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Café Ben Lee

3.5 (2 reviews)
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Lucky Buffet - Still more food

Lucky Buffet

4.0(44 reviews)
101.5 km
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What a pleasant surprise this was! I was coming to buy Girl Scout Cookies as they were being sold…read morethere yesterday (Friday) and I am a sucker for Girl Scouts as my nana spoiled me growing up and bought me boxes of Thin Mints whenever Girl Scout Cookie Season came around. Luckily, i was able to snag the last box of Thin Mints and a box of Trefoils, so I am not complaining. Since I was already at the location, I thought why not try the restaurant. I did not know what to expect and honestly I did not factor in that it was a buffet. Coming from Miami originally (though currently living in Saint Albans), I was lucky (no pun intended ^_^) to have had some really great buffets to experience in Miami, FL (ie. Kyojin in South Miami, Canton in Coral Gables, POC in Coral Gables) but I was craving Chinese food as I had not had any in so long. Lucky Buffet did not disappoint. They had sit down dining service as well as to go service. I am not sure if they deliver. If they did that would be amazing! But it was pretty busy which is always a good sign for a restaurant because it means they are doing good business and there is a demand for it. I ended up eating with my eyes and then my stomach because i filled 2 to go containers with a variety/assortment of foods like General Tso's chicken (my favorite), chicken & broccoli, crunchy and flavorful snap peas, crispy wonton noodles, very breaded/fluffy battered chicken tenders, and some vegetable fried rice that i doused in the General Tsao's sauce). I also got some of these Buttered scalloped potatoes which O-M-G were so darn good. They also had sliced onion mixed into the batch and no complaints there. It came out to a total of $38. There was a sign that said it was like $7.95 for pound of food and I figured I would splurge since I am not sure when I would be back there. I walk everywhere and in the cold, frigid temps, it's a bit cumbersome (and dangerous) to walk with food like that over icy sidewalks and slushy-muddy snow. I can't speak to what dining in would be like, but it seemed pretty decent. There was a steady flow of customers coming in and out which is always good to see. I also liked how they had fortune cookies sitting on display in the middle of the place for guests to take. I took about six lol I can't resist a good old fashioned fortune cookie:) If I ever happen to be walking by again, I would consider it again, but it is a lot of food. So you have to go on an empty stomach and also try not to over indulge or else you will have tummy issues. Chinese food is notorious for having MSG, but I am not sure if they use that there. I will say that they had a pretty decent dessert bar and ice cream selection. The people of Saint Albans are "lucky" to have this restaurant in their midsts. Also parking is pretty ample for those that have vehicles and the restaurant itself seemed pretty clean and well organized. If buffet items got low, they immediately would replenish them. The food was hot and ready to go. A plus was the little keychains being sold at the front at the counter. I had to get a Stitch one because I love the Stitch character. He's so cute ^_^ They also had a Spiderman one and Hello Kitty one so any fans of those characters would be pleasantly surprises and amused to see them being sold there once you check out and pay. Highly recommend this place.

Everything! From the food, to the staff, to the prices! Well staffed and the buffet is hot and new…read moredishes keep coming out! The desserts, the shrimp bar and the fruit is always fresh!!

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Lucky Buffet - Food

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Lucky Buffet - My plate#2, hot and sour soup

My plate#2, hot and sour soup

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Eastern Dragon - Cute cup

Eastern Dragon

4.1(98 reviews)
101.4 km
•$$

Let me begin by saying: I love love love this place!!!!…read more Soooooo glad to have discovered it! Service was absolutely outstanding!!!! Employees were so friendly, so welcoming, so relaxed! They each checked up on us several times to make sure our food and drinks were ok, to see if we needed anything else, etc. Absolutely amazing! OMG, people in Vermont are soooo much friendlier and less stressed than people in Massachusetts. In general. Food was amazing! Prices are so low! Combos for $6.95!! Huge portions. We ordered 6-7 dishes and drinks. Everything was perfect! God I wish these guys were closer to home! I'd eat there every day!!! Can't wait to go back next Saturday!!!

We've patronized this restaurant for as long as they've been there and have been very happy with it…read moreall that time. We usually get takeout and they've got that system down to a science. They're very polite, efficient, and very, very rarely make a mistake (be real, nobody's perfect). I love their shrimp with lobster sauce over their shrimp fried rice, Chris seems to have become a fan of their chicken egg foo young. Prices have increased a bit recently but we understand that and rationalize it when we realize that we each get three meals out of a single order usually. They have spruced up their dine-in area recently and it's quite nice, but there is a lot of foot traffic as they do a huge takeout business

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Eastern Dragon - Very busy pick up business

Very busy pick up business

Eastern Dragon - Spicy crab salad. Spicy imitation crab, seaweed, cucumber on a bed of field greens. Yums

Spicy crab salad. Spicy imitation crab, seaweed, cucumber on a bed of field greens. Yums

Eastern Dragon - Hot and sour soup as part of dinner combo. Very tasty.

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Hot and sour soup as part of dinner combo. Very tasty.

Café Ben Lee - chinese - Updated October 2026

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