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    Ocean Buffet

    3.0 (68 reviews)
    Open 10:45 am - 10:30 pm

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    I've heard my fair share of bad reviews and rumors for this place. After trying it though, it was good! Not sure if there is new ownership now or what but place was clean and food was good. We went for dinner and everything was still hot and seemed pretty fresh. Lots of different things to choose from. Pretty good for a Chinese buffet here in Nac.

    Cody K.

    Not bad, but definitely not the best buffet I've eaten. All the chicken seemed very dry, and the ones that weren't were just drenched in sauces. I knew it was going to be an experience just walking into the place by the sign that's on display just inside the front door. Hopefully I'm not bent over the toilet all night after this.

    Jamie B.

    Best Chinese buffet in Nac or Lufkin! We live in Lufkin & go to Nac just for this buffet & the crab legs! Just wish they served frog legs too! Excellent Chinese pepper steak, general cho's chicken, butter shrimp, and love the habachi grill and crab ragoons! Better than most buffets in Houston, Texas I have ate at!

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    This is probably the best Chinese buffet I've been to in a while and for lunch for two it's pretty reasonable.

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    A really good selection of sushi, also includes hibachi and everything else you could imagine including crawfish!

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    Asian City

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    First time here. At first, we were a little worried when we arrived, because the parking lot was…read moreempty at 9:00 on a Saturday night. We are big sushi eaters, and are always looking to try a new place. It's not a "fancy" Asian restaurant, but quaint and clean. We were greeted and seated right away, and our server was very polite. The menus, table and booth were clean. Nothing sticky, thank goodness. Nice and quiet also. It's nice to be able to hear each other talk for a change. The prices are very fair for the portion size, and the food came out fast. We ordered raw sushi and hot food. The sushi was well made, and fish cut properly-not paper thin like other places tend to do. Good sized, proper portions. The ponzu sauce was really good, and I am picky about that, not too tart or too sweet. The hot dish was the human style Chicken and shrimp, which was just right. Not too spicy, and picture perfect. It definitely had NOT sat under a heat lamp, and was extremely fresh and very delicious! The sushi entree came with soup and we chose the hot and sour. Now, that is one of my most favorite soups, and they got it right. Best hot and sour soup I have ever had. In all, we give it 5 stars all the way around. I do not know why this place wasn't packed on a Saturday night. We are from Tyler, and they have some great Asian restaurants there-this one absolutely would make it in Tyler and that says a lot. I hope this review helps to bring them more customers! Thanks for a nice date night! We will be back.

    The sky rolls are out of this world amazing!!! So yummy. I wish I lived in Nacogdoches so I could…read moreeat there regularly!

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    Tsubaki

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    We have been to Tsubaki probably 5 times and we have loved it each time. The food has always been…read moregreat on the dine in side we haven't tried the hibachi side yet but we will. The sushi is always fresh and not fishy, soft shell crab is never pungent and always fresh tasting! Bento boxes are a great deal, the noodles are really good from the side dish noodles to the udon! The drinks have always been cold and tasty especially the last one I got which was the Scorpion Bolw! It was huge and very tasty, even comes out on fire! The service is usually pretty good but sometimes the waitresses disappear for a while but everyone there is always willing to help. The building is definitely a bit older and we'll kept inside, tables are clean and covered with fresh paper between guests, the sushi bar is nice with no weird bar smells and the bathrooms have been decent. We will continue to go to Tsubaki as it has become one of our favs here in Lufkin.

    I decided to give this place a try while I was at an all time high with one of my sushi craving…read morefits! I was in Lufkin and said why not give this place a try. It's Friday , I'm off, and I was feeling adventurous!! Well, I popped in at 2:30 in the afternoon, and it was pretty quiet, with only myself and two others there, which would have given me cause to pause had this been a Houston Japanese bar, but this IS Lufkin yall, so I wasn't gonna jump to conclusions regarding the sparseness of patrons. I went straight to the bar and started trying to place my order. Unfortunate for me it was a very young, and brand new waitress helping me who had ZERO familiarity with anything on the nigiri menu , which is what I wanted, nor did she even know what nigiri meant as opposed to sashimi or maki rolls and I had to explain to her what a hot saki was when trying to order my drink.. ( bummer) But I was patient with her and she was trying , and was overall a sweet girl, so I just pushed through.. At any rate, the food finally was prepared by the sushi chef who was there behind the bar, who was not very friendly considering he was not busy at all and I was the only person sitting at the bar, but to his credit he wasn't rude either, and he did manage a smile my way. The sushi was very average , but it was edible and overall fresh, not fishy or blah, which I was happy at least for that , however there were no premium selections of fish available, ie; blue fin tuna, fatty tuna, king salmon, or uni options.. But I won't be too hard on them because I'm pretty sure they get more requests for there cooked options from the kitchen , which were endless by the way, and their selection of maki rolls, more than anything else, making there nigiri options an outlier. So I gave 3 out of five stars..

    Ocean Buffet - japanese - Updated May 2026

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