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    Empire Buffet

    2.9 (50 reviews)
    ModerateChinese
    Open 11:30 am - 9:30 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Jacob B.

    A typical buffet with the soft-serve ice cream machine unlike most other buffets I've visited.

    "Vegetable" egg roll

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    2 months ago

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    5 months ago

    Good stuff - I'd go here again decent sushi and all the great essentials like dumplings, egg rolls, crab rangoons and Chinese donuts.

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    2 years ago

    Our favorite Chinese buffet. We have been there many times. It is not a fancy place, but the food is good.

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    2 years ago

    great service, everyone that works here is so kind and friendly! good food and great price too

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    6 years ago

    I asked for my drink and the waiter laughed at me. The food wasn't all that bad but it could have been better

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    I always get the same thing, lo mein, sushi, broccoli and chicken, fried shrimp an egg roll and general style chicken.

    $1.50 Roast Pork Egg Roll

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    I used to be one of my favorite places. I always gave us a decent meal. I like General gau's…read morechicken. I have purchased it two times now recently went in and sat think owner serve me took me ever to get the order in the chicken was all bread. There was no chicken in and what little there was what is chewy and overcooked the beef teriyaki was tough and overcooked to the point that I didn't even eat it. The only thing I ate was the crab Rangoon in the rice I did not order tea. I got charged for tea. T came to the table, but I don't drink tea. I asked for Sprite as I said sprite didn't come the tea came. I was so dissatisfied with the meal. I argued with him in regards to the price and that's something I never do. My second visit was a takeout I ordered my usual went into get my order hand me the order charges me more than what it would've cost for my meal Went to a quiet place, opened the order to find chicken wings and some brown colored soup and other things that I didn't order. I called him up and said this is not my order. I brought it back. He adjusted the price he gave me my order they brought the other order back to the kitchen. Can't tell you what they did with it. Maybe we packaged it, but since I didn't see, I can't tell you for sure but it came back out very quickly. The other meal to someone else but that's an assumption so is keep it as that I got home opened my meal again general gau chicken was mostly bread. What little pieces of chicken was in there was tough and chewy and it was mostly all bread batter. The beef teriyaki was overcooked and tough so tough. I could not rip pieces off of it so I didn't eat that either. he did give me an extra soup to compromise the mistakes, but unless things change there, I don't see it happening happening bad service bad food not once but twice there needs to be some kind of major overhaul of their practices in food there's other places that have better service and better food at this point I was very displeased with the food and service.

    Very good food and nice little bar, eat in, take out or delivery... try the coconut shrimp with a…read moreScorpion bowl, yummmy

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    Wow such a great place. Food is delicious, bartender keeps the drinks flowing. They have special…read morehot pepper very nice. Sandy is the best always a great time before and after a Pats game 10/10

    Probably one of the best interiors out of any Chinese food restaurants I've been to ... this is a…read moreformer bank from the 1920's which has been redesigned as a restaurant. It feels like something from a vintage movie. If only they would turn the heat on ... they keep it super cold inside in the winter, so much so that we had to wear our jackets while we ate and deal with runny noses. How much could heat cost? The food here is very average. You won't hate your meal, but you also probably won't love it. The fried rice is bland and you can certainly tell it isn't made fresh as all the ingredients seem to be old and reheated several times. The lunch specials are pretty complicated to order ... you pick your special, then you pick a side from a list and then you pick one other side. Customization is cool ... but it gets confusing. The staff here is very aloof. They are never there when you need them ... they have all the personality of a block of ice ... and seem mildly annoyed if you ask for anything. (extra hot mustard ... a refill on water ... substitutions in your order, etc.) I understand that there is a pretty significant language barrier with most, but it comes across more as rudeness and apathy than a language understanding issue. The best dish I've ever had here was the shrimp in house sauce. Everything else is on par with most Chinese restaurants post-pandemic ... the quality and portion size is down, while the prices are up. It's not bad snack food ... or lunch food ... but I am not sure if I could eat here as a full meal and leave feeling satisfied. In the area, there are not too many choices for Chinese food. There is Yummi in Dudley, which is as bad at is gets lately. There is Empire Wok in Dudley, which is about as clean as a men's room at a Patriots game. And Kahlua in Southbridge which is a bit hood. Overall, this is the spot I'd choose if I was in the Dudley/Southbridge area and looking to grab Chinese food. Shrinkflation is real here.

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