holy guacamole! where do i begin... i've been wanting to write a review for epic buffet for a while now, but just needed to wait for the right time. if you know me, you know epic buffet! i've seen some people complain about pricing in their reviews, but i see no issue ($15 for all you can eat and i believe it's cheaper during lunch time) so as long as you get more than 1 plate, you already got your money's worth. most of the food is pretty good and they have a pretty good variety- even a more american section for pickier eaters (mashed potatoes, chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, etc) i would also highly recommend the salmon and the sole fish. they also have a hibachi and sushi section. the wait staff is VERY VERY nice and helpful. overall a great experience! i would definitely recommend to a friend, a stranger even. read more

Comment from the wife: "Both my mother & myself got sick from eating here. Neither their cashier or waitress spoke or understood the English language! I would not recommend eating there." And two days later, she's still having trouble eating. Also of note, since no one there understands English you won't be able to ask for a knife to cut certain food items. So some of what you select from the bar goes into the garbage. Most unfortunate. read more

I went on the 4th of July. It must have been a bad day for them. The woman you pay charging me $21.12 for one buffet copped an attitiude when I questioned the price. The place reminded me of why I don't go to chinese buffets any more. Much food was floating in pans of some kind of liquid and I think they overloaded the MSG. I didn't appreciate the food and I enjoy chinese food. I really like Grand China Restaurant but they are in Anderson. The real killer was in the bathroom the plumbing was clogged. I'm glad I was finished eating before going in there. I was a restaurant manager and worked food service for many years. From what I saw there I'd shut the place down. I won't go there again. read more

We've eaten here a couple times since moving to the area. This last time they were kind of busy. But a lot of the food looked old, and wasn't being eaten, or replaced. The soups were old and thickened onto the sides of the pots. The restaurant itself is not well kept or clean. Avoid the booths, there's old food and utensils along the inside of the dividers and between the seats and the walls. Overall it was super disappointing this time. We probably wont go back. read more

I definitely recommend this buffet with its delicious food and excellent service. Besides tons of delicious dishes, especially seafood I adore, you can get a sushi or hibachi. And everything for $15 a person only. I luv it! The most epic place in Simpsonville. read more

Prices have gone up to $17 per person before taxes. Tea was $2.76 extra. The food is good.​

The food was hot, fresh, delicious and plentiful. A good value for the price. We will be going back!

The food was terrible and the buffet should be shut down immediately. I couldn't find anything that was worth eating. Not 1 item! The worst buffet ever read more

Ok not bad many things can be better quality I will return the service needs to improve the waitress are very rude

Poor quality food. Terrible smell. Bugs flying all around the buffet. The staff was friendly though. That's why I'm giving it one star.

Overall the food was good and the server was great. The overall experience was good for me and my family. Only major issue for me was with pricing - one price online and about $5 in restaurant. * We had a party of 10 so the discrepancy between online and in-store was significant. * They discourage use of credit card. * They charge for kids 2 years and older. * They have hibachi but the amount of available product is minimal, in my opinion to maybe discourage customers from over-taking. * They charge 10% fee for parties of 8 or more, which totally makes sense. Probably should just add the 18% in the check and be done with it. Server was very responsive and cleaned off old plates and provided refills quickly. Probably the best experience of the night. read more

Very large buffet with something for everyone. Food was great and the service was very good.

Standard mega buffet, complete with lots of rules and procedures to follow. Food was average. Servers were very friendly and the drink cups were large. Food was varied and reasonably fresh, but nothing really stood out. The ambiance: imagine someone took a closed Ryan's and started selling Chinese buffet. Bottom line, you'd be better off somewhere better, but if you just want to mow through pretty ok Chinese, they've got you. read more

I hate to leave a bad review but I feel like I need to. I went to go eat with my friends we were having a wonderful day after church. We got to Epic Buffet. We went to the window to pay, to be able to go in to the buffet area. The man at the window his short has black hair said how many I said 3 adults please. There was a woman slim with glasses standing next to him. They were asian, I believe maybe the owner and a worker. We are always asking how much the total cost is , because if you don't pay attention they like to charge the dinner price at lunch time instead of the lunch price . He did not like that I ask how much it is ? So he said what you don't read? I was yes sure I just checking how much the total so I can pay. . So he said what would.you want to drink? I said a soda. Then he ask wish one? I said not sure yet. So he surprised me by creaming, I jumped. He said wish one? Wish one? ! I said I don't know, he yelled again wish one pointing at the pictures . So I said sure whats is the difference they all cost $ 2.49 ? He creamed and said you stupid you don't know?! you cant see wish one !? Still yelling then the girl joined him to she moved to the front of the window yelling pointing at pictures wish one!? in front of everyone my friends were dead silent and upset. I was asking myself in my head, why is this man yelling at me? and he must have gone mad. I was getting upset and almost wanted to cry I but I kept my cool because i just had come from such a spiritual meeting And wanted to forgive this man who was treating me like shit. Everyone around was probably wondering why he was screaming. Ill never know why he was upset maybe he realized that someone probably know what he was doing stealing from customers and did not like me asking I did so polite too but it not nice to treat people like like that can you imagine how you treat his workers?. So I ask to Please Boycott this restaurant if you have felt that Epic buffet have done the same to you. or is stealing from customers especially when you have 8 people or more. And if they ask what soda you want? tell them you don't know.And record there action they need to be responsible of how they treat customers. I wish I would had recorded them. Thank you for reading my review read more

Just left there with my son. Enjoyed our food but as we stood up the server said "where's my tip?!" I explained I paid with card and tipped on the receipt. She asked "How about more money?!" She was very aggressive. She asked for my receipt and for some reason I gave it to her. She told us to stay there while she marched up to the cashier demanding to see the matching receipt where I tipped and signed. We weee walking past and saw him hand her the tip in cash. She made no attempt to find us and apologize. Basically, I enjoy Epic but this experience has 86'd it off my list of food destinations. read more

This is absolutely one of those places where you get what you pay for, inexpensive menu prices for all you can eat Buffet, average food of a decently wide variety; sushi, noodles, hibachi, dessert, etc... staff is friendly and quick with clearing dishes and refilling drinks, service has always been delightful. The ambiance of epic is that of just about any Chinese buffet you'll find around here, it's relatively quiet and dim inside excluding of course the people serving themselves. Seating is a bit tight but when you're going back and forth between plates it's not a big deal. Highly recommend for a quick affordable dinner or lunch:) read more

Good service and great food!! Highly recommend. The ambiance is really good and I love everything about the place!

Avoid.. Food was cold, I ended up spitting out some of the chicken I picked up because it tasted very old. On the last trip up to the buffet I was across from the lo mien noodles waiting to get some for myself. At the buffet was a mother and maybe a 4 year old child beside her. The mother put some noodles on the plate and the child decided to put her hands in the plate, rub her hands all in the noodle, spilling a good bit over onto the counter. When they walked away a worker stopped, then proceeded to pick up the noodles the child dropped and put them back in the serving tray. Only when I said "dude, that's f'in nasty" did he stop and leave. After that we left immediately. There were several children running all over the restaurant and serving themselves at the buffet. All under 10. TLDR: food cold, old, buffet nasty as all get out due to their non-sanitary practices. We won't be back. Yuck. read more

Unsanitary & overpriced for the mediocre food. When we walked in we were immediately asked to pay (and tip) prior to service, which we thought was odd. read more

An above average buffet with some below average selections. This buffet has many options, and most of them are really good. However, the meatballs are covered in breading and are almost inedible. The teriyaki chicken, sweet and sour chicken, and orange chicken are good choices, but the general tsos chicken isn't spicy. The macaroni and cheese is good and the spring tools are good, but the eggs rolls needs some work. The salad bar is good, but beware of kids eating out of the dipping spoon for the ice cream. read more

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The food was fresh and delicious, my garlic bread was fresh not hard. The server came back to clear the table of empty plates and refill any half empty drinks. The atmosphere was quiet and relaxing. read more

If I could give this restaurant a zero I would! This place was HORRIBLE. Everyone was so mean and on their phone and the food was nasty. They also tried to charge me more after I payed for my food when I entered at $3 They were they told me I needed to pay $3 more for dinner that started at 3:30. I don't write many reviews but for this place, I needed to. read more

My husband and I just moved here in June. We decided to stop here and eat as it had decent reviews and we were craving Chinese. Prices are decent and not bad. Food presentation looks good. However, the food not all of it, but most of it, is cold. My husband decided it would be a great idea to eat their sushi. He is a sushi snob. He said there sushi is actually really good. All he ate was the sushi. Within 24 hours my husband was bed ridden. He ended up getting some nasty food poisoning. He was sick for a good 3 to 4 days and I nearly took him to the emergency room for food poisoning. I pinpointed the food poisoning to this place because this is the only thing he had eaten.. I would advise to stay away from this place. read more

Nothing we tried was remotely warm and we got there when it opened at 11am. Huge selection, with salads, chicken, beef, shrimp, rice, plus a very large dessert table, but everything we tried tasted as it had been made hours ago and placed on warming tables that were low on fuel. Skip the buffet completely and go straight to the stir-fry counter where you may choose your ingredients and get it made while you wait. At least it will be warm. We sampled two desserts that were so bad we had to squish them in our napkins . If you like cheap crap food, this is your place! read more

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My food was cold and it smelled awful .I do not recommend coming here.The service was so bad the lady didn't even come up to us she only came once. read more

Worst buffet ever!!! Don't waste your money! Food was cold! Service was terrible! Staff didn't care!

That baby octopus was unacceptable. When I eat baby octopus, I expect for the specimen to be... well.. ya know. The food was delicious all around. They were a little hasty with their service, a tad rushed. The bathroom smelled like someone had given birth to a decaying elephant. But I don't suppose that was the restaurant's fault. Other than that not too shabby. read more

Epic Chinese Buffet - Buffets Near Me - Simpsonville, South Carolina

Below average food, I tried a little of everything and it's a big nope from me. Only thing I found decent is the Sushi. Although the place was clean the food was not even warm in most of things I tried. Definitely not worth the $12 I paid. read more

Due to COVID-19, the buffet was very limited. They only had half of the buffet tables open. With that being said, the service was excellent, the food was good. Once the pandemic is over, I am sure the selection will be better. read more

Do NOT eat here!!!!! Food was gross! Service was horrible. The sweet tea tasted like dirty water and was treated like the worst person alive when we asked for Pepsi instead. Save your time and money and go to McDonald's lol. Would give 0 stars if I could read more

the service here is absolutely horrible! I took my children to this restaurant and stood there for five minutes waiting to be acknowledged. when no one came to seat us so I began looking for a worker. The lady from the back came to find help with a horrible attitude. my child asked to use the restroom before we seated and it pissed her off! she slammed down the fork in her hand and walked off rolling her eyes as if she was so annoyed. when we came out she refused to seat us. the manager had to come seat us! the same lady began talking about me to the other waitresses as they stood in front of the buffet monitoring me and my children! this was an overall horrible experience! I had to call the police just to get a refund to leave! I absolutely do not recommend eating this dried up buffet! read more

A great buffet with hibachi and a great selection. The cashier was friendly. The refills coukd have been faster. But the food was impressive for a buffet. The crab rangoons were my favorite. read more

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OK, first, the five stars are for this business for what it is, not in comparison to some epic (LOL) steakhouse or real sushi bar. It's a Chinese buffet that has a great selection of foods and good service for a buffet. For those who reviewed this badly, you should probably try a Chinese buffet more than once - they are bound to have a bad day. I went for dinner and my buffet, including the buffet and the drink (refills free) was only $13.48 with tax. I believe that the base price for lunch was $7.99 for adults and for the most part, the restaurant would get the (one) $ rating although for adults at dinner it gets the (two) $$ rating - not bad for all that you get. When I walked in, I thought that the place looked fairly clean and after you pay, the hostess seats you. You can then go up and get a clean plate and fill it up with whatever you like and you can do that as many times as you like. My first plate was all Asian food, but there was a wide selection of american, southern, salad and dessert. In my opinion, I'm not sure that anyone could say that they couldn't find something that they liked. All of the food from the buffet that I got was either nice and hot or at the right temperature for the food. The waitress came around a couple times to check my drink and when I went to get the second plate, my first was cleared before I got back. The two really good features here are the sushi bar (there was a wider selection than I've seen at most buffets) and the hibachi bar (which I haven't seen at many buffets) so my second plate was the hibachi bar with a little sushi. It was prepared in front of me and it was fantastic (the hibachi - not the sushi). I'm that clientele the buffet business likes because I limit myself to two plates and I try not to waste food, so I limit what I put on my plate. That being said, I only perused the dessert bar and saw a couple of things that I would have loved to try, but since I had used my second plate for the hibachi and sushi, I bypassed the dessert. Again, unless you have had a really horrible experience at a Chinese buffet or gotten sick, you should really try this again and compare it with others that you have been to before reviewing it. I have to give the Epic Buffet a thumbs up and keep up the good work. read more

Epic Chinese Buffet - Buffets Near Me - Simpsonville, South Carolina

amazing!!!!!!!! sesame chicken is BUSSIN SO SO SO good i highly recommend it to anyone who likes chinese

Yesterday my husband and I decided to have lunch there. We fixed our plates and sat down to eat. We noticed right away that the waitress was sick she was just casually walking around coughing as she showed the other guests to their seats. Mind you she had to walk through the aisle where there is food, this woman repeatedly coughed while walking by the food. At that time I noticed she wasn't the only one that was sick a few of the customers were sick and coughing. It was absolutely disgusting. And I will be getting in touch with the necessary people about this! I am extremely upset! Gambling with people's health is no joke! And that is exactly why I am going to do something about this!! read more

Food was literally disgusting. Tasted like it had been cooked in dirty dish water and then put on the buffet. Stomach was literally turning circles after eating there. Service was horrible. Our server threw straws into my friends 3 year olds plate of food when we told her the tea was gross and wanted Pepsi instead. I will eat dirt off the ground before i eat this place again. read more

Made mine & the kids stomach hurt... All the ice cream they have in that cooler is old... All of the flavors were as hard as a rock & dry... The place looks clean but the carpet is very dirty & smells like it hasn't been vacuumed in the longest time... Overpriced read more

Epic buffet? Not this time. However, I do see great potential to be epic. We love sushi so we were on the sushi like a duck on a cheetos. We were disappointed because the rice was hard and the fish dry. I could tell it had sat out on the Buffet a long time. Actually, the other food had the same stale look and taste. In thier defense, there was very few people in there eating on this Tuesday night at 7 pm. I think we were too late. I would try again at lunch And would bet the food would have a quick turnover and be very fresh. The staff was very friendly and dinning room nice. I would definitely come back. read more

Dinner was an Epic fail. Food looked appetizing, but was cold and greasy. The empty parking lot at dinnertime should have been our clue. Dinner was super cheap and service efficient. The credit card machine didn't work (internet down), so they Xeroxed our credit card and asked us to sign a sheet of paper. We were horrified! Is that legal? We paid cash and kept the Xeroxed copy. We would never return. read more

This buffet is much like any other big buffet I've been to outside of Las Vegas. It had good things and it had bad things, but it most definitely had a massive selection. The interior is the standard gaudy with too many neon colors that I've seen in such establishments before. Good: Hibachi bar, ice cream selection, fresh veggies on salad bar Bad: Any seafood I had, Pepsi products, awful cheese-spinach thing I ate one bite of I would definitely recommend the Hibachi grill, as that way you can select your own food and it is cooked fresh right in front of you. read more