For chinese buffet it's the better of the bunch in the area. That really doesn't say much because I'm still running to the bathroom a couple hours later thanks to the tasteless mess they serve from the kitchen. Basically if you're actually searching for good chinese buffet in Rockford you deserve the unnecessary bowel movements that will come from it. read more

We last went there three days ago. We still can't stay away from the toilet; we've got diarrhea. The food is actually delicious, but the place is a bit dirty. I think we got food poisoning--both my son and I. We're going to give this place a break for a while. read more

Disgusting. Go to Golden coral over this literal slop. The sushi smelled rotten and the fried rice was limp and wet. Nothing worth eating whatsoever do not waste your time. read more

Been coming here for years, the Owner is very nice and friendly. The food is overall pretty good but can be a miss sometimes. Very clean looking food and interior. read more

food is really good the place is clean food is hot and fresh good customer service . I order pans of shrimp all of the time for my parties ! read more

City Buffet - The shrimp is amazing!'nn - Chinese Near Me - Rockford, Illinois

Most of the food is cold and not a very big selection. I thought maybe it was just one day because mishaps do happen so I thought I would give it another chance and went back a few more times but know every time food was cold. read more

Outside is kinda sketchy.. Inside was old looking and too warm the day I was there. Food was about a 4 out of 10. Probably not gonna find a need to go back. read more

The food is amazing love the variety my fav is the green beans the service is amazing employees are so nice everything is so good when I go

I wish could give 0 stars, it was overpriced and disgusting. Complete waste of money. Never felt so disappointed eating out, first day off of work weeks, not a great experience read more

Food is dry, old and I found a bug in my fish. Parking lot is barren for a reason. Would not recommend

Food is okay service was great they ask for what you drink politely and employees aren't mean at all the food was great but not much people or cars in the parking lot read more

This place has really come up! Great food, very kind staff, and clean! 10/10 recommend for those with a family on a budget! Will be returning soon! read more

Food wasn't good. Only this has a one is the staff is pretty nice. That's it. Very clean place. But the food is if low quality. And the ice cream sucked. read more

Not clean, food dried out and parking lot empty. I don't see how they stay in business. Kinda rude employees.

This place is no good I went to go eat with family they don't ask what you want to drink I asked for a Pepsi just one and she gave us all Pepsi and the food was out for the whole day also the rice was stale will and charged us 110 for 20 minutes and 4 plates. Also my family's stomach was all hurting after we ate so not recommend. read more

Last time i ate here, i got sick as hell... Everything looked/tasted like it had been sitting out all day. Haven't/won't go back again! Absolutely disgusting! Shame on y'all... read more

I visited Rockford from Chicago. Compare with most of Chinese buffets in Chicago, this one is quite clean. The staff is quite nice. I noticed several similar Chinses buffets in town were already out of business, hope this one can stay. read more

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Friday night should be a good time for fresh food, right? Wrong if you come to this restaurant. Most all of the food my wife and I ate here was warm, at best. If the food was fresh and hot, this would have been fun. $25.11 for two people included a soft drink for two of us. read more

I rarely write 1 star reviews but this place was quite possibly dangerous to eat at. First time I went to here it was pretty dang good but recently it's been completely different. It seems the cooks and staff alike don't have much to offer in the name of service. You will receive very little attendance at your table. That being said the food, when hot, was just OK. It was american traditional Chinese. What scared me was the seafood. The sushi was (yes the raw fish variety) was WARM and the grilled fish not only smelled like a river but tasted plain rotten so in short if you value your health avoid this place at all cost. Also speaking of cost lunch buffet is around $10and for 2 we left paying around $40 when we arrived at 1pm. So there you go in stead of China buffet they should replace that c with an sh. read more

City Buffet is much like most oriental style buffets you find across the country. They have a variety of oriental themed foods as well as non-oriental style foods. (Pizza, Ribs, fried fish, etc.). The food is okay. There really isn't anything that was all that great. They did have some that was kind of nasty, but I believe that is true of most buffets of any style. The buffet is broken down into different sections. "Cold Foods" "Fried Foods" "Chinese" "American" "Sushi" and "Mongolian" However, except for the "cold foods" and "Sushi" the rest of the signs seem to be slightly misleading or at least off in generalizations. That's not really an issue; I just found it a little amusing. I didn't try the sushi rolls. They had them sitting on plates and after a couple of other bad experiences with buffet sushi at other places, I tend to stay away from it. I really wouldn't recommend any specific dish because there wasn't any that really stood out, I will say that you should try a small amount of anything you find interesting to see if you like it and then go back for seconds. I found a couple of items that were just inedible. The service was on par for what I would expect at a buffet. They sat us quickly, kept our drinks filled and cleared away plates when we were finished. They didn't have a tray of forks near the plates. When they cleared away my plate with the fork on it, I had to ask for another, so keep that in mind. Overall the place was pretty clean. The tables were cleared and cleaned promptly when someone would leave. What more can you expect from a buffet? read more

I have frequented this buffet over the years they have been around. Unfortunately, the owners seem to have lost the passion for this business. Every time we go in it seems to get worse. The problems: Old Sushi (left over from the previous day and believe me owners we can tell) Cold or Old Hot food (dry and crusty over cooked etc) The only thing fresh is the fish in the tank as you walk into this place and I think their days are numbered. The Service is terrible too. Who trained these ladies. Just Rude. read more

Went for lunch with my family. It was 12:45. Food was not fresh. Sushi was hard. Noodles were dried up. There were three people running the front of the house. The person that was our waitress spent more time on her phone ignoring the customers. Waited 30 minutes for water and drinks. Asked another person for drinks and they yelled to waitress. Waitress had no clue what table. I finally waived her down. There were about 20 people in the restaurant. There were at least 8 people waiting for fresh food to be made. Meat that should have been cooked in a wok were deep fried . Green beans were deep fried cooked. Only saw fresh broccoli put in wok. Everything else came out of bags and fried . Green beans were snapped at customer table in dining area not in kitchen. Will never go back. read more

I would highly suggest not eating here. I had the runs within an hour after eating there. I noticed the spring rolls tasted and smelled sour. I reported it to the staff and they said that this is normal for those rolls. "Disgusting". I found none of the other dishes worth having seconds of. Never again. read more

Not at all impressed and will not be going back. Cold food, old rice, very little selection, non authentic Chinese foods, service is not so great, noisy dining room, etc. If I could have given it less that one star I would have, Worst Chinese buffet in town. read more

Everything is always good no matter what day or time we go, heading there today to meet my son for lunch

Nasty DONT GO HERE we was there 10mins made are plates to find out everything is nasty cold hard dryed out food charge us 50 dollars for some crap we didnt eat SAVE UR MONEY read more

It was in line with most Chinese buffets that I've been to. Not the best, but not the worst, so I wouldn't mind going back if we were in Rockford and wanting Chinese. read more

This place is BAD. It's Mothers Day and the add a $2.00 per person charge to already overpriced meal. And the food is terrible. I have never given a review, but this is so bad I had too. It won't let me pick no stars, so I'll put 1 in read more

This place was terrible, never waked out on a meal until now. The food was overcooked and tasted like it had been sitting out all day. To scared for my health to eat the sushi. The only saving grace was that they only charged for one meal instead of two, as we walked out after several small bites. read more

If you're hungry I don't recommend going to this restaurant there was a whole fried fish not cut up the head and Eyeball still in tack an the fens... I had to ask the waiter to remove the extra plates from my table read more

This place is the worst restaurant I have ever been to. The food is old and questionable. I have never walked out of a restaurant but did here but not after eating one plate with my girlfriend looking on in absolute horror. I had horrible gut ache and I ate one plate of food after paying 25 dollars. read more

Possibly, no PROBABLY, the worst restaurant we've ever tried. We both enjoy Chinese/ Mandarin food. But this restaurant tried to serve " food" that truly was not worth eating. We went at lunchtime, ordered the buffet, and quickly surmised that the food was cold, looked a day old (and was), and tasted extremely bland! Maybe the dinner selection would've been better, but if the lunch crowd was so unimportant, why take another chance? read more

Usually ok faire. Today found roasted poblano peppers in the buffel line and overhead music wasn't Oriental, more like Mexican. Maybe there's new owners?? read more

This was a horrible idea comming here! The food was old and dried out there were maybe 3 dishes to eat. Everything was so cheaply made I spent $25.00 for the 2 of us. The waitress when I got ready to leave told us we ate too much! I never seen such rude people! I didnt eat much there wasnt alot that was edible I only had 2 plates. I left alot of food behind the sauces they used in some of the dishes tasted like champagne mixed with vinegar (yuck). I will never come here again! Keep your money and run! read more

They were better when they first opened. The last couple of trips were disappointing unless you count the entertainment value of going to a buffet with all-you-can-eat crab legs. Watching the Spherical family try to make the Snow Crab extinct is like watching a slow motion car wreck, it's hard to turn away even though you want to. They should have taken the whole steam tray out of the buffet back to their table, it would have been less horrible to watch. There was melted butter and shell fragments everywhere....................... Oh the humanity. read more

unfortunately the quality has gone down...they are skimpy with their crab legs. and the food isnt very fresh. womp womp.

This place is horrible! The food was over cooked, sushi was dried out. Service here is not helpful at all. When busy or not. The waitress don't say thank you or your welcome. Bad customer service. I have been to a lot of chinese buffet in my life but I never had this bad of experience in my whole life. I do not recommend Nobody to eat here. I give you guys 1 star! read more

The worst Chinese buffet in Rockford. We ate there for Fathers Day and it was pretty busy so we took that as a good sign. The buffet was $13.99 because of the holiday. The food was very limited, and the worst Chinese food I've ever tasted. The fish was so dry it looked like it could turn to dust at any moment. I picked some things off the Mongolian bar for the staff took cook. When I took it to my table to eat it, however, it was so greasy I couldn't even eat it. Never again! read more

I am a big fan of Chinese food, but this place was much better when it first opened. Not worth the trip!

Went at 6:30 on a Friday night. There was very little of anything out on the buffet, and what was there was cold. Very expensive too. $30 for two adults. read more