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    China Buffet

    2.6 (123 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Buffets

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Sushi
    Tim H.

    Been awhile since we had been and the sushi was fresh and very good. They have added crab legs on the buffet now. Not bad at all sorta pricey for what it is.

    Donja M.

    If I could give this place 0 stars I would. Food was HORRIBLE, crab legs tasted like they were spoiled. There was a dead roach on the napkin dispenser, to top it off roaches started coming from no where right behind my daughter where they had an open drink container. EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK, do not recommend! There are better Chinese buffets elsewhere!

    China Buffet in Pineville, NC
    Bruce K.

    It's really been six years since I was here last and I would say that not much has changed. The Chinese food options are still the usual chicken in sauce or fried bits of meat in batter, there are a few choice that are perhaps a little less loaded in fat. I did get a couple of dumplings (grilled, not steamed) and a small pile of wontons. The sushi display is fresh looking and in good condition. Tidy and with no loose bits scattered about as one might see in a lesser establishment. Some that aren't covered in sauce or fried, which was nice. Service was good with empty dishes cleared and water refilled. [Review 9949 overall, 1529 of 2018.]

    Jane T.

    So it's been 4 years since I came here last due to rude and snobby waitstaff. The food was good but the customer service was left wanting. Four years later I am relieved to say it's improved. The restaurant is busy so when we arrived after 7 pm it looked 'beat up' a bit. The floors were in desperate need of sweeping and the buffet was not as full of food as I had hoped. We managed to pick small amounts of what felt like were left overs. The soup wasn't hot enough for me . The temperature was only semi warm. Definitely not hot. The made to order sushi was the winner. It was delicious. Would I come back maybe in 3 years ....

    Shrimp Mei fun, bbq short rib, and lots more
    Dawn R.

    I liked my visit here this past weekend;however, I used to love it. It has changed. There's a large variety of items. However, the sushi bar used to be much better. Now a Hispanic guy is making sushi and the results are what you think it would be. They no longer have shrimp nigiri and that was my favorite item. The rest of the buffet is decent. The fried flounder is very crispy. They have white rice in a rice maker, but it's almost hidden at the end of the buffet in a corner near the kitchen. Their short ribs were very good and had plenty of meat. My favorite is their mei fun. I added shrimp to it from other entree selections available. They had chicken and broccoli, mushrooms, the little balls of dough that remind me of a doughnut, clams, buffalo wings, fried chicken wings, soups, salad bar, a few desserts... including an ice cream machine. Their crab rangoon is terrible and so is their fake crab meat, so skip those. The service is kind of strange. All the waitresses wait on all the tables. They ALL gather in the center of the restaurant to talk then break to get things for the customers. There's a goldfish pond at the front of the restaurant and I love it. There's plenty of comfortable booths to sit at. Price for buffet is $20 per person, plus beverage cost, plus tax and tip.

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    disgusting. food cold, all meat except the sesame chicken was cold. will not go here again.

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    Time says closing 10:30 but they closing at 10pm. Poor management service....... Hopefully they change this.

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    Don't go there stay away from that place. Nasty I would never come back I spent almost a 100 and those were the nastiest food I've ever ate

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    The food here is HORRIBLE. Old and cold. Nothing was good. I will never come back to this disgusting place ever again. Nasty.

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    Food was nasty. Waitress took forever just to get straws, older waitress by the buffet rude with attitude

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    Absolutely awful experience. This was hands down the worst restaurant I've eaten at in the city…read more The restaurant itself was dirty, the service was terrible, and the food was completely unacceptable. We dined in, so there was no excuse for receiving lukewarm, nearly cold chicken that tasted like it had been microwaved after being frozen. The texture was soggy and unappetizing. The BBQ ribs were clearly old, covered with a slab of sauce to hide their age and lack of quality. To make matters worse, they charged a $4 table service fee and still had the nerve to ask for a tip. Paying extra for poor service and inedible food is insulting. The entire experience felt like an afterthought, from the cleanliness of the restaurant to the quality of the food. I would not recommend this place to anyone and will never return.

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    Seating area
    Seating area
    Sweet and sour Hot and Spicy Soup
    Sweet and sour Hot and Spicy Soup
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    Baoding

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    4.0
    (369 reviews)
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    The fried rice and stir-fried okra together are amazing. Food is always good!…read more The ambiance is outdated but the service is exceptional.

    Searching for Chinese in Charlotte, I found that this place had an intriguing menu. They are retro…read morein the sense that there is no online ordering, so I called in. It is busy enough that plenty of other people had also called in for takeout. The price was higher than I thought it would be by a significant margin; I thought something was off but then rechecking their menu I saw it was indeed $20 for a vegetable entree. On the upside, they did offer brown rice at no extra charge. Still, I'll get three meals out of it and as someone who eats a lot of takeout, this was not a great value. In terms of quality, I was thrilled to find that they offered a stir-fried okra dish. This is a ubiquitous Indian dish, and of course okra is common throughout the tropics globally, but I'd never seen this offered at a Chinese restaurant before. And the rapid cooking technique typical of the cuisine produced a delightfully crisp vegetable, which went great with a black bean sauce and some very hot dried chilis. On the other hand, their interpretation of ma po tofu had some fermented broad beans but minimal vegetables (sometimes you get mushrooms or peas or at least some leeks or something) and no numbing sensation. They had a bean curd roll dish that I enjoyed, and some quality dumplings. Overall, not huge portions and a mix of okay to great quality.

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    A very colorful eclectic atmosphere at Baoding restaurant in charlotte.
    A very colorful eclectic atmosphere at Baoding restaurant in charlotte.
    Chicken  Dumplings
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    Lee Cafe

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    Our usual Chinese food restaurant was closed, so I looked around and find Lee Cafe on Yelp…read more It was almost 20 minutes away, but the reviews were good and it looked worth a shot. We ordered the sesame chicken, pork fried rice, and Kung Pao chicken. All were good, and we would go here again. I would definitely recommend calling in your take it order. They don't have the ability to take it on their website, and their online delivery and takeout is through doordash. The markup DoorDash is putting on the menu here is obscene. Calling in the order and picking it up the total was $50. DoorDash price for pickup was a little over $60, and DoorDash price for "free delivery" was over $70.

    Since I moved from NYC I have been desperately searching for REAL Chinese food. Lee Cafe came…read morehighly recommended by another NayC transplant so I figured I'd give it a go. I ordered the sesame chicken dinner, wonton soup and an egg roll. The egg roll was soooooo small...super lint and little. I co my s from a place where one egg roll can be shared by two people. Thick and super stuffed. Forget that. It doesn't exist here. The mini egg roll was dry and you couldn't even tell what was in it. The wonton soup broth had a great flavor but the wontons were not fresh. They were gummy in a creepy kinda way. Frozen with freezer burn was my best guess. The sesame chicken was super super super OVERFRIED. Dry as a bone inside. This had clearly been pre fried and then fried again and dipped in a sticky sauce with weird texture. Kind of tasted like sesame chicken but the texture of the sauce and the dry chicken were disgusting. I spit it out. This place is a nicer version of Panda Express. If you like Panda Express .....bless your hearts than you might love this place. Those of us who have been exposed to amazing Chinese food at super cheap prices are not loving the Chinese food offerrings here in the Carolina's. Yuck

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    Salt and pepper pork chops
    Salt and pepper pork chops
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    Birthday Party. - Good Back room for it! 10 people and 4 Children - ordered Two PuPu platers to…read morestart out with.- They were good Ribs , egg rolls , crab ragoon and chicken wings. Brown Rice , and White rice were brought to the table. We had Chicken Fried Rice , Beef and Rice Singapore Noodles , Chinese Green beans and Pot stickers and Sesame Chicken. I had a great Mountain Chicken - very spicy and delicious Very Good Chinese Food !!

    It turned out to be not as bad as our earlier visit, so guess that the new owner is paying…read moreattention to more than "get the money". All the cheap Charlie items, like signs for "5% discount for cash" and a small buffet of the cheapest rice and noodle items for lunch are there. And this was a very nice, casual restaurant with great food. We were seated. The place-mat menus were the same, but very much beaten up, creased, warn and dirty. And not everything on the menu is available. Yep, maybe still saving the expense of new menus? Wife had Mu Shu pork with the pancakes and she was pleased with it. I had their Special Trio with broccoli, beef, chicken, shrimp in a spicy brown sauce. It turned out to be as I previously had tasted. Portion was smaller than before. Server was Tony, a man who did well and spoke English well. I doubt that we will be regulars here as we search for other Chinese options. It might come back if business slacks, which is already happening. Let us know what you think.

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    Dining Room
    Dining Room
    L: King's Tofu  R: Shrimp & Scallop
    L: King's Tofu R: Shrimp & Scallop
    Lunch - Chicken with Broccoli (Extra Spicy)

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    4.7
    (89 reviews)
    2.7 mi
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    Went to eat with my coworker who recommended this place as serving authentic Chinese cuisine. I…read morecould not pass up that opportunity as Asian cuisine is in my top three. It's very rare for me to do a review and not have pics to accompany it but from entrance to exit I don't think I liked my phone up once. Coworker's company was great but the food really made for a great experience. In addition to that having my coworker speak to the culture of the food made it all the more appreciated. I definitely can't say enough good words about the food and the service and the overall experience. Five stars is all I can give but if there were more this restaurant would well deserve it. Next time I'll have to get pics

    Great authentic Chinese Hot Pot place! The food is fantastic and the service fast and efficient…read moreplus the atmosphere is cool! The prices are very reasonable for the quality of food served! I have eaten here many times and I have tried virtually everything on the menu. With that said, here is my take on it. Everything that I have tried has been delicious! For cold appetizers, I am a big fan of the Black Fungus W. Vinegar Sauce, Cold Spicy Sour Cucumber and the Spicy Beef Tendon. For hot appetizers, everyone raves about the Popcorn Chicken and I concur that it's very good! I really like the Frled Pork Gyoza too. For the main course, they have some rice dishes, but the main focus is the hot pot soups. They bring out a 300°F Stone bowl of broth (in an insulated pot holder) and the ingredients to put in it. You put the meat and lettuce in first, then the other ingredients and the noodles last then wait for "10 seconds"thus the name of the restaurant. I have tried all of the broths and they are all good depending on your tastes. The original broth is the bass broth. Then they add things to the other others to differentiate them. My favorites are the Tomato Soup (especially with Beef Flank) and Spicy Soup. If you like things VERY spicy, they can bring you some cut Thai peppers. The wait staff are patient are very helpful in guiding patrons. They understand that this is a new experience for them. They also pay attention to their customers eating habits. One time when I went in, they noticed that I added lots of chili peppers and chili oil to my food. That's when she said she could bring me some very hot fresh chili peppers. Charlotte is truly blessed to have so many great authentic Chinese body shops popping up all over town! I highly recommend this place! Cheers!

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    Dining area with large wall decorations #tensecondscharlotte #charlottenc #charlottefoodscene #preservefootprints
    Dining area with large wall decorations #tensecondscharlotte #charlottenc #charlottefoodscene #preservefootprints
    E1. Popcorn Chicken
    E1. Popcorn Chicken
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