East Buffet

It was a rough day. Mom and I dropped off Dad's clothes .... at the funeral home. Neither one of had been here before. The place is nice and clean. The food choices were great. The service was awesome. I got full to quick. Mom on the other hand made 4 plates... and she's quite the picky eater. So I have no choice but to give this place 5 stars for her.

I was really hoping to find a good Chinese buffet. I was severely disappointed. First, any restaurant that offers a 10% discount for a five star Google rating is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. You go inside and they ask if you’re going to eat here or take out. No smile, no greeting, just typical lifeless stares. It’s not a big restaurant so there’s not a lot of choices but there’s enough to qualify as a Buffet. I wanted to try as many items as I could and ended up returning to the serving tables 4 times. The first time I started with soup. Unfortunately, I spilled a little on the table (See the photo). Hot and sour was OK as was the fried rice, salmon and the watermelon was exceptional. Many items were signed incorrectly and the sushi had no signs whatsoever. They have a warning saying if you have questionable health don’t eat the raw fish. Without labels, who knows what is fish and what is it. When I returned with my first refill plate, my old plate was gone but do you think they would clean up the mess on the table? Noooooooooo! The beef was horrendous. It was tough, tasteless and full of gristle. I would have enjoyed the barbecued rib but they only gave you a fork and no knife so eating it caveman style was the only option. Of the 12 to 14 items that I tried, most of them were not hot and there was a lot of room for improvement. They had a high number of seafood items such as crab, shrimp and salmon, which is probably the reason why they highball the price. There is no senior discount and no military discount. One positive point is that I did not walk away and have intestinal distress like I did from that other Chinese buffet I mention below. The room looks like it needed a makeover with paint, flooring and other touchups about 10 years ago. The employees could use some customer service training. The buffet off I-45 near Hobby Lobby was also a bust. I think for the foreseeable future, I’m going to stick to the “cooked to order” Chinese food at a regular sit down restaurant.

Went there yesterday for my birthday and the older lady seating us was very rude and rushed us. The other staff was rude as well. There were 14 of us and the first half of us were taken to our seat that another employee was eating at and had a mess at the table. They started seating us before she was able to get her stuff off the table and then they started cleaning it while we were sitting down. Very rude to my family and friends and didn’t refill everyone’s drinks. The food was ok but they didn’t maintain it well on this particular day. Forget about asking for prices. They want all the ages upfront before they tell you prices. It seems very shady. We won’t be going back.