Neal Booth
Dined here with a small group from church on 2/8/26 around 11 am. I personally had not been to the Chinese Buffet since Covid began, nearly 7 years ago now, believe it or not. However, I remember it as being a decent place to dine with a good amount of selection and fair prices. Upon entering, I was quite surprised to see that their pricing was still reasonable, however I didn’t understand the upcharge for Sunday vs. the weekly buffet price as nothing on that Sunday buffet reflected an upcharge type dish in the slightest. Upon my first trip up to the buffet, I was a bit surprised to see that literally not one item on that buffet had changed in the past 7 years. I guess any kind of variety is out with this place or they don’t know how to prepare anything else. At 11 am with a very light crowd present, all of the food was cold, completely unacceptatble having only opened at 10:30 am! Honestly I think the General Tso was the only item I had that was luke warm besides my bowl of soup. Many of the buffet dishes appeared to be leftover from the previous evening – – a good cook can tell what’s fresh vs. leftover. The crab ragoons were tough and chewy a telltale sign of having been reheated. The egg rolls appeared to be refried as they were exceptionally dark brown in color. Literally no one was touching them either. The “fresh” seasoned green beans were all shriveled up. The lo mein noodles were swollen, having clearly soaked up all the juices/sauce from being stored and re-served. I think you get the picture here. I guess one might get food that is fresh and warm after all the leftovers have been eaten up by the victims dining at opening time. Good luck with your experience. Also, this place is exceptionally dirty and ran down. It desparately needs a coat of paint, some new ceiling tiles, flooring, and lighting upgrades. . . fairly inexpensive upgrades and things you think would have changed somewhere along the way in the past 7 years since my last visit.
… moreBlake H
DO NOT EAT HERE (UNSAFE FOOD)
Food is served unsafe temperature, we came in a bit later due to work and the workers/cooks were pointing at us and the door mocking for us to leave(we never came back since this moment), dirty tables and areas everywhere. Again do not come here. Ended up with food poisoning!
… moreFFKDTP1
This is the best Chinese buffet in the metro-east imo. Always a lot of good options, they keep stocking fresh food regularly, the place is very clean, and there is plenty of seating and parking. Love it.
… moreDave Raymond
Food was pretty fresh and was hot during my visit. I enjoyed the meal. Staff was quick to remove any old plates.
… moreJulie Ferrari Beyer
This was the best Chinese Buffet that I’ve been to in a very long time. There were plenty of options available, the food was flavorful and delicious, and I didn’t try anything that I didn’t like. My BFF brought me here because it was her favorite and both my parents said it was also theirs. I will make the trip again and again.
… moreAndrew T Zenner
I would agree that this place has the best Buffet. I ate there in the late evening and I mean it had 4 or 5 different types of shrimp; frog legs, catfish fritters, steak. It’s all good here….
… moreSam R.
Brought in our family of five and paid $81 . As we were grabbing a seat my daughter mentioned she saw a bug, I helped her find it under the napkin dispenser and gave it a squish with the pepper shaker on the table. It was 100% a cockroach. As fast as we came in we were back in our coats. I took the napkin to the host and he snatched it from my fingers and told us he would only refund one of our meals. At which point my husband had to escalate with the manager and we’ll be contesting the charges with the bank tomorrow. Don’t eat here if there’s roaches running around the lobby with the lights on there’s no telling how horrific that kitchen must be. Update: They told my husband they cancelled the charge but it posted to our bank this morning anyway.
… moreNan “Steven” McCartney
I love their foods too many times we went there it’s very good hot and ready , the foods are tasty and not to expensive
… moreAmie E
This is the best buffet around the Alton area. Never had a bad experience here as others have been complaining about and I’ve never gotten sick here either. I recommend coming around 2 or 3pm, food is hot and fresh.
… moreSkylar Burrow
There are basically no options for meat compared to other chinese buffets i have been to. The crab rangoon has no crab, it’s just cream cheese. The worker was vacuuming under our table and coughing/ hawking loogies while doing it, quite gross. and all the tables were sticky. The only nice thing is drinks are included in the dinner.
also: my husband found plastic in his lo-mein.
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