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    Ling's Buffet

    3.0 (152 reviews)
    ModerateBuffets, Chinese
    Closed • 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    A different angle of the poop-laden shrimp!
    Wanda G.

    I love Ling's! I have patronized Ling's for 8 years! I have no problem with any of their food except this dirty shrimp! I almost gagged myself after having to look at it. No one wants to eat shrimp poop!

    Faith T.

    My boyfriend & grandma love Chinese food buffets so we had to try Ling's since we just moved here & it's around town. Service here is always on top! Staff is always very attentive. The ambiance here would be a casual classic, darker scene with the lights more focused on the food. Food is always hot & ready. Doesn't take them long to refill what's low. They have a variety of seafood, sushi, noodles, chicken, pizza. It's amazing. My favorite are the little breads with sugar. But also the noodles with the mushrooms!!

    the entrance to the restaurant

    The food was actually good !!! It does have a smaller selection compared to other big buffets but the food quality by itself was better and you can tell the food is fresh and that they do the best not to waste food by over making so much food and having it fresh and also another love is the service !!! At least my waiter he was so attentive towards me he was such a sweet heart he will make sure he will check up on me even with all the other tables he was attending The area was clean and well put together. The other customers where well behave no kids running everywhere( which is nothing wrong with that we know how kids are ) no rude people mistreating the workers or others it was a civilized. The parking is convenient . The restroom where we'll maintain came here on a Thursday 5 pm and kids are already out for the holidays.

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    It's a basic buffet. Nothing great, kids always like options, looked like it used to be a nice place but it's aged and would not go back.

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    great food very clean,great service s0 much food i just could not get to ever thing,but i relly try,

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    Lings is the best! Family friendly and comfortable environment. Great place to eat that is close to home.

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    All food too greasy. Service was great though. Our server was very attentive to our family.

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    Awesome - came here with co-worker's. Didn't know what to expect but the food was fresh. I'll be back!!

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    Raw oysters on the weekend. Food can be fresh but like all buffets not always. Servers are nice and friendly. Price is average.

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    Pancho's Mexican Buffet - This soup was tasty

    Pancho's Mexican Buffet

    2.9(131 reviews)
    5.2 mi
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    While in line with my friends at the buffet, I overheard two comments. The person in front of me…read moresaid that as soon as they saw the food, they knew it wasn't going to be that great. The person behind me said that they remember the place being more lively and now it felt kinda meh. Both were dead on. It's no wonder most of these locations closed. Pancho's used to be a Tex Mex institution in Houston back in the 90s. They were scattered around town, food was decent (as you'd expect from a buffet), service was excellent, and families could go there to eat their fill for cheap. The current version doesn't really match that. The buffet is still there, lined by items that were clearly pulled out of a frozen box and quick re-heated to be put on the line. They churn replacements fast, but the taste doesn't even live up to the buffets you'll find elsewhere in town. For those who haven't been before, you basically go through the buffet line once, then there's a little flag at the table and you raise it up when you need a refill of anything. They had two waitresses running orders back to the buffet line for about 30+ tables. The end result was that service was extremely slow, and we weren't even getting everything we asked for. Our waitress didn't had a pad and paper, so she was trying to remember two different orders from memory. I gave up and went back to the line myself to get a refill plate rather than waiting and risking getting an incorrect order. Despite waiting in line, it took about the same amount of time, but at least I got exactly what I wanted. They must know that the waitresses are understaffed and overwhelmed because others were doing the same. We'd heard about the sopapillas being a hit dessert, but didn't see any on the buffet line, so we grabbed what was there. Once we'd eaten our fill, the waitress suddenly reappeared by with a basket of fresh sopapillas and we had to turn her down because we couldn't eat them. I'm going to chalk this one up as a place that was worth visiting for the sole reason of nostalgia and realizing that it would not be worth visiting ever again.

    Panchos only attempts to do one thing and it does it perfectly. When I go watch a shark movie, I…read moreexpect to watch a dumb shark movie. When I go to Panchos, I expect to eat unreasonable amounts of buffet Mexican food. And they execute. It's the promised land of quickly made and quickly served flautas, tacos, enchiladas, and so much more. Literally so so much more food. Is there a better example of great service than being able to hoist a tiny flag and have servers rush to your table? Better ambiance than seemingly endless trays of food and fresh sopaipillas in the air? No. You can pry Houston's last Ponchos from my cold dead hands.

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    Pancho's Mexican Buffet - 2 crispy tacos, Chicharron con nopales (bowl on top left), 2 Texas enchiladas, 1 tamale with chili on top, & a chili relleno

    2 crispy tacos, Chicharron con nopales (bowl on top left), 2 Texas enchiladas, 1 tamale with chili on top, & a chili relleno

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    Bamboo House - Bamboo House Special Beef Noodles

    Bamboo House

    4.4(744 reviews)
    6.6 mi
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    My favorite place for Peking duck around the Houston area. It's a little farther out, but I usually…read morestop by whenever I'm driving to or from AIH. The duck is roasted for hours, so the skin comes out nice and crispy without being too greasy. I also like that the remaining duck is made into a soup afterward. It's simple, hearty, and especially good on a colder day. I've tried several other dishes here, and they've all been solid and remind me of the Chinese food I grew up eating. The servers have always been attentive and friendly, and the restaurant is spacious, so it's a good spot for family dinners or larger groups.

    Where to begin? We stood a bit by the door waiting to be seated. Idk if they're short staffed or…read morethat's their reg staff. Which is wild cus they were running around that place nonstop. When we finally got seated we weren't asked What would you like to drink or this is our drink menu. It was-Water,right?right?Ok brb. So we had water just like the rest of the people in there. Also weird how they don't have any drinks on the menu or let you know about options. Could I have asked for something else? Sure but again waitresses were just all over the place it was crazy. When we ordered and others food was coming out we realized what big portions they give you. BTW just 'cus it's big portions doesn't mean This food is about to be the best Ive ever had. The food- We got some shrimp plate and we were told it was spicy because it has peppers and peppercorns which would numb your tongue.It was just basic shrimp dish. Only good or cool part of it was eating lotus root which Ive never had before. We also ordered the "special" house beef noodles and I don't see the hype or why they're so special. The only crazy part was the noodles length. Which honestly made it hard to eat. We ordered the duck which came with the soup. The soup was made from scraps. I think if they had added more duck and not just scraps it would be my fav thing of everything we ordered. Will say it tasted like chicken soup. For the duck. It wasn't as crispy as people made it seem to be. I expect idk a more gamey flavor to it and all I kept saying is-This taste like pork carnitas. Idk why we got treated better than the table behind us. We asked for to go just like they did but they just gave them their to-go plates like Here ya go and they put all of our food in our to-go for us. Would I go back? Its one of those you say- Ok I've had it,had the duck,don't get the hype but ok not worth coming back again for more.

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