Very uncleanly a cook used the bathroom and did not wash their hands. I got food poisoning and my roommate contracted c. Diff from eating here. read more

Buffet Star is like a family friendly restaurant. It has lots of different varieties. The waitresses are welcoming and friendly. The owners are very polite and can remember their customers. We're so glad that they reopened. Thank you Buffet Star read more

The sweet and sour chicken. No chicken. The general chicken. No chicken. Everything was cold. Haven't been in a few years. Out of town. But. Sorry. I'll never go back. Was that bad. read more

All the hot food is dry and overcooked. And they have 2 major health violations and 10 minor violations from the health department. They are temporarily closed as of feb 3 til ? read more

Doesn't even deserve a star. 4 cockroaches on our food. One came out of my sushi. Piece. read more

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They keep it clean and change up the menu sometimes. They are pretty good quality especially the dim sum. If you order off the menu it's exceptional. Their lomein was so delicious when I got the catering for my wedding. Service is always good. read more

Decent Asian American buffet. Have been here many times over the years and it always gets the job done. Lots of seating and good variety of food. Tables are usually sticky which docs some points, but overall not a bad place - but won't blow your mind. read more

All was well until I witnessed a medium sided Cockroach crawling around the plate dispenser by the wontons. Omg. I've never seen a real live one before,only the dead ones in people apt. Traps. I didnt want to freak my family out so didnt say anything till much later that night. Is this a normal thing in restaurants that we just don't normally see or should we not go back? I love there food and they are the only one in Broome county anymore. I'm very disappointed read more

the food was really cold, and undercooked and really raw couldnt eat any of the meat here because it's all raw, I had rice and noodles :/ They all denied that it's raw but listen Guys if chicken is pink it ain't cooked read more

Dirty place, glad it's closed . Food is not warm enough. Hope it doesn't reopen. I wonder how many customers have gotten ill eating here.

This was basically my favourite restaurant when I was a kid, I moved away and didn't go for a long time, but I just went back and it's exactly the same as I remember. They have a good variety of (very Americanized) east Asian food and some country-style American food. As a pescatarian, there's enough variety that I can almost but not quite try a little bit of everything that I want before getting full. For buffet food it's pretty good. The food mostly tastes relatively fresh, save for a few items (seaweed salad, mushroom salad, glazed banana) that tasted like they'd been sitting for a while, but nothing was bad. I tend to avoid the fruit bar, though - it seems like most of the fruit comes out of a can, and the pudding is pretty bland. Their basic sushi can be a little underwhelming, but the more complex rolls are good, and honestly all are better sushi than I'd expect from a buffet. From this visit, the dishes that I really enjoyed were the flounder with crab meat, shrimp cocktail, Japanese-style tofu, and egg custard. The staff is nice and they're very attentive with refilling drinks and taking away plates that you're done with. Some of them don't seem to speak English super well which might present a little bit of a language barrier, but nothing serious - someone I was with tried to order a drink that they didn't have and confused our waitress who didn't know what he was saying, but she called over another waitress who could understand and they sorted it out. I saw a few bowls with scrapes of food still in the corners at the buffet, and while the overall cleanliness of the place (besides the bowls) this time was okay, I've seen it looking a little dingy before. The interior design of the place is very cool - they've got a waterfall into a small koi pond, pagoda-like canopies over the salad station, a lighted floor in places, and the ceiling is painted to look like the sky. There are some elements of it that are very strange to me, though, like the glass (or plastic?) dividers that are filled with what looked like just crumpled paper, and the fish tank with absolutely nothing in it besides fish, not even pebbles in the bottom - it looked clean, but are you really supposed to keep fish in a bare tank like that? I also wish they'd do a better job of labelling the food at the buffet. Most items are labelled correctly, but there were a few with no labels or that were mixed up, or just confusing to figure out which label corresponded to which item. Anyone with any sort of dietary restriction can tell you what a headache it is to try and guess! read more

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Great selection of food. Nice ambiance. Large seating capacity. They have Chinese, American Japanese and Korean varieties of food. Excellent dessert and sushi bars. My favorite Chinese buffet for 60 miles around. read more

Food was good but when we left we didn't tip and the lady ran after us yelling "no tip?, no tip"

ok food , if you have a problem with seafood not a good option food is ok service is ok price is on the high end , read more

In comparison to other Chinese buffets, this place is one of the better ones as far as having a fresh selection and a pretty decent size selection. It also tastes a little better than some others I have visited. They also have a pretty good selection of sushi available here which other Chinese buffets don't. The only downside to this place is they use your height to determine if you should pay the child price versus adult. Generally this is okay I guess but my daughter for example was pretty tall when she was still considered child as far as a restaurant is concerned and we had to pay the full price a couple times. Not a biggie as it's only a few extra dollars but still if the kid is only 10 years old us saying so should be good enough The only issue we've had before happened the last time we were there. We were expecting to bring at least 15 people and so we called a few days in advance and asked if they could handle this as they are sometimes quite busy. My mother-in-law made the call and they said no problem, they took her name, confirmed how many people. When we arrived they had no idea we were bringing 15 people. Caught them completely off guard they had to go into a back room and push some tables together and then quickly find a server that could handle the job. It really didn't inconvenience us any more than about 5 minutes however it just struck me as odd that they basically lost a reservation of that size. Other than that little hiccup the food was good and we all left happy. read more

Me and my family came here to try out the food. Most of the food is cold unless it just came out and rarely taste like the actual dish itself. The rice tastes like plastic. The soda is bland and barely carbonated. The service is good however it doesn't make up for the cockroach my mom found. She told the worker that there was a cockroach on one of the dishes and she only took the piece the cockroach was on, not the entire tray. I wish I read the reviews before coming here, multiple people complaining about cockroaches on food. If it was me, i'd steer clear of this place. read more

You really have to like some fried food for this trip. It's a buffet, I get that but the decor!!! It had a Vegas casino feel and strangely enough, I dig it! Service was quick and we were seated immediately. Our drink order was taken and although the staff was silent I noticed the efficiency. Selections were being changed over from lunch to dinner during our visit and we barely noticed. Everything was clean as much as one can expect from a buffet. Guests were expected to wear masks and use a plastic glove to handle utensils. New sushi options were being put out and everything looked fresh. Unfortunately the selections for lunch service consisted of mostly fried choices. I'm not one to turn down anything fried but it was very noticeable. This is the sole reason for the one star loss. Everything else was great. When we left I noticed the pull up menus outside. Great idea and props for the hard work. read more

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Wouldn't even give it one star if I could help it ! My family and I went there and as we were leaving I found not only a dead rat under the table in front of my feet it was so dried out it definitely wasn't a fresh dead rat it was mummified like and they tried to give me 10$ off my meal I got all my money back and called on them so disgusting!!! I thought you were supposed to clean and move tables and chair and I assume if they did it would've been seen read more

Typical buffet good selections they also got dim sum and vegetarian choices. Best to get there as soon as they open or when they transition to dinner to take advantage of the greasy food. read more

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The place is not a place I will be returning to. I watched an employee take the cold shrimp and put it back into a tub and then take the ice that it was sitting on and put it into a cooler so that it could be reused at a later time( it was close to closing time) The bathrooms are absolutely disgusting the floors are sticky, and to top it off I'm not going to mention names but someone I know got salmonella poisoning from there and was so very sick! And yes it was verified by a doctor and was reported to the health department!!! read more

Ok, I don't want to come back here. I feel duped. The sushi was not fresh, and I think one of the rolls might have just been tempura broccoli. Signs were confusing and the 'hibachi' was just marinated chicken and veggies. This resulted in my younger daughter choosing a raw egg as part of her plate (again, unclear signage) The Chinese food was ok. There was a lot of Ice Cream and desserts. The fish in the tank looked like they were dying and the dessert bar had a chocolate fountain that was not on or plugged in. Lots of empty boxes inside of the restaurant as well. The waitress was very polite however, which was good because the hostess was very rude. My 7 year old enjoyed it but this was not what we hoped it would be. read more

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Stay away! Food is absolutely disgusting and cold. Not sure how this place is still in business. Seems as though they have many health code violations. I saw the cook in the back touching all the food with no gloves. To top it off, the waitress stared at me the entire time I was filing out the tip and then followed me out the door to question the amount I gave her. Will never go there again!! read more

Went to the buffet star today around 4:30pm. The food is normally pretty decent, but, today.....the food SUCKED! It appeared that the food was sitting there all day. It was dried out and much of it was overcooked! The place was not busy. The staff was paying more attention to their phones and yelling over the speaker system. I saw customer come in and wait, and wait for someone to acknowledge their presence! This use to be a decent place to eat but things have changed! I am done with this place and recommend that others find a better place! read more

A friend and I went the other day as soon as they opened. After prepping food for the grill and getting it back, my friend let out a yell and spit out a mouthfull of hair from his food. It was absolutely disgusting. He told the staff what happened, and the owner apologized and offered to take $5 off his meal. Are you effing kidding me?? She should've comped BOTH our meals with the promise she would investigate what happened and assure us it would NEVER happend again. Well, what will never happen again, is I will NEVER go back. The bathroom was filthy; one sink clogged, the other missing the fixture. The BC Health Department needs to do a thorough inspection of every inch of that place. read more

Forced me to tip a huge amount and didn't even refill the drinks or take the plates, made me cross out my original tip amount and raise it to 18% read more

I have been going to this restaurant for many years even before they were on vestal parkway and in the Olum's plaza under a different name. We were there this weekend and the food was terrible. I used to love the crispy wonton with the cream cheese in it. It was soggy and taste like oil, the food had no flavor. The man who was making the sushi had gloves on working with chicken and fish with the same gloves and then washed his hands with the gloves on. When he was going to prepare our food, I asked him to change his gloves, and he asked me why. I told him he was just working with Fish and Chicken with the same gloves and my granddaughter has an allergic to fish. I spoke to the owner who said she would speak with him. I also spoke with her about my concerns of the quality of the food. she was apologetic. I told her after all these years we would not return to her restaurant. prices: $16.99 per adult and $12.99 for a child. Not worth the money and not safe. read more

While in college at BU, my friends and I visited this place on the regular. As far as Chinese buffets go, this has to be one of the best. The place itself is huge, and the amount of food they offer is enormous. Especially considering it's all you can eat for just one flat rate! I wasn't a vegetarian during my time in college, but when I visited a few months ago and I was a vegetarian, I couldn't believe how many veggie options there were. The one "section" of the buffet that is a little questionable in my opinion is the sushi. It wasn't GREAT, but it could've easily been an off day. It's not by any means impeccable, in fact, the table we were seated at most recently was kind of filthy. And considering how big the place is, I'm not sure why that ever needs to happen. However, I think if you go here with an open mind and no expectations, you'll be really pleasantly surprised. It's an awesome place to bring a bunch of friends and enjoy some pretty good food. read more

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The best evening meal I have had in years. I went to lunch there a few years ago snd it was not that great. Again the best I have in many years read more

The food was good it's just they could be alil more out of your face when it's time to pay they shouldn't be begging you for a tip what you put on you card is what you put on felt like I had a security guard with me read more

My family and I got done eating and were talking and the waitress comes over and hands us the bill and then walks away we continue talking then she comes over and says you ready to pay. I have wasn't ready to leave yet but ok whatever I take my card out and she takes the bill to go pay now I don't like leaving tips on my card I always leave money so I cross out tip we get up to put jackets on and she comes over takes they copy and says what no tip I had the money in my hand ready but the way she said it and then started talking shit about us to a co-worker I will never be going back there again. read more

This is quality Chinese food(I can't speak to 'authenticity', it's just really good). I've ordered it 4 times in just a couple of months. Pork spare ribs-not too fatty and not too much sauce, just right Coconut chicken-I'd never had this prior, always had coconut shrimp from other places, but this is great. If you aren't paying attention, you don't actually notice what kind of meat is under the breading and sauce, which may bother some people, but not me. The meat is honestly just a delivery device for the coconut deliciousness General Tso chicken-the sauce is a bit too sweet, but still a repeater Pepper steak-good, but like most steak dishes, more veg than is preferable Curry chicken-a really nice surprise to find at a Chinese restaurant, very well done Roast Pork egg rolls-huge and delicious Cream cheese wontons-very standard, but good Fried wings-these bad boys are BIG and nummy Lo mein-very nice, not too greasy Fried rice-a bit bland and dry, but if you mix it with the entree sauces like I do, it's quite serviceable This is our go-to for Chinese. Even with delivery out to the boonies, the food is still warm, which speaks to their good packing! read more

You get what you pay for. Decent service. A pretty big selection of oily foods including sushi and American fare in addition to Chinese. Really big selection. Some days they have more vegetable options. On Weekends they charge about $2 more since they have extra meats and fishes available then. Bathrooms are a bit dirty. They complain if you only tip 10%. read more

So called "Chinese Food" should be called "What am I Eating Food". My Wife and I went there for the first time on 9/25/23, it will be our last time. If you like greasy fried over breaded so called "Chinese Food" this is your place to go. If you don't want diarrhea STAY AWAY. read more

This place has really gone down hill. The food has been getting worse, we never got a refill the entire time we were there. Our waitress never showed back up so after waiting for a while we decided to go to the front desk so we could leave. People around us had the same issue. The entire staff was in the other half eating. You would think they would take turns. The waitress probably did the best she could, but the food is inexcusable. Everything tasted awful and freezer burnt. It was a rush hour so I'm surprised it was awful. The staff I did see was very rude. Used to go there a lot and now it is just a waste of money for poor quality and service. read more

cockroach in the sweet and sour soup, wait staff were polite and concerned, front desk host was directly rude. Would NOT go back or suggest.

Buffet Star? More like no stars. The reviews for this buffet are incredibly misleading. The sushi was not fresh at all and the chicken tasted off. I wouldn't go back for seconds for anything I tried. We ended up eating mostly deserts just to justify even going. I will say that the waitress was very friendly though. Definitely will not be going back nor would I recommend. read more

Dead mouse next to table and undercooked food. do not recommend unless you can handle that while your eating.

The food is very old and hard, the garlic bread was very hard, also the noodles were very dry. Disappointed. We're never coming back.

Positives...lots of variety, clean areas, guests were given gloves to use at the counters and efficient staff. Negatives...hibachi grill was not running, food was only OK, only a few toppings for salads and nothing had any defined flavor or heat. We would not go back if we lived in the area. read more

We had not been to a Chinese buffet restaurant in many, many years. We were invited by family to join them there so we kept an open mind. The building looks relatively new and large, yet they are expanding the foundation. This seems to be a sign that business is good. Maybe they are adding an enclosed patio? Upon entering you view the boat-shaped buffet counter directly in front of you. A quick glance around and you see there are plenty (maybe four or five) of other buffet sections also. First impression is that everywhere looks clean and the food choices are quite numerous. There were no duplicates anywhere on the buffet. Our arrival time was near the end of lunch on a Saturday, but all of the serving trays were filled, or almost filled, with food. Staff were actively checking these trays and refilling them as needed. Staff were also prompt in clearing dirty plates from tables as customers returned to the buffet stations for more helpings. Overall, the food was very average. There was nothing among the twenty or so different items I tasted that stood out as being special. Everything was OK, but most items simply lacked a unique flavor to encourage me to want to have more of it. Three stars seems fair since I can't honestly say "Meh. I've experienced better" at any other buffet. read more