New China Buffet

So pleasantly surprised by this restaurant after reading the negative reviews. I think it’s mostly a lunch place, so perhaps food was fresher and more plentiful at lunch.
We had lots of choices and could easily do a high or low fat plate. I had baked fish and many different vegetables. The drink seemed to be included with the meal. Ask for unsweet tea, as the regular tea will put you in a sugar coma.
Lots of Hispanic construction workers and a very multiethnic clientele which made it even better. Choices included fried plantains. The table had a bottle of siracha sauce.

I have found that it is pretty hard to find decent reviews of your run-​of-​the-​mill Chinese buffets around here, so thought I would try one out at random and report. This place is brand new — doesn’t show up on Google maps yet but its in what appears to be a newly built building right on Charlotte pike. And the grades here are based on average Chinese buffets, obviously a meat fish here would not compare to a 5 star hibachi grade restaurant.
Atmosphere — C they have a few small decorations but its basically just a generic new building.
Cleanliness — A+ this place is brand new and it shows.
Price — A its 8 bucks for lunch and 9 bucks for dinner, pretty darn affordable.
Service — A the typical speedy Chinese buffet service. Almost too fast… they took my silverware and drink when I got up for my second plate, but server was very apologetic and quickly got me some more.
Selection — B about average, not one of the massive buffets where there’s 1000 things and they’re all terrible. About the perfect middle range for selection.
Wonton soup — D wontons are stored outside of the broth and very dry with little taste. The broth itself also quite bland.
Crab rongoon — A — very fresh and lots of meat inside.
Lo mein — C+ kind of dry but had a nice little spice added to it
General Tso’s — B just your run of the mill buffet general tsos
Sesame chicken — C not much taste
Pepper steak — B+ pretty solid, would probably be an A except pretty heavy on the sauce, might be that I got the last of a batch that had soaked in sauce for a while
Hot pepper chicken — B+ nice something a little different than what I’m used to at these places. Got some kick with the peppers that are in it
Hot and sour soup — B+ a little heavy on the mushrooms but pretty solid
Egg roll — B pretty average
Overall — B+ this place has gotten off to a good start by my standards. Will have to try the others in town but based on their horrible reviews this one might be in the top echelon of Chinese buffets. However, I think people tend to be pretty negative and unfair to Chinese buffets on here. I don’t know why people walk into Chinese buffets expecting a hibachi chef at their disposal and then leave a scathing review when they don’t have a server worshipping them the whole meal. I’d give this buffet a try.
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This place ended up being pretty good. We will definitely go back. Black pepper chicken and coconut shrimp were excellent. Reasonably priced also.

For the genre of terrible/​good Chinese buffet, this is exactly what your looking for. It’s perfect. Water stains on the ceiling from the leaky roof, weird desert choices, decent lo Mien. Nothing is labeled on the buffet, but you kinda know what all this stuff is anyway. The food was good and the price was fair. I’ll eat there again for sure.

Food mediocre but inexpensive… fair selection. Waitress very nice. The lady working the cash register was very unpleasant to my children. Gumball machine ate their quarters and she told them it wasn’t her problem!

My wife and I love oriental food, usually buffets so we can sample.
This is the worst thing that has happened to our marriage.
There wasn’t much of a selection, some of the items dried out and old (AND this is at 4:15PM, shortly after the dinner items should have been placed out fresh for the Dinner Buffet). To test this, always look at the cheese on the slices of pizza – this is the best giveaway at any buffet as to freshness.
Some of the items were cold or bad, some were mediocre. The food that I did like were the creamy crab item, and one of the shrimp items that was similar in prep, and the tapioca pudding. But the other 9 or 10 items I had sampled were lacking, especially the soggy, under-​cooked tilapia.
I mentioned to the server during the 1^st of 2 plate helpings that the food is old, dried or cold, and the manager blamed the air conditioning vents, not for the attempting to keep alive the spoils.
My wife even laughed hysterically as even her dessert continued to worsen with each bite, which helped the customers behind us enjoy their meals a little better.
We tipped the server, because it wasn’t her fault, besides maybe giving us crushed fortune cookies.

I really don’t know how the food is because I haven’t got that far. The young man working the front was rude, uninterested and couldn’t stay off his cell phone. The woman that took his place was just as rude and just as uninterested. Will not be returning.

On the bright side, you won’t get food poisoning. The food is too overcooked to allow bacteria to survive. Downside, it’s not great. Tastes like it’s been out for days. But the cream cheese wontons are fantastic. Probably not coming back though.

If I could give 0 stars, I would. Decided to try this place after seeing it had a pretty good review on here. Big mistake. I’m not picky at all, but this is hands down the worst Chinese I’ve ever had. All the food (the very little that was out anyway) tasted like it had been out for days. The staff wasn’t that great, either. I certainly wouldn’t go back & wouldn’t recommend it to my worst enemy. Stay away!

We randomly stopped in for a quick lunch and were pleasantly surprised. Although the space is old and worn it has very good food. The selection is decent enough to make everyone happy. The food isn’t quite labeled correctly, so you can find yourself guessing is that General Tso or Orange Chicken. Service was good and the price was more than fair. I’d return

Way below average. When we approached the buffet, there were barely scraps available meaning a lack of freshness that proved evident later at the table. The guy that wrote the long and creative commentary with good ratings must have been high as a kite and confused this place for somewhere where the proof is in the food and not the jello. The best part of my experience was the company I brought. I took a photo of my plate just in case I ended up in the hospital, at least they would know what I ate.

In the increasingly competitive food world of Asian fusion, China Buffet does something special, balancing a global menu with rot gut performance. For a small price, Chinese staples such as General Tso’s chicken, vegetable lo mein, and beef and broccoli make an appearance on plate after plate. Don’t get too full though, because your trip around the world also includes Italy, (cheese pizza and mozzarella sticks) and Mexico, (these taco things that I’m pretty sure are actually frozen empanadas). At China Buffet, you truly can have your cake and eat it, too. Did I mention that they have cake? China Buffet excels at high-​brow low-​brow, warranting a trip to the edges of Sylvan Park.

Just a below average Chinese buffet. There are many other Asian buffets in the Nashville area that are better.