I really enjoyed this buffet. Good food. Good atmosphere. A wide selection of food. And a nice, fresh sushi bar. It was fun to watch the guy at the sushi bar prepare the sushi. Fast service and kind servers. read more

We were visiting from out of town and family wanted to come to this buffet. This buffet was pretty good for sushi. Not so much for normal Chinese food or American. They had a wide variety to choose from. They had your traditional Chinese food , plus a selection of American food too. I like the selection of sushi on this buffet. . The pricing for this buffet was ok, but I would of liked to see them add crab legs on their weekend buffet. All in all the food was good and could not complain about the service. read more

The Pho bar was my favorite. The soup was HOT and the noodles were great. Plus there are a lot of add-ins. I've never been to a buffet with a Pho Bar. Sushi was okay for a buffet. The food was fresh. I enjoyed my experience. We had a huge group of 22 people. read more

We went during lunch and had a good experience. There were your normal Chinese food, sushi bar, noodle bar, mongolian grill, salad bar, and dessert bar. While we were their the food was very fresh. I went especially for the sushi bar and it was delicious. They had a nice selection of rolls that I enjoyed. Our server was very attentive and made sure to round on our table to pick up plates quite frequently. I would definitely go again and take me family! read more

Yummy food, nice wait staff, and cute fish pond. My kids love coming here. The only thing I would love to see there would be more vegetarian options on the buffet. Also I would so love if they had cream cheese wontons. A girl can dream right? read more

First time to come. The outside looks pretty good with a wood door. Great place and various choices! I would like to come next time. read more

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I wanted to give 3 1/2 starts but couldnt so I rounded up. Arrived around 5pm. Not many people by any means. But the food was tasty and the employees were nice. The only complaint is that there is a strange odor. Not sure what it was but I ended up being so focused on trying to figure out the smell that I just needed to finish and leave. read more

Blech. Sorry. I try to find one positive even with places I don't care for. The hostess was very sweet and friendly. I got food to go, but things needed to replenished at 6:30 and what we did try was mediocre at best. Won't be back. read more

Amazingly good food. 10x better than anything in Milwaukee. Very large selection of both Asian and American foods. Price was a bit high. 16.50 for dinner. Not sure if the price included drinks or not. read more

Be careful -- 3 of us got Food Poisoning! Took my family of 5 (2 seniors, 2 adults and 1 youth) to World Buffet for lunch on Saturday 3/7/2015. This is our first time to be there. We arrived around noon, and it was not very crowded, service was fine. There were not as many choices there (compared to Journey on the East side of the town), but they looked OK. I had some veggie salad, noodle soup from noodle bar, a few pieces of sushi, some stir fry etc - not a heavy eater, while I ate a little more than I usually do. Check out was nice and quick, till that time, we felt we had a good lunch. That afternoon, we all felt very thirsty, which is a sign that the food we had for lunch likely had lots of MSG inside. Well, this is not new, we just had more water. However, at about 1:30am on Sunday 3/8, I woke from sleep and felt sick. As soon as I sat on the toilet, I knew something was terribly wrong -- I started to sweat like never before. My entire cotton PJ was soaked, and my sweat was literally dripping to the floor. And I felt so dizzy/lightheaded that if I didn't try my 120% best to keep alert, I would have passed out. I wanted to call 911, but wasn't able to stand up to grab my phone, nor could I yell out for help. Then I started to feel nausea and after vomiting, things started to go back to normal. The episode lasted for about 1 hr -- I thought I was going to die... Never felt this scary in my life before. Called my doctor at 5am and the on-call physician said most likely I had food poisoning. Since I skipped dinner on Sat, the lunch becomes super suspicious. And when I eventually got up the next day, I heard my parents were both sick as well -- similar symptoms, but (luckily) not as severe as I did. I called the restaurant owner on Sunday to inform him about what happened to us. He told me his location never any complain before, and we were the only ones. He felt I got sick because there were food I was allergic to without my knowledge, even I told him I am NOT allergic to anything. He said he will give us discount when we visit them again (am I going again??), and I told him the purpose of my call is to tell him we got really sick after eating at his restaurant. So in case you are thinking to pay a visit to World Buffet, my experience is here for you to reference. Maybe it's an isolated incident, but it was so scary that I would think twice before I go... read more

The food is usually okay. Today though it was all cold and bland. And I found a needle in the bathroom.

I ate at the Old world Buffet only once before at the Monona Location for brunch and it was Ok for a Mother's Day brunch as you could eat healthy and not cram all the standard brunches in you that were rather heavy without the other good things like salads, vegetables and fruits. Families celebrating after going to church and enjoying each other's company are always good no matter what the food or gathering. Well they were celebrating their one year anniversary this May at their new Westside location with crab and rib eye on Sunday's and my son had come home from his university up north for the weekend so I thought this would be ideal for my two sons as they just don't get to indulge in crab and steak on their limited budgets going to College and eat a good variety of healthy vegetables and fruits and it is a buffet so I figured that my sons couldn't go wrong as they would have a variety to choose from. They already enjoy the General Taus that they like to get at Chang Jangs so I thought more variety with the crab would be that much better after all its a buffet. I called first to verify their hours and they were still serving the all you could eat crab and they did so we decided to eat dinner there. When we arrived I was pleasantly surprised as it smelled good and they had signs saying they had no MSG which I felt good about. The water with our meal was even pretty good compared to the other water throughout Madison as in the country we are pretty spoiled with the fresh spring fed well that is fresh and pure without all the fluoride, chlorine and other chemicals added. When you live in the city you are used to it but once you have had fresh clean pure water you never can go back as you know what clean pure water is like and its benefits so I usually drive around with my own 5 gallon containers and ask if they don't mind if I carry a glass with my own water in and everyone has always been accommodating so that's never been a problem. Ok their food now. Maybe it was just a slow night and we were eating food that was their end of the day? I'm not so sure though as we arrived a good 3 hours before they stopped serving so we went up and put the foods we wanted grilled on top on the noodles which were done promptly and were good although I asked them to cook mine a bit more as the seafood on it just didn't look very well cooked which they did and was good and we all enjoyed ours so you can't go wrong on this. We asked where the crab legs were and the cook said he would replenish those quickly and he did. I've eaten crab that was already cracked open and the kind you have to crack on yourself and these were the ones you had to crack on your own so we took our plates and crab crackers and tried several crackers and they were so thin that we Just couldn't succeed so we fingered we had 3 hours do might as well concentrate on the other foods as we could save that for last or tip the waitress extra and ask her to assist us. As we tried the other food it was mushy and bad seafood and was on the rotten side as it was old and smelly. We just grabbed an extra plate to toss the bad stuff on and next thing we know it an agitated waitress was at our table scolding us that we had too many plates on it. We explained that the extra plates were the bad food and showed her the rotten food and asked her to throw it out and maybe she should check on the existing trays we got these from as we wouldn't want anyone to get ill and there seemed to be s language barrier as she exclaimed that they were a Chinese food restaurant and that's how Chinese do theirs. We acknowledged that we knew this and that we liked their stir fry but seafood is seafood and we don't eat sushi but the salmon and other seafood was just not right. I cook my own seafood at home and well theirs is not good and coating a tiny piece of shrimp with so much unhealthy breading to my liking but I sure wasn't doing to say that to her. I told her we had tried all their different cracking devices and the crab was so thin could she please get these open for us and she said that wasn't her job. I said I realized this and would give her an extra 50% tip to do this and even handed a $10 bill for mine alone. They were winding down for the night by then so it's not like she was busy but she still refused. We struggled with these only to no avail as they finally kicked us out with the rest of the customers that seemed to be having the same problem as us. Others simply gave up and walked out as we should have just called it a night and left too. Moral of the story; don't go to a Chinese food place like this one to eat the crab special or any seafood as its not even clean & devine. read more

I went after my coworkers recommended it as the best Chinese food in town. Maybe people in Madison don't know what good Chinese food is like... Cause this was pretty bad. The variety wasn't impressive. No real fried rice, really? The food was greasy and didn't even have good flavor. Very unsatisfactory. I got take-out and the price wasn't bad. But it made me miss the good Chinese restaurants on the east coast. read more

World Buffet hands down in my opinion offers literally the best A. Bang for your dollar and B. The highest quality of options and food of any Asian style buffet around town. Always fresh, clean and great service. Highly recommend! read more

Ok, I'm just going to say it and give up any food-snob credibility I might have... if you're looking for sushi rolls (especially the kind with all sorts of sauces and goofy ingredients), this place is about as good as it gets in Madison (ok, the duck roll at Murimoto is better, but costs more than "all you can eat" rolls here...) Last couple of times I've been here there have been at least 10 different rolls being freshly prepared. The rest of the buffet is all hit-or-miss. read more

Worst buffet ever fiance got food poisoning and hour after eating there had to go to hospital. Than two weeks later a friend of mine also got sick after eating there also food wise poor quality and not work the price their is a Mexican buffet on monona Dr that is amazing called LA rosita so much better read more

Came here with some friends not to long ago.. Not impressed. When you walk in it looks like it will be good, but the food wasn't that great, and I had two different food items I couldn't eat because they had PUBES in them. Gross!!! Just another gross Chinese buffet. And the website stated 8.99 for lunch Buffett, when we got our bill it was $30! So not worth $15 a piece. I will not eat at this shit hole again! read more

I don't often do bad reviews, so it has to be REALLY bad for me to do one. Everything seemed fine when we went in, very typical Chinese buffet. Then, we got up to get our food, and began seeing multiple kids ranging from 5-10, putting their fingers in the food, throwing back what they didn't want, it was gross! And there were no parents to be seen. I finally went to mention the issue to a Manager. They did go speak to one of the family's about their children, and that at least seem to control a couple of them. But ultimately there is no control of the young children just rooting around in the buffet with their fingers! Yes, kids will be kids, but there needs to be signage to reminde parents to monitor their children! So, on to the food. I ate what cooked items I could guess maybe the kids didn't poke in, but finally in decided on a broth noodle bowl that had to be cooked fresh. Sadly, it not only smelled like dirty feet, but it tasted the same! I finally ended up paying, leaving, and going to Taco Bell. Moral of the story, this buffet has poor hygiene, but the food tastes nasty as well. Stay away!!! read more

Came back recently and their noodle soup bar is not the same anymore. I think because they had such demand, they couldn't make the broth from scratch anymore. It tastes like a broth made with bouillon cubes. read more

We couldn't wait until this venue opened. Unfortunately, we were extremely disappointed in the atmosphere, and overall food quality. Anything that was deep fried had such a "grease" taste you had to put it down. The sushi was below average but we expected that going in but wanted to try it for the benefit of the doubt. I always give restaurants at least an extra chance especially after they first open up, unfortunately we will not be returning. read more

My husband and I went here for the first time a few weeks ago. We had seen their ad with a coupon so decided to try it after church. The sushi was ok at best but the rest of the food on the buffet was very good. My husband and I agreed we wanted to come back...until we got the bill. The ad showed prices and times for both their locations. The ad did not show dinner prices where going on all day on Sunday. I didn't bring the ad in, just the coupon. They said they could not take the coupon because they had crab on the buffet...what?!?.... And had to charge us dinner prices. So we paid, walked out to the car, and I saw the ad said the other location charge dinner on Sunday's but this place did not say that. After a moment of debating, we went back in to complain to the manager. He took at least five minutes to come talk to us. Then he kept telling me the ad was a typo and he couldn't do anything. After several minutes he took $3 off our bill for the coupon but refused to give us the lunch price. I had even explained that we had never been there and would not have come if we knew that would be the price! It left such a bad taste in my mouth! I spent five years working in restaurants and the customer is always right! A week later, my in laws took us out to dinner and asked about a Chinese buffet. We told them we liked to food here but we just couldn't go back because of how we were treated! Now we are still on the hunt for a good Chinese buffet, thanks to the manager that argued with me over $7! They lost a lot more than $7 by doing this!! There's too many restaurants in Madison to run a business that way. If your ad is wrong, you honor it, period!!! read more

Nothing special, but a little better than the "average Chinese buffet." I didn't get any water or drinks when I arrived, but that's not too big of a deal to me. Overall the experience met my expectations and I would return in the future. Pros: They have all-you-can pho, clean, plates cleared quickly, attentive/friendly staff, Cons: Slow to replenish food, some food looked like they sat out way to long, charged for soda refills read more

While being standard buffet setup, World Buffet has exceeded expectations for me. The interior is very nice and aesthetic, with tasteful crystal chandeliers and a pretty fountain. The staff is very nice, particularly the hostess, and the waiters will still be professional but yet joke with you. The food is pretty good, with very wide selection and lots of variety. The selection is slightly biased towards meat since the vegetarian choices are limited, but since I'm not a vegan it didn't bother me. Some of the noodles are cooked right for you by a chef, which is always neat. At dinner on the weekends they offer steak, cooked right in front of you. The only downside is the inconsistency with which the food is prepared; sometimes it's dry, or cold, and on days with slow business it's not always fresh. Service: five stars The staff is friendly, courteous, and eager to please. Food: four stars Mostly good and they cook some of it right in front of you just for you, but sometimes cold and tasteless. Aesthetics: five stars Very tasteful decor and nice painting in the back Originality: three stars It's only slightly better than the average buffet Specializations: five stars Mongolian grill, stone heated chicken and bread, do-it-yourself noodles, wide variety, etc. Overall: 4.6 stars Some of the reviews may seem negative, but I would dismiss them as sour grapes. I saw one lady gorge down several plates of food and THEN complain about it all and demand a free meal. Sheesh, drama. If you're open minded and talk to the staff, you'll enjoy it, trust me. read more

I use to go here awhile back before I moved, I recently went here on the Memorial Day holiday; and it was the worst & last experience I will ever have with this restaurant. Everything and I mean everything was old, disgusting to say the least. The crab Rangoon was hard as a rock, the peanut butter chicken (my favorite) was hard, cold. Only small portions were in the trays, look liked they had been sitting out all day. Even as the crowd began to gather nothing changed, several complaints amongst customers in the dinning area, as well to the waiter/waitress and the cashier as well, nothing was offered in exchange in any of the complaints. The meal didn't agree with me and I left it in the restroom before I could pay & leave. I felt terrible for three days after eating here. This place has changed and definitely gone down hill, I would not recommend this place to anyone! I was disappointed in my experience, the food, the complaints I over heard as well, but most of all the response to these complaints-treat your customers like family if you run a family establishment! read more

World Buffet has been very consistent in what they deliver which I think is a good thing. Lunch is very much the option for me as dinner strips down most of the meatless options in favor of fish/seafood which I have no interest in. The mapo tofu and vegetable egg foo young is my favorite from the lunch buffet table. Service is great(not that there is much needed since it is a buffet) and it seems fairly well stocked and maintained. read more

Fresh & delicious. Good location & environment. Only $8.99 for lunch. Definitely a nice place to go, especially for families.

We ended up here because that is what the group chose. We would have never gone on our own nor would we based on our experience. We ate here on a Sunday night and nothing on the buffet appeared very fresh. I risked my stomach on the sushi and am pleased to say I survived. Sushi was pretty low quality laced with that not-so-authentic mayo sauce, but it is a buffet so what should I expect. Rest of the food was limp, but edible I guess. read more

The difference between this buffet and others is the fresh Mongolian style grill that comes with the fair price of the buffet. Lots of typical choices in the buffet, and the sushi is ok, but the variety with the grill makes them stand out for a buffet. I only gave them three stars because, well, it's higher for a buffet, but it could use some more local or fresh ingredients. read more

8 people in our party Monday night- 12/28/15. Quite a few common food items on the buffet were empty the whole hour we were there. Sweet sour chicken and others empty. Quite a disappointment - read more

Awesome! This place has the best mongolian grill ever! I had some friends visiting from China, and so we decided to go to an Asian place. I found that General Tsao's Chicken and Fortune Cookies aren't even Chinese, to my disappointment. What I found WAS actually Chinese was the Mongolian Grill and the Noodle Soup. I had beef, lo mein, onions, bok choy, and something else I can't remember in my Mongolian Grill, and it was amazing! Very, very well cooked, fresh right in front of me. For the noodle soup, I picked bean vermicelli as the noodle base, tofu, pork, and some other stuff (I'm sorry, I'm pretty forgetful .-.) It looked authentic, tasted authentic, and my friends from China said it was better than anything they ever had there. So in my opinion, this buffet is as good as it gets. It's clean, the staff is polite, the place looks and feels nice, and the food is great. They have a large fruit and desert selection as well, and the price is okay. read more

Good food then average Chinese buffet. They have Good selection and carry authentic and American version dishes. Desert collection is very impressive. read more

We loved this place. Great service and the food was good. Loved that we can get sushi, American and chinese!!

World Buffet (serving Chinese & American) is very good. The Big One gives it an over all A Rating! Here's why: SANITARY CONDITIONS: Receives an A--which is huge. (Those who know me, know I wash my fruit and veggies very well--I'll put it that way-lol). Cold food is cold, hot food hot. Buffet area is kept clean and refilled with out putting the old over the new. That is HUGE! I would love to see how the kitchen functions and do a pop tour sometime. DECORE: Gets a B. Nice with a twist of fancy. While accommodating for the traveler/ weary shopper, it is not a truck stop style restaurant nor a place to recite your recently written haiku (and not because it's Japanese, rather then Chinese). It has a good feeling, warm and natural. No tie needed, but I do recommend good grooming. So go ahead, wash those hands, comb your hair, use your deodorant (I did!) It's well worth it. SERVICE: Very Good: Earning an A. Busser was busy keeping our table clear and coffee filled but not to the point of being obnoxious about it. Now for the real important stuff: The food and the $$$: FOOD: Earns a B+. Most of the buffet is a combo. (Hence: Advertised as Chinese & American)--- A small side bar is offered for the TRUE Chinese cuisine lover (not this chicky, sorry!) Ain't into all that raw stuff. Though I did try the Seaweed, as a tribute to my friend Greg, who tried to get me to eat it one night. GLAD I did! Yummy! And as The Small One mentioned, I do recommend the Spicy Chicken Wings-YUM-YUM!!! The Mussels are awesome but do to my clam/oyster allergy, I dared not take anything beyond a speck. Dang it! The Small One, being a tad shy to try such creatures, turned her nose up to them! DUMMY! They are excellent! You should of had some. COST: A. Extremely reasonable, in tune with most lunch buffets: $10.00 This WORLD BUFFET is located on D' Onofrio Drive, here on the west side of Madison. PS: The Owner and Servers are VERY nice, and attentive but not over board! read more

Really decent! The sushi is fresh and quite good for a buffet. I liked everything I put on my plate for the most part. I was a little disappointed that they use instant mashed potatoes....but whatever. Also, soda refills are NOT free and that came as a bit of a surprise when the bill came, seeing as how our server made no mention of this. Despite bad mashed potatoes and paying for soda refills, World Buffet was exactly what I expected and what I wanted on a night I couldn't bring myself to make dinner. I wouldn't come here for a nice night out, but it really did the trick tonight. We left full and happy, and I believe that even the pickiest eater could find something they enjoy. read more

It was decent for a buffet. Loved there mussels! Wish I knew how to make them myself! Food was not incredible but not awful. Floors were super sticky. read more

We go here for Sushi, it's made fresh lots of variety and it's 12.95 all you can eat...say whaaat!

Worst place ever! Don't waste your time coming here. No food nor fresh food! They care more about saving money than making new fresh food for customers who comes here to eat late!! They also don't accept coupons even though they have their coupons everywhere on woodmans receipt and on madison/middleton coupon books! This buffet is a scam only! Don't waste your money and time especially your mood coming here! You'll feel ripoff the moment you see the nasty old cold food!! read more

Excellent food and fresh. Major menu choices. Superior wait staff and reasonable meal prices. Beautiful interior very clean.

meh. besides mongolian grills, pho, and sushi bar, nothings really edible. They sometimes have crab legs, sometimes don't (I was irritated that they didn't have crab legs so when I asked about it, server said "U like crab leg? We have it tomorrow." How about maintaining regular food schedule?) They don't really refill the foods on weekdays. A lot of dishes were stale af. read more

Definitely sucks. Dinner is not worth the price. Most of what they served was still from lunch. Sauces dried up, like DEHYDRATED. I asked for a steak coz they didn't have any left on their serving pan and all they said was they are frozen. SO NO FRESH FOOD AND REMEMBER DINNER PRICE IS $12. read more