This place is beyond gross. Food and trash litter the tables and the floors at all times. The servers are usually found chitchatting when they should be at least be taking the used plates off of tables. The food selection is not that great and everything taste like it's been out for several hours. The third time I came was the last, I ended up getting food poisoning and didn't want to subject myself to any more of the torture. Be careful of this place. read more

Went here a while back and can just say, it is the pits of the pits! Everything was horrible---the food, restroom cleanliness, and even the atmosphere. read more

Bruhhhhhhh..... you're not THAT hungry. Trust me! If you want something to eat, might I suggest FOOD? Because that ain't in this joint. It's a Chinese buffet and I tried my damndest to make a meal outta lettuce, salad dressing, fruit and jello. My soda was tap water flat and the restaurant was raggedy and dingy. Chairs floors and walls all need to be hit with holy water...... orrrr just regular water. You can do better, so you should. Smh. read more

Blue Pearl Buffet & Grill - Hmm - Buffets Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I planned to give 4 stars, but the cooker ruined everything. No kidding. My family members and I were in the line for bowl of soups and Mongolian grill. I am Deaf, so one of my family members interpreted for me. I tried to order beef and noodles, but the cooker ignored us. My family member planned to order the bowl of soup, but he ignored and asked two customers behind us to order their food. My family member had to yell at him for ignored us; he laughed and acted like he does not care about his job. My family member decided to talk to the manager, but the cooker ran to the manager and denied for his own action. They yelled and argued in front of customers, while they ate their food. It was a huge embarrassment to see people argue due to my deafness. The manager refunded us and allowed us to eat our food for free. I do not plan to come back to this place until this cooker leaves or so. I seriously do not want to see his face due to deaf and disability discrimination. read more

Too many negative comments and reviews! Here's one to buffer it. For some reason, I like going to Blue Pearl once a month. For about $12/meal is not bad. When I was on vacation last week, my family took me to a Chinese place called "VIP something"(?) in San Diego. Trust me, food here (Blue Pearl) is much better and the selection is more varied. I was wondering why my mom liked "VIP(?)" so much? Admittedly, it's not the best Chinese buffet I've been to (The best I've been to was a Chinese buffet in San Antonio, Texas! I forgot the name). But, Blue Pearl will suffice for now. Everytime I go to this place, I see different types of people, but mostly, families. At one time, I saw about 25 children in the same orange uniform. I was guessing they're on a field trip of some sort. That was quite interesting to see. I never see this place unfilled (can't say empty). I guess most (if not all) like Chinese buffets. When you go there, all races are represented. It would probably be a good study to determine ethnic-group demographics of this establishment. Blue Pearl = 4 stars Chinese food = 5 stars (but you've got to workout extra hard the next day) read more

I wouldn't recommend this place, to make things short. We came here on a Sunday evening while in downtown silver spring. We like buffets, although never 5 star meals, it's a great way to get lots of decent food for a cheap price until you're full! First, it's kind of pricy for a buffet in my opinion. Almost $14 for adults, but the place was packed! So we took that as a good sign. On to the buffet... There are not a lot of options, especially compared to other buffets. Nothing really looked appetizing, and its set up horribly! There were like 3 different sections (if I remember correctly, it was seafood & Chinese food, soups and desserts, then American food and salads) the sections had plates on each end, and there's only one side to get food from, so people were starting and both ends, and bumping into each other in the middle, which leads me to another rant, the people! I have never visited a buffet, or any place for that matter, with so many rude people! I hate to blame a restaurant for its customers, but these people were completely rude and had no manners! I realize there's plates on each end, but if we're both walking towards each other, you could say excuse me instead of shoving your way past and giving rude looks. Another guy was leaning against the counter waiting for something to be refilled and refused to move so that I could get shrimp, so I had to reach over him. And while my sister was getting vegetables, instead of waiting for her to be done, some rude woman grabs the spoon from the fish, and digs into the vegetables. Then, another women burped in my moms face, for no apparent reason. The only reason I'll give two stars instead of one, is because the staff was very friendly! But overall I will definitely not be returning. Gross. read more

This place is noisy as all get out. Don't come here if you're hoping for a quiet dinner with your family or friends. Families that believe that restaurants are appropriate places to bring their infants love to come here (hint: hire a babysitter, and if you can't afford one, you'd be better off fixing a meal at home). The amount of crying children really distorted my experience here. Not that the restaurant owners have anything to do with that, but I'm still putting it out there. The food is so-so. I was over-stimulated by the huge spread, and honestly, wasn't that impressed with the quality or healthiness of the food. I stuck mainly to the sushi, which was quite good as buffets go, even though it doesn't even touch freshly made sushi. I would probably not come here again because of how tacky both the food and the atmosphere were. read more

If you love a buffet, DC Yelpers, you gotta try this one. I detest buffet anything, but my mother had been spending every afternoon for a week at this place, bringing me mochi balls and egg custard desserts, delighted at the sheer joy that 150 daily items can deliver. She finally convinced my dad and I to GO FOR IT one Saturday night. Blue Pearl is in the City Place, Silver Spring, basement/food court and has a little panda fellow with a sign at the corner of Ellsworth, across from the AMC or Majestic Theaters. The panda, it turns out, is friendly and the price even friendlier, $6.99 for lunch and $10.95 for dinner!! So think about it, 150 dishes by about $10, that's $0.07 per dish. YEEESSSSSSSS. Now, Chinese food (see earlier post) is pretty cheap as it is, and this operation I am convinced is a front for a slew of illegal activities bec/ there's NO WAY the owners can make money. The cooks and wait staff must also be smoking something bec/ the ones out front are moderately cheery and helpful. Maybe being surrounded by enormous piles of food does that to a person, but who knows? There are a number of stations: Chinese, sushi, Vietnamese noodle bar, grilled anything (beef, chicken, bulgogi) with fries/yuca, dim sum, soup, salad & dessert, and comfort food (mac and cheese, pizza). Here's a short run down on some of the stuff I sampled: - crispy duck - better than at MANY Chinese restaurants, make no mistake; dad went for 4 helpings - salt & pepper shrimp - perfect, crispy and just spicy enough to eat everything except the head and tail (the way it should be) - green beans - don't pass on this one, it's delicious and not over/under cooked - stuffed jalapeno peppers - it depended on which pepper you got, but mine was tasty and tolerable; mom nearly had a heart attack with one bite of her morsel OK, they have everything, some of which is out of this world, and a lot of which is mushy, over-sauced, over-grilled, or not stewed long enough. But for variety and novelty and no-holds-barred in-your-face lots of food, this is your buffet. They have a few great items that have convinced me to convert the heathens. Go. And tip, these guys are pretty good. There's tons of kids, old couples, young couples, and people from every ethnic background. It's crazy in there, Just like the food. (It's probably not a good idea to eat like this all the time. The regulars (the lucky few) have a strategy, they probably just hit it up all the time, and are choosy about their favorites. Eat well!) read more

I do not recommend this place at ALL. I am not a big buffet person but this place will ruin it for anyone who is. It was old and run down. Definitely needs a major upgrade and food display was just displeasing. Didn't get sick from eating here so that was a plus. read more

All these bad reviews are expecting something else, it's an all you can eat buffet for like $14 during lunch, there's chinese food, pho, sushi, pizza, mac n cheese, basically everything you could ever want. It's made in bulk so it's not the most amazing stuff you'll ever eat but it's a great place to come with a big group of friends and eat a ton of food for a couple hours. You have to treat Blue Pearl like thanksgiving, don't eat all day then come and feast on all sorts of foods that might not even really go together. I like the pineapple shrimp and the veggie sushi the most so I get like 4 plates of that, if that's not worth $14 idk what is.The red bean sesame balls are their best dessert, I always take one with me for the road. They give you endless soda, too. My one friend gets the pho and like an entire pound of crawfish every time we go, I KNOW he gets his money's worth. While they do get a little antsy if you stay too long (typical when it's AYCE) they don't really bother you and you can just have a good time in a big group. Plus, it's right by the Silver Spring metro so it's easy to get to. Give it a chance but don't have crazy expectations. read more

I think one star is still a HIGH rating considering the less than poor service received tonight at the Blue Pearl Buffet & Grill in Silver Soring, MD. The ONLY good thing we experienced in customer service was upon entry at the main counter. The hostess greeted us with a smile and friendly demeanor. From there it was straight fire and brimstone. Out of the 3 waitreeses we encountered, the waitress who brought our silverware took 15 minutes after we got our food to bring our drinks. Though we gave our drink order prior to removing our coats. The cleanliness left MUCH to be desired of which only a renovation can fix. The cooks there tonight extended SOUP times by continually adding water after the soup had visibly developed a thick coating on the top, the salmon was soaking in oily water and overcooked, the crabs were overcooked and dry, the fish were frozen patties anyone could purchase out of a grocery store, and none of the cut fruit tasted worth anything and was warm. The 2and of three waitresses threw a fit when realizing a tip was not left by a patron, and we practically had to get our own napkins since this location does not provide dispensers at each table. The third waitress was PLAN RUDE, never smiled and brought us our 'thank you for coming' fortune cookies within the first hour of our arrival. The manager was well suited and even had to assist with getting drinks to patrons, though he walked and monitored employees IT failed to mitigate the less than poor service or improve on the mediocre food served today to paying customers. I HAVE NO PLANS TO EVER RETURN. read more

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This place was alright... it was overly crowded and dirty. The food was okay. They had alittle bit of everything that you expect from a Chinese buffet. When we came the line was huge and waiting out the door past the shops. It's a good price but I don't think it was worth it. I felt crowded and the place seemed dirty. All of the food handles were dirty and I feel like the food was very bland and mediocre. If you are looking for quantity over quality I would come here. But if your looking for quality or atleast above average Chinese food I would look else where. read more

This is one of those places you wish you could give zero stars to. I went during lunch around 2, wasn't very busy but like others said there were many loud crying children. After I sat down and started eating I watched two unoccupied severs walk past without speaking/greeting before deciding I'd have to go get my own drink. When I was scooping the ice another server who was clearly annoyed came to telling me she'd get it. I said well I've already gotten it so she told me next time ask her. Ok, that's fine no problem. The rest of the time there went wonderful as well. Again NO ONE came over to clear my table. Plates were sitting for quite some time before a server decided to clear them off. Again this place was NOT busy at all. THEN came time for me to ask for a refill. I politely stop a server and ask her if she could get me a refill, to which she was completely disgusted. She didnt even actually answer me, she turned her back after she finished listening to me to finish setting an empty table, took my glass, then walked over to the other side of the restaurant to pick up dirty dishes from some one else's table with my glass in her hand and then decided to go to the back and get a refill. I didnt even drink the refill. I was afraid she'd spit or done something to it from the way she was acting. I mean honestly she looked at me like how dare I ask her for a refill. So finally after my mouth was dry from not drinking the tainted refill I go back to the previous annoyed server and ask her for a refill like she said to.....OF COURSE she decided to argue with me...I just decided to keep repeating "I need a new drink, there's something in my other cup" to which she also looked pissed off and actually started complaining to a cook that was just standing around while I was standing there....REALLY? Ok...So after I watched her fill a new cup with ice and fill it she handed it to me and swore at me under her breath in her own language...and I know that's what she did, there was no mistaking that. I've never left a place before feeling so disgusted with the ENTIRE experience. I left without leaving a tip, I couldn't believe the experience I had. If I could've regurgitated the over-salted-everything food I would have, but alas it was sitting quite heavily in my stomach. Did I mention DO NOT GO THERE??....Oh ok well let me tell you DO NOT GO THERE read more

My friend and I went here on a whim because we just wanted to pig out. Going in we understood, as most do, that buffets generally aren't the place to look for artisanal cheese and burgers from responsibly raised cows, but this place was a joke. In fact, I dare say it's one of the worst places to eat in the city. Let me explain... To get in you have to pay $14, which is fine considering it's a buffet, but right after paying, you realize that this is not your ordinary buffet. My friend and I did a once over and realized immediately that we had made a mistake. Everything just looked old and generally unappetizing. Considering that we had just paid, however, we gave it a shot. We started with the "Asian" section...if you can call an amalgam of meat covered in sauces, Asian. There was a lot to choose from, most of it looked dry or just generally disgusting, but that didn't take away from choices. To keep this post short I'll talk about two dishes, my friend and I tried everything but the sushi, which looked terrible. The first are the ribs, do yourself a favor and stay away from them. Second is the mayonnaise covered, deep fried shrimp with pineapple...at least that's what it looked like. It tasted like garbage and made my friend sick for 3 days. Stay away from that too. Overall, I think this place is an assault to the senses in every possible way, and I am amazed that it hasnt been closed down. Until that time, which I hope will happen in the very near future, stay away. If you go here, you will regret it. read more

I usually like Chinese buffets but the quality of food here is mediocre. The seafood selection is great, but didn't taste all that great. The sushi selection was most disappointing and there seems to be little there. Not a bad deal to too up on, but lacks the quality I've had in other Asian buffets to want to go back. I wish it was better, as it's the only continuous buffet of any sort in walking distance. read more

typical chinese buffet, that passes my criteria for a good rating. Clean, food was not dry and crusty. a negative is that fact that it is in the crappiest mall in america. read more

Honestly, if you're looking for a good bang for your buck, this is the place. The layout was a little different than other buffets I have been to, this sort of felt like a cafeteria line. But the food was decent and like I said, for the price- as a college student, no less- couldn't have asked for more. read more

Worst buffet I've ever been too. Food was cold & rock hard. General Tso's chicken is General Hell No's chicken. 10/10 would never come back not even for free. read more

The only good thing about this place is the service!!!!! The buffet of food was absolutely the worse I've had! It doesn't even deserve one star! Seafood was over cooked, pizza was burnt, and you could tell not much effort was put into the food available! DO NOT EAT FROM HERE YOU WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED read more

Blue Pearl Buffet & Grill - Over cooked bland seafood - Buffets Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Tonight was not their best night. They could've definitely done better. The kitchen staff has done a much better job the various other times I've visited here and it tends to be a hit or miss depending on when you go. The quality of their food tonight was definitely a miss. It's a Sunday. Quality should be better, not worse during dinner hours on the weekends. Sushi did not look fresh and they did not restock until most of it was gone. Barely any fruit options: just pineapples, oranges, and honeydew. Please work on your boba. I think you guys overcooked it. Way too soft and not chewy enough. read more

Ok, first let me say, I went to the Blue Pearl Buffet in Springfield, VA. It sounds like they are affiliated from the reviews I read, but I could be wrong. If I am, I'll move my review or delete it. Yuck. Awful. Abysmal. My trip started with excitement as I noticed they had Maryland Blue Crabs on the buffet! For an $11 buffet this was amazing to me. After cracking open the crabs I realized why. They smelled awful. Obviously they were far from fresh and they were overcooked. My hands smelled like rotting seafood for the rest of the day just from touching them. I probably would have became ill if I had eaten any of it. Onto the other food. An asian buffet really just needs to have decent General Tso's and Lo Mein to get 3 stars from me. But they couldn't even get that right. The lo mein noodles were thick and mushy and the general tsos came in large clumps of overbreaded, undercooked gobs of greasy mushy fatty chicken. Some food there was edible, and that's about all I can say positive about the Blue Pearl in Springfield. read more

Its bang for your buck. All you can eat sushi, all you can eat pizza, hibachi grill, and at super affordable prices.

This place left us unimpressed. Lots of food was cold and nothing wowed us. Everything from edamame and pineapples, to the pho station to the desserts was lackluster. read more

In Silver Spring, a foreign place to me, hungover, and starved, I parked my car downtown and set out to find food. As soon as I emerged from the gargage, I saw the sign for Blue Pearl and decided to give it a try as a Chinese buffet has alot of appeal in that situation. Being a buffet you know you're probably not getting the best food, but the variety is great and its a great hangover tonic. And at a place with a great kitchen and alot of crowd turnover , like Lucky 3 in Falls Church, the food can be pretty damn good. Pearl Buffet however, is not like that, at least on my visit (6PM on a Friday). Very sparse crowd. Chinese items, pseudo-sushi, pizza. A weird selection. A station of scary looking seafood dishes - actually, stuff I'd love to eat like fried octopus, whole flounders in spicy sauce, a few other intriguing items - but it all looked like it had been there since lunch. The pseudo-sushi looked abysmal. The BBQ meat station was actually tasty - the key here being that they were constantly cooking fresh food and ringing a bell when they put if out. Freshly cooked, their curry chicken skewers actually were tasty. The grilled teriyaki pork chops also. Crispy duck, not so crispy, but OK. Other than that, the egg foo yung was fine; everything else, pretty sad. Eggrolls greasy and burned tasting. Dumplings with wrappers the consistency of Naugahyde. Tasteless lo-mein. Etc. You could make a decent meal of the freshly cooked meats, and maybe its better at some other time when the food is fresh, but I wouldn't go back to try. read more

A lot of food to choose from , more seafood selection then most buffet , while I was surprise to see duck and Vietnamese Pho soup not to mention bubble tea. A pretty good spot will come again. read more

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Here's a question about takeout: You take whatever food you want from the buffet, put it in the styrofoam container, and weigh it at the register, where they charge you by the pound. So how come the final price is always an even amount like $7.50 or $10 or $12? Isn't that questionable? Do they round up, and is that legal? read more

For the price and the nature of all-you-can-eat buffet I can't find much to complain. Overall I think the food is very good. I love the noodle station where more than 10 different kinds of cook-to-your-order noodles are offered. Staff are polite and tentative. It didn't take them a long time to take away my plates when I was done. I will come back again. read more

I've been once. I found the food to be just awful. No flavor whatsoever. Some of it was just inedible. I resigned myself to only eating the desserts--they too, were terrible. Chocolate frozen yogurt should've been an easy win--but it tasted so odd--not like chocolate at all. Cheap but horrible food is still horrible food. I'd rather choke down castor oil that eat here again. read more

This is the worst place to eat in downtown silver spring, the food is simple grotesque, warmed up left overs from the previous shift. For $14.79 plus tip you are better off eating healthier at better offerings like whole foods, cava, etc. This place is just disgusting! read more

If you're going for lunch during the week, this is a pretty inexpensive option (all you can eat for like 8 bucks) with lots of variety. Like others have said, it's a buffet so the quality is not the best but there's lots to choose from including a grill that will make things for you on the spot. I agree with other posters - the salad bar isn't a salad bar at all. It's a metal pan with iceberg lettuce in it. That's about it. They definitely need to work on that. But the food tastes good (especially when you're hungover) and there's an ice cream machine!! How can you beat that? read more

I agree that there are too many negative comments here about this place. Went there last night and although it didn't seem to be the cleanest place, I thought the food was okay with a good variety of things to chose from...I was pleasantly surprised. The layout of the place makes it a little more difficult to move around because the tables are spaced close together with no hierarchy of circulation. I will put this down as another place in Silver Spring that I like and that I will visit again. Downtown Silver Spring is becoming a favorite destination spot for me these days. read more

Cheap buffet (I think around $14). It is pretty big, I went right before a movie and was stuffed. The chicken on a stick was good, and they had your standard, fried chicken and Chinese food selections. They also had a nice fruit selection. I really like that they had soft-serve to end the meals. read more

Cheap Buffet, but for some reason...This place has grown on me :) my friend adrian and I started going there when we needed to talk after school during my Junior Year of HS....Mmmm....The food is actually decent tasting and there is a good variety...but ofcourse it lacks quality and I will admit, I'm always really careful and try to avoid sea food products because I don't want to risk food poisoning. This Isn't a place you take anyone that you have any intentions of impressing...more like somewhere to keep it real and kick it with the homies. The best chinese buffet I've been to was in San Antonio also!! lol, I also forgot the name of it but their frog legs were delish. read more

An absolute waste of $11. I am DISGUSTED. Nothing I ate was good, nothing was delectable, nothing was delicious. Rats wouldn't even dine here. read more

This place is absolutely disgusting. Nothing is appetizing. It cost 35$ for us to eat as a couple and we left starving. We spent less at the pretzel booth and left there happier and more fulfilled. Absolutely awful place. Will never go there again. Everything tastes old, everything is dirty. Strongly recommend you don't visit. read more

Went for lunch buffet, which is reasonably-priced and well worth it. Great customer service--the waitresses are multi-lingual, and I heard several speaking English, Spanish, and Chinese to their diverse clientele Food was warm with a wide assortment, but don't expect 5-star dining. Expect exactly what you're paying for--a lunch buffet. Recommendations: If possible, please man the made-to-order buffet line with more cooks to keep the line going and traffic at a minimum. That's a high-traffic area which makes for potential disasters read more

Horrible I hate it food tasted like shit spitting out everything tasted rotten and tasteless workers are on there phones bar was horrible everything wasn't fresh almost like if it was frozen chewy seafood stomach hurta read more

They don't deserve that 1 star. This place has roaches. Stay far away! I should've got a refund but I just wanted to leave. I will never go back. I'm surprised it's been open this long. read more

You get what you pay for! The only thing good here is the seafood and the sushi! The rest of the food are so bad!! The desserts were dry and hard. It also tasted old. I could barely understand their servers coz they have a heavy chinese accent and the moment we stood up the server's eyes looked straight at the table to check if we tipped her. She was so damn happy and thanked us right away! I don't feel like going back here again. read more

Disgusting attention from the servers, seeing that I did not leave good tips for the bad service she threw things to the floor in disgust, everyone observed what happened at that time. I definitely would not eat there again. Be careful about the people you employ. read more