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    The City Buffet

    4.0 (46 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    Dogs allowed

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    Jennifer R.

    I skipped lunch, wore my stretchy pants, and came ready to chow down. City Buffet did not disappoint. The buffet selection is primarily Asian cuisine and seafood. The choices include fried and non-fried seafood, sushi, pho, hibachi grill, and chinese restaurant favorites. They also have a few cold salads, soup, a really nice selection of fresh fruit, and desserts. The ice cream is the old school cups with the little wooden spoons. :) The standouts for me were the sushi (very fresh), the mac and cheese, and the hot spinach and cheese casserole. They are really good about replenishing everything on the buffet, and kept making fresh sushi rolls the whole time we were there. Dinner is 18.99 pp during the week and 19.99 pp on weekends (includes Fridays). Definitely a real value for the amount of food. Lunch buffet is only available on weekdays. No alcohol is served.

    Anna H.

    This is a fantastic buffet and very affordable. It is by the former Target space on W. Broad and it really lovely inside. I was impressed by the variety of food and the food itself. I had sushi and lots of Asian dishes, as well as mashed potatoes and frog legs. The hibachi is in the back, and I chose veggies, noodles, shrimp & chicken to be grilled. Yum. For dessert, there is fruit, little layer cake slices, and cups of ice cream and sherbet. They do not have alcohol, but I had a refillable glass of iced tea. Our server was sweet. I will definitely return. Quite enjoyable. Thank you Marlena L for the rec!

    Noum V.

    Solid buffet in the west side of columbus. Very clean with amazing sushi selections including hibachi and pho. Pretty much the same as the feast buffet in the north side of columbus but cheaper.

    Great Prices!
    Mike G.

    The City Buffet is a solid addition to the westside dining scene. This space is pretty large and looks nothing like the former Mark Pi's Feast of the Dragon or Hometown Buffet before that. I mean, this place is nice, as in, someone dropped a ton of Benjamin's on totally revamping the space. The food here is excellent in terms of quality and variety. There's all the usual Asian buffet foods as well as a hibachi grill, pho soup station and an impressive selection of sushi and sashimi. Service was very attentive with refills and clearing plates. Price for lunch was $13.99 and Pepsi was $2.99, so prices are quite reasonable for what you get. The westside is now the epicenter of Asian buffets with The City Buffet, Supreme Hibachi and Asian Buffet. A solid 4 stars for this great new addition to the westside of town. And Here's Why It's Not 5 Stars... The Hot and Sour Soup was not good at all. The lo mein was mushy, but had good flavor. They cluster-seat guests together instead of giving space in-between. There's no signage as to what's what on the sushi and sashimi bar. All that being said... I'm up for going back again, soon!

    Mark K.

    Been keeping an eye on this place. It finally opened a couple of weeks ago I think. Met Mike G here today to try it out. Thanks Mike, for a nice lunch and for a little background on the place. It had been a Hometown Buffet and I think I had been here then, years, probably decades ago. Then it was Mark Pi's, and I don't think I went there then. Mike said it is much improved over that. Doesn't look like a whole lot outside. Walk in, and it is new and sleek and shiny. Lots of seating. Not a huge buffet, like supreme, but pretty good-sized. Lots of sushi, some fried foods, some entrées, desserts, etc. Everything looked good. Everything smelled good. Everything I had was good. Service was excellent, although of course minimal since it's a buffet. Price is maybe a little high, but what isn't nowadays? Lunch is I think $14. I tried some sushi, which was pretty fresh. Some fried goods, which were not overly greasy. The chicken skewers were big chunks of tender, tasty chicken. The entrée items were decent cuts of meat, and fresh veggies. All in all, I was very impressed. I would almost give it five stars, because I rate Chinese buffets on a different scale compared to regular Chinese restaurants. But still a solid four, very good for a buffet. I ate as much as I could, and still wanted to go back and try more. I will definitely be back. Plenty of parking, comfortable seating.

    Ashley K.

    We were created warmly when we entered and everything was very clean and well lit. The hibachi was great! So many options this place should even please the picky eater and the price is fantastic. The only thing is I wished I had known about the pho sooner. We didn't see the options on our napkin dispenser until we were full.

    Kenya G.

    Such a clean and plentiful buffet. I love all the seating and the pho and sushi bars. All the food is fresh and delicious. The actual Chinese food seems to be not the traditional American Chinese which I don't mind but I wouldn't expect to find all the options you are used to at a Chinese buffet. Service is also good even though sometimes I dont think they come around enough for drink refills. Overall, great buffet option

    This is some of the food that I had while at the restaurant. I'm telling you it was delicious. Go enjoy.
    Queen B.

    My granddaughter asked me to take her to this restaurant, I found it to be a very nice restaurant. The customer service was good, but I found the food to be great. This restaurant have plenty of food to choose from. I had sushi, fried chicken, and some other things. Restaurant was clean and smell of fresh, making me want to eat right away. Also, Upon paying and leaving one of the cashiers invited us back. That made me feel good.

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    Trina B.

    I was pleasantly pleased with just about everything I tried except for the very hard to peel shrimp that once peeled was extremely bland. Everything else was good. I don't care what you try you're probably going to like it. The waitress stayed on filling my water cup and removing the empty plates. Tons of seating, very bright lighting, many buffet areas of wonderful food. There is Asian dishes, sushi, pho, habachi. There is something for everyone and to top it off, there is ice cream too I'll be back!!!!!

    John B.

    As soon as you enter they have a ton of rules that benefit the business not the consumer. I almost turned around and left but I was with someone so I didn't. I wouldn't go back because of the lack of respect for the consumer. It's buffet food so it's not good it's just all you can eat with in a certain time frame.

    Sushi, Tempura, Clams
    Tommy M.

    This is a new place in town and it's amazing. It's very clean and all the wait staff were very nice. The buffet was amazing. They had authentic Chinese food as well as some American favorites. They have a hibachi station in the back and a build your own pho bar. The sushi is really good, I brought a friend with me and we both loved it. I would highly recommend it, just make sure you eat all the food on your plate, there is an up charge for wasted food!

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    Really nice place, food was excellent, service great and very clean and new! Definitely will go back and will be a regular customer!

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    Good selection of food, extremely clean inside, new and fresh. Service was fine with drinks refilling often. Would likely return.

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    Their food was very good, the staff was very nice and professional. I would recommend this restaurant with 5 stars.

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    Very disappointed in this buffet. It was pricier then many. No Oysters Calamari or duck. Most of the food was cold.

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    3.9
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    5.9 mi

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    The AYCE is a good deal and pretty yummy! The menu is actually surprisingly varied, you can get all…read morekinds of things. Service was friendly and pretty quick considering. Atmosphere was modern and soothing. You can get ramen, cooked dishes like tempura, salads, all kinds of things. There's a full bar as well, and areas with cozy or romantic seating. The design was actually pretty cool, you could eat with a group or sit up at a bar by yourself and feel very comfortable either way. The sushi menu itself includes more traditional Japanese sushi, which honestly is what I'd recommend from the AYCE menu. They even have sashimi, which is cut thinly- which is fine, if you want more you can just order more, that prevents excessive waste. Most AYCE places wouldn't offer sashimi anyway. But the traditional sushi, sashimi and rolls were the ones we liked best. The more Americanized rolls with the alternative (non-nori) wraps were not as delicious, in our opinion. We couldn't figure out what it was, whether it was the wraps or an ingredient in the chopped sushi roll fillings. But there's a ton on this menu that was good. Will eat here again. Oh and a short note on large groups- maybe this is not the spot to go with a massive group? It's more of an intimate dining experience, although they do seem to allow big groups. I only mention this because I saw a negative review about slow service for large groups before we went and then the evening we went a group of maybe 10-12 college students impatiently waited by the door to be seated, even though the servers were polite and had to wait for multiple tables to clear at the same time to push together seat such a large group in a smallish restaurant- the patrons kept coming in and trying to sit at random tables before it was their turn. If you have a massive group I'd say split into multiple tables or maybe choose a different, larger or chain restaurant, like El Vaquero or Buffalo Wild Wings? Anyway I hope they left a good tip because the workers were very professional and the group was very large and very impatient.

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