Such a great decision for buffet when you're looking for jasmine tea and Thai / Chinese

Absolutely delicious Chinese buffet in Boulder! For the price, the quality was really high. Service was quick and reliable. Some of my favorite dishes on the buffet were the sweet and sour chicken, the green beans, and the egg drop soup! read more

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Everything was great and the food was very good. Our server was very nice and kept our drinks full.

Absolutely amazing and love this place! The atmosphere and food is phenomenal, we have been here a few times now and have had an incredible experience! If you are vegan this place is to die for! Service is impeccable, serving sizes on the menu are excellent! If you come to the vegan buffet (Monday and Thursday) it's incredible the options available! You definitely will NOT be disappointed and will make this a regular dining experience! read more

Tsing Tao - Soy Sesame Chicken and soy volcano chicken Absolutely amazing and our favorite place to eat! - Chinese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

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My friend and I went for dinner and the service was amazing. Our food and drinks came out quickly, I'd say 10 minutes. When we started eating we noted the food was not only flavorful but also didn't have a lot of greasy. I got orange chicken with fried rice, where as my friend got vegetarian orange chicken with fried rice. Overall 10/10 experience read more

I've been eating at Tsing Tao for a few years. I am always impressed with the friendly wait staff. I enjoy the vegan buffet. There's always a great variety of food. I also do take out. My partner has been very pleased with the quality of the meaty dishes he has ordered. I highly recommend this family owned restaurant. read more

The man working at the desk was so nice and got our to-go food out really quick! The portions are HUGE and we love the vegan options! read more

Tsing Tao - Soy chicken Szechuan and soy beef broccoli (we already ate a whole portion each and this is still what's left! ) - Chinese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Great food, wrens a great hostess, Mr wing a real chef, Samson always helpful. Very consistently good.

The must be a popular place: they were pretty much full on a Monday! Came after voting to grab a bite. It's a fairly standard Chinese restaurant with some great vegetarian options. The staff was friendly and nice, only one hard working waitress for the dining room. I came expecting more of a Thai/Japanese vibe, but this place is straight outta the 90s! Not in a bad way, but different than I expected. To be honest, I thought the prices were high for the quality. They have a big buffet m, but sadly not much vege options. The buffet is reasonably priced at $20. I got the wonton soup and sesame tofu. I messed up and didn't ask for vege wontons, so I got pork. They were alright but tasted plain. Sesame tofu came on a big platter with lots of rice. The broccoli smelled funny, but tasted fine. Would have liked a few other vegetables. This entree was listed at $15. There was a lot of tofu and sauce. Overall, I can tell that this place has a strong community founding. Which is great to see, but I can definitely hope for higher quality next time. I will try their soy entrees next, everyone buzzed about them on Yelp! read more

Tsing Tao - a plate of food on a table - Chinese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Food is the lowest quality I've had in a Chinese restaurant in the entirety month half century of life. The positive thing I can say is that it is better than it was three years ago. I had a male with a small child who was dumbfounded by the price and quality. At 10 years of age she was astounded at the worthlessness of our meal. The commercial landlords in southern Boulder routinely shoot away decent restaurants so that we have to put up with this trash. I can live my whole life not seeing someone served me food out of a trough behind a sneeze guard and that would be an upgrade to this establishment. Here we are. Tebo's finest. Outstanding if you have no taste and will take any slop they throw on top of rice. It's a complete embarrassment that the place remains open. I wouldn't return here for a napkin. read more

The vegan buffet on Mondays and Thursdays from 5-8 pm is amazing! So many great choices and they keep it fresh. Absolutely love this place!

Can't go wrong with all you can eat buffet especially during lunch time I believe it was $18 per adult.

I love, love, love their vegan buffet. It's so refreshing to enjoy a guilty pleasure (Chinese food) but keep it healthy-ish by being 100% vegan. Even better, they were open New Year's Day, so we got to have a nice little date night. The buffet offers a fair amount of variety. They had orange slices, honeydew, and a salad as starters. White rice, brown rice, and lo mein were available as a base. Then they had orange "chicken" (my favorite), sweet and sour "chicken," a "beef" and veggie entree, an option that included eggplant, one that included tofu, and a couple other options and soups. Basically, there are more than 3 things to choose from and eat. Service was also great. There was always someone around to refill drinks, check on the food to see if anything needed replenishing, and check in on us to make sure we were good. I can't wait to go back. read more

Best Thai Spring Rolls I've ever had! We love this place! Delicious food and friendly excellent service! Down home feel. Prices are very reasonable! read more

Great customer service. The woman offered my child watermelon after we were done with our lunch even brought us more when my child accidentally dropped it. Great options for vegetarians/vegans. They also have carnivore food. read more

I love stopping by here every time I come to Boulder. They have plenty of vegan options and I love their vegan buffet. The hot and sour soup is one of my favorites on the menu :) read more

I ordered through an online service, as is encouraged on the website. When I arrived to pick up my order, about 5 minutes later than the estimated time for pick up, I was told I'd need to wait another 15 minutes (which turned into 20+). It seemed they only fired the order after I showed up in person, not when I submitted online. The food was fair - we had chicken with vegetables and shrimp lo mein. Both were greasy and the lo mein was bland. We have eaten at Tsing Tao for about 20 years, and the quality has fallen over the last 5-ish years. read more

We drove from Denver when we heard of the vegan buffet. It was delicious, and the service was awesome. Everyone was really nice. We will be coming back many more times. read more

Horrible food and horrible service. I went in for lunch, nobody sat me. I was almost done with my first plate of food when the waitress finally came and asked me what I'd like to drink. Food was old and horrible. Never again. read more

We came in for their buffet around 1:00 today. It's a small, but decent buffet. Around $14 per person, which isn't too bad. The owners are kind. When we walked up to the buffet, they asked us which items we were interested in... so they could refresh them. I'd definitely come back. read more

We ordered: crab Rangoon, egg rolls, sweet & sour chicken, fried rice and cashew chicken - pretty simple stuff The crab Rangoon was decent, nothing to shoot from the mountaintops about. My teens had the sweet & sour, and they weren't too happy. Didn't really like the taste and the chicken was dry. But this is all about me, and I had the cashew chicken, which was awesome. The quality of the chicken was unexpectedly good, the ratio of vegetables to meat was perfect, and the ratio of different veggies was also perfect. Typically when I've ordered cashew chicken, there's an entire head of celery in there, some carrots, hardly any cashews, some mushroom slivers, and some really sad gristly, rubbery chicken. Not the case here. The sauce was amazing, everything was cooked perfectly - I will definitely be ordering this again. read more

Best Chinese buffet ever. I can't believe a Chinese restaurant in Boulder could be so authentic and fresh. I don't mind me some greasy Americanized Chinese food, and that's what I was expecting. But that's not what I got at all. Just a really fantastic restaurant both in terms of value and quality. I can't wait to visit again! read more

Vegan buffet is now Monday night AND Thursday night 5:30-8pm , full menu is still offered so vegans and carnivores can enjoy an amazing meal at the same restaurant - take all your friends!!! read more

Tsing Tao - Vegan Hot and Sour Soup - Chinese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

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Reason to eat here: 1. Tons of authentic cuisine 2. Two entire pages of vegetarian and vegan options 3. Huge lunch portions that are all specials! Come with soup and egg rolls 4. A fan favorite buffet coming 7/19/21 (have not tried yet but excited to) 5. Quick, friendly service 6. Great prices for portions I can go on and on, and I can't wait to return to add on to this list. read more

Friendly lady server. She' remembers my Keto restrictions and she gets me my Jalapeño Shrimp with no sugar and flour. Delish. read more

Very friendly place, delicious steamed pork dumplings, with a sauce that has a tiny bit of heat to it. Pad Thai was good too, not quite as peanut-y as I am used to but the chicken was fresh and tasty and the noodles were good , it was a nice big portion for 2. I will be back! read more

Large vegan menu (a full page of faux chicken/beef/shrimp dishes) so they automatically get major kudos for that! I got the "beef" and broccoli. I thought it could have been seasoned better - the "beef" was pretty bland. Also tried the vegan hot and sour soup - that was really tasty. There's ample space to eat there and they offer delivery as well. They also have a vegan dinner buffet on Mondays & Thursdays from 5:00pm - 9:00pm. Couldn't find a price but you can always call ahead. read more

It's *good* if you're looking for basic Chinese food. Like, if you eat at buffets and that's your thing, you'll think it's great. Nothing here will blow your socks off if you are used to Chinese food. After a while, everything on your plate starts to taste the same. It's just decent Chinese food. Stereotypical Chinese food joint in a land-locked state, in the US. Get what I mean? It just is. Nothing bad about it, but we didn't finish the leftovers. read more

Had the luncheon buffet. Decent variety but the food was hardly warm. Nothing exceptional. Service was good and place was clean.

Still my FAVORITE Chinese restaurant I've been to. I give it five stars because the staff is so welcoming, always remember me (even after a nearly year long hiatus,) and the food is always exquisite! ^^ The one thing I miss is the mapo tofu i the vegan Chinese buffet! Tsing Tao has hands down the BEST mapo tofu I've ever tasted so I'm sad to see it not in the vegan buffet anymore and super duper hope they bring it back! :x read more

I tried to call inquiring about what time their lunch ended. The guy that answered the phone hung up on me. So thinking we just got disconnected I called again. I explained I was planning a lunch with my daughter and before I could say anything else he hung up on me! WOW We will not take our business there! What is sad is the lunch menu looked good. We were just trying to work around my daughter's class schedule. read more

If you are in Boulder you MUST stop by Tsing Tao. I have difficulty finding authentic and flavorful Chinese food, but not at Tsing Tao. The staff here are extremely kind and sweet. The food is fresh and locally sourced, I have seen the family cutting vegetables and prepping for orders while seated at my table. My experience with Kevin was superb, he recommended the shrimp fried rice, pad see lew, and the bbq spare ribs. I was blown away by the flavor explosion. Also their fresh Thai tea was one of the best I have had, you can tell they steep their tea leaves for a long time to prepare the fabulous drink. Delicious and excellent service, I will be back for more. read more

Was a good place years ago but crappy now. They won't even sub noodles for rice because "we cook to order." Well if you cook to order cook some noodles instead of rice with the order. If you want to stay in business may work to give the customer what they want. No kids menu, no substitutions, $2.50 for a fountain drink and $1.00 per each refill. Welcome back to 1969! read more

Pretty great little Chinese buffet. They slowed down on putting fresh food out around when we visited, 1:30pm, serving lunch til 3pm. They did put fresh food out slowly and surely and all of that was very delicious. The spring rolls/egg rolls were vegetarian and fantastic. Not much exciting flavor but the vegetables tasted fresh and pleasant and they were crispy without being too oily. The sesame chicken was very lovely when it was fresh. However the green beans were so so even straight from the kitchen. Enjoyed the panang curry but didn't locate steamed rice only the lightly fried rice. I loved the eggdrop soup and found the hot n sour to be bland. The dumplings and crab Rangoon were quite good fresh and not bad older. The Mongolian beef was rare and still kind of chewy and wet. Not my favorite. They had lots of other tasty things like jalapeño chicken and fried potatoes onions and peppers. Overall this was pretty great for a buffet and I would go again if I'm craving the variety of a Chinese buffet. Good ones are far and few out in Colorado. read more

Fantastic! Great food and nice people. Our granddaughters beg us to take them there every time they visit. Our family's favorite! read more

So glad the vegan buffet is back on Mondays and Thursdays! The food is always great, and the staff couldn't be nicer. If you're looking for Asian food, especially if you're vegetarian or vegan, definitely check out Tsing Tao!! read more

I'm a Boulder native, but recently discovered, this little gem. The buffet and lunch was amazing, with a wide selection of delicacies. The owners are very Friendly as well. We will return soon. read more

This has always been my go to Chinese place. Im a girl who is used to Chinese food in NYC. Staff is always kind.

10/10 My favorite asian place to eat in Boulder!! The staff is always super friendly here PLUS you get so much for the price. I always have left overs to take home. I'm pretty picky when it comes to good Asian food but Tsing Tao checks that box!! Definitely a the go-to Asian restaurant if you're looking for a big menu and some big plates I also recommend dining in since I found you get more food! Take out is good - but I prefer the dinning in experience Also they have a delicious vegan menu!! read more

Three hour wait for takeout food, with no notice of when food would be ready? No thanks