Chen’s Buffet

This buffet is just a little better than average. They have a huge selection of foods on the buffet. There is also sushi available for the taking. I prefer to go a little further down 23^rd street to the Adrian district, however there is only one or two choices in that area for a buffet.

Like most buffets, quality takes a nosedive when they’re not busy. I can’t speak to their normal patron volume, but it was nearly nonexistent when I went. So food was sitting out for who knows how long getting all nice and «meh».
The sushi was expectedly mediocre. It was sitting out long enough that the ice it was atop made it –too– cold. So my go-​to sushi buffet is still off in Narnia.
The hot food was… a-​okay. I have a feeling if it was more «fresh» it would be much better (duh). It had some potential but fell short.

I am a big fan of buffets in general ! Seeing lots of food and not having to decide what to have is my idea of a great meal. The indigestion, bloated feeling and instant weight gain that follows it does make me regret it later but is forgotten once I see a new buffet place. That is what happened with Chen’s. I saw this place right next to Gopuram and decided to try it out.
The selection here was pretty vast and as with all buffets, the items varied from good to bad. I don’t remember the names of all the stuff on offer but the Mongolian beef and chicken sauces were pretty nice. They had a Pork pastry which was excellent. The dimsums were great too. However, most of the non Chinese stuff was bad and I am not sure why they even had those on this buffet. The pizza wasn’t good at all and the sausage stuff they had was very salty. They also have a Mongolian grill type thing where you can get them to make a dish the way you want it and there is a Sushi bar as well.
As far as variety goes for the price point it has (7.99 $ per person I think), you can’t beat it. The quality across all selections is debatable but that is always the case with large buffets. Here, you will find some stuff that you will like enough to go for second helpings and then some that will make you want to stop and go straight to the dessert section. Overall, this was decent for a buffet.

We visited on a Friday at 5pm. The restaurant had about 7 tables of guests, and four wait staff. The food is edible, but the service is poor. The wait staff spent more time at the front with what I imagine was the owner. There was a child running around the buffet and grill barefoot. He belonged to one of the staff as he ran into the kitchen. I have enjoyed other metro buffets with less quality and better service.

This place is pretty good at being a crappy Chinese buffet. It has a larger selection than most places and everything is either mediocre or pretty good.
While the sushi is only okay, they have a lot more selection than other Chinese buffets and they have more raw fish items.
If you go in with realistic expectations, you are likely to be slightly impressed.
My only real complaint is no paper towels in the bathroom. Why would I want to grab a nasty bathroom door handle in the middle of a meal where I may very well be touching my food? It’s 2014, get with the program. I’ll give it four stars once they understand this extremely basic principle.

This place was pretty decent. It’s your typical Chinese buffet but better than most buffets that I’ve tried around OKC. The sushi tasted «ok» as well. It was actually good enough to go back for seconds, unlike some of the places I’ve been to. There was definitely a language barrier when communicating with the employees here. They ask me what I would like to drink and I asked what kinds of drink they have. They took awhile answer and could only give me like 3 choices so I just picked whatever. The waiter came back and asked if I wanted a refill, I told him I was good. The next thing you know he brings me a full cup of drink! I was stuffed and I couldn’t eat or drink anything else. I feel bad that they’ll have to throw the drink away. I told him that I didn’t want the drink but all he did was smile and said it was «ok.»
One of the things I didn’t like was how the waiters were carrying a broom and dust pan while holding a drink on the other hand. I saw them deliver a drink to a customer while doing this. I’m sure that he didn’t wash his hands afterwards either. It was just unsanitary. Other than that, this place was decent. I really liked their vanilla ice cream and that was all I had the stomach for after my meal.

I’ve lived here 11 years and had damn near every Chinese buffet on the nw side and this one is by far the best. The food tastes amazing, is fresh and there are tons of options. This is my new fave Chinese buffet!
My bf is kind of a sushi snob and he loves the selection, taste and freshness of their sushi.
The service is good. Atmosphere is typical.
The only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is because I wish they had more dessert options.

American Chinese food is American Chinese food is American Chinese food. Occasionally, you come across places like this, which makes you reconsider this opinion. Chen’s is a shrimp lover’s dream. And by dream, I mean it’s a heart attack waiting to happen.
In my humble opinion, this is by far the best that OKC has to offer as far as Chinese buffets go, and that’s not because of a huge selection, but rather because what they have, they do really well. Also, you don’t feel like you’re dying at the end of your meal. To be honest, I don’t even stay for the buffet because it’s always so busy in there. So here is my advice to you, fellow Unilocaler:
1. Go in and tell them that you want to get some food to go.
2. Load up on the following items: Coconut Shrimp, Spicy Shrimp, Coconut Chicken, Salt & Pepper Chicken, and this one Spicy Shrimp/​Chicken combo. Get roughly a pound of that. If you want some carbs to balance out the cholesterol, get some rice also.
3. Pay approximately $ 4.00 for aforementioned pound of food. Touch the katanas (which are Japanese… Weird) while you wait next to the register. You will be glared at if you actually pick them up and swing them though.
4. Talk to your doctor about getting some prescription statins (Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor, etc.)
5. Thank me for teaching you one more way to kill yourself a little faster. And you’re welcome.
P. S. This may not mean much, but this is also the only Chinese restaurant I’ve been to where the sushi doesn’t taste like absolute garbage. Yay for slightly above average American Japanese food at an American Chinese restaurant!