Not bad for a china buffet. Staff were friendly and tables were clean. Kids really enjoyed it

Really Bad. I went here Friday night, none of the food was refilled, most were empty. The server only checked up on us once when getting our drinks and then giving us the check. I tried of of the sushi they had and it was cold, mushy, and unappetizing. There was not much of a selection with food. We stayed for 30 minutes and never saw any of the hibachi staff on the floor so we didn't bother grabbing the raw food to get it cooked. The beef entrees served there were low quality and tasted like nothing and horrible gummy chewy texture. The only good things were the pre-made and store bought desserts. Our total was around $40 for two people and one lemonade. The bathroom was horrible as well. The ceiling is growing black mold and none of the soap dispensers work. I would not recommend going here at all. read more

Decent food but I was a little worried about cleanliness, the people were kind and quick but just seams a little run down

Disappointing, especially for the price. Restaurant is clean and has a pretty good selection. Service was good. Food seemed fresh, but some items weren't replenished during the lunch rush. They should give up on serving pizza on the buffet until they learn the basic ingredients, like tomato sauce. read more

What a nice surprise! I want sure what to expect since at the time I went the rating average was 2.4. Normally I won''t even think about going into a place with a rating under. I placed my order on the phone and it was ready at the exact time they had told me to arrive. The restaurant is off the main road and unless you were looking for it and driving the back lots you would never find it. Note this is Bluffton and no business is really visible from the main road. The food was very good. We ordered Wonton Soup, Chicken Chow Mein, Pork Egg Foo Young, Steamed Chicken, Egg Rolls, and Shrimp Fried Rice. It's important to note that we have spent most of our lives in Long Island NY so we have set the bar fairly high for comparison. We enjoyed all dishes and the soup was particularly flavorful.. Note that Jade Garden also has a buffet that looked fresh and inviting. The food did not appear to be a dried out from sitting there all day. If you stop in on the fly they will give you a styrofoam box and you can load it up with whatever you choose. I believe the cost was $8.99 a pound. If you want to sit down and eat in the restaurant the atmosphere is very nice and clean. We were staying in the neighborhood for a week and we ordered food here two as additional evenings. Both times were equally as good as the first visit. read more

Nice place to eat a Chinese buffet. The food was pretty good. Nice variety and plenty of it. Presentation of food and our waiter needed improvement. All they need is to pay attention to the details. read more

For one I am not a buffet type person. I'm only giving it two stars for the unsweetened ice tea and for simply not wanting to be so rude. However I guess it being 730 pm might be a contributing factor. In my opinion if you are going to be open the trays should at least be full or semi full with hot food or at least warm, and at least be tasteful. These are not. Also the listed cards for food should also be correct. I hate to speak I'll of anyone's food establishment. This just doesn't do it for me personally. read more

The food was very good and fresh. It was also well stocked with lots of choices. I will definitely return and tell friends.

Food was very tasty and I'm crazy about the flounder fish and sushi. The waitress there were always have smile on their face, it make us feel like spring comes. read more

2.5 stars for Jade Garden sounds about right. This is your run-of-the-mill Chinese buffet so come with tempered expectations. It's only $10 for all-you-can-eat, so the value is there and it's the main reason why I'm bumping this place up to 3 stars. Surprisingly, there is a lot of variety for just 10 bucks, but you also get what you pay for. It shows in the food's poor to mediocre quality. Jade Garden is located near the Tanger Outlets on 278 (Fording Island Road). It's tucked away in a strip mall and hard to see from the road. Look for Saigon Cafe, another restaurant in the same shopping center, which is easier to find. The restaurants are on the same side of the road as the outlet malls. Our family has been coming here on and off for years. The inside is a little bit nicer than one would expect. Unlike typical Chinese "super" buffets, Jade Garden is more quiet. There are a few different dining rooms. The main dining room has privacy walls set up between sections, which is nice. The decor, floor to ceiling, isn't too shabby for a cheap Chinese buffet. Here's a list of items you might find on the buffet. Note it's not 100% complete, but close. Dim sum items: Shrimp, pork, and chicken dumplings Gyoza/potstickers Chive cake and chive dumplings Sticky rice in lotus leaf Egg tarts Seafood: Salt and pepper fried calamari Cheese mussels Steamed little clams Crawfish Cooked shrimp Steamed salmon "Cheese" crab meat Stuffed shrimp Fried flounder (bone-in) Sushi: Assorted rolls with seaweed, tuna, tofu skin, vegetables, and tobiko Mongolian stir-fry bar (plates cooked to order): Steak, chicken, pork Noodles Assorted veggies - onions, broccoli, baby corn, bean sprouts, carrots, mushrooms, etc. Salad/cold bar: Shrimp cocktail Salad Broccoli salad Deviled eggs Meats, entrees, and sides/appetizers: Egg rolls Chicken wings Chicken nuggets Crab rangoon Mac and cheese Pizza (yes, pizza) Wonton soup Mixed vegetables (broccoli, carrots, baby corn, water chesnuts) Pepper steak General Tso's chicken Chicken with broccoli String beans Honey chicken "Crispy" chicken Sauteed mushrooms "New York steak" Vegetable lo mein Vegetable fried rice BBQ pork ribs Dessert: Sugared doughnut balls Apple pie Sprinkle-covered brownies Coconut puffs Cream-filled pastries Jello Pudding Peaches Oranges Mandarin oranges Cantaloupe Assorted cookies Single-serve ice cream cups (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry) I've tried most of the food here and it's hit or miss. Some of the foods are fresher than others and your experience will vary each visit. If you see them bring out a fresh batch of something from the kitchen, go grab it. Some items look (and taste) like they've been sitting out all day, if not longer. Some of the decent foods include the chive dumplings, sticky rice in lotus leaf, steamed clams, fried flounder, chicken wings, mixed vegetables, string beans, and the Americanized chinese food (e.g. General Tso's chicken, chicken with broccoli, pepper steak, honey chicken, etc.). I like the steamed clams. They're just so tiny. However, for the price, I'm not complaining. The fried flounder, when fresh, may be their best item. Quite crispy and delicious actually. Disappointments include the egg tarts (blech), the salt and pepper calimari (way too soggy and oily), cheese mussels (it could do without the heavy cheese), pork ribs (too fatty, excessively thick sauce), and several of the desserts. I'm sure many of the foods are prepackaged. For example, the peaches, Mandarin oranges, cookies, etc. could easily have come from a can or box. For low-end buffet sushi, the sushi rolls are not terrible. I like that they actually use tobiko (green and orange colored), real fish, and don't overload the rolls with too much rice which is typical of economic Asian/sushi buffets. One of the most memorable things about this restaurant for me has been the ice cream. There's a freezer in a back corner of the restaurant, near the other desserts, that contains boxes of "Wholesome Farms" single-cup ice cream. Many customers walk past the non-descript freezer and don't realize there's ice cream to be had in there. The ice cream cups remind me of the ones served at elementary schools. In fact, it may be the same because Wholesome Farms is a Sysco product. Service is fine. In addition to the buffet, you can call in orders for take-out. There is no delivery service. read more

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I was in a hurry and hungry and have been craving Asian cuisine. I thought this buffet would offer the usual healthy choices and variety. NOT! I should have walked the buffet before accepting a seat and picking up a plate. I arrived about 5:00 p.m. The bar already looked stale, old, and some things were put on the line because they ran out of ideas - hence seafood spaghetti, pimiento sushi, and the list goes on. I can usually find lean protein, sautéed veggies (green beans, broccoli), Singapore noodles, etc, but struck out. I put a teriyaki chicken skewer on my plate and some yakisoba noodles. Chicken skewer was tough and the yakisoba noodles were flavorless and oily. I left without eating and paid the $16.99 because I felt obligated. My beverage was a water. Sanitation and maintenance are clearly not evident. Oh!! They had those grade-school cups of ice cream in a separate freezer for $1 to go only. I am still kicking myself. Never again. read more

Jade Garden - Pimiento cheese sushi? Yes, we are where pimiento cheese is popular but - I'll pass! - Chinese Near Me - Bluffton, South Carolina

Went for lunch and a good choice. I love appetizers and was not disappointed. Great Hot and Sour soup, juicy and fresh spare ribs, crispy and moist chicken wings, Aso egg drop soup, fried shrimp, calamari, a Mongolian stir fry bar where you pick what you want, several hoodle dishes, fried rice etc. Also sushi and fresh fruit. $ 16 each for lunch. Sometimes there are no labels or the labels don't match the dish. read more

Meow, my name is Critty Kitty because I love to critique places that I visit. Like most cats I'm very finicky so I Hisss when I'm not happy, but when I'm happy I Purrr. The Jade Garden makes me HISSSSSSSSSSSSS. We have been here a few times since there aren't other chinese buffets in the area unfortunately. Even though I have always been skeeved to eat here starting with the wet cigarette butts floating in an ashtray right outside the front door. HISSS. I got really sick once after dinner, but since I couldn't be absolutely sure it was because of the food, I decided to return a few months later and give it another try. The same thing happened again. I got food poisoning twice. Stay clear of this place for your safety. I have BANNED this place. Cuz I can do that. Hiss Less, Purr More. read more

It's a nice little hidden gem. My sister and I found this place when we came to the outlets and wanted to eat at a buffet. It's not a big buffet but it has pretty much everything you'd want to eat at a Chinese buffet. read more

This in the past was a good place to take family for oriental food. No more selection is very limited . All dishes were over cook no flavor and unattractive. The restaurant was dirty . No going back . No stars read more

Taste and texture of grocery store frozen Chinese warmed up in a microwave. Lo mein is slimy, sweet and sour sauce is the consistency of water and egg rolls are mushy and inedible. Do yourself a favor and just go pick up anything else! Hong Kong on buckwater is amazing and Jade Garden is my punishment for being lazy. It a buffet what do you expect ??? read more

I am not a big fan of buffet so I can't comment on it although I see some negative comments. We got take out tonight and it was close to perfect. What did we order? Fried Dumplings Fried Chicken Wings House Special Lo Mein Chicken and Garlic Sauce All fresh, cooked to perfection, delicious. Not sure if the day of the week matters (maybe the cook), but it was a Monday night. read more

Stay away, my whole family got sick the day after eating here. My in-laws went a different time and claimed that it was ok, so they invited us to try it out again, against my better judgement, we went back. This time to find the AC dripping from the ceiling, mold above the table, by the AC and huge cobwebs in the corner. I refused to ever go back, and walked out... read more

Jade Garden - Mold on the ceiling!!!!! - Chinese Near Me - Bluffton, South Carolina

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I've been coming here for long time, and so far never had a bad experience. The food is always delicious. Not much of choices when it comes to sushi, but I love it. And it can be different at each visit. They have a hibachi grill as well, which I love. They recently quit doing shrimp on it, due to allergies some customers may have. Which I think is considerate really. Don't worry, they do have shrimp dishes in the buffet. They just don't do shrimp on the grill. The staff is friendly. Also I have read the past reviews and a lot of them are old. So even though they may be bad, beat to check the dates before you decide. Since whatever the review was about, they could have had time to where it's different. Pretty sure they wouldn't have an "A" rating if they were so bad as the reviews state. read more

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It was "a'ight". I gave it a 4th star, because it had a haibachi side, which was rather exceptional. This is the ONLY decent buffet close enough to us. Up in Memphis, were I'm originally from, we've had Chinese restaurants off the Yin-Yang - pun intended. And, they were pretty competitive with one another. I do give credit where it's due. However, one minor complaint is the one waitress, who seemed like she wasn't enjoying her job much, speaking rather cross-like when a party left a mess on the table, or if she was walking behind someone who had a slower pace than she did. It was like she hated her job... or America. We were very certain she was cussing everyone out in Cantonese. But, she tried to hide her stress with a smile when we regarded her warmly. Oh... I will say this: The desserts sucked... read more

Its just terrible and chicken taste like rubber, don't come.ice cream is the best thing they have available.

Gave this place 3 tries and each time was worse than the time before! Hard rice, fishy tasting shrimp, missing items, busted containers with leaking items (placing a styrofoam bowl on top a very hot plastic container) and in general bad cols/stale food. Ordered through Doordash so unable to her full refunds and no return call from establishment. DONT spend your money here! read more

Every time come here with my family we have a great time and lots of laughs. The environment of this restaurant is very friendly, and since we're regulars we get a nice greeting but i'm pretty sure they do that with everyone :). The food is on point and couldn't be better. Only thing is the sushi selection. There could be a bit more selections. Overall this place is a 10/10. p.s. wassup Jackie read more

We came here on a Friday night for dinner. Buffet was alright. Majority of the selection looked like it's been out for a while. Dim sum especially the sticky rice, some sushi rolls, egg tarts, green beans, and mixed vegetables were okay. This was probably the best tasting options here. Cookies were hard and stale. Other selections more greasy and salty than others. Staff was attentive and made sure our plates were cleared out and water refilled. For about $10 all you can eat, it was decent. Would I come back here? Probably not. read more

I came here once. That will be the only time I ever go here. It was a fairly bad experience. Let me start off with the positives. This place has a very nice and friendly staff. Also, the price is only $10.00. So, even if your experience is below average, you won't feel like you got ripped off. The main reason the experience was poor was for the simple fact the food was not fresh. The chicken dishes I had were cold and the rice hard. Rice is not supposed to be hard to chew. There's was. I had some soup and that was on the cold side too. What's the point of coming here. I have to have decent rice with my Chinese dishes. This was a completely failed visit to a restaurant. I did not order to go. Maybe they cook that fresh and it might be better. Who knows? I won't, because I will never go back. read more

Had the buffet lunch today and was a very nice lunch. Excellent multiple chicken beef seafood and vegetable selections. All refreshed frequently during the meal. Very tasty and well cooked to maximize texture and flavor. Staff were friendly and attentive. Was all the better because this was our first time back there for dine in after all this insane political Covid crap. Definitely would recommend. read more

I've had worst, but I've definitely had better. We should have known something was up when we were the only family there at dinner time. The food was old, it had been sitting there for hours. All of the sauces were watered down and discussing. Not a lot of good food choice either. We could have ordered Chinese takeout somewhere else for cheaper then what we paid for the buffet. Save your money and go somewhere else. There was no health code hanging anywhere in the restaurant, just glad we didn't get sick from the food. read more

Me and family go there 3 or 4 times a month.. I'm been going there for 2yrs. now! I'm in love with there sushi bar.. some of the food lack favor and prosecution of the food, pans in plastic, not good. But there service are very friendly and clean bathroom! work a little hard on taste of the food, it be would be a wonderful place to take your family/ friend/ love ones to. read more

This place is great! They have a great food selection & sushi!!! For people like me and my boyfriend who like sushi, I suggest this place. The sushi is amazing, and the food is on point. I will definitely be back when I want sushi. read more

I was invited to Jade Garden last weekend and found the food to be very good. I piled up on sushi and shrimp the first plate and went exploring theft food. Chicken on a stick was real good. The dumplings and the broccoli and chicken. We had great company and enjoyed the food. People were piling up their plates with food as if you could only use one plate. For $10 plus beverage. I plan on going back. :) read more

For the fried Jalapeno Calamari alone! But the Mongolian BBQ and some of the sushi and rolls. I give them 4Stars

I have eaten at this restaurant for years and it was always superb! Last week, however was a different story. This is a buffet and menu order establishment. Dad wanted buffet. Buffet steam tables were not "steaming" and all the food was luke warm at best. I told our server and followed her over to the steam table where she checked to see if it was hot. A gentleman came out from the kitchen and they started talking Asian to each other. Said gentleman opened up the bottom doors to where the steam tables were and had a perplexing look on his face and I saw him turn them on. That's great! However, instead of taking all the food out to get it up to temperature, they kept going over and stirring the food to I suppose blend in the heat from the bottom. Major fail in health department standards here. Warming food up from a cold state in a steam table makes bacteria grow like crazy. After seeing this, we left. Didn't eat there. Not sure if I will be back. Not worth getting sick over someone's laziness, and lack of health department standards. On our way to Java Burrito for the first time now. I hear it's suppose to be excellent. read more

One star is a little much for the restaurant. This buffet has hours to be opened to 10pm. We walked in at 7:50 pm. The fried rice was stale. 80% of the food was gone and not replenished. After having half a plate I went up to possibly get more. As I was approaching the buffet area one of the employees was refilling the bottle for the orange sauce, usually used for sushi. she tried to fill it but a good amount of the sauce didn't make it inside the bottle. Instead of wiping it and maybe use a funnel instead, she used her finger to wipe the sauce and scraped it in from her figure using the top of the bottle. I understand it was late and they were starting to cleanup but if you have hours set for 10pm expect to give full service until then. Bad service and lost my appetite. Was not worth the money. If your in search for something worth your money this is not it. I would consider elsewhere. Habachi also states "no longer serving shrimp since people are allergic." read more

Surprisingly, the food was decently good. I am originally from California (so I know good, authentic Chinese food) and I have yet to find a good Chinese restaurant in the Beaufort area. My husband and I settled for this place since we were hungry and the place we wanted to eat at was closed for the weekend. They have a decent selection of food. Some of the other reviews made me skeptical about this place but I m thoroughly enjoyed it! If I didn't have my newborn with me, I probably would've ate 3 more plates! read more

Very large buffet with odd selections ranging from sushi, fried rice, and peel and eat shrimp to pizza, cake and jello. Nothing of any quality here. Slop food under heat lamps in a giant room. If you happen to require your food to be fresh and tasty, then this is not the establishment for you. read more

Dangerous experience tonight. My family and local living in-laws made another trip here. This time we asked for chocolate milk for our 2 and 5 year old boys. My 2 year old took a mouthful of boiling hot water and was burned. He screamed with pain as we comforted and aided him. The staff did it respond in any way and was unsupportive until we urged to see management. The very inexperienced and young manager and staff attempted to make amends after we explained what happened. We strongly suggest caution when visiting if you make the choice. The food was substandard for flavor and preparation for Chinese buffet. read more

This is a great place to grab some Chinese food on the go and to sit down with. It's quiet environment and choice of colors give the laid back feel that more populated Chinese places do not. Since this place has a lot of foods to choose from, it's definitely a great place to eat. read more

Attentive staff, decent food, i wish they had a bigger sushi selection, but I can't really complain since the prices are so reasonable, this is the only decent Chinese place in Bluffton read more

Decent variety and taste for a buffet and reasonably price. Constant, horrible service...get your drink, maybe clear a plate and give you a bill! Never going back after 3 visits read more

Not a bad buffet. Decent selection. Good flavors. Clean restaurant. Only downside was our server. Although she was nice she made our party incredibly uncomfortable by standing over us and staring down at the receipt while we signed and filled out the tip on our slip. read more