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Imperial Buffet & Lounge

3.2 (58 reviews)
ModerateChinese
Open 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Buffet at its best! They change up the big spoons on buffet hourly!
Helen A.

Food hot and replenished when low. Good variety. Price reasonable and very clean. Waitresses attentive taking away dirty plates and refilling drinks. The only minor complaint is the sushi bar is clean and filled but none had labels especially for seafood. I'm highly allergic to seafood and it would have been nice to try but it was unattended to ask. On a good note they had seaweed salad which is a delight!!!

Chat.. why is there an orbeez in my potato's.. There were multiple.

My onion rings were cold, seat was ripped, Orbeez in my mashed potatoes. The waitress was caught staring at me through the glass and when i looked at her.. gone!!

Darrell L.

Post Covid. Food and service back to normal. No mask required. Inside seating. The trick is to go early when the food is freshest. Salad items always fresh. Lots of meat dishes and plenty of variety to choose from. No it is not the best Chinese food but it's inexpensive and the only buffet in town. Plenty of Keto friendly dishes to choose from.

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1 year ago

Great price. Great food. Good service. No complaints. I'll definitely be back. Those donuts are fantastic.

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2 years ago

Food was delicious, but there were no knives! So it made it a little difficult to cut my food but I made it work. We'd go back again.

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3 years ago

Got takeout there once. It was dry as if it had been sitting on a buffet table all day long. I never went back and never will.

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4 years ago

Love this place, food very good and can also get takeout if you don't want to dine in.

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3 years ago

Good food and amazing people that work that the buffet and lounge. I highly recommend this place to anyone.

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5 years ago

Went to the Imperial today so glad to be back there .felt comfortable with the shields up between tables. Lots of sushi for me

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7 years ago

Went for the first time the food was cold and almost 13 dollars for cold food I'll never go there again

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If you want Chinese then go out to this place a not bad place .that tries. Fresh food .

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6 years ago

The best buffet I've ever eaten at,here in Claremont. I highly reccomend trying it, staff are friendly and the food is really good.

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So Do they still Recycle the food from leftovers on peoples plates when they leave? Do They still pick up the food off the carpet in the buffet area when no one is looking and…

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The mister's favorite was the "Tailand Chicken", a dark marinated chicken that reminded us more of duck.

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Ming Cheng Restaurant

Ming Cheng Restaurant

3.0(21 reviews)
0.9 mi
$

I stopped for a lunch break at Ming Cheng on Pleasant Street, just south of the downtown area…read more Ming Cheng serves up the standard Chinese dishes, appetizers, and chef's specialties for takeout or dine-in. The prices here are pretty good, most items are priced under $11 with a few special dishes $11.05-$13.75. 25 Daily Combination Platters served with choice of rice and choice of one appetizer are offered for lunch ($5.55-$6.15) and dinner (after 3PM $7.45-$8.05). This is the typical order at the counter Chinese restaurant with self serve booth seating for eating in. The temperature in the dining/waiting area was on the very warm side. The kitchen area is not open, but visible through the revolving door. For takeout, I ordered the Lunch Combo 4: Shrimp Lo Mein with Pork Fried Rice and 2 Chicken Teriyakis. The food was ready in under 10 minutes. The portion of food was a good amount. The lo mein noodles (light yellow) were soft and slightly overdone which had minimal vegetables (carrot & cabbage) and tender soft shrimp (cleaned). The lo mein dish had an unusual sweet taste. The pork fried rice (light tan) was decent, which had a mix of soft firm rice, egg, and tender roast pork cubes. The chicken teriyaki sticks were sweet tasting on the outside and the boneless chicken was chewy consisting of some yellow chicken fat, which I needed to trim off before eating. Overall, the lunch was filling, the price was reasonable (for lunch), and fairly decent and not bad. I may be back in here for lunch. NOTE: No checks accepted, but they accept MC and Visa.

I have never ordered from here before, but I decided to try a poo poo platter for one and try the…read morefried rice and lo mein. I was happy with my experience on April 2, 2023.

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Ming Cheng Restaurant - Hot soup melted the Styrofoam tray which caused everything inside to fall out into the bag.

Hot soup melted the Styrofoam tray which caused everything inside to fall out into the bag.

Ming Cheng Restaurant - Lunch Combo 4: Shrimp Lo Mein with Pork Fried Rice and 2 Chicken Teriyakis

Lunch Combo 4: Shrimp Lo Mein with Pork Fried Rice and 2 Chicken Teriyakis

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Joy Wah Chinese Restaurant

Joy Wah Chinese Restaurant

3.3(113 reviews)
17.0 mi
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Our second visit here what an awesome lunch, the sesame chicken was excellent eggroll the service…read morewas excellent as well It was served to us in less than five minutes the view made the meal very peaceful and the excellent service by the staff as well.

An unexpected pleasure for lunch today. Stopped in for the first time while visiting from out of…read morestate. My guess is that the chef trained in NY. The first clue was the Cold Sesame Noodles appetizer that we tried. A generous portion and as close as I have had, to Chinatown taste. The hot and sour soup was served cold and had to be sent back to the kitchen to be heated, but once it was hot it was as good a soup as I have had. Egg rolls were crispy and crunchy and we all enjoyed them but the Duck Sauce was very watery. That could be improved. We had shrimp with lobster sauce which couldn't have been any better. Wonderful flavor and huge fresh shrimp. The boneless ribs were the star of the show. Big meaty chunks of pork rib piled high on the plate. Every table around us ordered them. Sweet and charred crispy, they are a must have! The fried rice was NY style with bits of pork and a hint of vegetables mixed in. I would have given Joy Wah 5 stars for the food but our waiter was just a little bit below par. We ordered several dishes to share but never were offered plates to share with. When we asked for to go boxes he bought us boxes too small for amounts of food on our plates. And he had his face in his phone the entire time we were there. If he paid more attention this would have been a 5 star review.

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Joy Wah Chinese Restaurant - Parking lot view of restaurant.

Parking lot view of restaurant.

Joy Wah Chinese Restaurant - Sesame chicken with pork fried rice and an eggroll

Sesame chicken with pork fried rice and an eggroll

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