The food is exactly what you would expect from a typical Chinese buffet. Greasy, filling, but dare I say tasty (?) The buffet selection was on the smaller side, but there was still good variety between the Mongolian grill, sushi, Chinese, and American options. Sure, it wasn't the best, but it will definitely get you where you want to go if you're craving a Chinese buffet. We paid $10.49/person during lunch hours (opening-3pm) and as someone from California, that price is a steal. A bonus is that we have made it into the 7th hour post-meal and have had no extreme.. stomach problems. I'll take that as a win. Could they be handling covid protocols better? Definitely! But that's nothing hand sanitizer, your own pair of gloves, a mask, and slightly turning a blind eye won't fix. read more

New China Buffet - Fried Rice, Lo Mein, Green Beans, Honey Chicken, Orange Chicken, & Crab Rangoon - Buffets Near Me - Melrose Park, Illinois

On the pricier side for kids - two ten year olds pay over $12 each for Sunday lunch. The $16 for an adult I have no issues with. Food is fairly typical for a Chinese buffet, but they do have a stir fry area made to order if that is your thing and a few extra seafood options that I have not seen elsewhere. One kid ate a plate of noodles, one chicken on a stick and a rootbeer float. The other had a bowl of rice and a rootbeer float after not liking the soup. They should love us with the profit margin on that alone. The chicken on a stick was delicious - tender and easy to get off the stick. The lo mein was also a hit. I liked the baked "scallops" on the shell, but I feel like it was the fish they use for fake crabmeat. The fried shrimp was also good. The orange or general tso chicken was a bit too sweet for me, but I'd definitely come back again. read more

even less than one star, the food was horrible, almost everything that are on their pictures is not even true, worst restaurant ive ever been to, and you have also have to pay at the lowest 15$, everything was terrible. Please don't go, and if you want to go, go to the one on Harlem or brickyard instead. read more

I went there this evening, and I found it good, but not great. Butterfly shrimp, broiled fish, beef with broccoli, and boiled beef were very good. Fried calamari was tough and rubbery. Chicken tempura was tough and chewy. Several dishes were excessively spicy. I will probably try their lunch buffet to see how it is. I heard rumors that this buffet is run by the same people as the Broadview location, but I saw few similarities. read more

It's a Chinese buffet. Food is hot, sushi cold, they have a grill for your individual plates. Pretty busy weekends. V nice staff.

Omg. Where do I even start? The floors were sticky af. I almost fell forward because my flip flop got stuck to the floor. The bottle of sriracha on the table was just as sticky, and I had to use napkins like gloves to squeeze the bottle. The dumplings had raw, pink chicken inside. The rib I tried was barely cooked. The lo mein was extremely salty. The beef and broccoli was also extremely salty. The sushi was dry, the rice very stale and chewy. THE SHRIMP IS NOT DEVEINED, A WARNING. My boyfriend brought it to my attention after I had already eaten a few The pineapple was grey. The peaches were grey. The cantaloupe had black spots. The salad dressings were not in pumps. The bottles were laid out to be used communally. There was so much skin dirt residue in the plastic of the bottles from people opening and twisting the caps, the grooves of the caps were black I fully expect to get sick tonight. Did you guys see the pictures of roaches? Nine people mention roaches in these reviews. That's quite a lot of reviews with roaches....? I wish I would've read these reviews before I came here. read more

Finding a roach in my shrimp plate. And asking for my full money back, but no they just gave me my 17.00 pretty shady read more

New China Buffet - After finding a roach in my shrimp plate - Buffets Near Me - Melrose Park, Illinois

This place is total and utter trash. I have no idea why it's still in business and how it has not been closed down. I can't believe they charge $13 a person for this swill. I have eaten around the world, but can't remember if I have ever spit my food back into a napkin. The chicken tasted like it was so old it no longer resembled chicken. This whole area is going to be replaced with something else. This "buffet" should have departed the area with Menard's ... it is dead to me. read more

Me and my partner decided to go here because it was near and we couldn't decide what we wanted for dinner and after a couple of bites i wanted to throw up and almost completely lost might appetite. Everything tasted old and rubbery as if it had been sitting out. Tables were wet and sticky seats were ripped. There was a weird smell as soon as you entered the place that carried throughout. The bathroom appeared filthy tissue all over the floor, i felt uncomfortable just washing my hands. Highly unrecommended. read more

The food here is always cold and greasy. When I came here a month about a month ago for my kids who were 11 and 10 they charged me about 12 or 11 dollars, I came here today and they charged me full price for them as adults. I thought adults were 16 and older. The guy at the front was so rude and definitely overcharge for sh!tty a$$ food. There's also flys flying around the restaurant and standing on food, the ambiance of the restaurant is really bad. read more

This is an honest unbiased review. My elderly Mom gives this place 5 stars and I give it 2. Together we have been here probably 50+ times over the past 8 years. I come here because my Mom loves it and sometimes love involves sacrifice. My Mom loves the wide variety of food they serve and marvels at how it can be so cheap. Everything she eats she says is delicious. I now only eat the salmon which is very good, a little salad, sometimes I have hot and sour soup, sometimes a little fried rice or even a wonton. Three different times I tried their chicken wings and all three times they were cold, or at least some of them were cold. The sodium level was off the charts. My biggest concern is cleanliness. In general I do not like buffets. Six years ago I witness a patron leaving the bathroom without washing her hands. Every serving utinsel you handle has been handled by many others. About 4-5 years ago I saw the cook who cooks food on hibachi grill wipe his nose with his hand. That grossed me out so I also stopped ordering the fresh cooked food. The silverware frequently looks smudged. I bring it into the washroom and rinse it off. I do the same with plates, the trust is not there regarding cleanliness. The staff are very warm and friendly. I noticed them cleaning up, tidying up the floor, sweeping, getting rid of dirty dishes. A new waitress grabbed my Mom's plate from her while she was still finishing her food lol. Mom got irritated but let it go. Thats the first time that ever happened. They replaced all their ripped up seats a few years ago so the place looks decent inside. Now they have to replace the exterior sign, not sure what happened but it looks like hell from the outside. read more

A wonder place to eat at. Many choices and they even have sushi and a chef that could cook in front of you read more

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Have not been here for a number of years, but was told it was much better. Arrived at 12:40 for lunch. many of the dishes on the supposedly hot buffet were lukewarm. I waited until some food came out from the kitchen and it was piping hot and had some flavor. Also, the grill provided hot food. OK if you can wait until what you want comes out from the kitchen and want to fill up. read more

This place is for someone who is really, really hungry and wants a lot of food for cheap, but doesn't care whatsoever about food quality! There was A LOT of food, fully stocked. It's just too bad there is probably so much waste... Honestly 90% of the hot dishes we tried were COLD, like not even warm to the touch; it was maybe room temperature. (We did go at the height of the lunch hour.) I'd bet this place is not up to restaurant health code standards. I feel a little bit queazy afterwards. And the flavor was below average at best, for the most part. Probably a lot of MSG. We thought we would give it a shot, but I would not go back. I am giving it 2 stars solely because the melon and macarons were decent, and the lady clearing plates was very nice! read more

This place is disgusting! Came here for hubbys bday. Paid $70 for 4 people to eat. All the food was cold. They have a grill section with raw veggies, steak, and chicken. The cook had an attitude when we asked that the steak be cooked well done. The raw chicken looked like it was mixed with mucous and didn't look appetizing or safe to heat. Bathroom was dirty and toilets were rusty. Literally had to go and get tacos afterwards because we all barely ate anything here. read more

The food was fresh. Not crowded at all when we went, so ample seating. Tried Teriyaki chicken, Sweet and sour chicken, Mongolian beef, and Bbq ribs , all were tasty and so fresh. Fruits were fresh and sweet. They took a bit to pick up used plates but when they did it was with a smile. Definitely will go back. read more

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Omg!! This place has roaches crawling on their food when is the busiest their were roaches on their bread and roaches crawling on their sushi. We are never coming back it's really disgusting and the customer service sucks. They didn't even apologize or nothing didn't even try to refund peoples money we lost our appetite and left wish I would have the photo of the cockroach and post it read more

New China Buffet - Buffets Near Me - Melrose Park, Illinois

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. We went out to have dinner at this buffet and went to get sushi in the back by the wall first. Before we were able to get food we saw a cockroach on one of the sushi plates. That is disgusting and unacceptable. We got our money back and left, however this is unsanitary and this place should be shut down. I am glad we saw the cockroach before we even started eating. I will be reporting this place to the health department. read more

New China Buffet - Cockroach on sushi plate - Buffets Near Me - Melrose Park, Illinois

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This was by far my worst experience at a Chinese Buffet, and I'll explain why. If you choose to read no further into this review, please know, I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT! So we pull up in the parking lot. Already the area looks a little fishy. We cruise up to the entrance and try the door but it was locked. So we walked around the corner straight into about 25 people puffing on their cancer sticks, but we reluctantly went inside. I, quite confused at this point questioned "Is this the DMV or a buffet?" We quickly realized that it was the BINGO hall next door so we went back to try the original door again. The right door was in fact open so we walked in and approached the counter. Each of us paid the $13.XX to get in, which I later regretted terribly. As I walked around looking at the choices, I wasn't yet aware of what I was getting myself into. We all sat down with out first plates and dug in. Ew! "My chicken wings are ice cold!", "I can't tell if this is chicken or dog!", and "I don't think there are supposed to be dirty forks in the clean fork pile" were all exclamations thrown around in the first ten minutes. I ate half of the food I took on the first plate, and I am by no means a food waster. I gave it another shot with a second plate and a few different options. NOPE! Not any better at all. Like I said, my wings were cold, things tasted stale and old, the drink cups were too small, the clean utensils had food residue on them, the desserts tasted like they had all been out all day, there was a section of the restaurant where a few workers creepily eating in a dark room, the bathrooms were nothing to brag about, the ice cream was sort of a clear-ish color and very crunchy with ice crystals (working in the ice cream business for 7 years, I can tell you for sure that stuff wasn't real!). You know how when you go to Golden Corral or OCB you see the staff continuously putting out new fresh food? Never, not once, did I see any type of food get replaced with fresh food! And we wondered why stuff tasted stale and old... Needless to say, I came here starving and had completely lost my appetite by my second half plate. I sat there in disgust for the rest of our time. Here's the best part: My friend got his fortune cookie and it said, well, I'll let you read it for yourself. You can be sure we had a laugh at that! Decide for yourselves folks if you dare! But this was my experiences. read more

New China Buffet - I'm guessing we needed to know this in case we had been poisoned by the food. - Buffets Near Me - Melrose Park, Illinois

So maybe you aren't going to be greeted by a coy pond. Or maybe this place has tacky wall paper and and the wall art is falling apart. They have a hibachi grill, which no one was using. And some tight little sushi rolls that no one was eating! it was good. you can literally grab a whole roll if you want. 2-3 of those seeming questionable belly bombs will fill you up! Things not to get include "chicken" pot stickers Horchata. egg roll Things to get :) Ribs! Soup! salad! deserts! pastries hibachi grill stuff! and SUSHI! the good out weighs the bad. They have ice cream, and even some clever fortune cookies from what i can tell. it has been approx 1 hour since i ate their, and i have not contracted food poisoning yet. in fact i am feeling satisfied. read more

Went here for lunch with my coworkers. It is a nice place and I enjoyed the food. I can't really say it was "fabulous" or really any different from other Chinese buffets, but it was tasty and the selection was pretty comparable to other places I've been to, so I can't complain. They had a pretty good selection of healthy choices such as the salad bar and fruit, and the usual "naughty" choices like the greasy brown fried noodles (lo mein?), those poofy sugar coated buns (ooooo soo good and so dangerous). The staff was polite and we got in and out in a hurry. read more

My friends were raving about this place being really good with some of the best tasting food (they had last visited a year ago) so we went today right around opening time. they had a good selection however most of our food was cold (even though they had just opened?) and had weird tastes. not sure what kind of egg rolls has raw pork in it but there it was, very pink stuff inside the egg rolls. a bigger issue was with the orange chicken, and the sweet and sour chicken. it was very hard and didn't taste right. the lo mein noodles were tasteless but the fried rice was okay with soy sauce. my friend who is a pescatarian ate some seafood and now currently has food poisoning as we speak. big mistake going here. really disappointed because it used to be so good. read more

I was excited to come to eat here since I've came to visit and have been driving for 4 hrs. The thing is that there's not that many good to choose from. The only thing that I actually ate was the spaghetti... I decided to get fruit and was looking forward to good, juicy fruit.. but the fruit looked dry,the pineapple was brown, cucumber was dry and tasted funny, the grapes were old and some were even rotten. Tried to move on and get dessert... all they had was like 5 options... wasn't expecting much but I still grabbed sum. They were also dry, cookies tasted like egg. My family and I decided to just leave... I would've much rather go to the subway that's next door. read more

Great place for a family, lots of food variety. There's a Chinese woman, who's cleaning tables, and overall does all cleaning. She's soooo awesome, very friendly and humble. I just enjoy seeing her there, very motivational on working hard. God bless her and make her happy. read more

Love the chicken on a stick. Food is a good selection of chinese variations and standard buffet fare. For the money, it's a decent value and we will return. read more

Terrible buffet. DO NOT COME HERE. Prices are way too expensive for such bad food. They do not have as many choices. Sushi and noddles are terrible. I rather have Mcdonals. Such a waste of 44 dollars. Not worth the drive not your money. read more

I try not to be too harsh unless a place is really disgusting, but this place was just not good. There was a dead fly in the open container of soy sauce. My grossness level is pretty low so I still atried other things. The ribs tasted like licorice, the fried rice tasted stale & old, & the sushi also tasted like bland overcooked rice. I can't say there was a single item that I did like, just some that weren't quite as bad as the others. I don't plan to ever come back. read more

I go all the time, you can't beat the selection for the money which includes your drinks. Of all the buffets I have gone to this is the best value and second best tasting food. Number one is Sawa Polish buffet, but this one is great for Asian. I love the chile chicken which has zucchini and mushrooms in it. It's under 10 dollars for seniors. read more

I don't know about everybody else but I like the food here my family loves it never had a problem it's always best to go early for the fresh food. read more

At a reasonable price. Freshly cooked food, tastes good except for the shrimp, that needs improvement. The service is good and the staff friendly. The place is very clean as well as the bathrooms. One thing they should do is add more meat choices. read more

First of all I do like the sushi bar and the available fruits which are phenomenal. They are certainly not pricy and they are absolutely popular. I would think that they must be giving their customers quality food with good service, Nice job Melrose China Buffet. read more

Gross just plain gross. Don't go there. I got a stomach ache while eating!! Dirty gross nasty!!

If I could give it a 0 star I would because it does not deserve a 1 star when we entered I thought it was not going to be bad but it was horrible the dumplings had pork inside and some of the pork that was inside was not cooked,if you put shrimp to grill with the guys in the back they don't cook the shrimp right they had no flavor some were still cold one of the plates I got was dirty and the white rice had a bite of a odd taste but when we got home my stomach started to hurt and it wouldn't stop I'm for sure never ever coming back to this restaurant read more

Less than 1 Star should be given...came in at 7 (they don't close til 9) and no fresh food was ever put out. I understand they are trying to prevent waste but at least get rid of the stale shit that's been there all day. Definitely won't be back. read more

I used to go here once a month a few years back with the family. I stopped for at least 2 years after I got food poisoning. I don't know what I was thinking going back after that. Their food just really went down hill and it is extremely questionable; especially the open sushi bar. Who knows how long it sits there. The most disturbing thing I saw was the rude cashier lady handling money while peeling some sort of vegetables. Gross! Just imagine what they do in the kitchen. I swear on life I won't be returning. I should have learned my lesson the first time. read more

Just save your money and don't go here. They force you to eat their shit by making you pay first. The only thing they can cook is the kids bar and it's all fried. Everything else is garbage. Rubbery, soiled food. read more

Not good , macaroni looked like shit and only thing they had was chicken , sour chicken sweet chicken , chicken on stick ,orange chicken , etc read more

New China Buffet - It was good SIKE - Buffets Near Me - Melrose Park, Illinois

This place makes great chinese food and it is not expensive at all.

Eat here if you enjoy having diarrhea. Only moments after leaving I started feeling very sick. There was also vomit in the bathroom. Horrible experience! read more

This was my second time visiting this restaurant. My disgust was not so much with the food it was with the cashier and the other people who worked there. I figure it's a cheap buffet and you get what you pay for . The cashier was very rude. I asked her a question and she turned her back toward us and proceeded to talk about us to the person standing next to her. They are very rude to African American customer and I would not recommend this place to anyone. No one would come to our table and pick up the empty plates . The silverware was not clean and very sticky to touch. NASTY. They are not attentive to the food stations. I watched children play with the food on the stations and no one said anything. Please bypass this place don't be fooled by the cheap prices. Regardless, of how much or how little money I spend on dinner I still want to be respected and not talked about and ignore by the staff and that's what happen at the New China Buffet read more