My take on Young's Buffet as someone who has frequented buffets and Asian restaurants in the all over the west and east coast: I came on a Thursday afternoon right before dinner rush, about 4:30-5pm. The building and ambiance is pretty typical for a Chinese buffet. They had the Thursday special going, which was $14.99. They have about 5 hot food areas, a hibachi grill corner, a fruit/cold section, a sushi area, a chocolate fountain, and single serve ice cream. Overall, they had a decent amount of variety of food, as well. In terms of food, some items had two labels on them. I got what I thought was hibachi chicken but on the other side it was called bourbon chicken. The pork egg roll, had no pork at all. The cheese wonton had crab, so it was a crab rangoon and it was pretty decent. The sweet and sour chicken was old and cold. The orange chicken was overly preserved and was cold. The black pepper chicken was pretty decent. The char sui roast pork was VERY old, I had to spit it out. The fried rice was extremely yellowish orange??? So it's a bit of a hit or miss depending on what you get. For customer service, I thought it was okay. My waitress did give me the wrong drink but she fixed it quick. She was also pretty on top of clearing plates, which was nice. As a whole, I think it's decent. It's not too bad, but also don't expect really good Chinese food. read more

Young's Buffet - New Pricing Menu - Buffets Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

Oh my. So we went to Youngs for their $13.99 lunch deal. Well the old adage of you get what you pay for, lives here. Bad bad bad. The service was great and the place is so clean, but we rate on food mostly. The food was frankly one of the worst Chinese buffets I have eaten at. I have eaten at these type of restaurants all over the country, so while not a Chinese buffet snob, I do have some expectations. The food for the most part wasn't very flavorful or tasty. Even I can make cheap ingredients taste good. It's like they didn't even try to hide low cost ingredients. Then, you cannot leave them sitting out to dry out. More I can't tell you. Try another Chinese buffet place or you will likely be wholly disappointed. Frankly, if you like this place, you don't know good Chinese food. Sorry fans, we hate giving bad reviews, but this is worthy of warning hungry folks to pass on by or be, as stated, likely disappointed. read more

After helping a family member move into a new home, we decided to come to this buffet and have dinner together. The waitress was attentive to making sure our water glasses were filled every opportunity and removed our plates once we were done eating. It wasn't too busy so that could have been the reason why. However, I didn't like how some of the food that was meant to be hot was either lukewarm or cold. I only had one plate and I was done. read more

Young's Buffet - Buffets Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

It was okay, the food was cold or just warm enough. The staff had a bad attitude. Not my first choice to go to and spend my money.

My wife and I haven't been there in quite some time because of times of food was old and it was just sit there and they wouldn't refresh it. From what I understand now there are new owners so maybe in the future we will go back just to see how the food is now read more

As for buffets this is the best in melbourne. Hit or miss on flavors but multiple cooks can cause this. We partake once a month. read more

Been here quite a few times and the food usually is pretty good. I love their wide variety, but sometimes the food is kind of cold. Other than that. The service is nice and like I said, I usually enjoy the taste of the food. read more

Young's Buffet - Buffets Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

Went there around dinner time . The food was warm At best .... Picked over and had been sitting there for too long ... would I recommend this place absolutely not! Go To Crystal buffet in Melbourne ! read more

Food was flavorful, wait staff was nice and checked on us often had items I hadn't seen at other buffets and reasonably priced for the area

The service is good, but the food continues to decline. I have been going there a couple of years and the food used to be good. Everything now is overcooked. I used to love their pepper chicken, but lately its been like chewing leather. read more

I've been to this location a few times now, and the food has been amazing every time. The service is quick, which I really appreciate, although a couple of the waitresses did seem a little impatient. That said, the ambience is nice overall -- not too bright, and definitely comfortable. I'd still recommend it, especially for the consistently great food. read more

Don't waste your money. This place is over priced what what it is. The few selections of food they offer is OKAY at best. Floors are slippery/sticky. Not many options for kids so if you have kids, don't go. Server was rude and brought the bill as soon as we got a second plate then came back and noticed we had not paid yet because we weren't done yet and takes the bill and places it in front of my husband and says "you got money or what?!". We told her we were not done yet. We had just grabbed a second plate. She didn't say anything, turned around and never came back. Needless to say the service was not great either. Go to Chilis or the McDonald's across the street for cheaper and BETTER food. Restrooms were so gross. My daughter had to use the restroom and there was dry blood on the toilet seat. Toilet paper all over the floor. read more

This was the most disgusting, atrocious staff I have ever encountered. The obsessive counting and trying to decipher how old a 10 year old is and requesting her birth certificate is unprecedented. Lucia needs management training and social skills training. I thank you for ruining our special day. read more

Both the food was dried out and burnt. The shrimp were stale. You couldn't even peel the shell off it. It tasted like it was freezer burnt or overcooked. When we showed it to him, they said it was fine. I won't be eating here again. we showed the food to the couple people were there and they told us that there was nothing wrong with it and that's what happens when you fry It's simple I won't eat there read more

We have eaten at Young's Chinese Buffet three times in the past several months. It has been consistently good with a wide variety of dishes, including all the traditional Chinese favorites. We ate there this past Thanksgiving Day and it was definitely worth the price. In addition to all the Thanksgiving food (turkey, ham, prime rib, etc.), they had crab legs, mussels, and a huge assortment of desserts. The restaurant was crowded and everyone seemed to be enjoying their meal. I don't understand why this restaurant has so many bad reviews here on Yelp because the restaurant is clean, service is good and the food selection is excellent. We will definitely be going back soon. read more

always frewsh hot and well replenished. stafdf if good a and seafood is excellent in fru nites, we are regulars and the health dept report is always passed. than ks ceefs and crew read more

We go to Young's twice a week. Their food is ALWAYS fresh and hot! They have so many varieties of food and our service is fantastic. Ask for Annie! read more

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If you're someone who's hungry and wants some decent Chinese food this will do. There was like one waiter but somehow she managed to pick up every single plate that my fam had eaten up. Mind u there was 5 of us. She was quiet but did her job well. Everything was clean and hot enough I'll be coming back ‍ read more

The food is pretty good, and everything is fresh. This place will not disappoint. The Sushi is fresh! I've read the other reviews, and all I can say...it's a Buffet. If you were expecting a maitre di, fine linen, and coffee pouring at the table, it's a buffet!!!! The food is fresh, plentiful, and tasty. The ambiance...well....it's a Chinese buffet, and friendly! The service, fast and efficient...did I mention....it's a buffet! I can't give it 5 stars because...wait for it..... ....it's a buffet! read more

Young's Buffet - Buffets Near Me - Palm Bay, Florida

Young's Buffet-4700 Babcock St NE #27, Palm Bay, FL 32905 3 Stars Young's is a buffet that is large in both size and scope. In fact, the buffet is the centerpiece, the focus of this plain Chinese kitchen, which also offers some American fare. It is located just inside Palm Bay Center. The Holiday House (DeLand, 1959), Malcom's Hungry Bear (Orlando, 1977) and even the fictitious Hungry Heifer (from the sitcom Cheers, 1982) with Norm Peterson's classic line, "I'll have the feeding frenzy for two" was representative of a space in time and indicative of a special occasion, which presented what was typically deemed the rarest of treats for families of the era. Along with cafeteria style eateries, these long-standing traditional institutions have all but vanished from sight. What has since come to the fore to replace them is a steady deluge of buffets, catering to Chinese food, as well as the blech inducing likes of the Golden Corral. As might be expected, I entered Young's Buffet with low expectations and still was pleasantly surprised. Admittedly, this is not great food but as I sit here amongst 25 like minded fat people, I find myself quite satisfied. I'm fully satiated and have gotten my fill, equitable to the $16 spent. There is a broad array of both American and Chinese fare and there is also sushi. Now, this is not ever going to be confused with gourmet cuisine, but nonetheless, it's...fun. Folks are free to indulge in and avail themselves of whatever they choose, without the abiding fear that their collective dalliance with this eclectic mix might give rise to abligurition. Big Boy Says, "If you want to gorge yourself for a reasonable price, Young's Buffet fits the bill." read more

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As a Palm Bay resident for almost my entire life, I've come to understand what the average food experience here is like. If you're eating fast food, it's just going to be an acceptable experience where you're getting what you pay for and you'd be crazy to complain. If you're eating the area's "fine dining," it's just going to be what most would consider to be good at best instead of excellent despite its high price tag. If you're eating cultural foods like Chinese or Indian, it's a mixed bag, where you'll rarely get good but when it is, it's fantastic, and you'll usually get varying levels of bad and usually nothing in-between. We're not exactly living in a cultural Mecca here; Palm Bay is a small redneck city with big dreams that peaked in high school but will spend the rest of its life bragging about how awesome it is. I say all of this because I see a lot of other reviewers for Young's Buffet saying "IT'S 5 STARS, I MEAN IT'S A BUFFET, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?" Well, I expected to pay a fair price for edible food, and unfortunately, Young's Buffet is EXCEPTIONALLY awful. As it's a buffet, the service is obviously not really in question here. What do you wanna drink, here's your plate, see you at the register. There's nothing to really fault here as far as service is concerned. It's standard buffet stuff. But dear reader, you go to a buffet to eat! And if you've been to at least one Chinese buffet, you know what to reasonably expect. You're going to be shoulder to shoulder with people breathing on the food, putting the tongs back in the wrong place, and having words over the crab legs. You know that the temperature of the food is probably going to be lukewarm at best, you know that any food tray with just a little bit left in it is a health hazard to scrape onto your plate, and you know that you're just there to fill your stomach and not savor authentic delicacies from the far east. My mother and I decided to take dear old dad out for his birthday. He likes to graze and eat a little bit of everything, and they hadn't been to Young's Buffet in a while, so we figured why not? We left asking ourselves why instead. The seafood was the furthest thing from fresh. The fried rice looked like it never saw the inside of a pan; it was pasty white with a La Croix level of robustness to it, and the rice was so overcooked that it could've been porridge. The pork was rock hard and totally inedible. The chicken was dry and flavorless. Everything overall had a distinct lack of seasoning. We pretty much took one bite of each thing and didn't finish it. We're not the type to make a big ruckus about our restaurant experiences and we temper our expectations and are reasonable; we were going to a buffet, not a high class restaurant with a dress code. But even by buffet standards, this was officially, and I mean this with no exaggeration, the worst food we had ever half-eaten. What's worse? We were going to stop by and see a friend of the family on the way back, so we asked them if they wanted us to bring them anything. We did warn them about our experience, and they said that it would be fine because they're not too picky. They had us order the hunan pork for them for takeaway. For the uninitiated, hunan pork is basically stir-fried pork, with a few vegetables tossed in, and it's noted for being spicy and packed with flavor. What our friend got instead was a takeout container so packed with slop that it was leaking. The container didn't tilt and just drip out some juice; this thing was packed to bursting with a thick, syrupy brown sauce that just tasted like pure sugar. No spices, no heat, no flavor, just raw sweetness with a thick motor oil consistency. The container was packed with, I kid you not, 95% vegetables that were barely cooked, and just a few thin slivers of pork that looked like sad brown shoestring laces. If I had to guess, I'd say that there were maybe 2 ounces of pork in there, and a solid pound of vegetables. (I'll give you a minute to Google hunan pork to see what it's supposed to look like from a variety of sources.) All in all, the experience was intensely disappointing. It doesn't matter if you're an executive chef at a 5-star restaurant or just your average person looking to put something in their stomach, the food here by all accounts is disgusting. You'd only enjoy this place if you've never had decent food in your life, or your expectations are lower than the dirt. I wouldn't feed my leftovers to my dog. read more

Young's Buffet is open after closing for Covid and after a renovation. It's our first return visit since they reopened after Covid and was pleasantly surprised. The cleanliness has greatly improved and the food selection and quality is what you would expect at a better Chinese buffet Where can you go to gorge on peel and eat shrimp and succulent steamed baby clams for the price it's a great value. The shrimp appeared to be large-mediums 21-30s lb very fresh steamed that morning and chilled. Had two plates the cocktail sauce was top notch not watery with a bit of heat from horseradish. I stick to the seafood pass on most of the hot dishes, great imitation seafood salad and the mussels were decent. Desserts were trash prepackaged commercial fare but they did have a legit cheesecake. Sushi was okay not a wide selection of real sushi avocado and cream cheese does not belong in sushi. The Nigiri and Uramaki was decent only disappointment not a lot of Ahi. The wasabi and pickled ginger was quite good. The service staff was attentive and very polite cost was reasonable we'll be back. -- appears to be under new management. read more

This place is amazing! So many delicious options and all entrees tasted different. Prices were perfect. Service was excellent, we had Fawn she uses Tina. Very sweet lady and very attentive tentative to our children. Don't listen to the petty reviews. Reminded us of LA's buffets. Will definitely ret L read more

Cheap quality food wasn't satisfied but not expensive either so you decide.......................................

Nothing fancy, neither the atmosphere or the taste of the food. I can say that I was less than impressed.

Great buffer. It's our new go to buffet. We travel from Port St. Lucie to Palm Bay Many standing buffet tables. Find everything from soup to Knott's including a sushi, Mongolian buffet dairy buffet peeling in eat shrimp oysters, seafood salad was delicious and about 10 or more hot Chinese food tables. I c love the spare ribs and teriyaki chicken. read more

Great food 4 star What else can I say,decor is ok,drinks are high I order water with lemon,another good buffet is crystal buffet read more

Not worth it. Limited menu. Food not fresh. Not even the sushi. The limited sushi selection available Seafood had no taste. Or seasoning g read more

Youngs is a great restaurant with the widest selection of food that we have ever seen. My wife and I have been going here once a week for over a year. The selection is such that we can go once a week and not have the same dish. The selection of food runs from meatloaf and pizza which are delicious to wonton soup. Their egg foo young is the best I have ever had. The salad bar is full of the freshest you will ever see. My favorite is their creamy hard ice cream, six flavors. My wife's favorite is the apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream of course. The waitstaff are very friendly and the service is outstanding. read more

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WORST EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD AT ANY ESTABLISHMENT EVER!!! If you and your family come here to eat make sure you bring your birth certificates! When we arrived we were told it was dinner time even though we arrived before 4pm we still sat down and were trying to enjoy a very important celebration with family and friends while staff rudely reached over us counting and interrogating us about our children's ages, bill splitting, etc. AS SOON AS WE SAT DOWN TO EAT OUR FIRST PLATE OF FOOD! We were then told that our children were not the ages we said they were (my step daughter being the main point of concern because she's a tall 10 yr old), we let them know that they were the ages we were saying they were and were met with multiple staff members telling us we were lying and that we didn't have the money to pay (we winded up paying more than our bill amount for this remark) We were then told that they needed to see a legal document to ensure that my stepdaughter was the age we were saying she was. Ridiculous as it may seem I drove home and retrieved her birth certificate to prove to staff we were in fact not lying. I was then told that my stepdaughter was 12 and not 10 even after I showed the birth certificate because the woman calculated wrong and once again I corrected her with proof. I would NEVER recommend eating here the business is unprofessional, RUDE and obviously money hungry. I will never return here again. read more

The smell in the restaurant is so bad I couldn't eat and sat there until my family was done eating. They admitted after leaving it smelled bad, but were really hungry! read more

Food is excellent and even if you are not into Chinese food they have a large choice of American food. Service is good and as you finish your food the waitress take your plate away so you can start on your plate of delicious food. It's rather plain with large tables with all sorts of goodies. read more

First time eating here and everything was good. Wide variety of food to choose from and it was hot. Restaurant was clean (didn't use restroom so can't comment on that). Service and staff were very nice. Definitely would recommend and we definitely will be back. read more

This place was our go to Chinese restaurants. We'd frequent about once a week, until one day We got there late for lunch & found they had started transitioning to dinner. I served myself a plate from the buffet & when I got to the table, the food was ice cold I called the waitress & told her. She apologized & said they were putting more hot food. I waited before going back & she showed me what was hot. Unfortunately I didn't care for it. I wanted spring rolls, noodles & soup! Everything was cold except the egg drop soup, so I told them I wasn't happy with the cold food & said I was leaving when the receptionist by the entrance stopped us saying we had to pay. I said pay for what? We hadn't eaten anything. Well, to my surprise, she chased us to our car saying she was calling the police. We decided to wait for the police. In the meantime, we decided to go to Chili's for at least an appetizer cause we were starving, which is in the same parking lot. Can u believe that lady followed us into the restaurant After seeing she wasn't gonna stop harassing us, we left & waited for the police by our car. Police came & was told that even if the food is bad & we don't eat, because we actually put food on our plate, we had to pay. Even though the police seemed to be on our side, we agreed to pay. This is totally untrue. We eat out at least a couple of times a week & when we've run into stuff that's not good, I just mention it to the waitress & immediately the manager comes & tries to make us happy customers Needless to say, we will never go there again & tell our story to anyone who will listen. read more

First time coming here today on a Friday and they have the special before 4 o'clock are you can eat for eight or nine dollars. It's nothing fancy in here but they do have some good food choices. They are quick to serve you with your drink order and over all the food is okay. I especially like the dessert table. read more

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The food in this buffet was very flavorful unlike most buffets also clean and constant fresh food keeps coming to the buffet and super clean great service will return for sure read more

First, we normally go to Crystal Buffet in 192 but decided to check this restaurant out. It's nothing compared to Crystal. Plates are not clean. There's only 2 kinds of dim sum, pork dumpling & small steamed buns. Bland & not appetizing. Hot & sour soup was too salty. Egg drop looks old. Not a clean place at all. We will not be coming back! read more

Me and my 3 friends went to this place and only two of us ate there and these distracted incoherent workers who had their heads distracted with music with their AirPods . This lead to the disaster of them ignoring us and not hearing us say only two of us are paying. Shortly after we were done they made the other two pay when they didn't eat and they just sat down with us and kept company. We confronted this and they threatened to call the cops even after they checked surveillance and confused themselves even more. read more

Plenty of variety of all types of dishes. Went with 10 other people and everyone was amazed at the variety and availability of the different foods that were available read more

YOUNG'S CHINESE BUFFET HIDDEN JEWEL Was pleasantly surprised by Young's. They offer great buffet for $10.99. Have eaten their several times never had a bad meal. I say hidden but seems lot of people have discovered them at lunch. Where they really excel is their dinner menu of Fridays and Saturdays at around $19 loaded with seafood. In addition to regular items they have crawfish, I love coming from SE Texas, as good as any in Louisiana. And on one occasion had raw oysters on half shell. Have mussels and shrimp raw to cooked in all variations. Deep fried crab and steamed crab and squid rings and baby octopus. Have prime rib but not as good as I like too dry and not rare enough. Of course they have sushi and Hibachi grill. Wide variety of deserts. All kinds of chicken items. Have American items. Like East Garden in north Melbourne and Young's Buffet in south Melbourne. read more