Formerly Hibachi Buffet, Sakura Buffet under new ownership offers a casual Asian American buffet…read morefor weekday lunch & dinner and all day dinner buffet on weekends. Located in the Allendale Shopping Center, this buffet offers several hot stations, sushi/salad station, sauces station, hot grill station, fruit & cold dessert station and ice cream cups in the freezer. Some of the food choices here include noodle dishes, fried rice, dumplings, soups, meat & seafood dishes, fried foods, sticky rice, pizza, sushi & sashimi (not a big selection). The space is a bit cramped when busy (people almost bumping into each other) with the buffet stations to the left and booths & tables to the right side and back room.
The adult buffet prices before tax in 2026 are as follows, Lunch (Mon-Fri) $14.99, Dinner (Mon-Thu) $18.99, Dinner (Fri-All Day Sat & Sun) $21.99. Kids (2 yo) $3.99, Kids (3-5 yo) $6.99 lunch/$10.99 dinner, Kids (6-10 yo) $10.99 lunch/$14.99 dinner.
Recently, I stopped by Sakura for dinner over the weekend. I was seated in a booth along the wall, they took my drink order (got ice water) and I could immediately help myself to the food. I made few trips to the buffet. The lo mein, fried rice and chow fun noodles were vegetarian and I added some shirmp and fried chicken strips. I also tried wonton soup, fried pork dumplings, crab rangoon, egg roll (had a bread meat cabbage stuffing), spring rolls, walnut shrimp, shrimp cocktail, California roll, sashimi, kani salad, seaweed salad, pepperoni pizza slice, garlic shrimp pasta, cheese mussels, cheese & spinach, salmon, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, chicken fingers, butterfly shrimp, and fried zucchini. The fried items on the buffet were pretty good and the other Chinese & sushi items typical buffet fare.
The buffet had steamed crab legs and a Cajun seafood mix of crawfish, shrimp, mussels, crab & corn cob. The steamed crab legs were standard, but a lot of claws leftover. The Cajun seafood was dried up and the shelled shrimp were crumbling. The corn on the cob was tough. After I was done with dinner, I got dessert with a plate of fruit (watermelon, orange wedges, grapes, pineapple, melon) and red jello. There was also small cakes, puddings, and four ice cream flavors cups in the freezer. The check was already dropped off which was $23.53 with tax and before tip.
Overall, this buffet was fairly decent and acceptable to satisfy hungry diners. The space size and options seems a bit limited compared to larger Chinese buffets like the Flaming Grill Buffet in the Boston area.