Janbo Restaurant

Lunch buffet usually equals tons of fatty, dried out, salty processed food.  However, the buffet here is actually pretty decent and afterwards I didn't feel like I had just eaten a huge salt lick.  The BBQ chicken, spicy pork and hot/sour soup were my favorites.  Service was very friendly and not judge-y.  You know how sometimes you go to a buffet and you feel like they are chastising you with their eyes saying "You have 4 helping!  You gonna get fat!"

Not bad, traditional Chinese buffet fare, fresh not sitting on heater plates for hours.

Well, I don't typically do buffets (I pronounce it: boof-et) unless I'm at an all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean, but there is something about Chinese that screams, "you must eat buffet!"  It's like you can't get enough or something.  While visiting my in-laws this weekend, we decided to hit up Janbo's a local Chinese buffet.

Upon entering, I was pleasantly surprised to see a nicely decorated, simple clean restaurant.  It wasn't too smelly (like some Chinese places).  The servers got us our drinks quickly and we dug into the buffet.

I tried EVERY kind of chicken dish - sweet and sour, chicken w/broccoli, fried chicken legs, cashew chicken, honey chicken, general tso's chicken.  They were all delicious except for the chicken w/broccoli.  B/c this is my favorite Chinese chicken dish I was sad, but all the other options made up for it!  :)  

I also love crispy crab rangoons and these too, hit the spot.  It was a good balance of cream cheese in the middle to crunch.  For a sweet tooth, there was a variety of fried treats, pudding and soft serve ice cream.  What is it with Chinese buffets and soft serve?  I don't know but I'm happy it exists!

The buffet was well-stocked, replenished quickly and all the food was steamy hot, fresh and delicious.  I enjoyed it very much, especially b/c I could go back for more more more and of course, try as many chicken dishes as I wanted! :)  

For a non-buffet fan, I would definitely go back.  I only give it three stars, b/c...well, it's a buffet (how good can it be?) and how do you screw up chicken w/broccoli? Sad times!

If you live in the Ville, it's definitely worth checking out this West side eatery.