This is a very nice, well-stocked Chinese buffet, with Mongolian barbecue and sushi also available as has become fairly common for Chinese buffets. It has all the traditional standard foods of such buffets, including my favorite, Black Pepper Chicken, and not too many of the non-Chinese dishes some restaurants add to fill out buffet space (except for sushi, of course). I was there at the lunch hour when the restaurant was reasonably busy, but the buffets were well-stocked with food, all of it hot and fresh and appetizing. There was a good selection of soups, including hot and sour, egg drop, and wonton. The hot and sour soup was nice and hot, though not as sour as some I've had. Egg rolls were decent. The crab rangoon was great. A lot of places' crab rangoon has a tiny little dot of cheese/crab mixture, surrounded by a huge pinwheel of dry noodle, but Asian King's is mostly cheese mixture with less of the unpalatable dried noodle part. The sushi (just rolls, no nigiri) looked a lot better than the pitiful excuse for sushi some buffet restaurants have, and it tasted decent too. One thing different from a number of buffets is that instead of being in tubs along with the other dishes, the restaurant has its fried and white rice in sealed steamers on a separate table at the back, to keep it fresh and moist rather than letting it sit in the open and dry out. I did have to ask where it was before I could find it, though. Everything was clean and neat, the staff was extremely friendly, and the $7.55 price tag on my lunch buffet was very reasonable for the amount of food I was able to eat. My only regret is that I can no longer put away as much food as I used to! read more

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I visited this place recently with a friend and we had a great time! The food was hot and fresh and there was a variety of things to choose from such as crab legs, crawfish, chicken on the stick and even sugar donuts. If you want decent Chinese food, I would recommend checking this place out! read more

Ok I admit it, I'm a cheap Chinese food junkie. It comes with being in the hospitality business. My goal is to try all of the roughly 90 Asian themed restaurants in town which leads me to this review. Food was fresh Food was hot Servers were friendly The restaurant was clean and orderly I did not try the Mongolian grill option but the food used for it looked good. The selection included all of your basics with no real surprises. The food however was pretty bland in flavor. While not bad nothing really called out to you saying fill that plate again. The sushi selection was similar in lack of flavor and interest. So its an okay place to go. I personally dont see a need for me to go back only because it is on the opposite side of the world from me and there are tastier options out there. read more

I go there often and I'm always impressed with there food it's stuffing and the workers are very patient and welcoming.

Wish 0 star reviews were an option! The staff is extremely rude and unprofessional; on multiple occasions they have insinuated to larger sized customers that they can't fit in a booth. A waitress even had the audacity to rub a man's stomach to communicate he was too large for a booth. Absolutely disgusting behavior and unacceptable. Also, the restaurant isn't very clean. Don't recommend at all read more

We were looking for a restaurant on Glenstone Avenue. One whose doors remained open past eight on a Sunday evening as it was that time already. At the last second, instead of turning right to go to one of the restaurants we'd already tried, We turned left to the "Asian King Buffet." I kind of had a-hankerin' for some rice. My daughter loves all things Asian, including their foods. We were both pleasantly surprised. One of the few restaurants in the Springfield area that actually had carpeted floors. That kept the noise level at a minimum. We could actually enjoy a conversation with one another. Why most restaurants just wax over the noisy concrete floors is beyond me. The sounds just bounce off each other into a crescendo of cacophony sounds. There were four double-sided buffets to choose your food from. That food was very tasty. I had small helpings of nearly everything. Their biscuits were delicious as was the Mongolian Beef, Coconut Shrimp assorted chicken flavors - General Tao, Cashew, and Sweet & Sour. Vegetables taste fresh. Egg rolls were toasted just right. We didn't try the crab legs and neither of us a sushi fans so we passed on those. Anna our waitperson, couldn't speak a whole lot of English but she made up for that with a cheery disposition. The only strike against it was at closing time a little Chinese guy was wildly sweeping in front of the buffet. We added Asian King Buffet to our ever-growing list of "Places to go." I nearly forgot, my rice. I had their fried rice which I thought was lacking in vegetables, but it satisfied my urge. This was written on behalf of our experience at this restaurant. The other diners looked well pleased. read more

The cashew chicken was a joke. Fried chicken with cashews sprinkled over a bed of lettuce. No other vegetables or sauce.

At raw vegetable bar found moldy broccoli and tossed it for them. Mistake. That night contracted Norovirus, a very contagious virus that you get from contaminated food or water, or by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus causes your stomach or intestines to inflame and swell with severe stomach pain, retching, and diarrhea. Bedridden for 3 days, no food, barely water. Ate here 6 hrs before symptoms. Never ever again. read more

I tried everything on buffet which I never do food was great. Light on sauces so you can taste food. Always pass the place because just looked so plain but now I will be forever customer thank you read more

We stopped in kind of as a last resort due to over an hour wait at other places. Since this place was busy we thought "why not" and went in. I'm not much of a fan of Asian food but my daughter loves it. It's bad when my daughter can barely eat it. The lo mein was overcooked and had no flavor. The chicken on a stick didn't taste right. The sushi........well, my daughter had to excuse herself to the bathroom to spit it out. She said it tasted like dirt. Now, I'm sitting in my hotel room sick to my stomach. If I'm ever back up this way, I'll remember to steer clear. It's not worth the money either. What a shame. read more

Chinese/Sushi/Fried Frog Legs/Crab Legs and all you can eat...for the price they charge it's a decent place to go and fill up your craving. Even husband who does not like Chinese food found food enough to uncomfortably stuff himself. read more

Some of the most amazing food I've had! All was fresh and tasty! Drinks never got past half empty and not badly priced! Will definitely be coming back. read more

The staff was friendly but the restaurant overall was dirty. If the owners won't make an effort to keep the Front of House clean then it's safe to say the Back of House is worse. read more

Eh, everything is average if not below average, some of the food tastes like it's not fresh, heated up from the day before, price is cheap though read more

Don't waste your time eating here if you want crab legs because they only bring out a few every 25 minutes with no seasoning. The Dinner menu at night is 13.99 with crab legs. But you won't get any ! They still charge the 13.99 price. So basically you pay 13.99 for a Chinese buffet that is not worth that. They are advertising crab legs and you think that is a good price but it's not. When you ask about it they just walk away. They know what they are doing. They don't bring enough out so they are making more money. We tried for an hour to get some and never did. We will not go back !!! read more

This is a Chinese buffet. You know what you're getting into. The best times to go are obviously around peak hours as that is when food will be the most fresh. They offer a pretty wide variety of things and have more available on the weekends (such as crab legs). One of my favorite dishes is General Chicken and Asian King Buffet's version is not very good. It's biggest issue is that it is not spicy. The other strikes being often dry chicken and soggy breading. Sweet n Sour and Cashew chicken are DYI style (you get the chicken and then pour the sauce over it yourself). The biggest issues with this is that it's JUST chicken and sauce. No whole cashews or scallions and of course no pineapple in the sweet n sour (which isn't a staple in SnS per se but many expect it). The sushi is mediocre but this isn't a Japanese owned restaurant and it's certainly passable for a buffet. The crab rangoon is perhaps my favorite as it has a very thin, crisp crust that is just enough to contain the gooey deliciousness inside. Some other dishes include Mongolian beef, cheesy crab meat with vegetables, teriyaki chicken, coconut shrimp, frog legs, bourbon chicken, stuffed mushrooms and black pepper chicken. They also have a Mongolian BBQ area where you select what you want cooked and well you know the drill. All in all it's a decent Chinese buffet and there aren't many. read more

My family and I had a very good experience here tonight (July 5 2015). The food was most fresh and there were lots of vegetables available. The sushi was decent and there was a selection of 6 different kinds. The tofu skin sushi was very tasty. The service was excellent, our used plates were whisked away almost immediately and our drinks kept full. A couple of the wait staff came over a few times to talk to our baby, he loved it - it made us feel welcome to bring him there! All in all this is a great Chinese buffet. Our experience this evening put it a notch above other recent experiences. Definitely recommend, especially for families. read more

I don't understand how this place has this high a rating. It used to be good several years ago, but the quality has gone downhill. The buffet is too expensive for the quality. One bizarre thing I found, or didn't find- no rice at the buffet? What? Did I come on an odd day when they were out? And the lo-mein is a spaghetti consistency. Not recommended. read more

I think this is a great place to eat. The food is fresh and delicious and the severs are very nice to us. Most importantly, they have a large variety of Asian food as well as the deserts. I'm glad I find this restaurant!:) read more

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Foods pretty good here. When your needing a Chinese food fix it works in a pinch and does a nice job. For some reason I rarely see anyone smile that works here. Like to have a little more friendliness. read more

We found feathers in our chicken and the cashew chicken sauce does not taste like cashew chicken sauce it is to sweet I would rather go to kfc.the noodles taste unlike spaghetti.The best thing there is ice cream which is store bought.I WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN!!! read more

We have been here a couple of times (Senior Thursdays) and really like it.. The food, service and value is good.. read more

The price's are good the food its delicious but they are always out of creamy coconut shrimp but thats my only complaint and i get over it buy going to the grill and customizing my plate read more

This place has the best Asian food. I always liked this place and it never gets old, I recommend this restaurant.

The sushi plates were almost empty when I arrived. There is no rice on the main food bar--It is obscurely located near the stir-fry bar in closed pots, towards the back of the room. I couldn't find a soup bowl, until I discovered that they are inexplicably placed towards the back, considerably farther away from the actual soup than they should be. I never knew who my server was until I was 2/3 through my meal, and we flagged her down. Then, she finally got my one drink refill. The main buffet is split into 3 sections that are so cramped that people are regularly bumping into each other to get their food. I am utterly baffled by the 3 stars this place has. Asian King Buffet is exactly the same as Ichiban down the road, but with less variety, freshness, and organization. read more

Best Chinese buffet we've ever had!!! Huge selection, great wait staff and the price is on point!!

Just look at the photo. That says it all. Minimum food selection. They told us to ASK if we wanted something else. It's a buffet. I want to walk up and get it not order it. Do not suggest this place. read more

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This was a very good buffet. Not the biggest buffet in town but the food was fresh and great tasting. They do have raw oysters on Friday night but don't come here if that's the selling point for you. You can do better elsewhere. That said, if you are looking for good quality standard Asian dishes, this place fits the bill. read more

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I have are there 2 times.did not enjoy either time.and upon the pic I saw on facebook.rather it true or not.i will not be trying a third time.nope done.yuk.yuk.and yuk. read more

TL;DR -- If kept properly stocked, with foods holding hot and replenished at appropriate times, this was a good variety of dishes that I think I could have enjoyed. Unfortunately, my family did not have this experience. Food was very clearly not being hot-held appropriately in the buffet warmers. If you chanced upon grabbing some right after a new batch came out, it was nice and hot, but everything else on my plate was unappetizingly lukewarm or room temperature by the time I got to my seat. That is, however, except for the Mongolian BBQ -- steaming hot, but overcooked to the point that I tasted one piece of each meat in my dish and was embarrassed to have to push the entire thing away, afraid to test my teeth against such shoe-leather. Sushi was not refilled the entire hour or so my family was there (around 5-6pm on a Wednesday). I got the last piece of both types of sashimi on my first trip up to the buffet and recommended the Yellowfin to my party, but they were unable to ever get a piece. Bourbon chicken had the most flavor. Coconut shrimp was my favorite dish, but ran out quickly and was lukewarm after just a few minutes on the buffet. Crab rangoons are quarter-sized tiny things, so there's not a good balance of creme cheese/crab to wonton wrapper. I didn't even take a bite of my chicken wing, it was so leathery. No potstickers on the buffet, to my disappointment. A general lack of flavor in many dishes, notably the egg roll, egg custard, and lo mein. Service was attentive and the place seemed clean. No wait to be seated. We sat at the table at the end of our meal for a bit, waiting for the check to be picked back up, without realizing that we were meant to take it to the desk on the way out -- oops! read more

We were craving Chinese food and after reading mixed reviews, we stopped. We were greeted with smiling faces and were seated in a booth, which we requested. My seat was taped up, which is tacky but better than ripped I guess. We ordered our drinks and went to get food. There seemed to be a good variety. It was about 2:30 on a Saturday but the food was cold...not warm...cold. There was 1 (one) chicken wing on the buffet that apparently everyone was afraid to take, and the staff wasn't putting anymore out until it was gone...so I guess it was a standoff. The food was all sweet except for the mini crab ragoons. When I say sweet I mean as in syrup. Black pepper chicken was even sweet....why?! As I sat there I also realized how dirty and run down the place was. An apparent water leak left the ceiling stained and wallpaper peeling off. The blinds were filthy with dirt and food and the carpet was horrible. I should say I did not have the sushi for fear that it might have actually been warm and no one was cooking at the mongolian bbq station so I didn't have try that either. I would die of hunger before returning here. No one asked us how it was, even when we paid. Poor food, poor service and very dirty. Stay away. read more

As far as Covid restrictions goes, they had several rules set in place for everyone's safety which is a good thing, also the service was very good. However, the food was seriously lacking. It all kind of tasted the same and was nothing to write home about in general. The sushi selection was simply put... bad. And the raw meat for the Mongolian grill looked like it had been sitting out for a very long time, there was no ice on the beef in particular and that was a huge disappointment that drove me away from the grill. It's a nice looking restaurant with good service but I just wasn't impressed by the food. read more

It's a decent place, not a lot of dessert options or vegetables, very pretty on the inside but they should do a better job on the food a little bland not too flavorful and all in all not the worst not the best I would recommend you to be here but not all the time. read more

had lunch here... food and service were good. The food selection was varied. The sushi wasn't the best I've ever had but it was good for the price. The potstickers were amazing! Waitress cleared our plates quickly and refilled our drinks. Atmosphere wasn't anything exceptional but it was good for a family restaurant. read more

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Friendly service. Food good. Little limited on options. However, everything is very fresh and the make sure everything is not left empty.

Awful food.. got sick. Lo mein made with spaghetti noodles. Will never eat there again.. beef in requested dish was raw.. awful food and over charged to top it off. read more

The food tasted ok, we had Mongolian mostly. Both my girlfriend and I ended up with food poisoning. Something definitely wrong somewhere

Paid $77 for 6 of us for the Sunday lunch buffet, which for what we got was way way overpriced. This was at 11:30am on a Sunday, I say again. Everything that we tried off the buffet was cold. Some might have passed for room temperature. The meats were all very dry. The sauce for cashew chicken was runny (and no actual cashews for the cashew chicken). The crab rangoons were teeny tiny...as if they cut the wraps in half or quarters of regular size rangoons to make these. I wanted to try the hot and sour soup, but I couldn't locate the bowels. Definitely not on any of the buffers with the food, soup, and plates. Randomly found the fried rice obscurely located in closed warming pots at the end of the Mongolian grill window. Basically....the quality of the food was far below paying $12 per person. Plus...the bathrooms are scary. read more

We usually go to Asian kings on Friday or Saturday for their crab legs buffet. Some time there will be tons of people and the crab leg replenish quickly! We have to wait for long time. So many times I have to tell manager to bring it out for more. Fried coconut shrimp is my bf favorite read more

I just recently moved here from Georgia and I must say I've had my fair share of Chinese food since I got here. I'm noticing quickly that there's a ton of Chinese here. This particular restaurant was very good. It had a nice sized buffet and a lot of options to choose from, not to mention clean as well. The flavor of the food was delicious. I personally had the mushroom chicken, and they weren't bashful about the amount of chicken in it. The crab Rangoon were small and crunchy, and not too greasy. My fiancé had the usual cashew chicken, and what I noticed was the pieces of chicken were smaller and had no "fatty" bites. The staff was friendly, but brief. I didn't have to ask twice for anything. Overall, I would recommend it and I will definitely be back. read more