Went again on Sunday where they have all day dinner menu. $17.99 for adults and $8.99 for kids 3 and older. The food quality felt like it drastically decreased since the last time I came. If you're looking for quality food, definitely would not recommend especially this is not authentic Chinese food. The fish tasted smelly like it's starting to go bad. I was excited for the eel, but it also was cold and tasted smelly and they do not refill unless you specifically ask for it. Some of the crab were ok but not too much meat. The salt and pepper shrimp and egg drop soup were ok. read more

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I take my kids here a couple times a month. I usually don't enjoy the sushi at a buffet like this but they make some high quality and tasty stuff. In general I enjoy the majority of the food options and my kids always leave full. The staff is friendly and attentive. The place is clean and well kept. read more

Buffet with an assortment of options ranging from meats/seafood to fried rice/lo mein to sushi to various desserts/fruits. For the price they offer, it was pretty reasonable. The staff was quick to seat my friend and I and they were also aware/frequently refilled our drinks without us asking through-out our meal. The food there was alright and good enough to fill myself however the next day had an upset stomach. There was food that tasted tender and crisp however there was also food that tasted over-cooked or stale. Not the best buffet taste-wise but not the worst. read more

This is the second time I've eaten at this location. The first time it has been a while, but I remember it being better. First of all the smell was awful. It smelt like wet dog, so it made the whole experience even worse. All of the chicken dishes that were sauced were very soggy and some of them didn't really even have much meat. It was just the breading. The sweet-and-sour chicken was extremely tough and seemed like it had been refried. The only thing that I enjoyed was the eggroll, which still wasn't the best that I've had the lo mein and the fried rice was good, but very low on the list of my favorite fried rice. The waitress was very attentive and always had a refill coming. The picture is actually from my last visit as I forgot to take one this last time. read more

Chef Lin Buffet - LoMein - Chinese Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

i used to go there since I was a child to be honest it was so good I would go with my dad and we would love the shrimp it had a wide variety of food with desert and fruit included (with soft serve) it was so good definitely recommend!! read more

This is my 'go to' Chinese Buffet in Frederick, for those days that I plan to have 'one big meal' for the day... There is nothing amazing, and nothing negative about this buffet. It's not much different than other larger ones. The food quality is consistent, and the variety is large! They have Sushi and Hibachi stations too. I recommend it! read more

Chef Lin Buffet - Chinese Sushi... - Chinese Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

Worthwhile Chinese buffet. Consistently good food in clean, inviting surroundings. Dishes are fresh, well-prepared, varied, and, of course, a good value for the money. My dear old dad and I enjoy eating here together when I visit him. The staff are always kind to him (and to me). The avocado cream cheese sushi is worth the visit, as is the fried flounder and the layered espresso mousse cake for dessert. They also have a chocolate fountain and a soft serve machine, in addition to a freezer full of single-serve ice cream and ice cream sandwiches. We used to go to Flaming Grill, but they have too many roaches. Chef Lin is our spot, and I hope it continues to thrive. read more

This has been my favorite restaurant for about 20 years. I don't know if it has been under the same ownership for that long, but I took my kids there when they were in high chairs, and we went there today when they came back to town from college. I am not a picky sushi eater. Things wrapped in rice are essentially dipping devices for soaking up wusabii and soy sauce. read more

There is only one reason to eat here; to pig out on Chinese food. You're not there to have a five-star meal. Forget it. It's a buffet. The food is good, not great. But for the money, who cares? This is where you go to blow your diet for just one evening. If you have room for dessert, you haven't eaten enough. The sushi is surprisingly very good. Comfortable seating and an inviting decor. Attentive servers keep empty plates off the table and drinks refilled. But they made no money on me by the time I left. :) read more

Food was amazing! Very much worth the cost. Staff was great, food was fresh, and the restaurant was clean! The food was some of the best I have had in a long time! read more

Poor quality food and crispy items were not crispy. The selections that I would have liked were not available for lunch.

The service was great good people food was amazing the place is nice nice tables nice lighting read more

Found this little GEM on the way back home from Dulles Airport. Food was absolutely amazing. Fresh and delicious. Fried food was crunchy and variety of seafood and all the food was beyond my expectations. Sushi was creative also. Love this place, wish it was closer to home. Definitely would come at least once a week. read more

New management and they've sunk to 'okay'. The restaurant got a well needed facelift so it looks much less 'divey' but the food went downhill. I find it interesting that years ago when the furniture was fixed with duct tape and coasters the place was packed but now that it's all new the food is mediocre and it's not as swinging. I don't know if it's a covid distribution/suppliers/recovery thing but the food has changed. There seems to be an unusual amount of seafood suddenly. For some reason the pot stickers are gone and I know they were popular. With no pot stickers I have no reason to go there. They were my favorite. The price went up to $15 a plate. They have a lot of choices so if your kids don't like Chinese there are nuggets, French fries, fried chicken, etc. read more

Great buffet offering a great selection of good tasting food. It's not going to be the best Chinese cuisine you've ever had but with the wide selection of seafood, hibachi, sushi, dessert, and warm dishes they do a great job of maintaining freshness. Solid choice for when you are looking for some good food at a great price, with a large variety. read more

Looked like a nice place until you sat down and started eating and the roaches started coming out. I notified the staff they apologized but the manager just said, "oh we just put poison out two days ago, that's why they are coming out. I will give you ten percent off of your bill." Not going back there. read more

Chef Lin Buffet - Roach at that came out behind our table - Chinese Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

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Very good quality and cleanliness. My very favorite Chinese buffet. The food tastes diggers for different items, and not all the same.

I frequently visit this restaurant and aside from the disturbing nasty disgusting restroom, the food has been very good. I come to get a meal after a long day at the doctors and ordered dinner for my family. when I got home I had what wasn't ordered and it looked like someones leftovers. I call to complain the next day when I was feeling a bit bette, and they refused to make my order good because I didn't call the same day. I have been patronizing this establishment for over 5 years and I am ashamed and appalled at this service. Make sure you check your order before leaving or you too may be denied the food a service you deserve. Here is a picture of the garbage me and my family were given and remember, I didn't order this nor did they offer to replace it with what I paid for and wanted... I only gave 1 star because I had to give something read more

Chef Lin Buffet - a black container filled with vegetables - Chinese Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

I love this place and go when ever I can. Great food, great service and you can't beat the price. If you like Asian cuisine you will love this restaurant. read more

I am a regular customer that come in to eat at Chef Lin's Buffett but today I was very disappointed that the restaurant didn't honor a coupon that was good until 2/29/24 for the lunch buffet that included a free soda for $11.99. The manager said the owner is not going to honor the coupon because they increased the prices after they signed up for the advertising. Then the manager said the other customers that also brought in the coupon were all ok with paying the extra $1and I told her by law they have to honor it but she said she wouldn't. Imagine how many people they didn't honor a coupon that they should have. The principal is that if you have a coupon that you advertised you need to honor it. You have just lost a customer for life because I will not come back due to the principal that you should have honor the coupon you advertised. read more

Food was nasty, table where we were seated hadn't been cleaned since they opened, and they had no idea how to react to someone with a service animal. The hostess got chippy with us and told us to get out when we tried to give her information about the regulations in regard to service animals. read more

Unbelievable selection of high quality entrees, sides and deserts. The soups and sushi are scrumptious. The salad bar is large. What more could you ask for? This is the buffet of my dreams. Check Valpak for coupons before paying for additional savings. read more

The food was low quality and i gave 120 dollars on a 99.00 bill and the waitress played stupid and tried to steal my change by not returning it. I had to demand my change after the waitress put up a fuss to return it. I will never return to this place read more

This is probably the best Chinese American buffet experience I've ever had. The pepper steak is delicious, full of flavour. The owner was very friendly. The best part is the food is not too greasy, I liked the food very much and the staff were super welcoming and explanatory. I recommend this place. read more

Food was on par for a Chinese buffet. Services was very good. Lots of choices. I will go back.

I was there tonight. The whole crew were mean. They brought the check after like 20 minutes that we were still had food on the table and were keep coming back to get the card. All the food were cold and they smelled bad, like they have been sitting there the whole day. I won't go back and I don't recommend it to anyone. read more

Went to this place the other night. They are taking COVID very seriously with extra precautions like serving for you, covering the food completely, disposable plates and cups etc. everything we tried was good. This is not fine dining but well worth the price and the best Chinese buffet we have tried in Maryland I would say. Even the sushi was quite good, although not specialty sushi restaurant quality. read more

If you like good Chinese American food don't even slow down, KEEP DRIVING!!! This is not good food and I had difficulty finding anything to eat that was actually hot. Some was warm but not hot and that is worrisome. read more

The worst Chinese buffet I have ever been to Food was cold and gloppy and dirty looking Place was dirty and extremely uncomfortable read more

I love this place but I just saw something about the food that you should know about one of the workers just dumped more smelly looking baby clams with the other food at it is horrible read more

Chef Lin Buffet - Baby clams with butter horrible smell too - Chinese Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

Went there recently, kind of disappointed, food is OK, but not as good as prior to the pandemic.

First time visiting this establishment, and I'm absolutely not disappointed. I ordered our for pick up. I live 6 mins away. Our food was piping hot and fresh. The quantity was enormous. My Sweetie ordered the Beef & Chicken Hibachi in Mongolian sauce and Lo Mein. I took advantage of their Combo for $9.99 and it was plentiful. I had the fried chicken wings, General Tso chicken, and Mongolian beef. It was all excellent as well as the egg rolls. The staff was very friendly. The price was very reasonable. We'll easily eat on this for 3 days. read more

Still the best buffet in town. Their sushi selection has improved in the years since my last review. The cream cheese filled varieties are still available but they've really expanded their repertoire and offer other choices. My 10 year old stepdaughter especially likes coming here for the spiced shrimp. Her only complaint is that they are served cold but again, she's 10. Kids are weird. The staff is still as friendly as always and I enjoy dining here. read more

We love Chef Lin! On this visit however, they didn't have their Alaskan crab legs:( sushi is good-I wish they labeled their rolls though because I didn't know what was in some of them so I didn't risk the chance of raw fish! Dessert is great too! And hibachi! read more

Chef Lin Buffet - Sushi! - Chinese Near Me - Frederick, Maryland

They guys making sushi are going from texting on their phones set their phones down on the cutting board, wipe their hands on their pants back to making sushi, back on the phone....back and fourth! I've seen this on several occasions.i I mentioned this several times to the owner and she's doing nothing about it you would think was a covid and all this filth going around this situation would be addressed by the owner!.....I will call the heath department. read more

Best buffet for sushi selection that I've found so far - bigger and more varied selection compared to other buffets. Rest of food was decent, and lo mein was rather disappointing, but hey, you can't complain too much about a buffet... read more

Been coming here for years! Owners and staff are very friendly . Always welcoming. Whether it's take out or done in , always great food. Always busy. Wonton soup is excellent . Sushi is amazing . My little girl always asks for eel and he will make it for her and bring it out. ( she's a regular around here ) ha! I love their salt pepper shrimp.. Green beans , seafood bake.. The list goes on. Defiantly wear your stretchy pants !!! Prepare to be super thirsty on about an hour! Could be a bit cleaner.. It's Not dirty but not a 5 in that department . It says something about this business being able to survive for all this time.They must be doing something right!!! !! read more

Staff are nice but the food is good sometimes and bad sometimes and the other customers don't like me because they want me to change who I am where I was born who I was born to where I was raised my age my background and I am forced to get rid of my South Frederick Elementary past from 1993 to 1996 I am not allowed to be who I am anymore. I also eat alone because everyone hates me I am the party of one ok. read more

I'm being generous with my 3 stars because if you come here and don't realize in advance that a Chinese all-you-can-eat buffet in a dirty strip mall is going to be gross, that's your fault not theirs. That said, this place is slightly below par for the genre. The positives are an exceptional selection and they get an A for effort for attempting a lot of exotic seafood and dim sum dishes. On the downside, the food was mostly bland. The star fried chicken dishes of most Chinese buffets - general tsos, orange and sesame chicken - were soggy, undersized and tasteless. The maki was OK if you only know grocery store quality sushi, but eating rolls at a place like this is a great way to lose interest in Japanese cuisine. I didn't try their many seafood selections because I could smell them. Rancid fish odor is common in Asian markets, but if you're used to fresh Maryland-style seafood, it's enough to make you vomit. Overall the best feature is their hibachi grill (some reviews refer to this as Mongolian BBQ). You choose the ingredients and the quantities and they sizzle it up. The food in this section seemed slightly fresher than everything else, but in the end it was still underwhelming. Of course my experience could have also been influenced by the drab out-dated cafeteria like surroundings and the coughing, hacking and sniffling working class families that frequent this place for a cheap night out with the kids. I am sure I will have the flu in a few days. read more

Best Asian buffet I have found in Frederick. The food's pretty good, the nigiri has good amounts of flesh on the rice ball and the fish is tasty. So I like the sushi bar. They have lots of choices on the buffet and the food is good (considering it's a buffet). I like the oysters on the half, and chilled cooked mussles as the mussles are not tough at all. They have small pieces of steak that is good compared to other buffet's. they have those small clams, some blue crab in shell, fried fish that is pretty good. Plus some pork ribs that are ok (I am picky about fatty ribs and will not eat them but the ribs here are ok.) There are lots of various styles of chicken (general tsos, honey, and sesame along with teriyaki. etc...) I like this place better than that larger place over on route 40 west of 15. Food there was terrible. read more