If you know me, you know that I love me a good Chinese buffet. Grand buffet left me wanting. I know I'm not going to find a buffet to compare to ones in big cities, but while this was close to three stars, it didn't quite make it and I'm about to tell you why.
The best thing I had here was the salt and pepper prawns. Those were really legit. Crunchy, zesty, big prawns. The salt and pepper chicken, broccoli chicken and green beans were also decent. Crab legs... ok. It's just downhill from there. I think that a lot of the dishes actually tasted decent, but were out on hot plates too long. We went around 6, so it was still prime dinner time but I noticed they started serving dinner at 3 or 4. There's an easy solution to this: put out less until you hit prime dinner time.
Why this couldn't even meet an average Chinese buffet standard: too many breaded chicken variants. The hot and sour soup, which actually TASTED good, had way too much cornstarch in it so it had almost a gelatinous consistency. The lo mein noodles must have been cooked too long because they were a bit mushy. Potstickers had been out too long and were hard. Honey shrimp was douched in mayo. List goes on. For all these issues, $10 is too much.
The service was fine for a buffet, but I'm probably not coming back here unless I'm wildly desperate for Chinese buffet and this is the closest one- and if that happens I hope the food's better.
For Chinese food. It's standard, for Chinese food in the area, it's the best. Their dinner buffet has quite a selection of just about everything, including american style dishes, desserts, and fruit. But my favorite part is that they have sushi and lobster. Altho the 2 are kind of hit or miss. One time its excelent another time the lobsters been in the water so long its washed away the taste.
In my opinion, they could have a few more dishes. It's a lot of the same thing, whith just a different spice kick or a slightly off sauce. But the wait staff is incredibly nice and are pretty attentive too. And the price is good, so it's a win win win :)