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    Ocean Buffet

    3.0 (232 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Buffets, Seafood
    Open 11:00 am - 9:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    OCEAN BUFFET ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Papershell fried crab claw,  sushi that all tastes the same, and hibachi with the sauce put on it after it was fully grilled.
    Dave O.

    From reading the Yelp reviews it seems like Ocean Buffet is hit or miss. Knowing this we still decided to go because typically with a Chinese buffet one can find a few items that are tasty and load up in them. A few rounds of oysters more than pays for the cost of admission. Sadly, Ocean Buffet is a total miss. It was bad. Really bad even going in with low expectations. All 3 of us couldn't find a "go to selection" that we went back for seconds. The best part was the sushi but they all tasted the same. It was a little worse than convinent store made sushi. I was really disappointed with the hibachi grill. The guy manning the grill paid more attention to his phone than he did to the customers. The employee making the sushi kept showing everyone his to jar and wanted money for bland tasteless sushi. The buffet itself was really bad. All the beef in the different dishes was shoe leather tough. It was inedible. Then there are the signs..... They have signs saying you will be charged for all the food you waste. We were all done with a round of food and our dishes were still full because the food was horrible. I could only imagine the restaurant trying to charge me for eating the garbage they were serving. I would have thrown a fit for the ages of they tried to charge me for what I didn't eat. They even messed up the sweet and sour soup. The worst thing on the buffet was originally one of the reasons for going here, the soft shell crab. I picked up a claw to put it in my mouth and it wasn't a soft shell crab. It was a papershell. To hard to eat fried and too soft for eating the inside meat. They over fried it and the meat was stuck to the shell making it impossible to eat. I've never seen anything so ridiculous in my life. The oyster.... they didn't smell bad but after seeing how bad the food was at Ocean Buffet I was afraid of eating raw oysters. I'm being generous giving them 2 stars. The best thing was the waitress refilling the drinks quickly but to be able to do this it seemed like she was almost sitting at our table while we discussed how bad the food was. She didn't speak any English so asking her a question was useless. Don't go here if you've eaten Chinese food before. This place really sucks. It really sucks.

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    Dennis B.

    1. Parking and access is good enough, if it feels crowded there's always parking in the front and side of building. 2. Seating and ambiance. The place looks clean as expected of a buffet place, it is busy on Sundays after 12:00PM. Normal oriental decor not to fancy or elaborate, but a nice place to seat. 3. Service, once you talk at the front counter they will seat you and ask what would you drink. Service is pretty good, as the server walks by several times and asks you if you need anything in English, Mandarin or Spanish. 4. Food is in the higher scale of a buffet type restaurant. Everything seems to be well organized and well prepared, there is an area where you pick your uncooked food items and they will cook them while you wait. I was surprised at how many of the items taste really good and fresh. Will definitely come back. This gets high marks from me on the buffet restaurant scale.

    Ivy G.

    Don't you just love it when your server talks loudly (to themselves?) in a foreign language as they seat you and every time they pass your table? Not the most welcoming dining experience, that's for sure. I won't be back.

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    G S.

    I have been to this buffet at least 3 times in the last 2 months because it is so good! I paid about $50 for two people. It is always busy and sometimes the counters get a little dirty and sticky but I've seen employees come around and clean up several times in one night. This is one buffet you cannot go wrong with! They have a sushi bar, hibachi grill, and about five rows of buffet lines. They have ice cream and a whole buffet line of dessert!

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    Definitely coming to Ocean Buffet instead of Szechuan Palace. Food is really good! Service is equally good.

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    First visit Saturday. Everything very clean and staff very helpful. Looked the hibachi bar choices.

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    My son and several others developed symptoms of severe nausea, vomiting and diarrhea after eating here.

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    Great choice and quality of food considering its price. The staff seem to be not that friendly though.

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    BLLLEEEEEECH I got sick after I left despite eating "fresh hot and steaming" that was just put in the buffet.

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    10 years ago

    Food is always good to me and I come here frequently with my family. It's like a small family outing routine now

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    Best buffet in Gainesville ever!love their fried roll sushi! :)

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