Popped in for a late lunch that could cover two meals worth of food. Overall the food is pretty mediocre. Nothing that I ate really won me over, nothing made me stop eating either though. In general I would say that the meat was pretty dry but flavors were good. The sushi option was unremarkable, but good if you were just planning to buy some at the grocery store anyway. This place is meant to eat high volume on a budget not to get the best food around. read more

I usually love coming here but today it was horrible. I was sitting down enjoying my food when out of no where one of the employees started yelling, I wasn't sure if she had dropped something. I turned to look and she was yelling at a kid about 9 years old. This is horrible horrible. Under no circumstance should an employee have to yell at a kid while on the job, I wasn't to sure what this boy might have done or did but to have to yell at him in front of all the people there, that's not right. After that they called his dad over to the register and the employee kept yelling. read more

I would give a 4 star without the experience for the last time. If you decide to go, you'd better pay for your meal before you start eating cuz they will just put your dinner check on your table and stare at you until you bring your card out. I will never go to this place. It feels that they are pushing you to finish and get out the place. Also, I saw their people are picking the good part of vegetables and eating them every time I visit. read more

how do i say this the right way? FOR THE MONEY, this place is just fine. i would say i tried about 1/3 of the main courses. nothing really stood out, but nothing was awful either. service was prompt about keeping drinks refilled and empty plates cleared, which is always a huge plus at any buffet. i've definitely eaten at better asian buffets before, so to be honest, i was somewhat disappointed........ until the check came. $11/adult on a Friday night? nix the disappointment. on the amount of shrimp i ate alone they probably lost money. in all, Caroline has it right. this place fills that craving when you just want to cram your face with middle-of-the-line Americanized Chinese cuisine. will you be blown away? probably not, but you won't feel ripped off either. read more

My husband and I have been coming here weekly for months. The service has always.been some what rude but we have always enjoyed the food. Tonight I had the wrost experience of my life... They have recently changed the kids prices and ages that we were not aware of but it was no big deal... the first time it caught me off gaurd because my son was sick and didn't eat and i asked them if they could take it off and the manager said "no problem". Tonight was different, we had all intentions of paying for his 3.99,buffet (which is a great deal) he was eatting off my plate and a server (who was not our server, who we have never seen before) tells me we have to pay for his meal...I said "yes I know" she then began to speak in Chinese to our server pointing at us and making us feel like we were trying to cheat them. We then got up and said we were leaving... we walked over to pay even though we didn't even eat one plate and the waitress starts yelling at me.... We will never be back! read more

Would definitely go back when in the chinese food mood. Took my parents here, as a first time visit. Everything was good. Lots of choices on the buffet including sushi, soups, seafood, and the traditional. read more

If I could have given this zero stars, I would. This place used to be good, but the last 3 times were bad. I gave it 3 tries to make sure the bad experience wasn't a fluke. Everything was ice cold. When I complained, she said I was wrong. It can't be cold because they just brought it out. I said it was cold because the steam tables were set too low. There was no steam, I felt the rims of the pans and they were ALL cold. The woman told me that they were at the correct temperature. I will NOT be going back there. If she had made any attempt to fix the situation, I might go back, but she basically called me a liar, or at best, just stupid. I'm not happy. Oh, by the way, it was around 6:30 on a Friday night, so it was not close to closing time or anything. read more

One of the hidden places in Durham area. We really liked their soup stuff as well as sushis! Welcoming service and atmosphere :)

Overall okay but has a lot of variety, hibachi, soups, sushi, and whatever other Chinese buffet would have. The variety is worth trying it.

Excellent! This restaurant is always on point with the food... the sushi is varied and in the buffet you will always find all sorts of meats snd veggies. .. unlike other buffets, here they actually put steak in their pepper steak... this is just an amazing reastaurant. read more

Husband and I ate lunch here today. Shortly after we were seated, in walked in a family with three of the worst-behaved screaming brats I have ever seen in a public place - banging silverware on the table, yelling, and running around the restaurant. Of course, they were seated right next to us. Our waitress was friendly...until we requested to be moved to another table away from the noise - she then copped an attitude and was unpleasant to us from that point on. We thoroughly enjoyed the buffet food - we have eaten here numerous times and always enjoyed it. Customer service skills here are lacking, however. read more

So I have a soft spot for chinese buffets, especially ones that offer a decent sushi selection for less than the price of two rolls elsewhere. And while you're obviously not going to get high-end product for $8, the options are quite varied and impressive for a buffet, like salmon and eel nigiri and rainbow rolls. Right away, China Buffet gets high marks. Add in the recently added Hibachi station, and this is one of the best deals around. The hibachi was one of my favorite things in fact. Unfortunately, that's partly due to the few options on the regular menu that really shine. There are about a half dozen chicken dishes that are barely distinguishable and another dozen dishes that could've been transplanted directly from Panda Express. Fortunately, being a "mile long buffet" makes it so you're sure to find something that'll satisfy your appetite. Just give me endless amounts of sushi and hibachi with a few spring rolls and crab rangoons for under $10 and I'm sold. read more

Buffet dishes were not hot and we arrived right when they opened for lunch. The meat like sesame chicken was tough and did not seem like it was cooked fresh that day. The waitress also did not refill my kids drinks but did clear the plates from the table. Will not visit this restaurant again. Too much money spent for 2 adults and 2 little kids. read more

I've been here at least a dozen times and have never been disappointed. I love me a good buffet and this place is tops for its bang for the buck, variety of food and service. This place is always crowed when I go and the food turnover is good and fresh. The added food stations are a bonus. The taste to cost ratio is excellent. If you live in Durham, there seems to always be a coupon in the mail for this place to save extra money. read more

First of all, you don't expect a 5-star from a buffet place. You get convenience and more food for the price. This place has much more choices than other competitors in the area. Particularly in the weekend, you will find some dim sum dishes. Not great but OK. Don't go during the weekdays. They don't get a lot customers and food seems sitting on the table for long time. Weekend is much better. read more

A large number of varieties make this place really interesting especially for non-chinese people

I have been here a few time. But today we went here around 3:30, 3:45 after pick my kids up from school. So that's mean we were here at lunch time. So when around 4:20 they start to switch over to dinner menu. They brought my check out already. And the lady work in the front, not sure she is the manager or not but very rude, came over to my table and said: do u know that dinner food , right? Ok how the hell do I know if it's dinner food. And she took my check and change to dinner fee. It is not that much at all ( like few dollars diffence). But I feel like this is so RIDICULOUS that she was so RUDE about that. Very bad customer service. I hope the owner or manager might want to know that. read more

Went on Sunday night around 8 PM. I went mainly with shrimp and fish which were fresh and delicious especially the breaded shrimp and mussels. Happy birthday me!!! read more

Interesting and not in a good can be used to describe the food here. We went here on Sunday because we were too lazy to cook, could not really decide what we wanted and figured on a mile long buffet we would find something that we could eat and still enjoy. It was tough, but we did get enough together to fill full after about an hour. It took us that long because half the food had to go back as being not "tolerable to our stomachs". I am used to cheap cuts used in steaks, but steak that tastes like fish is something that even if half starving I cannot get down without gagging. Similar, eating things cold such as friend dumplings is not something that I am willing to force myself to eat. It is sad that a restaurant that has a sign to its customers not to waste food, then presents food on a buffet that is so subpar that only if I wanted to risk stomach illnesses would I consider eating it. I hate wasting food like most people in my family who either lived through WWII in Europe or heard enough stories about how people would eat bark to survive, but at least the bark endproduct was safe for consumption. Here, some of the food struck me as not being safe to the degree that I would voluntarily eat it. To the interesting part - shrimp in surrounded by cake and other dessert options - yes, that counts to me as interesting. Staff that handles beef and seafood with the same set of tongues - again, interesting and also solves the mystery of the fish-tasting steak. Will you get enough food to fill your stomach - yes. Will the price be okay for what you get - probably. Will you want to go here if you can decide on another restaurant - probably not. I like to call China Buffet - restaurant of the last resort. You should really consider whether cracking open the tin of Chef Boyardee is not the better option. read more

Combination dishes very good. Fish and crabmeat dishes can be really salty. Water chestnuts sometimes taste sour?The chips that usually go with the soup are consistently stale the past few months, no flavor,soft,and not crunchy. Best soups,especially hot and sour. Food appropriately hot. Nice room temperature,not too hot. Ladies bathroom with consistent odor,always has been since building reoccupied was vacated by Olive Garden. Service very quick. read more

I hate to write this. This used to be my favorite clean Chinese restaurant in Durham. Last time I came for take-out, I had a small amount. Buffet was bare. Terrible. Today the food was inedible and cold. They tried to give me hot mustard in a packet. Wait staff and Mgr. just horrible. Plates were still crusty and everything labeled wrong. Pure -t nasty. Avoid. read more

I visited the place with my family tonight based on the reviews and was extremely dissatisfied. We moved to this area a month ago and was in the mood for some descent Chinese buffet, unfortunately we did not find that tonight. As we walked in we heard a very loud upset infant screaming, the hostess seeing we had children also decided we should sit close to this screaming child, we ordered our drinks thinking the child would calm down eventually and went to get our food. The sushi was horrendous. Perhaps this isn't the usual sushi chef?! I'm usually a huge fan of the coconut shrimp but this was apparently and incredibly overcooked and down right soggy. The crab rangoons lacked filling or flavor and was way over fried as was the egg rolls, which I may add a bit of seasoning would be nice. My daughter got the sesame chicken which was incredibly over cooked and the sesame seeds were burnt. They additionally had steak and onions on their buffet which tasted identical to a hamburger from Burger King (Mesquite liquid smoke I presumed). The pan fried dumplings were pan seared on one edge then served... Half the dumpling was soggy uncooked dough. Thai chicken is covered in a fatty skin and typically very tasty though these pieces were very large and had way too much fat to be edible by anyone. To top the dinner options off the food was not hot at all. My guess is they had all their items pre-made and warmed them prior to serving. The desert options were a joke. They were out of vanilla ice cream, had no sprinkles, two different cookies and an option of vanilla pudding or red jello.. No toppings.. BTW the child was still screaming st the top of their lungs by the time we received our check. I have never been so dissatisfied at a Chinese buffet in my life. I would not recommend this place to anyone who has any idea how this food is supposed to taste and I will not be returning. What a waste of money! read more

The sushi was amazing! They had a separate sushi bar with a man making it the whole time we were there. It looked, and tasted, so fresh! There were also many varieties, not just the usual you see on a buffet. They have a nice buffet as well, the usual food, all seemed fresh and everything I tasted was great. The only negative I can say is the Duck sauce was really sweet and they need some new carpet...but I'm not eating the flooring. The teriyaki chicken was really good. I did not visit the hibachi portion, but it had a lot of people going over and it smelled really good. Will definitely go back. read more

Nice Chinese-style buffet for its price. I especially like the steamed chicken feet and pork rib served on weekend noon. The newly introduced fried squid is much better than the old version (squid stew?), though it is a little too salty. read more

the food was awesome ... the service was friendly and very helpful .. than you sooo much for great nite