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Lin's Asian Buffet

3.0 (244 reviews)
ModerateBuffets, Chinese
Closed • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Casual
Moderate noise
Good for kids
Good for groups

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Chicken on a stick, Fried Rice, Lo Mein, Crab Rangoons, Sesame Chicken, Shrimp

Food was great! (Service was iffy, will speak on that in a moment) The food tasted so good. Reminded me of my favorite Chinese buffet from back home that shut down many many years ago. Since then I've been searching for one that even remotely meets the standards it set. And I'm happy to say I found it! Fresh food. Hot food. Flavorful food. Wide variety of food. Yes, amazing. 10/10 for food. Service was questionable. It wasn't very busy at the time we went. Maybe 6 tables max. We ordered our drinks when brought to our table - per usual, and it took about 8 minutes for 2 sodas to come out. No big deal, we were getting food anyway. But then halfway through our meal we needed a refill and 3 different people walked right past us. I even smiled and waved for someone to come over to us and they walked away. Someone came to pick up an empty plate from the person I was eating with and I asked for a refill and they never brought it. Finally the same woman came back 5 minutes later asking if I wanted a refill. So I went a good 10 minutes with no drink. Then they brought our check and from what we noticed from everyone else, we put our card down and they grab it and bring the receipt. That didn't happen. We waited another 10 minutes for someone to come grab our check & card and we just kept getting ignored. They walked past us again and again. Even after we signaled for them. At one point I saw 3 people just standing around talking by the cash registers while we had been sitting there waiting and waiting. Finally we gave up and decided to bring it to the front where I can only assume the manager/man in charge was up there because our waitress tried to intercept us and stop us from going up there but we politely walked past her and handed him the check. We saw him look at the woman when he saw she was the server and she stood there looking... embarrassed? We paid and he asked how the service was. I personally wasn't going to say anything negative but the person I was with raved about the food but said the service could have been better. Anyway, like I said, they weren't even halfway full at the time and were frequently just standing around, yet we had to wait over 10 min for a refill and over 10 min (before giving up) to pay for our food. BUT THE FOOD IS AMAZING. So I'll be back anyway lol. Maybe it was a bad day. I don't know. But food that good in a nice, quiet, beautiful Asian buffet style restaurant doesn't come around often, so I'll put up with slow service for great food.

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Had an early dinner here the other day. This place is humongous! Quiet, clean and the ambiance is good. Lots of parking. Good location, too. They have six food stations including their Hibachi Grill. Very organize for a buffet restaurant this size. The food is ok, nothing fancy. Just the typical Chinese Buffet entrees. The only special is their seafood buffet dinner with blue crabs, crawfish, shrimps, oysters and green mussels. Serving staff are attentive and courteous. $$ Yelp code is spot on. Clean Men and Women's bathrooms.

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4 years ago

best food ever!! service amazing. icecream is bomb!! i love chinese food!! orange chicken is so good!!

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Food is fresh lots of variety sushi is good but the walnut shrimp is good service is great quick to fill up your drink

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Avoid this place at all cost! Everything was just terrible. No flavor, it was all reheated.

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One of my family favorite go to buffet! Close by and always has great food and great service.

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Exceptionally good today particular the black pepper steak. Sushi's fresh Mongolian Grill is make your own how much you want

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They have deteriorated to the point that we will not return. The food was cold and the meat was tough. Ugh!

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We went around 12:30pm and there were people waiting. The lady that checked us in said it was a 30…read moreminute wait with 2 parties ahead of us. As we were waiting, we noticed that 4-5 tables were done eating and paid their bills. All got up and left, the staff quickly cleaned the tables. The cleaned tables were empty for another 15 minutes. The lady that took our names down took a while to call the next customers. Seems like we were waiting just to wait...she sat one party down and waited another 10 minute to sit the next group... anyways, after we waited for a good 40 minutes, we were finally called to be seated. Sat down and was immediately served with water and took our order down. Time for the food review: Chicken popcorn - nice crisp and texture, but lacking flavor. Felt like it needed a dipping sauce. Pork lard rice - disappointing, bland Pork intestine with green mustard - this dish was okay.. Crispy garlic salted fish - fish was nicely fried and flavor was good. Probably the best dish so far Crispy pork chop - this is the reason why we came here.. we wanted to find a dish like May Ice cream. Unfortunately, this was a huge disappointment. The pork chop was extremely salted. From the skin to the pork itself. Walnut shrimp - this dish was foul. Who puts sprinkles on the side?! Tasted like I was eating an ice cream shop. The shrimp was also dry. Overall, not worth going and waiting. Food was lacking.

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