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    Ocean Buffet

    2.8 (72 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Buffalo Wings, Fried Banana (Plantain), Fried Breaded Shrimp, Crab Rangoon
    R C.

    For their coconut shrimp alone, I already love this buffet place I discovered for the first time today on my way back home to San Antonio from Dallas. The buffet area is clean, orderly, and well-stocked with amazing specialties which, imo, were all prepared very well. My 1st serving was coconut shrimp (always the first I look for at any buffet I know or visit for the 1st time). I had seafood salad and octopus salad in the same plate. All delicious. My 2nd plate - to compare them with other buffets I have visited - fried breaded shrimp, crab rangoon, fried banana (plantain), buffalo wings. All tasted great tho not that different from the usual at other places. Won't mention my next plate/s specifics anymore as they were also all good. Wait staff was always busy helping get rid of your used plates. That's amazing hospitality apart from staff being friendly all the way from the receptionist to the wait staff. Will surely come back next time I get a chance. Whole restaurant was clean as well as their bathroom.

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    Sally F.

    It was clean and service was friendly. Lots of picky eater options. Buffet was clean and well stocked. There was an employee constantly maintaining it. Food was great, the decor and vibe was very nice. Restrooms were well maintained too

    I was enjoying my food and I was drink Dr pepper. I had about half of cup of Dr pepper And waitress grab a cup from another table and pour it to my cup and right after she pour it she told me if I had Dr pepper I was disgusted so I told her bring me a cup of water. I never ask for a refill

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    Baylie G.

    Waco truly just has very bad luck when it comes to Asian buffets. Ocean Buffet has been there for a few years now, and I'm disappointed to say that the quality has gone down. Quality of staff, cleanliness, food, and overall dining experience. We tried Ocean for dinner tonight at around 6:00, and we were one of maybe four sets of customers. The food was limp and shockingly cold (some completely undercooked), and as always we felt quite rushed even though people weren't exactly busting down the doors to get inside the restaurant. They usually have a pretty good selection of sushi, but their sushi bar was completely shut down, which was very disappointing. None of the buffet food was satisfactory, however, the Mongolian stir fry section hit the spot!! That is the ONLY reason they're receiving two stars instead of one. It was quick and it was the only food in the whole establishment that tasted fresh. So if you must go to Ocean Buffet, maybe avoid the buffet food unless it's coming out hot and fresh, and just stick to the Mongolian stir fry option instead!

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    Best buffet I've been to in a while they had so much variety, crabs, dessert, our waitress was so kind and made sure to have our empty plates cleared and bringing new drinks, As soon as ours were down, they were so sweet to our baby girl, they offered a water to go for her, it was clean and the vibe was nice, at the end of our dinner we asked to take a picture with one of their giant stuffed animals they had on display (Mymelody and Cinnamonroll) and they were so kind to bring an extra Plush just for my daughters photograph thank you. This was a great experience!

    General Tso's Chicken, Sesame Chicken, Crab Stuffed Clams, and Coconut Shrimp.

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    5 months ago

    Food was okay, the plates and tables were unsanitary. There was leftover food on the plates and tables were sticky! The atmosphere was good.

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    1 year ago

    Always clean,huge food selection and you can eat very healthily Sushi great,fresh ! Service good ambiance clean.

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    1 year ago

    very calm atmosphere, delicious food, punctual waiter activities.. easy to find a seat. Pleasant environment.

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    1 year ago

    Good selection and pleasant atmosphere. Service was good. Price was reasonable considering how the economy is. Would go again.

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    2 years ago

    Clean and friendly. We haven't found any great Chinese food in Waco so we might go back. Nothing wonderful, just typical Chinese buffet.

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    4 years ago

    Pretty good selection for the stir fry. Otherwise it was pretty much like any other Chinese buffet I've been too.

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    2 years ago

    The crab meat was soooooooo dry, that it just crumbles into your hand, and taste bad . But my fortune cookie was good. :)

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    3 years ago

    Everything was clean and delicious. Very convenient as it is open pretty late! We will be going back!

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    5 years ago

    The food was nasty and sucks . A frozen dinner would taste better than this shit...

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