Peking Restaurant

Ug.  Buffets are buffets...
This restaurant somehow caused the other Chinese restaurant in Spencer to go out of business.  This is a surprise to me!

First off, you must get here before 7:30 pm to have warm food options, or really any food options at all.  You scavenge what is left over because they no longer fill the buffet to not waste food after about 7 pm.

While the roasted chicken, peanut chicken, and lo mein were the best options, everything else was fairly tasteless, rubbery and cold.  It makes me wonder if Chinese restaurants have to go to a special school to learn how to make "classic American" Chinese food recipes...  It's far from authentic and just blah.  Although locals love their buffets and this is the "new place" in town, I think it's disgusting.  I mainly dined on their ice cream cups near the dessert section and hot green tea.  You can't mess those up.

Pretty average buffet food, but hey, it rocks to have something besides burgers and pizza in this little town.  Huzzah!

I would give it 3 stars, but the food quality isn't consistent.  If you go during peak traffic, or on holidays when they expect pretty steady service, the food is pretty good and selections are a little better.  If you go on an average weekday evening, the food's probably been sitting under a heat lamp for God knows how long, and it's probably overcooked and rubbery.

That being said, it's a good alternative to the rest of the town's offerings -- burgers, burgers, pizza, pizza, and fried stuff.   And the tofu/veg stir fry is pretty good.  I would recommend ordering off the menu instead of doing the buffet thing for the best quality food.