I have been to alot of Chinese buffet. But this one was the worst. They opened at 11 am we sat down at 11:10 and the BBQ pork ribs were gone.. like dud they out but 3 or 4. IDK. The rest went down hill from there. This was on a Saturday. I would NOT recommend. read more

This is one of the better buffets. Lots of seafood at $7.99 lunch. craw fish, shrimp, deep fried fish, breaded shrimp, Chinese style salt pepper shrimp. There is some fake seafood. They have a Mongolian hot pot. sushi. Like already mentioned lots of meat, stir fried vegie and meat dishes, The service was good. Good place if you are really hungry. Free parking in back. read more

Came here for dinner and can say I have had way better. Food was really old tasting and it felt like they had kept it out for hours. I only ate a decent amount because I was hungry and didnt want to completely just leave in anger. Wanted to give it a chance. Service was horrendous. There is a clear language barrier which makes for really awkward interactions. The staff didnt seem like they wanted to be there. This place is fine if youre really hungry and every other place in existence is closed. But, its best if you stayed away. read more

My family(mostly my mom) are regulars here. Today my mother experienced terrible customer service with one of the workers when she told a man that the bbq chicken was not fully cooked. Instead the man shouted and said "we're busy! We're busy!" And how my mother put food back on the line. (May I remind you this is UNCOOKED CHICKEN) Now I've part of the food industry for a couple of years and this is definitely NOT how you handle a situation like this. She spoke with the nice manager and the manager wanted to compensate my mother with the food. Even though my mother already paid for the food, she refused to get her money back. She did not want to "steal" from them but just to point out how rude one of the workers were and that they should do something about him. One star for the manager and the other star for the bbq lol. Nice business here... will not be here anytime soon, or ever. read more

I really love this buffet. They offer a wide variety of tasty food. I always come here for the seafood. They have good sushi. Also for dinner time they have oysters! I love eating them with lemon and hot sauce. They have a pretty good selection of fresh fruit. They got good dessert and ice cream. The servers are nice and attentive. Definitely worth the price. read more

NYC Buffet - Sushi and fresh salmon - Buffets Near Me - Oakland, California

I really love this place! I come here every weekend. Shrimp is my favorite! There's not any waiter here anymore. They cut down employees. So your plates might pile up. But I really love this place. I'm glad I found it. read more

Not vegetarian friendly, all the food is has cross contamination. Wouldn't recommend visiting this place.

Happy that there are still buffets around. I went planning to go with the "safer" options and skip the sushi etc but ended up trying it and it was worth it! The scallops, salad, and Chinese food options were good too. Would go back. read more

-5 If I could, salmon was raw and just the sides were cooked , beef and broccoli; beef was too chewy , broccoli was undercooked, still raw . "Orange chicken" was too dry I felt like I was chewing hairs.. Definitely not coming back here ever again. read more

giving it 5 stars to average it about because of these ratings... yall saying it's hella dirty it's really not. i'm pretty sure there's only 1 cleaner and she's trying her best. i made sure to thank her every time she came to pick up our plates. also it didn't seem like there were many workers there so i was appreciative that everything was good! the food is good and would definitely recommend if you like asian cuisines!! read more

Do not come in expecting gourmet, fresh, incredible, amazing, otherworldy, fantastical foods. If you are desiring those kinds of foods this is not the place for you. $24 at an all you can eat buffet is pretty cheap. However, for cheap prices you can expect incredibly cheap foods. Majority of the food provided at this buffet you can simply airfry/microwave at home and you will get equal/better quality food. However, at a buffet, I would expect all the food to be atleast edible, and the salmon and sushi did disappoint. It seemed as if they unwrapped a frozen cut of salmon from costco, cut it up, and threw it on a platter to serve. Despite this, the fried shrimp tempura, crusted shrimp, were actually delectable. Again, do not come here expecting incredible and magical dishes. Although, you can expect to come here, enjoy 1 or 2 dishes out of the entire buffet, and get full off of a cheap price. read more

I will never ever eat here. I had walk to the bathroom to wash my hands before my meal and this is what i found right out side the kitchen doors. read more

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It's good for what it's good for. . . . Here is what it's good for: 1) You have ample parking in a lot surveiled by video cameras you can watch from the dining room. You won't get a ticket or your car messed with while you are here. 2) It's centerally located, right off the freeway and on International. 3) It is pretty cheap (affordble) and a decent value. 4) They have plenty of seafood dishes- salt and pepper crab and shrimp, fried shrimp, stuffed shrimp, clams and oysters, talapia, flounder, etc. Most of it seems fresh and is tasty. 5) The sushi and Sashimi is pretty good. There is a turn-over issue with some things being out longer than others, but if you ask, they will make you a fresh roll. 6) There is a noodle bar with various items and they will cook-to-order with your favorite sauce. NICE! 7) They have a decent selection of ice cream and a few pastries for the sweet-tooth. Here is what you WON'T find: 1) This place lacks the salad bar found in most buffets. They just don't have many salads or salad fixins- and that is something I like in other places. 2) They don't have much variety in the prepared dishes. In most buffets, I'd expect to find mac n'cheese, tamale pie, pasta dishes, etc but here, most of the casseroles are things that you would find in a chinese restaurant like mongolian beef or lemon chicken. 3) The selection of desserts is limited. You won't find chocolate cake, cherry cobbler or cheese cake here. Think chinese bakery and you will be close. So, my verdict is this: If you want to eat a pile of shrimp and crab or sushi, you can easily get your money's worth here. Go hungry! read more

Just when I had lost hope for a decent buffet in Oakland, I decided to give Century Buffet a try even though the reviews were all over the place. One thing I've learned is that while I trust Yelp as a starting point, the star ratings and reviews are naturally subjective and I often need to reserve judgment for myself. At 2.5 stars, Century Buffet was well below my usual bottom threshold of 3 stars, but since there were a number of 3's and 4's to balance the 1's and 2's I figured it was at least worth a shot. As Asian buffet's go, this one is pretty darn good, and the selection is quite large. There were 10+ tables of buffet to select from and each table had about 8-10 choices. Everything was warm to hot and because the place is (1) large and (2) probably 50% full when I went, so the turnover on replenishment was pretty good. Their sashimi was even a C+/B- for quality, with the best being the Super White Tuna. Only thing I wish is that they had some beer selections... :) read more

I have been here over 5 times of late and usually I will go somewhere once and feel it is the best ever, 5 Stars, then each time I go back it will gradually disappoint to the point of 1-2 stars. For this very reason I have waited out and allowed myself to go back several times. I can enthusiatically say, I am still in love with this place. I hate crowds, so I tend to go right around 3pm----this serves a dual purpose, being less crowded, and still at a time which is lunch hour pricing ($8.99)-They also tend to put out fresh food around 315pm, since people coming in after 330pm pay $12.99 As a point of reference ---my favorite dish, last meal will include Prawns with Bok Choy--a clear simple gravy ---I used to find the place which made it best was Kam Lok in SanFrancisco----they closed down years ago, and after much trial and error , I found the closest copy made at Gold Medal in Oakland. Having had my share of plates at Gold Medal, I can tell you, they provide you with 8 prawns in an order over rice at a cost of $9 with 15% tip. ----So fast forward to Century Buffet, they have a similar dish in their buffet, which at my last visit, amongst much other food, I piled on 25 prawns on my dish. So, why spend $9 for a single dish, when I can have that same dish, plus Sushi, Sea Bass, and over 50 more different options for the same price!! A few things, I find their food to be at the same level if not better than pretty much any other Chinese restaurant I have tried in the Bay Area. ----I will also go so far to say, their Sushi is also close. Chinese buffets have had their issues when it comes to Sushi, I understand that----Yes, I have been to many a Buffet and seen them make Chicken or Beef Sushi---which has is so very wrong, I will leave it at that--- Century Buffet has great traditional sushi, with fresh fish, fancier rolls, with fish atop the standard maki rolls---they even use real crab it appears, if not, the best imitation version Ive had in the CAL Rolls In reading over some of the prior reviews, I have to chuckle when people complain about service at a buffet. Like who expects service at a buffet? As long as your plate if taken away and your cup is kept filled, what else do you need? Decor? who goes to a buffet for decor? I really cannot fathom how this place makes money. Along with myself, pretty much every person who I have seen eating here, has consumed plates and plates of food-which if if were priced at a regular a-la carte restaurant, would cost at least $30-$40 per person Since happening upon Century, I really have not had a desire to go anywhere else to fufill my Asian and Sushi cravings. read more

First, let me alert readers of this review to the fact that I hate, nay, LOATHE buffets. Too many times at Home Town Buffet for Mother's Day to ever, EVER like one of these places. That being said, I actually enjoyed my meal at Century Buffet. So I went to Century Buffet for the lunch buffet with the husband and his friend. It was pretty good. Lots of items to choose from for entrees, veggies, soups, sushi, Asian and American cuisine, as well as fruit and desserts. I was impressed that the Asian and American cuisine items didn't have the same flavor profiles for both cuisines as some buffet places. You know where EVERYTHING just tastes the same. The whole fried fish was pretty good. Freshly fried, not greasy at all and decent sized fish, though very bony. Other seafood items were food. Tasted fresh and there were a wide assortment. Oh, but steer clear of the crawdads. Blech! Overcooked and flavorless. Nice try for folks not from the Gulf/South. You can get a take away box and pay for food by the pound. Not sure how much food is per pound, but if you need to bring back some lunch for a co-worker or friend perhaps this will be a good option. Please note, if you order Iced Tea, it will be the sweetened stuff. I didn't like it but some folks swear by super sweet iced tea. The restaurant was nicely laid out and comfortable. Tables and chairs were very clean and pretty comfy too. Waitstaff were nice, didn't hover but watched us from afar and asked frequently about drink refills. Parking lot is small but at least there is parking. Always watch for cars as you are entering, parking and leaving. Some of my fellow Oaklanders can't drive for BLEEP! But that's not Century Buffet's fault. Another reason to dine/shop Oakland. read more

Ewww. That sums it up. Every segment of human trash eats here. Kids screaming and yelling out of control with no parental restraint....they ignore it and instead focus on their mega i-phones. Toothless patrons littered throughout. Food looks good and restaurant looks clean and organized but food is flavorless with super cheap ingredients. It's an illusion. Beware. read more

I'd been wanting to go here for a few years and finally took the plunge. I wish I hadn't. Walking through the buffet area, you got constant whiffs of rotten food. Of the 4 dishes I dared to try, 3 were cold. The floor was sticky, most of the glass had heavy streaks as if it were all wiped by the same grimy washcloth, and I could smell dried urine from 15 feet outside the Men's room (which happened to be where my table sat). I will never eat here again and I encourage you to follow suit. read more

I just went to this brand new all-you-can-eat buffet for dinner and found it to be a great value, especially if you're a seafood lover. Dinner starts at 3:30 pm and costs $12.99 per person. Dinner means you can eat as much crab as you want. They also have cocktail shrimp, mussels, clams, prawns, grilled octopus and baked oysters, which were really good. In addition to seafood, they have sushi and nigiri (just mediocre) along with all the regular Chinese dishes (didn't try these). Some other items that stood out were stuffed mushrooms and baked ham that you carve on the spot. They have several dessert options like cream eclairs, cake, macaroons, ice cream (about 8 flavors), pastries and fruit. Overall, I thought this new restaurant is a great value and I guess others are thinking the same because it was packed at 4:20 pm on the Saturday of the SF Giants first semifinal game against the Phillies. I will definitely go back when I'm super hungry and ready to fill up on seafood. read more

Very noisy, horrible service and horrible food. I love shrimp, but there's is tasteless and the sushi is the worst that I have ever had. read more

Good: They have the station where you can pick your own ingredients in chow mein, and you ask them to cook it. Very good varieties of it, as they infuse the tradition of American Dishes along with the Asian dishes. I personally favor the chow mein department more than anything else. The price is lower than Fortuna, and they offer ice cream with many types of flavors! Bad: They charge drinks for extra, Small parking lot. They charge you on a different price scale on Take-Out. Grades: food: A+ - I love their chow mein department service: B - Very good service, but more respect please price: A - Very reasonable prices. read more

$11/person during lunch for quite a decent selection! Salad bar, dessert bar, sushi bar, and several counters of hot food (including soups, stir fried dishes, baked/fried fish, clams, pizza, egg rolls, etc). Very well-staffed, and fresh hot replacements were brought out frequently. Dirty finished plates were also cleared from our table at appropriate intervals so we didn't have to face our crimes for too long. Yes the veggies were glistening with oil, the soups were starchy, and the sushi may be a bit too mysterious, but just come hungry and with people who don't need to be impressed. The place will do just fine. read more

Words cannot express what my stomach is feeling. Avoid this place. Avoid the old food made yesterday. Avoid the pain your body will feel after you eat here. read more

NYC Buffet - What my fortune cookie gave me after eating here. Use it to your own interpretation - Buffets Near Me - Oakland, California

The best BUFFET IN TOWN. I have eaten lots of good buffets before but the RATallini soup is good. Thier was no fish eye balls in my sushi which sucked but all the food was delicious. The white rice was probably the best thing thier but it had some man juice on it. If you like cockroach sandwiches then this is the spot. Plus it's a front row seat for most sideshows. I brought my HELLA sloppy Russian girl friend thier and she fit right in. Plus they have very friendly rats to greet you at the door. read more

I hate this place! Ever since one of the waiters tried to steal my iPod, I NEVER went back! I walked in with my family and the waiter assigned us a table. The waiter asked us for drinks but my mother was asking me questions, so I placed my iPod with my purse down on the table for a moment. While my back was turned, the waiter literally SNATCHES the iPod from the table and abruptly walks away. I was too distracted by my mother to know what the waiter took. I assumed it was just the ticket for the table. When we left, I looked through my purse but noticed my iPod was missing. I had no idea where it was. So I went back down to that stupid restaurant, I told the manager I was looking for a black iPod but he didn't know anything. I pointed out the waiter who served us and he asked him if he saw it by chance.... I'm not kidding when I say the waiter got FRANTIC at my question that he walked away from the soda machines to serve a table. Another server came behind the counter, putting down some dishes and we posed the same question. He asked me how it looked and guess what? He pulled out my black iPod from behind the counter and said: "This must be it then. It's the only thing here anyway. Here you go." Bless his soul for such kindness. The manager didn't even seem to care that one of his employees just tried to steal from his customers. He just wanted me to leave and had a look on his face saying "You got it back.... Just go already." I learned my lesson. Never turn your back for a moment and keep your belongings with you at all times! I hate this place and recommend it to NOBODY! Plus, the food isn't ALL that great. I give the food 2.5 stars out of 5. read more

This is the worst buffet I have ever been to. The selection of foods are meat based. The only options they have for vegetarians are green beans and bok choy and premade salad with an assortment of dressings without labels. The staff are extremely rude and hover over you. I finished my first plate of green beans and rice in less than 15 minutes and went to go get seconds. I come back to the table and the waitress had already cleared and cleaned my table. I went to go get my second plate ate it then went back to get some ice cream. The bitch was clearing my table. I will never come here again. Very disappointed. I would not recommend this buffet to anyone. read more

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It used to be good but now it's gone downhill, no Covid precautions the servers aren't wearing gloves the tables were dirty and it was crowded don't waste your money here. read more

The place is sooooo dirty. They are not following COVID protocols. People are not enforcing masks where they are picking up the food. People without masks are reaching down past the sneeze guard to get the ice cream. Tables are not set 6ft apart. I even saw a worker with no mask. Food spilt on the floor, even after telling an employee, sitting down eating, and coming back up to get more it was still on the floor. The place has a smell that's probably because of the carpet. read more

The Century Buffet sign was up for a long time, so I was very excited to try it once it actually opened. I've gone twice now -- once for lunch and once for dinner. Overall, the food was great for a Chinese buffet and worth the price. I don't think I'd go for lunch again, but I'd definitely go for dinner. Some of the food was the same between the two meals, but the dinner options seemed a lot better, especially when it came to the sushi. There were more seafood options available during dinner, like the crab. I loved the clams and octopus and popcorn shrimp. I also enjoyed the vegetable tempura -- not super bready like some other places. I really like that they have a station where someone will cook you a noodle dish or stir fry made just how you like it. They had several options of noodles and meats available. There were plenty of dessert options. Being that I stuffed myself with a ton of seafood, I opted for some fruit and ice cream. I liked that there were many flavors of ice cream rather than generic self serve, and they also had chocolate syrup. mmm...chocolate. read more

Two stars for cleanliness. Saw two kids, getting ice cream, with hair/head over the ice cream freezer. ( Unsanitary, Violation of Health and Safety Code ) One positive -- The Spicy Sea Bass was excellent. ( Five Stars for this one dish ) read more

I would place my experience at Century Buffet as alright & give it a score of 3 stars. It is not the best one nor the worst one. Cons: 1) Parking lot sucks unless you drive a mini cooper or a motorcycle, talk about cramming as many slots as possible, I think I will park my car on the streets instead. 2) Sushi chef refuse to make a simple tobiko sushi- stating it is a "buffet", you get what you get (as in "You" get what I feel like making for you, buddy) 3) Beef in the Mongolian grill at a bit tough & overcooked, lack many ingredients to chose from 4) Napkins at the tables were thin & small requiring me to use several at a time 5) Hodge Podge ice cream - it seems that they crammed small remaining amounts of ice cream into one container (sorry, I don't really want my rocky road mixed with bits of strawberry or green tea) Pros: 1) Servers were constantly stopping by to removed plates & refilling water 2) Chef did a decent job with cooking my shrimp mogolian chow mein 3) They have decent fruit selection however don't offer sliced apple unless you dip them into a "citrus" bath to avoid browning. 4) 5+ rotating ice cream flavors- whatever they feel like putting down in the self serve freezer. 5) Two large rooms for private parties My expectations were not that high of this place, so I wasn't disappointed in the end. read more

At first it was passable. The communal ice cream scoop+customers with dirty hands I could overlook. I got violently ill on my last visit here most likely from seafood cross contamination. Things are mixed in with one another, and the customers just made an already sketchy situation worse. Sushi is limited in selection as is the Mongolian Grill. Servers and kitchen staff look stressed, overworked and unhappy. Facilities are not clean. Not a place for vegans, people with food allergies or anyone with a weak stomach. Pork and chicken are consistently undercooked. The desert bar is the only saving grace of this place, limited but good. I would suggest this location to anyone trying to figure out where to take a bunch of annoying in laws that shovel food into their mouths without caring about quality, otherwise...avoid! read more

I think this place is the cheapest in the bay area for weekday lunch buffet. But that's about all it has going for it. The sushi rice tasted like it was cooked with dirty water ewww. Also all the rolls were identical (fake crab and avocado or cream chesse), except they mix it up by giving one with salmon on top, one with seaweed and one with tuna on top. read more

Now called NYC Buffet this run of the mill Pan-Asian buffet is not lacking in the Seafood department. Lunch is $10.50 total with taxes. It is a hellavah deal. I have been here 4 of the last 5 days. read more

Come on people it's a Buffett was it all 5 star no but all offering were good Mexican BBQ ribs Mongolian BBQ Prime rib Turkey Pastrami All good Desserts all around for the price of a appetizer at one of the fancy steakhouses it's a hell of a deal read more

Went there with my family on Sunday. before we went, I called and was told you need proof of vaccination to get in. we go in and they don't even check or care... okay. after eating there not soon after I caught food poisoning. some of the food had a strange taste like it was made yesterday. wouldn't go here again read more

Well, it's an Asian buffet. I'm not looking for good service but what I am looking for is sushi that doesn't taste fishy, a better selection for your "Mongolian BBQ." Unsatisfactory on both of those counts. However, their cooked seafood is pretty good and their prices are reasonable as long as you stick with water as your beverage (they even charge for tea). Still, it's close to my work. But if I'm not in the mood for snow crab legs, I might be better off going to Panda Express for fake Chinese food. read more

This was my first time at the restaurant. My relatives have been here before for another gathering but I wasn't able to attend at the time. You can't miss the restaurant. We came to the restaurant for my grandma's birthday gathering. The parking lot was full by the time we got there so we had to park on the side street. The place is pretty spacious. We had the room for larger parties though it seemed that there was not enough chairs as guests came in. The waiter/waitress were nice. The waitress came to ask us if everything was alright. The food selection looked pretty good and well stocked. It's pretty clean too. The food was decent but better compared to other buffets I've been. The sushi tasted fresh. They also had 7 selections of ice cream (instead of the normal ice cream machine). I've seen a buffet with icky ice cream scooper that were not clean but they kept their utensils clean. My mom ordered tea and instead of getting a tea kettle for the hot water, she got her own Thermos. Looks like we will be coming back here for family birthday gatherings. read more

Had a lunch date with the sis before she left (this was last month some time, late review). Anyway it was decent. Place is clean. On the napkin dispenser it says they charge you for food you don't eat...somehow we escaped that phenomenon. Lol. Yay. Good food overall...I've gone twice. Both times were decent. read more

Not a bad place. For all buffets, I highly recommend sampling a little of everything before grabbing a buttload of something. Anyway... My friends and I came here on a Sunday for lunch and man, the line was out the door! We weren't going to go somewhere else though(the rain was making us lazy). Turns out the line moved really quick! we were seated within 5 minutes. It didn't even seem that long since they had the 49ers game on. The food was a hit or miss. The crab here was a bit try and the meat was hard to take out. The battered shrimp was my favorite, crispy and flaky, something you would expect elsewhere and not at a buffet. I didn't try the sushi because there weren't many selection, but their noodle bar was excellent! They had different types of meat and veggies for you to make your noodle with. They really know how to deep fry here and if thats what you like, then this is a good place for it. Also, they have a small carving station which was good. A few other goodies: creme puffs were okay, not bad. The self served ice cream seemed like a bad idea, but the chocolate didn't have ice crystal and seemed fresh. Cocktail shrimps was good too. All and all, not a bad place to come if you want a cheap buffet dinner. Be warned though, they charge $1.20 for soda! they tricked me! read more