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    China Garden Restaurant

    4.1 (15 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    5 months ago

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    3 months ago

    I eat here a lot and I've never been disappointed. You can't beat the price for the quality of the food.

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    8 months ago

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    2 years ago

    Food was amazing, nice workers, and the vibe was great. Please go here. Have a good day, 10/10

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    2 years ago

    Solid Chinese buffet. That is my usual favorite. Quick in and out meal. One of my daughter's favorite!

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    3 years ago

    Good Chinese food in Macon,Mo. This is the only chinese restaurant in or around Macon,Mo. Lets all eat their and support them

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    8 years ago

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    15 years ago

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    9 years ago

    Fresh food, nice variety and very good service and price. If you are in the area it will be worth trying.

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    13 years ago

    Combination lomein chicken on a stick, it was ok but I had to return to get the hot mustard I asked for in the first place? hmmmm.

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    8 years ago

    Kept fresh food on buffet, enjoyed the music, and clean from what I could tell. Didn't use the rest room.

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    King's Buffet - Main soup and entrée area.

    King's Buffet

    2.9(44 reviews)
    30.1 mi
    $$

    Typical Chinese buffet, the kind that was EVERYWHERE 20 years ago, but is rare nowadays…read more Visited this afternoon with a work colleague. Decent value at $11.99 each. We ordered tea and sodas (these cost extra) and then sampled the wares. I had one plate so there was room for a tiny bit of dessert. Service was good. Food was being made fresh in an open kitchen area, which I have never seen before in a Chinese buffet. No issues with parking. Bathrooms were clean and well maintained.

    King's Buffet took me by surprise in the best possible way. For a buffet, the culinary quality is…read moregenuinely impressive. Every station feels thoughtfully curated, almost like a tasting journey built for people who really love food. The sushi was unexpectedly excellent -- the rice had that perfect, lightly warm stickiness, and the fish tasted clean and fresh, not dull or overly chilled like at many buffets. The hot dishes were the real standout: tender cuts of meat with actual flavor depth, vegetables that still had bite and brightness, and noodles that tasted like they came straight off the wok. What I appreciated most was the attention to detail. Trays were replenished before they even came close to looking tired, and nothing tasted like it had been sitting out. The seasoning across the board had balance -- salty, sweet, umami -- clearly made by someone who understands flavor, not just volume. Even the dessert section had intention behind it: creamy soft-serve, flaky pastries, and small bites that let you sample without getting overwhelmed. King's Buffet isn't just "a lot of food" -- it's a surprisingly refined buffet experience that respects freshness, flavor, and variety. A must-visit for anyone who enjoys exploring different tastes on one plate. King's Buffet took me by surprise in the best possible way. For a buffet, the culinary quality is genuinely impressive. Every station feels thoughtfully curated, almost like a tasting journey built for people who really love food. The sushi was unexpectedly excellent -- the rice had that perfect, lightly warm stickiness, and the fish tasted clean and fresh, not dull or overly chilled like at many buffets. The hot dishes were the real standout: tender cuts of meat with actual flavor depth, vegetables that still had bite and brightness, and noodles that tasted like they came straight off the wok. What I appreciated most was the attention to detail. Trays were replenished before they even came close to looking tired, and nothing tasted like it had been sitting out. The seasoning across the board had balance -- salty, sweet, umami -- clearly made by someone who understands flavor, not just volume. Even the dessert section had intention behind it: creamy soft-serve, flaky pastries, and small bites that let you sample without getting overwhelmed. King's Buffet isn't just "a lot of food" -- it's a surprisingly refined buffet experience that respects freshness, flavor, and variety. A must-visit for anyone who enjoys exploring different tastes on one plate.

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    China Palace

    2.5(20 reviews)
    31.2 mi
    $$

    In a word: tepid…read more Most everything on the buffet was lukewarm, bordering on cold. Even when traffic picked up during the 6pm "dinner rush", the food came out of the kitchen barely warm. Most of the restaurant pans were scraped bare when we made out first pass at the buffet line - on the second visit, the offerings remained the same, expect for a massive pile of undercooked green beans. The "Friday/Saturday Only" Seafood Buffet Special consisted of tiny cocktail-sized shrimp in a variety of brown and white sauces and a lone offering of steamed mussels in a cornstarchy-tasting white sauce. There was one picked-over Twice Cooked Pork dish, but nothing with beef on the entire buffet. While the Peanut Chicken didn't really have any peanut flavor, the slices of white breast meat were perfectly fried, crispy and light. Wok'ed versions of the chicken were also found with broccoli, sautéed onions and a tasty Chicken & Mushroom offering. Except for the soy sauce, all the condiments - duck sauce, Chinese hot sauce and Chinese mustard - were only available in those tiny, watery take-out packets. All total, less than $10 a person to simply "fill the hole"...

    If you read these reviews about cold old food and think to yourself, "surely if I go there at 11:15…read moream, right when they open, everything will be fresh and hot." Don't kid yourself. It won't be. It will be small lukewarm or cold piles of previously cooked food. They won't come check on you or clear plates or replenish your water, and if you ask for some, it will be warm water. Never brought a check, we had to go up to ask for one and pay. There were only two dishes that were pretty hot and fresh. Sweet n sour chicken and spring rolls. The soups were also fairly warm. All other chicken dishes were tiny gnarly bits of battered chicken, mostly very soggy, or very hard. All the guests in our party kept mentioning how old and cool the food was. They wondered if the food was put out cold on the buffet and intended to warm up there. Chen's buffet down the block was much much better and even King's was a better Chinese option as only a couple of their dishes were lukewarm. We all wished we'd picked Mexican instead today.

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    Monochromatic, mundane offerings on he buffet...

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