Gianna A.

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  It is rare that I downgrade a place.  But we definitely now have a "Meh, I've experienced better" situation here.  
  
  The issue here is that I've had decent meals here in the past.  But this week after stopping there because I needed a quick bite on the way home at 8:30pm, I had a meal that not only just didn't even taste close to fresh, it affected me gastronomically as well.  I wasn't poisoned by any means, but let's just say my insides let me have it later.  
  
  They have a battered tempura sushi option that I tried which I can honestly say that I had no idea what I ate.  I can tell you that it was cold, clammy, and chewy.  These are not good signs.  I decided I would go for more Americanized options after that.  I tried the barbecue chicken and it lacked flavor, but didn't lack grease.  I had wonton soup, and the wontons tasted like they had been sitting out for hours.  I even tried the pizza, and... well, actually the pizza wasn't terrible.  It was good for Chinese buffet pizza, 98% cheese and maybe 2% sauce. I needed to have some ice cream just to say I ate something pretty good.  
  
  I didn't go for the hibachi, basically because the hibachi grill guy disappeared.  And the waitstaff... well, let's just say that you wonder when a waitress walks past your table with a water pitcher, looks right at your empty water glass, fills up someone else's water, then puts the pitcher back and walks away.  
  
  I'll be fair and say that maybe I can chalk this up to visiting closer to 9pm.  Perhaps you'll have a better experience if you visit at a different time.

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  Posted on 08.24.12 Steve S.

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  Five stars, easily. I absolutely love this place. The variety is great, the food is delicious, the seafood, in particular, is high quality. This place is legendary. Price is a little bit steep, but what do you expect for all-you-can-eat amazingness?

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  Posted on 02.03.12 Snow X.

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  There are far better choices. Some food was okay, most bordered on awful.

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  Posted on 11.05.11 Ken F.

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  This place is pretty good.  The service is really fast, meaning the plates are cleared quickly.  The price is reasonable.  They have fresh mussels and steamed shrimp, which were good.  The hot food is tepid.  the wings are funky tasting.  The hot and sour soup is nice.  Overall, a nice place to get your feed on.

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  Posted on 09.29.11 Allen G.

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  A Hibachi Grill has been added to this Springfield staple.  You know the deal.  You pick a bowl full of veggies, meats, sauces, etc. and they grill it for you.  The wife and I just stopped in for a quick dinner and welcomed this addition to the usual Chinese and sushi buffets that are always included.  
  
  A weekday dinner cost us $10.59 each.  Not bad.  As usual the staff was friendly and the food was decent.  We keep coming back because they consistently hit the mark for a quick meal while running errands on Baltimore Pike.

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  Posted on 07.21.11 Steven B.

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  Service was attentive and the food was the standard, Americanized Chinese. It was tasty enough, but the temperature was rather tepid. For the price, I'd go here again, but for great Asian food I'd head somewhere else.

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  Posted on 12.07.10 Ally N.

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  I've been to this Chinese Food buffet, abbreviated CFB many times and each time i go here and simply enjoy the food.
  
  The allure about a CFB is that you can walk in, and try many different things on the menu without having to order a lot of each.  
  
  I like to walk into a restaurant and try out different things, i enjoy trying some soup, some fish dish and some apps.
  
  This place does it well and it does it at a nice cost.   To the moron who went here as a Vegetarian i mean really?   Have you no brains as to what they serve in these places and then to complain about it?  
  
  Anyways, side rant, go here and enjoy the place for what it is a chance to eat many different things and try it out at a good price.   Do not expect to be wow'd by it just enjoy it.

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  Posted on 08.12.10 Domenic F.

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  Wow.  I haven't had worse in a LONG time.  Payed $10.50 or so for dinner buffet on a Thursday evening around 7pm, and I seriously considered asking for my money back.  I'm vegetarian and although I didn't expect too many options given the mainstream look of the place, the veggie options were bad: fried rice? half cooked and tasted instant.  Veggie lo mein? super greasy and tasteless.  Egg foo yung? super greasy and tasteless.  Sushi ( I occasionally indulge)? like canned tuna salad but worse, with wasabi that tastes like sawdust.  Coconut dumplings? tasty, but I don't give Dynasty credit for that, as I'm certain most of this is shipped frozen.  
  
  My wife is a meat-eater, and felt like the meat could have been *anything* disguised in tons of oil and sugar and red food coloring.  She said even the fake crab (which can be good & cheap) tasted super old and bland.  
  
  We kept going back to the buffet thinking we might like something up there, but 1200 calories later found us regretful.  I felt sorry for giving no tip which I haven't done on purpose since a wee clueless lad.  Maybe it's significant that very few Asian-looking people were eating there?  This buffet might be worth it if it costed $3.00.

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  Posted on 08.06.10 Jackie C.

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  When we arrived the place was pretty crowded.  Luckily we managed to get one of the last booths available.  The sushi was great and they had a nice variety.  I totally adore the coconut shrimp (a weakness of mine) and couldn't get enough of it.  Usually most places who make coconut shrimp throw in that fake crabmeat in...but this place had all shrimp...they way I like it!  The salt /pepper shrimp and the green beans in garlic sauce was very good too, but I would definitley avoid the squid as it was a bit overcooked and rubbery.  Not the best buffet I've been to, but still pretty good...especially the coconut shrimp!

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  Posted on 01.27.09 Sue G.

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