They have a decent lunch buffet with all of the expected items buffet with a tiny tiny price tag of 5.25. Where can you get a lunch for that price anymore? No where! The food is pretty good so you don't leave feeling like you got what you paid for. I always walk away stuffed beyond belief!
When ordering for carryout, they give you generous portions and have items ready within minutes. I love the general tso chicken and crab rangoon as my usual order and have never been disappointed.
This is a family owned establishment so it is really nice place to walk into. They are always nice with kind words and gestures.
The waitress asked me if I wanted a refill and then carried my water glass away to get my drink...good enough?
Not for her. Â Along the way she set it on a table, grabbed someone's soiled plate, silverware and their identical water glass. Â Her now full hands then reached back to gather my glass, grouping it with the whole mess.
When she returned with a glass of water, I asked if she brought me a clean glass. Â The answer was no, followed by a bad attitude after I told her what I saw grossed me out. Â I requested a clean glass and after bringing it, she never came back to my table again. Â What is this, high school drama class? Â Umm, what---ever! Â I'm, like, so over this place. Â
So I ask, what's the difference between what she did and say...a server bringing you a plate of food and stopping to grab someone's dirty dishes on the way to your table?
I love Mai Lee! For the price and quality, you can't go wrong. For $7.00 you get a buffet lunch and a pop. When you walk in, you look at the buffet and think, hmm this is small for a chinese buffet. But I think this is a good thing. The food is high quality and turned over frequently. The food is fresh so there is no rubbery or chewy meats. And despite the small buffet, you still have a good variety. Their egg drop soup is amazing and they have great crab rangoons. :) Highly love!
Review Source:This restaurant is set back from the road a bit so it was difficult to find. I tried this place recently for the first time and was so upset with myself that I'd waited so long. Great food, great prices and good service!
The portion sizes were huge. The next time I go I'm going to have to split it with someone else.
I tried the crab rangoon and it was different than I'd had anywhere else. I liked it a lot! It was sweet inside, quite the difference from other chinese restaurants. I'd order it again in a heartbeat!
My first rating after my move to highland and what a find. I did a search of yelp and most places in highland are not heavily rated by yelpers as compared to Dallas but what reviews were out there were positive so I had to try it and glad I did.
For convenience I rate it a 5 for me as it is less than a mile from my house
For service I would rate it a 5
For food quality and flavor I am giving it a 4 but I did have the leftover portion of the Buffet as it was over at 2pm and I got there about 2:25
For price I rate it a 4 as the buffet is only $5.50 and an entree off the menu was around $4.50
So overall my personal rating would be a 4.5 but as we can only rate a whole number I am giving it a solid 4****
I've been going here ever since I read Marisa R.'s review of it. See, I'm a big guy. Not "big" by Indiana standards (which are quickly growing larger and larger as I'm sure you all know), but still kind of chubby. As such, buffets to me are a thing to be relished; similarly, any place with good Chinese food is a place that deserves praise and patronization. Mai Lee is both of those things.
The buffet hours are lunch only (11-2, Sunday 11-3), but if you can make it, it is most definitely worth it. The price is only around $7 per person with beverage, and the food is not at all your typical Chinese buffet fare. Everything they serve is fresh, delicious, and refilled often enough that you don't have to worry about some asshat getting the last bowl of Egg Drop Soup before you get to try it.
Outside of the buffet, they operate like your average Chinese restaurant, though their dining room is bigger than most. The food off of their menu is good, but not exceptional; I've had worse but I've certainly had better, too.
If you already have a favorite place for Chinese, Mai Lee will most likely not make you change your usual. However, I heartily suggest trying out their buffet at least once. It outshines even the much larger China Buffet in Schererville.
So, here's the deal with me and Chinese food: I like it, but I really only like it about once a month or so. I don't know. I'm just not one of those crazy Chinese food people that crave it constantly. At Mai Lee, however, I could probably eat there 2-3 times EVERY WEEK. It's just that good...especially for the $5.25 lunch buffet.
Sure, I've been going to Chinatown since I was a tot, but nothing there has really ever wowed me. Actually, I'm not sure if any Chinese food has wowed me, but Mai Lee has certainly come close.
Now, I know what you're thinking: "Ew. A Chinese buffet. Gee. Can't wait to get there." But don't expect your everyday Chinese buffet that has everything from pizza to a soft serve machine, and don't expect this one to taste like the rubber chicken they usually serve at those sorts. Instead, picture THIS: homemade hot and sour and egg drop soups, beef and shrimp fried rice that is fresh and replenished about every 10 minutes, spicy beef, chow mein noodles, sesame chicken, shrimp egg rolls, sweet and sour chicken that I've heard is divine (but i don't like s&s sauce!), and of course---crab rangoons and the delectable peanut butter wontons. The latter are enough for 3 or 4 returns to the buffet in one sitting!
They also have a regular menu with delicious alternatives to the buffet, like shrimp with lobster sauce and anything with their delicious plum sauce.
And if you eat too much, don't worry. There's a weight watchers AND a seattle sutton's right next door.
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