TL;DR: There is a massive selection, but it comes at a cost.
As a Hillsboro native, I was tickled to see the Marshall's was replaced by a massive Chinese buffet. Not knowing what to expect, the boy and I went here for lunch on a Sunday. The weekend prices are more expensive - $20/ person. Coming here for lunch on a weekday I think is $15/person.
We were met by a woman at the front desk who was very abrupt. We had to pick our drink seconds after answering how many were in our party. Looking around confused for drink choices, she sharply pointed to the drink menu on the counter. Once we both answered, she stated the price for our meal and looked at us. Still confused, we figured out we were supposed to pay.
We got past the first step and walked into the actual restaurant. It's a pretty spacious establishment with plenty of seating. It's perfect for large parties and families. We found a table and put our stuff down. I wish they had a way to mark that the table was taken and we were away to grab food - maybe like a small card or placard for the table? We were only given napkin and a straw to walk in with, so we put those on the table and hoped it would be enough to "mark" it as taken.
On top of the buffet counters are incredibly cheap Styrofoam plates and flimsy plastic cutlery. But under the counter on shelves were actual plates. We searched a bit and found some metal cutlery as well.
The buffet selection is huge. There's everything from sushi to hibachi noodles and ramen to cold fruits and salads to classic Chinese buffet items to seafood to some oddities such as Texas toast and pizza, as well as a large dessert selection. (Random but one of the "dessert" selections was just a pan of pretzel thins?? Very funny to see.)
I will say, to their credit, everything they actually made themselves was good. The hibachi grill, some of the chicken noodle dishes, the pot roast, and some of the sushi was very good. But everything that could be bulk made was very obviously purchased and heated. (Potstickers, spring rolls, dumplings, Texas toast, ALL the dessert items, orange chicken, and more). These items were just not good. They tasted microwaved and bland.
I wish there had been signage or something to help control the chaos as well. This is a massive space and therefore there are a TON of people. There was no real direction for where to start the buffet or which direction to go, so you'd be going down a line and all of a sudden be met with a large group of people going the opposite direction, forcing you to get out of line and start over.
We grabbed our first round of food and sat down, then realized we never got our drinks. We looked around confused as there were no drink stations either. Then we saw one of three servers rushing around with platters of cups (imagine 1 sever, 10+ cups on a tray) trying to deliver the drinks people ordered at the front counter. It was chaos and it took a long time to get our water, which was not the servers fault. There is well over 50 tables within the restaurant and there were DOZENS of large groups as well. Just 3 servers trying to figure out who ordered what at the front was a horrible way to go about delivering drinks.
The food wasn't very good, the service was nonexistent, the cleanliness is lackluster, and price only matches quantity. Don't go here. read more