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    Lin's Mandarin

    3.3 (72 reviews)
    ModerateBarbeque, Mongolian
    Open • 12:00 pm - 11:00 PM

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
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    Royal Garden - Vom Buffet | Royal Garden Lichterfelde-Ost

    Royal Garden

    4.0(240 reviews)
    12.1 km•Steglitz
    •€€

    I was looking for some nice place for nice buffet in Berlin, this one pop up. So I decided to pick…read moreweekend come here to have a try. The Royal Garden is a bit far from the city center. luckily, they are not so far from the S-Bahn station. It takes about 10 minutes to get to this place from the station on foot. For me, was 30 minutes around got to this place. My firest impression this place after I walked in. I really like how the restuarant looks like. It just got this very traditional and cultural of China in. the nice decoration just made the atmosphere of the whole place even better. It was very classy at the same time. The place was quite full when I was here, well, probably because it was weekend. That was the reason, I have called them before and made a reservation. It didn't take long, to find the table. And the staff come to us really fast. I did find it a bit funny that they only brought us one menu, when we gotlike 10 people. Anyway, we just came for the buffet, so it wasn't a big deal. I check thier cocktails menu and tried the drink. the price of the drinks were alright. the taste was of the cocktail Zombie I ordered was fine. About the buffet, they just looked amazing. one side was the food which already cooked and the other side was the food that not cook yet which people allowed that choose the way they wanted to be done. And the cold dishes like sushi and vergatables. They offered quite a lot options and good one. I found most of the food tasted great. I was so full after couple dishes. They also got an Icecream machine, which to be honest, I didn't really like the icecream. it just full of water and tasted just alright. I also didn't find watermelon at the fruit section. it was kind pity. At the end, I do think it is worth to come here to have a nice meal, even this place wasn't that close to city center. I think, for a big group of people will be a great choice, so everyone could find something they could eat.

    Great food, nice staff, nice desert. More meat options would be great. But I will come back always:)read more

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    Royal Garden - Royal Garden Lichterfelde-Ost

    Royal Garden Lichterfelde-Ost

    Royal Garden
    Royal Garden - Royal Garden Lichterfelde-Ost

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    Royal Garden Lichterfelde-Ost

    Royal Gourmet - Köstlichkeiten vom Abendbüffet / Delicacies from the evening buffet

    Royal Gourmet

    3.8(25 reviews)
    13.9 km•Britz, Neukölln
    •€€

    The Royal Gourmet is one of the most popular eating temples with Asian ambience. Asian, mind you,…read morebecause besides Chinese dishes there are also hints of Thai cuisine, Vietnamese dishes and Japanese sushi as well as gyoza. The quality is certainly OK for the German-European taste, but authentic cuisine is different. It also falls on the fact that here practically no Asian guests are to be found. Beside the menu there is a normal buffet as well as a mongolian buffet. Here the fish/seafood selection is positive. With the meat, however, the choice is very limited. Kangaroo, beef, chicken skewers, lamb skewer, lamb chop - that's it. Not even pig for the grill was available. The latter is also hardly represented in the normal buffet - but from my visits in Asia I know the popularity of pork in the local kitchen. From comparable establishments as well. As I said, a lot of things come from the sea - blue shark, parrotfish, zander, salmon, butterfish to name a few, as well as various kinds of shrimp and prawns, green clams with shell, pilgrim mussels (scallops) - a useful selection. Weaknesses can be found again in the fresh vegetables, which are cut quite roughly. Staff: friendly and initially also attentive. But in order to order some drinks, one had to call somebody, and in order to pay, one even had to talk to one of the employees at the counter. Price: From a Hamburg point of view, Berlin has the reputation of being noticeably cheaper. Concerning price and quality, the latter is below Hamburg standard, the price above. Ambience: The interior is already very "traditional". Unfortunately, it is too kitschy even for an "eastern" with Bruce Lee. What a pity, because there is definitely modern Asian design. If I didn't know better, this would probably shape my image of Asia here. For many other guests at least it will probably be so. Well then - the buffet is open!

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    Royal Gourmet - Separater Raum bis 10 Personen / Separate room for up to 10 people

    Separater Raum bis 10 Personen / Separate room for up to 10 people

    Royal Gourmet - Desserts from the buffet

    Desserts from the buffet

    Royal Gourmet - Schön dekoriertes Separée / Nicely decorated separate room

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    Schön dekoriertes Separée / Nicely decorated separate room

    Zhou's Five - Eingang

    Zhou's Five

    3.3(63 reviews)
    14.2 km•Lichtenberg
    •€€

    Zhou's Five is the biggest Asian buffet in Berlin…read more It is located in the Victoria Center shopping mall in East Berlin, A location to which no American tourist would ever go Unless they were renting in the area and doing their daily shopping in the mall. With the exception of the supermarket - which is enormous - Zhou's Five is the biggest establishment in the mall. It draws a huge crowd. They are making enough money to be able to afford to Put concrete Chinese style sculptures on the lawn surrounding the mall. The sculptures are a nice touch - although you can't see them from the restaurant. * * * How does Zhou's Five differ from an American Asian buffet? 1) Execution is absolutely excellent. The cooking at American Asian buffets are "Ya takes ya chances. Ya get what ya get." I have a favorite Asian buffet in Austin, Texas where I live. The cooking there is pretty good. The cooking at Zhou's is better. 2) Even though the number of steam tables is enormous, And it looks like you are getting a huge selection, Your choices are actually limited relative to an American buffet. They "pad" the offerings by offering many many many many desserts. Desserts are one of the cheapest things they can put on the buffet. A traditional Western salad bar also takes up copious space. A third component which you sometimes see in the United States is a Mongolian grill. This also takes up a ton of space. It has a few protein items but most of the offerings are vegetables. So the actual number of cooked carnivorous Asian dishes is not that large. 4) I would be complaining about the chintziness of the offerings except for a) the execution and * * * b) THE ROAST DUCK !!!!! * Roast Duck Roast Duck Roast Duck Roast Duck !!!!! * That one expensive item is hidden in the middle of one of the steam tables. It was mostly surrounded by cheapie items. Their execution of the Roast Duck is absolutely positively first rate. Their duck is as good as the Duck you would get from a dedicated Cantonese Barbecue place. And - this being a buffet - It is all you can eat. So I got a bunch of other items, But I piled on the roast duck. The duck was everything advertised. I left Zhou's Five a very happy camper. One consequence of roast duck being on the menu Is that duck is incredibly filling. I often fill my plate two or three times at an Asian buffet. One plateload - plus the Duck - And I was ready to waddle out of there Feeling like I had eaten a ton. * * * So Zhou's has its advantages and disadvantages. But a key point here ... Is that Zhou's is the largest Asian Buffet in Berlin. Chinese food offerings in Europe can be hit or miss. (In Paris, most of the places we tried were meh. We have not made the same experiments here.) I suspect, the army of customers populating Zhou's Had come there from all over Berlin and the Berlin suburbs. Within local context, Zhou's may be indispensable. * * * As for me personally, I don't get duck on my buffets at home. So this Yelper is basically happy.

    This restaurant needs help. It's way too expensive for the bad food. Dirty bathrooms, dirty dishes,…read morepoor food. Do not recommend.

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    Zhou's Five - Zhou's Five im Viktoria Center - Alles was das Meer so hergibt;-)

    Zhou's Five im Viktoria Center - Alles was das Meer so hergibt;-)

    Zhou's Five - Hot food buffet - temperature???

    Hot food buffet - temperature???

    Zhou's Five - Zhou's Five im Viktoria Center - Salatbar II.

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