This place is an absolute disgrace and should've been condemned yesterday. The food? Cold, rubbery, and tasted like it had been nuked in a microwave from 1992. Calling it a meal would be an insult to actual food. The sweet tea? A sad, watered-down mess that clearly gave up on life halfway through being poured. Let's talk about the black mold--yes, black mold--on the ceilings and in the women's restroom. That's not just gross, it's a full-blown health hazard. The entire building feels like it hasn't seen a cleaning crew--or basic maintenance--since the early 2000s. The windows are caked in filth, and the air has that special "what died in here?" aroma. We were charged $140 for six people to sit in what felt like a biohazard zone and nibble on food so repulsive it should be illegal to serve. We left after 10 minutes because honestly, it felt like our immune systems were under attack just being there. My sister started having stomach pains within five minutes of leaving. I'm not saying the food caused it--but I'm also not not saying that. This place needs to be shut down, fumigated, and bulldozed. I will absolutely be calling the town, the health department, and anyone else who will listen. Do everyone a favor and close this dump before someone ends up in the hospital. read more

I don't say this often but don't come here. My Dad wanted to come here for lunch while we were out running errands. It was dead, which is always a concern and the food on the buffet was all cold or luke warm. I could tell certain things weren't fresh, like it was turning but they cooked it anyway sort of idea. I'm honestly surprised that we didn't get sick. read more

We used to come here for years. We figured its been awhile and sounded good..... NOT THE SAME PLACE!!! What a disgusting place!! How is this place open? Does the NYS Health department know this place is conducting food service??? As I wrote this I'm puking and going the other end from their disgusting "food"! I'm not the type to complain and didn't want to ruin the family dinner, but all food was COLD! Corn tasted moldy! Floors are coming apart, one customer tripped on their ducted taped floor! NYS HEALTH NEEDS TO SHUT THIS DISGUSTING FOOD POISONOUS DUMPSTER DOWN!!!! read more

Dirty, dirty, dirty. Enuf said? I never expect too much from Chinese buffets but this one was just two grungy to be able to enjoy even they are OK offerings. I'm not sure why the health department hasn't been alerted because this place is gross. read more

Dragon Buffet on Central Ave is, "the old standby," for my parents, but that doesn't mean it's exactly good. My parents come here for only two main things, fried shrimp (the dried crispy ones where you can still see the little black eyes) and little clams. Everything else is fairly bland. All you can eat buffets are going the way of the dodo bird, as covid has forced many of them to close. So it's nice to just go to a place with mediocre food and just eat till you pop. It's cost efficient and hey, we all have had that urge to binge. Dragon Buffet fulfills this purpose just fine, but again, the selection is exactly that, mediocre. Everything has little to no flavor, and it just feels like your eating to, "fill a void," rather than enjoy yourself. But there are some things I can recommend. * hibachi chicken * general tso chicken * tempura chicken * squid, if they have it * tiny clams * fried shrimp * spring and egg rolls Everything else just tastes so average, but the ones I listed have a good amount of flavor. They have a sushi selection but you're better off going to United Buffet, for their rainbow roll and nigiri options, since this Dragon's sushi is lacking. If you guys at Dragon made slightly higher quality sushi, I'm sure you'd have way more customers. As it stands, it's just artificial crab meat salad wrapped in different varieties. When they had Ahi tuna as a topping I took them all. No regrets. If you need to fill the gut and satiate a binge, Dragon Buffet will do just fine, just don't expect much flavor. read more

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Great buffet. All the one star reviews seem outdated, friendly service and solid food.

You'll come out thinking it was decent buffet food but there's a 50% percent chance you'll change your mind about 45 minutes later.

Compared to most of the places in China where I have eaten, this restaurant is five stars for food and ambiance. Just wish these reviewers would come down off their high horse and stop thinking they're too cool to eat here. I fill up here once a week after meeting my parole officer nearby. It's great, it's affordable, and I haven't gotten sick once! read more

We were visiting the Capitol and wanted a Chinese buffet. Lord help us. we walked in...It had to be 85 degrees in there, no fans. Dirty windows. Had we not been driving a while looking for food and were both getting hangry, we would have left. Got to be something edible - we were starving. I have never been to a China buffet where not one item had good flavor or texture. I tried everything. Most I had to spit out. It all had the texture of frozen food dethawed and not cooked all the way. It is hard to describe how horrible this food was. The cantaloupe was good. To top it off my husband comes back with an ice cream and tells me to go get one. Dirty spoon in dirty tepid water to bend over and scoop the ice cream yourself. Freezer burnt ice cream in dirty freezer that anyone could have sneezed on or dripped on...ugh. . Ugh. So dirty, I am honestly going to go get pumpkin seeds tomorrow for my husband because he actually ate it...he is bound to have parasites. Waitress was loud and obnoxious in Chinese yelling to the host constantly. Worse experience ever. Did I mention it was $17.99 a plate? read more

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To start off this place is falling apart. Leaking ceiling, broken floor tiles , duck tape on the floor, & cardboard boxes as floor mats . We (3) were sat in a booth whose seat was torn in several spots with springs poking through. The food was horrible! Almost everything was cold ! When asked how everything was we told them it was horrible and cold and the reply was oh okay and your total is $76.46 . Only to be followed by what I would say is food poisoning. Once home all three of us began vomiting with tremendous stomach pains. Avoid this place at all costs !!!!!!! read more

i'll just throw this out there.... DON'T go to Dragon Buffett on Cental Ave in Colonie. It's ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. Not sure what was worse, the atmosphere or the food! So damn dirty, it felt like we were sitting in a homeless shelter. God damn it was bad, how the health department doesn't shut them down is beyond me!!! Even the koi pond is disgusting. Shouldn't even get one star read more

Cold and dry are 2 good words to best describe the food here. When you walk in should've been a red flag as the door and windows were very dirty. When we told the staff about the food being cold we got a thank you. When we were checking out and let them know they didn't seem too concerned. Mind you we only ate a few things and everything was cold so we stopped eating as we didn't want to get sick from eating cold food. It was lunch time and it seemed like we were served leftover food from the night before. Good Luck to anyone who dares to waste their money here. read more

Manager Li is kind to a large group of Taiwanese members. Food are excellent for the price.

Several varieties of chicken, delicious! It was clean, the food was fresh, the fresh cut pineapple was so juicy! The staff were very attentive, nothing ever piled up and the atmosphere was pleasant. read more

do not eat here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! there is black mold in the bathroom. and the food is cold nothing is cook right. overpriced food that you cant eat. read more

Terrible! The place is cold, the food is cold, website says $15.99 per person and $1 off for seniors. Well it's $19.99 and no money off for seniors. Will be going to United buffet in Schenectady from now on, so much cleaner and less expensive, food is delicious. read more

bad and bad all the food was absolutely cold and gross even messed a fortune cookie by giving us a half of a fortune the green beans were cooked yesterday. not that great of service they even messed up chilled mandarin oranges. the fried chicken was literally tough that you need more than dentures to eat it. yea that was bad really really bad. there was also mold everywhere surprisingly no bugs or roaches read more

I have been here a few times They have a large lunch of Chinese food and American food however most of the main food is chicken and I mean tons of chicken The food would be much better if it was well heated but a lot of it is very cold and allowed to be cold there's not much attention to the buffet table from the staff they'd wait to the last minute to change thingsI give it 3 starts because they try and the waitress staff is always good how are you'll be better off going elsewhere because of the items being so cold read more

We have groups 54 people come. Why? Why? Why? Because we are from another place? Very bad services - brusquely rude We never coming back read more

Dragon Buffet - Dragon Buffet - Chinese Near Me - Albany, New York

Food has no taste. Sweet and sour sauce is very bland. Breaded chicken is very greasy. The ice cream scoop water faucet is not working, its sitting there and i can see mold at the bottom of the water. Ice tea was not store in proper storage, its in 5 gallon bucket sitting on the floor. Table is very sticky. read more

Dragon Buffet - String bean - Chinese Near Me - Albany, New York

The panhandler in the parking lot should have been a clue. But no, it was Memorial Day, hungry with few places open. It used to be good. What happened? Food was not even lukewarm. Few choices, overpriced. Dirty windows, sad and worn booths and upholstery. Children not monitored at the buffet. Ice cream takes an ice pick to serve. There's a huge koi in an undersized filthy tank that sums it all up. read more

Food was alright, Do not eat the sushi, the service was good but had a hard time understanding them. 3.5/5

The food was very tasty and of all varieties. I was happy that the restaurant had stewed mussels, sushi, stewed salmon. The tables and chairs were clean. Chicken wings were of three kinds: regular, BBQ, and mild orange spice. The dumpling soup and lo mein noodles in peanut oil were very tasty. Thank you, Dragon Buffet, for my enjoinment and good time. read more

the waitress came back with my recite and told me I did not tip and started hassling me felt very uncomfortable

Would give 2.5 if I could. It was hard to focus on anything other than how cold this place was. Everyone was eating with their coats on. The entire restaurant was freezing even down to the plates and bowls which made the food cold and almost inedible. The soups were luke warm because they were served in cold bowls and some of the food was cold on the inside even though it looked hot on the outside. The server spilled soda on our coat and all over the floor and didn't come back to clean it up until she saw us cleaning it ourselves. Never apologized for spilling an entire glass of soda on our coat. That aside they do have a decent selection of food but a lot of it was cold! So It's hard to gauge how good it was when it was too cold to eat. read more

We used to like this place. LIKE this place. Now we hate it. HATE it. So disgusting. You don't realize how dirty and gross a business is until you're in a pandemic and see how they handle things. Food stations were not covered in plastic. Gloves were provided haphazardly at each food station but nowhere did it say wearing them was required before handling tongs. Masks were used by staff but they were used incorrectly. Falling beneath nose, being pulled down to talk to other staff, taken off completely until a customer approached the counter...And some guy who might have been handing out paychecks walked in completely maskless and proceeded to go in the back of the restaurant where they prepare the food. The real treat was when my boyfriend noticed the waitress getting me a refill on my drink. She had not been wearing gloves between customers. Or at all. She was going from table to table picking up dirty dishes and refilling drinks cross contaminating everything. Also her mask was constantly falling below her nose. The floors and table seemed to be tacky. Maybe it was just my shoes but I highly doubt it. Never ever eating here again, pandemic or no pandemic. Completely disgusted by everything I saw. Dirty nasty people and environment. And the food is not that great to chance getting a disease from the restaurant. read more

As of today, this place has a 2.5 star average. In my opinion, that is 2.5 stars too much. I should have known what I was getting into when I came but I kept my expectations low, hoping to be surprised. It was worse than I expected. The food was very fresh and full for a Sunday lunch, which was nice. However, the taste of nearly everything I tried was off. The General Tso's chicken had a weird aftertaste, the chicken Teriyaki turned out to be meatballs on a skewer that reminded me of a ketchup glaze, the honey chicken was horrible, and the sweet and sour chicken was doughy. Most disappointing was the "hibachi" grill experience. It was certainly fresh but even greasier than the regular buffet items, and with less flavor! I tried most of the "usual" buffet staples (I didn't see the green beans, the beef and broccoli, or any chicken with vegetables entrees) and every one was either below average or really bad. Aside from some sesame balls, not a single dish I had was enjoyable. I am pretty comfortable saying that this experience was the absolute worst I have ever had in a Chinese buffet. read more

Do not come here, when you first walk in it does look amazing, but the food was hit or miss, do not get the seafood including the sushi, horrible. I will not be coming back here after I saw the bathrooms, there was black mold everywhere in the women's and men's bathrooms. Do not suggest coming here and I will not recommend this place to anyone. Also no heating! My family and I came in the winter and it was very freezing. Don't say I didn't warn you read more

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Horrible food. Cheap fried crap in gloppy, sugary sauces. If you enjoy pencil erasers in butter, try the steamed clams. You'll have plenty of time to formulate an opinion of these, because you'll be chewing them until your next birthday. These "steamer clams" are -in fact- chowder clams, and they're supposed to be cooked low and slow for a long time, not steamed for minutes. I tried a number dishes and couldn't find one that appealed to me, so I left. read more

There are better options. Trust me. Food was not good. The only thing I enjoyed was ice cream.

Food was very bland, used a credit card and after i got home my bank called and someone from the restaurant tried to use my card for online purchases. AVOID THIS PLACE. read more

Was okay. Assortment of different food, but good for the cost. Would go again for the price.

For those of us who have longed for the simple comforts of a Chinese Buffet for the last six months, this place will fill the need adequately. Unexceptional but good steam table favorites were freshly cooked- the chicken dishes I ate were drenched in typical sweet sauces but the fried coatings still had a satisfying bite. The crab rangoons were bite size and still hot. As to the surroundings, if you are being very cautious about sanitation this is not your place. Everything was clean appearing and sanitizer bottles were available but over the steam tables are signs reading THIS IS A FREQUENTLY TOUCHED AREA - and that will include the serving utensils, the rice servers, and the salt and pepper on the table. Having said that, I came away satisfied and happy. read more

food good. great service. nice people! perfectly nice, clean presentation. nice ambiabce!

This is one of my favorite Chinese buffets in the Capital District. They have food cooked to order stations such as the Mongolian Grill and the Hong Kong noodle soup bar. They have a huge variety of traditional Chinese dishes, Italian/American dishes, a large cold bar with salads, puddings, fruits & jellos, crab legs, mussels, sushi, and desserts such as soft serve ice cream, hot apple strudel, and cookies & cakes near the soup bar. The service here is good (staff will refill drinks when needed and clear used dishes between buffet trips). I have always left here very happy with my meal. read more

Dragon Buffet - Chinese Near Me - Albany, New York

Somehow, being able to have a few bites of dozens of sub-par Asian food entrees is a lot more fun than one would expect. Still, the food is undeniably sub-par. I went with six other adults, and the responses from the party to this "experience" were all over the map: 1) It was much less horrible than I had thought. 2) This was perfect. 3) That was the second most disgusting place I have ever seen. We hypothesized that the ribs were glazed with red-hots (the candy). The steamed custard buns were oddly hard on the bottom & edges. The sesame balls were limp and greasy. No shrimp dumplings were to be found. The Mongolian BBQ did not have lamb or tofu, sadly. The Sui-Mai LOOKED inedible - they were brown and crusty on top. The shrimp dumpling dish was empty for hours. The staff was very nice. And the place is certainly an experience. Nobody got violently ill, which is an accomplishment, since despite the quality of food, people still ate in quantity. One day, when I have more time, I may come to munch down on some more crab legs and crawfish. But when with a group of people, these foods are just way too time consuming. Just note, the crab legs aren't cracked, and there are no crackers laying about. But the staff will gladly bring you one if you ask. read more

HORRIBLE. Me and my husband came here for dinner and all the food was cold . They charged us 37.00 . NEVER AGAIN

It amazes me how this has consistently been one of the best Chinese buffets in the Capital District over the past few decades. There's a Cantonese noodle soup station, with the beef soup the crowd favorite. There's a Mongolian grill. There's sushi, raw oysters, clams, American food, Chinese American food, and actual Chinese food. Some of my favorite dishes are the Crawfish, teriyaki chicken, Cantonese beef noodle soup, egg drop soup, fried zucchini, sesame balls. Their ice cream is decent hard serve in a few flavors, with choice of bowl or cone. The dinner only set me back $12.49, and I easily consumed three meals worth of food. Also resulted in a new resolution not to eat that much in the future. read more

We went to eat at the Dragon Buffet last night, there were only two other guests in the restaurant which should have been a sign. We ordered pepsi's hit the bathrooms and both were instantly sick to our stomachs. The bathroom's were unusable. We came out and the smell of the food was no better we decided not to risk the inevitable food poisonings and offered to pay for the sodas, which they did in fact charge for even though we never even touched them and left - United Buffet in the area is a much better pick. read more

Worst. Buffet. Ever! Used to be my favorite place, but they've gone downhill! There were roaches in the bathroom and around the food bar! I get it. It happens to the best sometimes. But when we tried to quietly bring it to the managers attention, she began yelling at us and said that the pictures we took were fake and "not their restaurant " so I took her into the ladies room and SHOWED her the roaches crawling everywhere and she told us to leave. So we did. Keep in mind that we'd already paid our bill and weren't asking for a refund or anything like that, but only trying to alert her to the issue! I will NOT go back there again! Rude staff, roaches and horrible management. read more

Dragon Buffet - Roaches in bathroom floor - Chinese Near Me - Albany, New York

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