Went here at 7pm, the food selection was decent, some items were cold though (the chicken teriyaki sticks). The service is kinda slow, my second refill took almost 20 minutes. The sushi doesn't look fresh, looks like left overs to be quite honest. But the Chicken w/broccoli was good, the chicken is really soft and chewy (does anyone know if they put some kind of softener to soften the food? Because i heard those are really bad for your stomach) The price is decent for $12 bucks per person but I just don't think the quality is all that great. read more

Terrible! Waaaaayyyy too salty. Unimpressed overall. To make matters worse, when I took my bill to the front, the girl asked how everything was. I told her we weren't happy with the quality of the food, especially for the price. She said "sorry." That's it. No offer to make anything better, or discount my ticket. Nothing. So, I asked her if it is normal practice to offer no more than an apology to disappointed customers. She said the manager left, so there's nothing she can do. Wow. Crappy food AND crappy service? Won't be visiting again! read more

We are actually here right now and I'm wishing I had read these reviews before sitting down. I actually upgraded from 1 star to 2 stars because the server actually began acting like a server. I know its a buffet "but please don't make me curse". Since when does talking fast, moving fast and nodding your head, you guessed it, really really fast have anything to do with SERVICE or FOOD? Read the other reviews if you want to know about the crappy food. It's almost like they are doing you a favor by taking your money. I think the server only began to serve because she looked over my shoulder and saw me on Yelp. Don't know for sure but that's when things changed. Stay away from this place. read more

SUMMARY: Waitress was rude, pushy, and stole from us. Food was decent, and what you'd expect from a $13 buffet. Visited this place with a group of 12 people yesterday since a friend wanted to go after being away from NOVA for years. This was my first visit, and I was thoroughly disappointed. Let me begin by saying, the food itself is what you would expect from a $13 buffet. Not great, but not terrible either. They have a pretty decent selection, varying from typical Chinese dishes to things like french fries and chicken wings. It didn't seem to be heated all that well, with much of it being lukewarm at best. But like I said, it was about what you would expect given the price. The reason I am giving a 1-star review instead of a 3 like it would have gotten otherwise was the service. From the start of our meal, our waitress (if you can even call someone who works at a SELF-SERVE buffet that) was very rude and pushy. Despite there being only a few other tables taken, she seemed in a hurry to get us out of there. She took our plates without asking if we were done, and kept asking if we were ready for the check. I'd understand her actions if we had been there for a long time or were eating a large amount, but I was only there for about 20 minutes, and our entire group only had one plate worth of food each. In addition to this, after a friend of mine paid with cash, he left without waiting for a receipt. She claimed he never paid, despite that we had all seen him do so and she took the payment tray, implying that there was indeed money on it. Not wanting to deal with her claims of not paying, a different friend of mine covered his bill. We can only assume that she either stole the money or somehow lost it. She then continued to repeatedly ask me to sign someone else's receipt, even though I told her it wasn't mine. The waitress also somehow "lost" my friends credit card, forcing him to wait a good 10 minutes for her to find it. As we were walking out, we saw her reading our tips and smirking to herself, apparently believing she deserved more than 10% per bill despite stealing from us and working at a SELF-SERVE restaurant. read more

I cannot give any star. Not much food and not fresh. Old and dry.... and dinner for 14.95? Wow that is waist money. McDonald's dinner would be whole lot better. And yelp offer me to have 1free soda. They gave me a soda water instead of coke. They think they have a good service but food quality was bad. read more

The quality and selection has been updated over the last few months, definitely since my 2013 review. We eat here every 1-2 weeks and have enjoyed it much more. Was there the other night and they brought out an Italian Sausage Wheel that turned out to be real moist and tasty. Had Italian Sausage and Dim Sum; great combo :) Again, not a San Francisco quality place and there are better sit down Chinese places in the area BUT I believe this is a solid Chinese buffet for the area and well worth you giving them a try Its best to come NLT 6 PM with 5 PM being optimal as it tends to get crowded. Now crowded is not take bad as it brings out fresh food more often. read more

Not a bad price per person and a decent selection of items. The food is average which was expected. There was no wait for a table. Service was good and the place was clean. The only big minus was the dessert selection. Not a bad choice if you have a group and don't want to spend a lot. read more

Quite an unbelievable experience I had here today. The food was absolutely delicious. The temperature and the flavor were perfect. Its been a while since I eat here since I moved back to florida. Sadly, this flavor is not available in my new home read more

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Today i played buffet ruoulette with my life and went to kings buffet.....i ignored the strange smell upon entering, i was seated grabbed a plate and some "food" an dug in.....and apparently its now legal to serve rotten meat in the usa....disgusting...disgusting....disgusting good thing i work at the urgent care so when food poisoning strikes and it will they can just room me. read more

Kings Buffet - The only reason im not seeking medical help - Chinese Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

Server: Our server was very attentive and made sure drinks were refilled and table was cleared of any dirty plates while we helped ourself to multiple trips. Food: The food was decent, but a lot of the food wasn't as hot as I was expecting. They had plenty of variety and a good mix of chicken, pork, and seafood. I recommend the Salt n Pepper Shrimp, Butter shrimp, steamed clams, Veg Rice Noodles, and the BBQ Chicken. Restaurant: The staff does a great job of keeping the place clean in both the seating area and around the buffet. The lighting was a little darker than I would like but that's more a preference. Place was very busy around 1pm on Saturday we went which is a good sign that folks like the place. I gave it a 4-star because I felt for the price point the service and food was pretty good. It's definitely a place to go with kids, even if they are picky eaters like mine....they have mac and cheese, french fries, and an okay dessert bar. Hope this helps everyone. read more

I stopped by as this is close to my house in Sterling, VA. I enjoy good Chinese food and decided to give it a try. After walking in the door I was swept away by the greeter to a table next to the only other people there, a group from a special care facility. I immediately indicated I prefer privacy and was given a table next to another worker who was doing silverware and another took my drink order. After the server brought my diet coke, I was told to help myself to the buffet. I did, going up and looking it over. And over. And over again. Nothing looked appealing... the seafood I would not have given to my enemies. I was afraid of getting sick just looking at it. So, I turned around and left. I would never recommend this place. I would hope they get bought out or new owners who care about their food. This place is a pit. read more

Yes I AM a Fan. I am not ashamed. This is a Chinese buffet with lots of FRESH choices... it stays fresh because they get such a steady flow of patrons, I don't think I have ever been in there when it is slow. They do not run out of things for long, they are quite attentive and aim to please. Always hot and yummy. I love this place because of all the choices they have, shrimps, steamed mussels and clams, black bean baby clams, honey chicken, general tso, dim sum, soups, raw oysters, salmon and so much more including your regular type foods you would expect. When I want seafood and Chinese... Kings Buffet is where I go because for the same price I can have little bits of everything I like instead of Chinese takeout with only 2 items. Service is quick, you get your soda as soon as you sit down and then you are free to roam one of the 3 long buffets. When you are talking straight up Chinese buffets this place is one of the better ones in the area. read more

Excellent... It's harder and harder to find decent Chinese food due to all the cheap order by number walk in, carry out cafe type establishments.. I'm a food snob, so it takes quite a bit to impress me from decor, to staff and of course to food quality.. This place has it all.. We've been going here for 10+ years, and over the past 2yrs or so, we go no less than 2 times a week, sometimes even more, and it seems to get better and better each time.. They have 3 huge separate rows of food... They have both higher priced food items on the buffet such as crabs and huge shrimp, and they have more run of the mill type items like french fries and onion rings.. The food is always fresh and is constantly refilled once an item gets low.. We always ask for the same server, Kiki.. She's outstanding and very attentive.. If our beverages get below half way full, she asks if she can refill them.. If a lunch food item is close to running out because they are getting ready to cut over to their dinner entrees and dinner pricing, she will do whatever she can to have the kitchen prepare us a special plate full portion of our favorite item, black pepper chicken... Lunch entree items and pricing, $8.99, ends at 3:30pm, after which they switch to their dinner buffet entrees and dinner pricing which is only $4.00 more @ $12.99. Their dinner entrees are all premium quality items like crab, steak and oyster type items. The price is well worth it.. In fact their lunch prices seem too low for what you can get.. You literally can't buy the ingredients yourself for less, much less the time it would take to prepare at home.. We always ask ourselves how can they be making money off their lunch prices.. The restaurant is always clean and well cared for.. My ONLY complaint is the bathrooms.. The men's room needs a bit more attention and a few offensive writings on the bathroom stalls need to be removed.. The front of the house crew who greet you upon entering are very friendly and quick quick quick at getting you seated.. Kiki our server is the absolute best! Give this place a try, you won't be disappointed and you will also wonder, how can they stay in business for the prices they charge, especially for the lunch pricing.. If you don't believe me, check out their rating with the health department.. Every restaurant has violations, it's nearly impossible to have none.. Kings Buffet has had none for the past 1 1/2 years. Before that, just a few run of the mill lower priority type issues.. That says a lot.. read more

Food it's totally good. Next time you thinking on having lunch totally come here, price it's very good and food very fresh. Clean and they have a nice bar where you can get most popular drinks.! read more

Kings Buffet - Yummy .! All you can eat plus more variety!!! - Chinese Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

Some Items are good and some items are not. Service and location are average. Cant try more than once. read more

My family and I really enjoyed this Buffett. The food was hot and cold where they needed to be. Workers are on top of their service by replacing the Buffett items ASAP and refills on drinks. A little pricey but well worth all the exotic seafood available. Not disappointed. We will definitely return for more. read more

Solid Chinese buffet. Good Rangoon, good sweet and sour chicken, good dumplings. Plenty of people were in here at 3:10 on a Tuesday so the food was all hot. Note: if you don't like Chinese buffets, you won't like this one either read more

Came here with wife and daughter and was not impressed. Selection is minimal compared to other buffets for the price. The food was cold and not very good in general. Thought we would give the place a shot but would never return. Not sure how this place can operate with the low quality of food. SKIP IT!! read more

Kings Buffet - What's with the tongs in the bathroom? - Chinese Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

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We've been here many times before but we didn't come for a year or so. I came with my family & the food wasn't like usual, the seafood tasted sour, almost spoiled and the chicken & broccoli was mushy & bland. We got home and my mom & I had food poisoning and felt HORRIBLE!! My mom felt sick all week, we will definitely not come back. read more

I think they need to consider to food selection to improve it for any kind taster. I would like to check it out again in future to see may better selection and quality. read more

I will admit I have left hear feeling kinda sick before, but no matter what, I just keep on coming back for more. The food is freaking delicious, the wait staff frequently checks on the status of the customer, asking to refill drinks. There is a bar for people who want to drink, but from my experience it isn't very lively. Overall, I'd say its a solid restaurant. read more

Kings Buffet - After the main course i like to indulge on their ice cream - Chinese Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

We go here about once a month. Food fairly good for buffet food Staff checks us regulary. Will be back soon read more

I'll keep it short because a lot of low rating people tend to write a whole 10 pages dissertation on their bitterness. Yeah it's probably not the most gourmet place in the world, but for a $13 dollar buffet, you really can't complain. A lot of unaware people don't know about the common rule of staying away from raw seafoods a buffet, so it's a good idea to stay on the front half of the restaurant. As long as it's in season, the crabs are amazing, and my personal top 5 favorites on the menu have to be the sesame balls, egg drop soup, the crabs and crawfish, fried pork dumplings, with their signature vegetable lo mein to rule them all. Similar to any other buffet, if you want your food fresher than Will Smith, you have to go in the mornings, and that's when this restaurant truly shines. All in all, know what you're getting into when you enter a buffet and check this place out whenever you have time (and $13). read more

Food is and always has been good. Having to argue with them to get a service dog (in a vest) into the restaurant... only to have them stare and speak in another language (the entire time I was eating...) just made me angry. I hope the next person with a service dog will not have the experience we had. 2 stars for food... 0 for service. read more

It was ok but I don't think I am going back there was not that much food to choose from for the price

4 stars for the price & the various of food. I cane here over 20 times I believe. If you want some Chinese buffet, here is the best in this area. read more

As a frequent customer I was very displeased with what I saw. I noticed a woman ask for a straw and when the woman handed it to her she handed her an unwrapped straw with her hands and when the woman asked if it came with a wrapper the worker didn't say anything, she just walked away. This makes me wonder how unsanitary many other things they do here are. As I am writing this review the worker is sitting at the table next to us is on her iPhone. That is all I have to say. read more

This is the best Chinese buffet I have ever been to. It is huge! The reviews on here perfectly illustrate the weaknesses of Yelp--ridiculous and idiosyncratic reviewers. This is a Chinese buffet in America...ever been to one? It's not a three star Michelin restaurant. Furthermore, it's not going to be the best Chinese food you have ever tasted, but the selection here is incredible. Three times the size of any buffet I have been to, with particular attention paid to great fried stuff and some very good spare ribs. So if you like to eat a bunch of tasty food for very little money, ignore the negative reviews and go here. read more

The service was good but that's about where it stops. The overall atmosphere was dirty, unorganized, and plus the lighting was extremely dim. Food was mediocre, selection was minimal, and the overall restaurant just isn't that great. Not impressive at all. read more

3.5 stars, which I round to 4. You get what you pay for. I was pretty hesitant to come here with my coworkers when I saw Yelp reviews. Then I remembered... Yelp reviewers tend to not know how to rate ethnic food. Often they complain that something is 'gross' or 'low quality,' which are complaints that don't really make a lot of sense when you're eating at a SUPER CHEAP place. Or sometimes they complain about how something tastes - when a place is authentic and they don't happen to know what something is supposed to taste like. (FYI, lots of Asian dishes use weird ingredients like fish sauce or shrimp paste or galangal or lemongrass or what have you. If you don't know what those ingredients are supposed to taste like, you might be in for a shock). Or conversely ... sometimes they expect a place to be authentic (even though the place doesn't really advertise itself as such) and then put horrible reviews. BTW. Americanized Chinese food is basically fried American foods doused in basic Chinese sauces, which tend to be toned down in flavor or spice. This place is an American Chinese food restaurant with a selection of dim sum. Keep in mind that MOST Chinese restaurants in the US are American Chinese restaurants. Kinda like MOST Italian restaurants in the US are not really Italian. You can't come to Kings and expect authentic Chinese food, on par in quality with a good restaurant in China. They don't advertise that they're authentic, so to expect them to be authentic is just madness. Anywho... A lunch buffet at Kings is less than $9 including tax, and the buffet is humongous. For that price, which also includes hot tea, you really can't complain. Here's a sampling of the kind of stuff they have: - your normal Chinese restaurant soups like egg drop, wonton, etc - all sorts of veges (like sauteed bok choy and broccoli) - some dim sum, like sesame balls, shu mai, and dumplings - all sorts of fried pork and chicken - egg rolls - dishes like mussels and clams, fish, general tso's chicken, something that looked like popcorn shrimp etc - a variety of fried rices - a bunch of different kinds of desserts like pudding and fruit - sushi - hot tea included The popcorn shrimp was decent, as well as the vegetables, the shu mai, and the sesame balls. The egg drop soup was fine. I thought the quality of the food is on par with your normal cheap Chinese restaurant. Or actually better. I've had worse dim sum at supposedly good and authentic restaurants. The difference here is that it's all you can eat. So when you consider the price, it's actually a good value. I only ate one gross thing and that was the clams - they were gritty and some of the shells were cracked, though the actual flavor wasn't bad. Again, I can't complain ... $9 for a buffet lunch with seafood is a bit suspicious. The service wasn't bad either - they were pretty quick at bussing tables and bringing out drinks and refills. Personally though, I'd rather pay a few dollars more and get better food.. but since a buffet like that doesn't exist anywhere around here, I'd have to be fine with this place. read more

Same fare as my previous visits. This time no clams in black bean sauce :(. Other than that, it's just your typical Americanized Chinese buffet. Not great, but not bad. read more

If you really have to have Chinese Buffet then this place would be okay. I wouldn't go there before dinner though even if it's a little cheaper...their best food is served during dinner. They've got clams, fish, crabs, even sushi. At other chinese joints, when you get the black bean sauce clams, they're pretty good. Here, it's totally dried out and really flavorless. The crabs are usually fried but soggy. Don't even get me started on the sushi...OMG. Wowie...the chef must have been high when making it because it's just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad. Some of the waiters are nice...most of them just don't really care, who can blame them though, it IS a buffet after all. The place is pretty dingy also, the bathroom looks like you've walked into a gas station bathroom. My kid accidentally ran into the kitchen one time, so I chased after him, and uh, it's not very clean. The cooks looked REALLY DIRTY. I have been here twice and honestly...I wouldn't cry if they closed down. But here's a trick to know if the place you're eating at is clean. Touch the walls, the table, and the back of the chairs..if it's sticky..IT'S NOT CLEAN. read more

I haven't been here in 11 years and I have to say the food really went downhill. The service was fine, but the taste of the food was quite poor. I actually didn't want to eat that much which is unusual for a buffet. I kept feeling worse and worse as I ate more food. The food is heavy and greasy. The only decent dish I thought was the BBQ chicken, but how much of that can you eat? This is not "real" Chinese food so don't be fooled by going there and expecting authentic Chinese food. read more

What a horrible experience that will never happen again because we will not go back. Food is substandard and the server that we had was worse. read more

I thought me and my family would try Thanksgiving Dinner at Kings..um Big mistake, the food was cold and a very small selection and the waitress attitude sucked!!! Very expensive..no discount or apology.. read more

Service was decent, food was to be expected from a buffet such as this. Bottom line you get what you pay for, and can get your money's worth. read more

I have been to this place for around 6 years now. It seems like every single day the food gets badder and badder. Now I don't even go there any more unlike when I use to every week. Food is honestly disgusting. Bathrooms are dirty as hell. Maybe invest some money and remodel the place a little bit read more

Even for a cheap chinese buffet, the food was horrible. We came on a thursday evening and while everything appeared ok at first glance, my family and I soon discovered how wrong my initial assessment was. I don't know how all of the supposedly warm savory items can be both cold and dry. When I say all, I mean every selection, from the chicken wings to the fried rice to the steak and the french fries. This even applied to items that they brought straight from the kitchen. The lone exception was the fake crab meat soup, which was unfortunately the best thing of the evening. Even the dessert items like the cakes, fruit, and jellos were dry. I couldn't even try the sushi after my first plate due to fears of how long they were left out. To summarize, we will not be going back, in spite of the seemingly reasonable prices. read more

Come on down if you like health code regulation violating cold and greasy food. Barely any of the dishes are actually hot. In fact most are a nice bacteria breeding lukewarm. Letter to my digestive track: Please steel yourself for what's to come. You don't deserve this type of disrespect. Also it cost me a cool $14 with taxes plus tip. And that was with having just water. read more

Try lunch today, this is a very decent, average and small Chinese buffet restaurant. Lunch price is $8.49 hot tea included, in my opinion for the food they offer this is overpriced, why? they only have three buffet tables, take out one for salad bar, fruits and deserts, take out half for soup and steam food (I am Chinese, I don't even know what's that), the only hot food probably one and half table, really count probably less than 24 dishes, today, they offer three kind of broccoli dishes, you can count how much beef in the broccoli beef, string beam and mustard green. shrimp meat ball? there is no shrimp nor meat, it tasted like tofu, vegetable stir fry noodle and two kind of vegetable stir fry rice, vegetable stir fry rice noodle, vegetable spring roll..about ten entry for vegetarian. when I walked in, the host staff ask me do I want to sit on bar where there are still plenty empty table available, is it strange? The service is typical Chinese buffet service, the wait staff only remove your dirty dishes, who will never refill your drink automatically, or come to your table to find out if you need anything else. read more