Deceiving looks! The food was very good and the staff was friendly the entire time. There was only plastic utensils and styrofoam plates but the food definitely made up for it. Great spot for a inexpensive dinner! read more

The layout of food looked wonderful! But...a few hours later I had food poisoning from there! When I looked it up there was multiple people reporting the same food poisoning!! So Sad as their food looked so so good! Food poisoning is not a fun thing to go thru! It's horrific!! read more

absolutely disgusting, do not recommend. Mold in my food. Not only that but one of the workers had no shoes on...

Horrible horrible horrible. Absolutely dangerous to eat here. Food is NOT KEPT AT SAFE TEMPS. I watched them pour food from a 5 gallon bucket into a pan to be reheated! It was leftovers from the day before. The crab legs were not crab at all but rather crawfish that was labeled as crab. When I asked where the crab was the lady pointed to the crawfish. I told her that is not crab but she insisted "yes yes crab, very good you try!" Their sushi is prepared in the warm air, fish brought out and left out way too long. They serve on styrofoam plates and use styrofoam soup bowls to serve tea and drinks in. Everyone in our party ended up in the hospital with food poisoning, and when we complained to the food inspector, nothing was done. We are in the process of filing a lawsuit for all of this. If you don't want to believe my review, that's okay, but I would strongly encourage you to do a walk through before trusting the food served out of this disgusting restaurant!! read more

Changed owners and now it's horrible and over priced. Food is old not fresh, don't spend your hard worked 4 $ very dark and unwelcoming

A buffet with lots of variety, including Salmon,Sushi on top of other regular Chinese buffet dishes (orange chicken, broccoli beef etc). Food is delicious and fresh, with decent service. What is even more surprising is the price. $15 for an adult, at this crazy inflation environment! Definitely deserve 5 stars! read more

Please don't go here. The service was horrific, our check was dropped off 10min after we arrived because they wanted to close early, i understand it being slow but we arrived at 8 and they are open until 9:30. all the food was thrown away by 8:30. the heat lamps were not doing their job, nothing was hot. i just don't think it's safe for food that is obviously old to be out in the cold. terrible all around read more

Love the idea of paper plates! Never seen that in a buffet before. The food selection was good. read more

China Buffet - Chinese Near Me - Missoula, Montana

Decided to go here for our last meal in Montana. Food was satisfying and tasty. Would go back for the seafood and dim sum.

Really gone downhill. Food disgusting sits their all day , old dried out what's left anyway Will not be going back Only reason I gave it a star is had to , to be able to post this Never been so disgusted with a place and they still charge , even when they don't have anything to pick from and what you have had been out for hours read more

I am sorry but this was the worst food ever. The food was greasy and the pastries were horrible! read more

I had a really hard time trying to rate China Buffet. It has been in Missoula for as long as I've lived here (13 years). In that 13 years, I have eaten here at least 20 times, maybe more. I don't know why it's taken until now for me to review them, but at this point I feel I can give them a fair review. While their food is so-so and nothing to write home about, the friendliness of their staff is where they really fall short. From the moment you walk in, rather than being greeted with a smile or a friendly "Hello," you are immediately asked in a pushy way "How many?" I'm not referring to one isolated incident. This has happened almost every single time I have dined there. There is absolutely no small talk whatsoever between the employees and their customers. Once you are seated, you then can go pick out your food, buffet style. I have found the best time to go here is when they open until around 2-3 PM. After that, the food is nowhere near as fresh as it was, and I'm pretty sure many of the food items have been sitting out longer than they are supposed to, per food service guidelines. I have to give then kudos when it comes to the variety of items they have. There have all your traditional Chinese food, California rolls, soup, ice cream and dessert, and also some American food items such as pizza and macaroni and cheese. The quality of the food is not that good, but for the price, you can be assured you will leave feeling full without breaking the bank. They keep the restaurant about 1,000 degrees at all times. My husband says it's probably a strategy to get customers in and out of there fast, and he may be right. The entire restaurant feels like an oven! When it comes to cleanliness, they certainly are slacking on that. One quick walkthrough of the restaurant and you will see what I mean. Pros: Inexpensive, large variety of food. Cons: Very hot inside, rude staff, they don't maintain the cleanliness of the restaurant, and food quality is lacking. read more

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Not that great. Shrimp mushie, bbq pork dry, veg egg roll bland. Bland, no seasoning, no spices. Service ok Ambiance fair. read more

It's mid-afternoon on a Monday and there are a lot of diners, and the buffet is steamy and fresh. So impressed!

PLEASE READ!!!! The one thing that will prevent us from ever returning is the use of Styrofoam dishes. You have to get a new one every time you go back. Our family alone threw away 10 Styrofoam plates and 7 bowls. Styrofoam NEVER breaks down it just gets smaller. How hard would it be to use paper plates?! I don't want to eat my food off of Styrofoam and I don't want to be a party to that much toxic waste. read more

The buffet was really good it's the only Chinese buffet in town but the place has lots of selections and the food has always been hot n fresh. The servers are fast and keep the tables clean. Price was right and so was the food. I'll be back read more

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Single use styrofoam plates and cups. No dishes. Plastic silverware. Rude staff and the chicken wing I got still had feathers. Used to not be this way. Do better read more

Best value in town. Friendly people. Super clean. Large variety. Wha wanna Drink. Lots of parking great hours.

I personally like the food and the price is not bad at all for the amount of food I consume With that being said the place is very dirty in my opinion! They fixed their issue above the Buffay but if you look at their walls next to the tables that you're sitting at they are disgusting! That place needs a good old fashion bleach wipe down or something. If they need to close for a couple days to do it then so be it but in this day and age that cleanliness just is not acceptable!!! read more

The worst! The food was all very old and had been sitting for a long period of time. Cold and dried out really really bad . Gravy with film on it from sitting so long. The tags that tell what food it is do not match the items we went at 5:30 tonight so food should have been dinner time fresh we were there 10 minutes and took less then 5 bites each and we paid $61 and had to go get dinner someplace else! The health dept should be doing random stops tp check food temps and time food has been sitting read more

The food was surprisingly very good. Locals said they heard so so. I would definitely come back. They did require gloves and you use plastic utensils but so what. We go for the food. read more

China Buffet - Chinese Near Me - Missoula, Montana

We ate there today and were shocked at the cost. It is now $27.98 for the two of us for lunch. That included $1.50 for each of our drinks. The ceiling on the left side of the restaurant was filthy. We won't be going back. None of the dessert cakes had any flavor at all. Don't go. read more

Very good place to eat no problems service is good not to pricey and ice cream. Eat here

This place used to be great. I'm not sure what happened unless it's a post COVID thing, but everything is single use now. Cups, plates, silverware, you name it. The food hasn't changed and that in and of itself deserves 4 but everything else has really turned me off from eating here again. I'm not sure if I'll be recommending it or not. read more

Slightly less price than china garden but food quality is bad. Don't try the shrimp as they never remove the fecal sack

My husband and Daughter went in there in 2023 their dishes are styrofoam the cheap kind when you put hot food on it it melts, plastic forks spoons & Styrofoam cups the worst this place has never changed no more read more

I took both my daughters there last night. My youngest ended up in the ER with food poisoning. She is still violently puking and is severely dehydrated. I am just heading back to the ER to get her an iv to replenish her fluids about 15 hours after her meal. I now am hearing about 4 other similar cases from mutual friends. Needless to say that I highly caution against eating here. read more

We have been eating at Asian buffets all around the country as we usually enjoy many of the dishes. This one wasn't good! Started out with the waiter flinging straws at our table as he walked away. No glass plates, chopsticks or silverware...it's styrofoam plates and plastic ware. I had to go ask for chopsticks. The food was all cold. It really felt like a place where they were trying to save a buck. A lot of the dishes might have been tasty or at least edible if they weren't cold or fresher. The fried shrimp were literally too hard to crunch through. Virtually no veggies. The only thing we found hot was mac and cheese which we would never have tried but we were hungry. (We happened to get some as it came out of the kitchen). We didn't see any food dishes being refilled. No many dishes either. Odd place. read more

I have never went to a Chinese buffet and ate off styrofoam plates and plastic forks and spoons . The food is not good it was cold they have had the same menu since 2012 I have went to alot of Chinese Buffets from California to New York this is not your true traditional Chinese food never again will we eat there go to Spokane read more

The problem is not the food, it is their EXCESSIVE US OF STYROFOAM!....There is no CDC code requiring the use of styrofoam......When I tried to reuse my plate, the waitress insisted I grab another plate. No reason for this. She became confrontational. I will never go in here again. In addition, the poor fish in their aquarium!!!!!The 4 fish outgrew this tank 15 years ago. No room for these gentle giants. INHUMANE...... read more

Cannot stand styrofoam plates and plastic forks so won't go back until they return to regular plates and silverware. They raised the prices, be fine if they give you regular plates. I know a lot who feel this way. read more

It has been a few year since we were here last because it's a two hour drive from our place to Missoula. But it is worth every mile of it. They have just about anything you would at a China Buffet and they keep everything topped off. I'm not positive about this but I think it is only like $6.99 per person. Love the place and can't wait to go back. read more

get rid of plastic utensils and styrofoam plates they have no excuse to be using those now

Food is actually pretty good. Good sauces on some of the Chinese entrees. A lot of selection and some pretty good veggies in there too. Staff was pretty quick. Price was fair. Not a fan at all of the plastic forks and styrofoam plates. Not a good experience with that and Seems like a waste. But overall a good value and tasty. read more

Very mid buffet. Almost like any standard Chinese buffet. Staff were decent, Food tasted fine, service was fine. Also they are still under Covid regulations. Styrofoam plates and plastic silverware and wearing gloves when serving your food. read more

Although the food was fairly decent, the waitstaff were not. The waitress we had three straws for our drinks on the table. The cashier never looked at you or smiled. I did have a pleasant encounter with an older man who brought food out to the buffet. The food was okay. Large variety of items along with sushi choices. But I've had better. I doubt that I'll return to this rest. read more

not best buffet i had。but considered about the price &location，it is a ok place to to try Chinese food for local people。

Finally found a pretty darn good Chinese restaurant. We've been there 3 times now and have found the items that we stay away from and those that we really enjoy. We also appreciate having customers use the disposable gloves. It's certainly worth a try as we have yet to find a regular Chinese restaurant that has great food. We'll be back. read more

Love the foo but get a dishwasher. Hate the styrofoam plates an plastic fork. It's stopping us from going back.

(UPDATE: It's been 48 hours and I found myself very bloated, hot n' dizzy, and eventually vomitting. You run the risk of getting food poisoning by eating here. It's happened the last two times I've dined here.) Don't expect gourmet, but for the price you get a lot of all-you-can-eat Chinese food. I really like it when I am starving and don't want to spend a lot on going out. Personally, I think the food is pretty good...when you don't get food poisoning. Don't trust the sushi. Getting sick twice, leads me to believe everything sits out too long. read more