I just dropped my work rental SUV back at the rental place and a friend of mine was gonna give me a ride back to my car. To pay him back I asked him where he wanted to go for lunch, he said that Chinese buffet. OK, I know what place he's talkin about, the Grand Buffet, On Hilltop Drive just off the 5 off of East Cypress exit. East to find and lots of parking. Looks like it's been over 2 years since I was here. The price for lunch now is $17 bucks plus tax and some tip. We get there and the place looks about the same as the last time I was here. They have these big Koi fish that seem to be an attraction near the front. We get seated and drink orders taken. We got here close to opening at 11 am. so all the food was nice and fresh and hot. Don't get here half hour before closing and expect there to be all hot fresh food, it ain't gonna happen. Some of the things I love here are those ribs! Yeah, Chinese can make so damn good ribs! Not Texas style though. Chicken wings are another of my fave here. My friend went wild and ate a ton of food, all kinds of noodles, ribs and wings. I pretty much skipped the carbs and filled up with shrimp, wings and ribs. They even have french fries if you want! Service is the usual just clear the plates and fill the drinks with minimal conversation. I gotta remember this place is here! read more

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An Absolute Gem! This Buffet Shattered All My Expectations! Let me be perfectly honest: I walked into this place armed with a healthy dose of skepticism. Having browsed some of the less-than-stellar reviews, my expectations were cautiously low. But from the moment I stepped up to the first steaming tray, it was immediately clear that this wasn't your average, run-of-the-mill buffet. By the way, it was lunch and was 11:30 AM. Any preconceived notions I had were completely obliterated by the sheer quality and care evident in every single dish. The first thing you notice is the freshness--every ingredient tasted vibrant and recently prepared, with nothing sitting under a heat lamp for hours. The food wasn't just warm; it was gloriously, satisfyingly hot. The highlights? There were almost too many to count. · The Chicken Wings: Forget any soggy, buffet-wing trauma you may have. These were a masterclass in texture--impossibly crispy on the outside, while remaining supremely juicy and tender within. · The Baked Salmon: This was a showstopper. Each flaky, moist fillet was infused with a rich, buttery essence and a deep umami flavor that melted on the tongue. It was a dish worthy of a dedicated seafood restaurant. · The Fried Egg Rolls: A perfect crunch gave way to a savory, well-seasoned filling. No greasy aftertaste, just pure, crispy delight. · The Egg Drop Soup: So often an afterthought, here it was a star. A beautifully balanced broth that was both comforting and sophisticated. · The Sautéed Mushrooms: Absolutely divine. They were garlicky, savory, and cooked to a tender perfection that had me going back for a second (and third!) helping. In a world where buffets can be a gamble, this establishment is a sure bet. They have clearly made a commitment to quality, flavor, and freshness that is frankly exceptional. Do not let the mixed reviews deter you. My experience was nothing short of phenomenal, and I will undoubtedly be returning soon. This place isn't just a hit; it's a destination. The real test will be when I return to see if consistency holds true. Update: I went back a few days later because I was hungry and I was curious. Again, it did not disappoint. Food was just as good as it was a few days earlier my review stays the same. Great job grand buffet! read more

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Large variety of different types of food. Very prompt service and clean surroundings. Great dessert area

Food was barely Luke warm and mostly room temperature. Certain items like the pizza, French fries and things my kids like were rock hard like they had been sitting out under those heat lamps the entire day. We didn't dare try the sushi as it had a weird smell that made us nervous. They took out and no longer have the soft serve ice cream Machine which is a bummer cuz that was my kids favorite part. It was very very over priced and expensive and all 4 of us left completely grossed out and honestly still hungry but had no more money to go someplace else. Huge disappointment. We won't be going back. read more

Grand Buffet - Buffets Near Me - Redding, California

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Food on the buffet line looked like it set there all day. Sodas tasted like pure seltzer. My server was so rude and unpleasant. Ruined my entire night. I recommend never going there save your money. It's a disgusting place. read more

Service Was outstanding! food was great with plenty of variety and quality! The price of the dinner was fair and reasonable. Restaurant was very clean and spotless. read more

Affordable delicious and many options. Very clean but it needs a remodel of the style of the restaurant. Food is good and tasteful. Lunch option read more

Grand Buffet - Chinese food - Buffets Near Me - Redding, California

I take my grandsons to the Grand Buffet twice a month. There is a lot of variety for everyone. Standouts are the sushi, various fish & shrimp dishes and salad options. They also have clams. The kids love the chicken, french fries, noodles, pastries and ice cream & I encourage them to include vegetables. Also melons, oranges, jello, pudding, rice & noodles, and soup. Something good and healthy is easy to find. Overall well worth the cost. But they do charge full adult prices for 11yrs old :( and up. The senior discount is appreciated. read more

I went to this place, the food was not hot, not good tasting, was left out long or from the day before, and not a good selection. The service and friendliness of the staff was lukewarm. The ambiance felt sad, it didn't seem the food was doing it for anyone. Having come here from Sacramento area where I had a Golden Corral, I was looking for a similar experience. Wow, this place is so off. This is coming from someone who doesn't mind eating MREs from time to time. Please step-up your game Grand Buffet. Make your place somewhere people will want to come to, enjoy, spend their money, and make Redding proud. Right now, it's pathetic, embarrassing, and you help put the area to shame. read more

As with 90% of all buffets get there when they open for the freshest food. If so you will be rewarded with good food, a nice variety, and these days an average price. We go every few months. Clean facility. read more

They only get 1 star for having a koi fish pond. New cashier and host are rude to customers! They have barely any seafood and charge extra for the little bit that they have. Ice cream only on Sunday for an extra charge. I'm not sure if there is a new owner but since there has been new employees the restaurant has changed a lot for the worse. read more

Food was great service was quick. They removed empty plates quickly . Hot tea was great and it was only $1.39 lots of choice. The food was fresh. Wish they had an ice cream machine, but they did serve ice cream. Lots of parking not very many people in there clean environment nice people. read more

If I could I'd give it a 0, but I can't so I give it a one. As my family of 7 walked in we were not welcomed with a greeting or even asked how many to be seated. instead we had two employees look up at us and ignore our presence for about 3-5minutes. No big deal, but also not the common courtesy a host should have at a very non busy environment (my family and two other couples were there). The pricing is ridiculou. $20.99 for an adult is crazy. The food options were minimum. we chose to eat here as they advertised having many different food options for everyone. upon arrival the only food available was seafood and even more seafood. I myself am not a seafood lover. my family on the other hand doesn't mind it, but this stuff was very unappealing. it looked awful and smelt worse. 0/10 in my book definitely pick a new buffet if buffet food is what you want. read more

Out of the buffet style restaurants in Redding, this one is the best one. Some of the dishes are a hit and miss but consistently, the green beans, the chow mein, the fried shrimp, the soups, the desserts, and the salad bar is always great! Everything else is hit and miss, and the sushi is always a little too fishy smelling so eat at your own risk. read more

Good food and sushi !!! Tasty seafood my family enjoyed it so much everything fresh Good food and sushi !!! Tasty seafood my family enjoyed it so much everything fresh read more

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Delicious Cornucopia of food dishes. Several variations of shrimp dishes, all very tasty. Grand Buffet building used to be Grand Auto! Interior ambience is very charming. Something for everybody. read more

Overall, the Grand Buffet in Redding does a very good job. Like anything else they can vary a little from time to time. Our most recent experience was good including variety of food and the service. For us it is an excellent value and much better than many mediocre restaurants in Redding. We definitely feel as though we got our money's worth and enjoyed our dinner. I would tend to discount some of the overly negative reviews. read more

For a sunday, higher price, I would expect a lot more choices and a slightly more premium dishes. Very disappointing compared to other same price ayce I've been to. Not much food choices and the food is not very fresh. And the mongolian grill is closed and the sushi is very limited. No sashimi option and not even replenishing the salmon nigiri during my half hour waiting for it. The ice cream has only 2 flavors and quality is poor, just sweetness. read more

This place was supposed to have a decent food selection... The waiter/waitresses were somewhat polite, but let's be real, the food was (and still is) absolutely disgusting. I swear, I will never set foot in this dump ever again! Can you believe this place is actually inside the old Kragen Auto Part Store? I've always referred to it as "Kragen's Tasteless Trashcan". A few friends and I came here, and the food was cold and the service was a joke. Save yourself the trouble and avoid this place like the plague. It's revolting. Do yourself a favor and find somewhere else to eat. read more

This is all you can cheap Chinese in Redding. As long as the bar isn't high this place is decent. Lots of seafood choices. Later in the evening the less there is. Girls are quick to seat you and take plates and refill drink on time. Not the cleanest place but again it's Redding having eaten here many times over the years twice in the past week it's decent. Not San Francisco but that's ok read more

This place has gone to the bird. We just went there over a week ago on a Wednesday and arrived at 1130 am as. We went to the table they placed us at and looked out the window and notice two large. Buses. (Now I see how they. Stay in business). The food was 2/3 everyday home food and 1/3 so called Chinese food and the Mongolian grill was closed for repair and they still charged $16.99. The Chinese food was not up to par. I Asked for refund on my and my fri read more

Charged 8.58$ to leave was a first, we had a bite to eat each and wanted to go cause it was simply just bad. I could understand if I had eaten but we didn't and to charge me felt unprofessional in my opinion. Hope they can just have good food in the future for there community cause we were just visiting from Chico. God bless and I'll pray they get an increase in quality and business. read more

Grand Buffet - What was charged for eating a piece of food each. They said it was for the wasted food. I'd have eaten it if it was good. - Buffets Near Me - Redding, California

Impressed, almost obsessed, am I coming back? Absolutely yes. At least, for lunch time. The crab wontons actually had filling inside, and were not stale at all (like they so often are at other ayce aka all you can eat buffets). Broccoli Beef? How about try their Broccoli chicken! Their "Jalapeño" Chicken is spot on (this is not called Jalapeño chicken in other buffets, but hey, a rose by any other name, right?) One of only two buffets in the entire area, "Coco Mongolian" only has ayce for dinner, and costs nearly $19/person not including soda. Their "and Sushi" means you can order sushi, but it's not part of buffet. I called Grand Buffet while I was seated at Coco, and told the Coco waitress I was leaving. Grand Buffet is only $14/person for lunch (including Saturday) AND they have Sushi in their buffet (and the sushi is not stale like you are used to in a hot foods+sushi buffet). Soda is +$2.99 extra. I got just water. LET. ME. TELL. YOU: The water was filtered! I have been sitting for about 39 minutes and have had 3 water refills already. The service is spot on. Even the egg flower soup: up to my standards. Usually not salty enough, but the egg flower soup here was just right. Even the egg foo young! Not stale! Nothing here was stale! I'm more stingy with 5 star reviews than my relatives are at leaving food service tips: this place for lunch is WORTH IT. read more

Grand Buffet - Lunchtime: It's worth the price - Buffets Near Me - Redding, California

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Stop in here for lunch. Wasn't sure what to expect with the mixed reviews. Honestly, we were pleasantly surprised. The place was clean, all of the food was hot and fresh looking, and there was a ton of variety. The staff were friendly and attentive and overall we had a fantastic experience. Some of my favorites: The potstickers and sauce were on point, so delicious. The chicken skewers were fantastic. There was a good variety of sushi. The broccoli chicken was flavorful. And the egg drop soup was just right. Everything we tried had great flavor and was made just right. We will definitely be back. read more

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Good variety of sea food. Difficult to tell what was in some of the dishes for those with food allergies.

It's a Chinese buffet. It's not fancy or super delicious. It's just got a lot of items. Wouldn't come back but didn't regret it. If you want a Chinese buffet then this is just fine. read more

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3 stars. Good quantity of choices. Good customer service. Everything was dry. Dinner time on Friday. I like the value you get if you want take out. It's based on weight. Sushi 8.95 Regular 6.95 Sushi. Rice was stale. Sushi was so so. Probably cause it was made much earlier in the day. Won ton soup was probably the best thing I ate. Broth was a bit salty. Just won tons but it was so so. Everything else tasted old. Like it was made around 10 am. A lot was dried out. It was hard to eat everything because of this. I get the cost controls. The quality was bad because most of the food had sat there so long. Customer service was good. Not sure if I'd eat here again. read more

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Pretty good. You have to came early to get the fresh food. But for a buffet it's pretty good. The service was good but overall it's mostly help yourself. The fish pond really adds to the ambiance along with the artwork. read more

Grand Buffet - Dessert - Buffets Near Me - Redding, California

Everything . Food is good and good variety . Service is great ! Prices going up but still good. We like it read more

Had thanksgiving dinner at Grand Buffet The Dinner was really good. Turkey was excellent !

This is one of the best buffets that I have ever been to. It is also serves some of the best and freshest sushi that I have tasted, this is a little known secret if you live sushi. They make it fresh right in front of you and it never disappoints. The place is always clean and the food is kept fresh. read more

Grand Buffet - Buffets Near Me - Redding, California

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Food is decent. Food diversity is good. Sushi were cold, some food gone very fast. But overall worth the price. read more

Just a regular Chinese food buffet, no frills, nothing special. This was my first visit in probably 4 years and I remember it being a lot better back then. We went on a Saturday during lunchtime and the place started filling up quickly. There's a pool of koi fish in the front of the restaurant where you can purchase food to feed the fish, might be fun for little ones. The food was decent with your basic Chinese offerings like low mein, Mongolian beef, dumplings, soups etc. Everything I put on my plate was nice and hot. The flavor was incredibly lacking from every dish! They also have a selection of questionable sushi in the back and create your own stir fry. The desserts were very disappointing. Pudding, couple cakes and cookies still in their plastic packaging, Jello and fruit. The service was quick and friendly, bathrooms are clean. Maybe I went on an off day, not sure. Despite the reviews this seems to be a pretty popular spot in Redding. read more

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As I travel often, I know the risk of buffet. No matter how well the rating, especially in a smaller town where there less competition. Anyway, having said that and knowing the risk, I still fall for it as I was quite hungry that night. What's funny is that this is the same restaurant that we visited last time in Redding, which was more than 15+ years ago. Anyway, they no longer have Mongolian bbq, and dinner was still $19.99 pp. Overall, it was barely ok. It's the typical Chinese buffet items. Few things I really didn't care for, which is the main reason for the low stars. The crab, these are the small ones that's next to impossible to eat, as it's just a waste of time with little meat. The stir fry shrimp has a very stale taste, maybe the shrimp was frozen for too long or cooked too long? Just didn't have any fresh, tenderness expected. Most food were poorly executed with minimal skills in making it. It's the type of food that anyone can easily make it at home, just that this is larger quantity, but less quality. read more

Boyfriend was very disappointed. 55$ for two people is insane. In this economy like cmon dude. Never coming back. On my momma. Period.

So I hit Redding roughly once every 3 months. The steakhouses available leave me whelmed. As in neither over nor under. Cattlemens is available a few hundred feet from my home and has been awful ever since the new owners took over. So I have a company credit card that pays for my meals. Lumberjack is Amazing for breakfast and lunch, but Redding suck when it comes to steaks. Third visit I asked the exceptionally attractive girl at the front desk of the Holiday Inn Express where did she recommend? Massive points for not recommending the shitty overpriced place next door, or the even shittier, even more overpriced place on the other side. She sent me to Grand Buffet. OMG! One of the best seafood buffet s I've ever experienced! Everything was good, but the crawdads are worth a special mention as they were actually seasoned correctly. read more

The 4 of us went for lunch mid week. At noon the place was moderately busy. I was pleased to see that. It's a good sign. First thing when we walked in I noticed how clean and fresh it looked. I was expecting the typical vintage decor and atmosphere. There is so much food there. I didn't think I would find so many options for lunch. Everything seemed fresh and all was hot and flavorful. The pork buns were surprisingly good. Crisp veggies and well seasoned dishes. So many choices. Give the place a try. I guess I'm one of the last locals to have been there! I don't understand the remarks in other reviews about bland food. Everything was very satisfying. We will definitely return. read more

Please don't waste your money here. Over priced, gross old food . Don't trust the sushi. Service wasn't there. Place just needs to shut down or call in gordan Ramsey for a makeover. read more

Hugh recommend that you DO NOT waste your time or money or tastebuds at this locations. We are for the weekend visiting from out of town we're hungry and decided run give this place a try. Well That was a huge mistake!!! We arrived around 7:15 PM. The barely had any food available and what they did have was dried and old that had been sitting her all day. The calamari was so dried that it tasted like rubber, the fried shrimp was dried and hard to chew, the stuff mushroom was crispy dried, the chicken wings tasted it we siting there since the day before, the pasta smelled like sour milk, and even the salads were all wilted. When I sent to complain to the girl at the register (who also seated us) she said the food was cooked today but we just slow so it sit there. She kept argued with me that the food was good and even took over to the shrimp as I told that it tasted old and dried. She then proceed to pick up a spoon to move it around and say it was cooked today it's good. This place doesn't deserve a single star. You had many seven select that were bad and the rest they didn't bother to make more food and yet still charge the customers full price. I told the register girl that I wasn't going to pay full price so the. Then said I can give you 15% off but yet insisted the they cooked their food today and it was food. I highly recommend staying away from this place. read more

Definitely worth the $20 per person. They have a large selection of food to choose from as well as some dessert options. Staff was friendly as well. read more