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    Chinatown Buffet

    2.9 (87 reviews)
    Closed 10:30 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Barry B.

    I have an almost dangerous willinginess to try chinese food in random strip mall joints. I was in OC for a work event, and had some time to do nothing useful. So I hit up Yelp. Within reasonable distance, the results led me here. This Chinatown buffet, was in a perfectly run down, pass through town strip mall. Most people likely never look left and right screaming past at 70+ mph (speed limit is 50) in these kind of towns. People talk about flyover, perhaps we need to add a term like "race by". Anyway, I got a pork kung pao and wings. I was happy, I was stuffed. It was exactly what I expected, food, lots of it at a reasonable price, salty, not great, not bad- just good belly filling. I would come back.

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    Place was huge and quiet with a great selection of dishes including hibachi. Plenty of servers who are very attentive and take care of drink refills and taking used plates off the table. Many TV's showing numerous channels. We live about 30 minutes away in Delaware and this place is definitely worth the trip.

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    Smoking Monster BBQ & Sushi Bar

    4.5(15 reviews)
    5.2 mi

    Absolutely loved this place almost as much as their sister restaurant, Kaiju…read more Great looking restaurant! Very clean and no lack of eye candy to take in, including huge TVs Oddly enough, we did not order the BBQ. I opted for the Tteok-bokki, my first time having this staple of Korean food. Absolutely delicious! We order the UNI as well, and again, although I love sushi, it was my first time trying this particular treat. So good! The honey garlic wings are one of the best wings I have ever tasted -period! The sushi was excellent and nicely priced. I also tried the Kimchi Jigae, and it was stellar. Service was great, and a robot brought our food to the table. So fun! We can't wait to come back!!

    We decided to visit again because we were wanting sushi, and that was something we enjoyed on our…read morefirst visit. We opted against having any BBQ, because I still think the tables are too small for all the plates the drop down. Everyone seems to like the "robot" that carries the food, but I found it kind of loud and annoying (but then, I'm an old man and might just be a little crotchety about that kind of stuff). Started with garlic edamame, which was quickly devoured. Sushi was, again, super-fresh, well sized, and excellently prepared and presented. We also added a kimchi pancake that was huge, and packed with kimchi and other vegetables. Service was very friendly, attentive, and on-point, so overall, a significant improvement. We'll keep them on the list :)

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