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    China Garden Buffet

    3.5 (27 reviews)
    InexpensiveChinese, Buffets
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:30 pm

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    Mike M.

    This is a standard American Chinese style buffet. What sets it apart is the attentiveness of the servers. They are super quick to take finished plates. They also keep up with the food on the buffet. That means always hot food. Some Chinese buffets don't keep up in such fashion. Also, for a smaller restaurant, they have a good variety of desserts and a small salad bar as well. The price is reasonable for a small town Chinese buffet. It is also very clean even though they are in the middle of expansion construction. The main negative is the location. It can be hard, at times, to exit or pull into the lot. Another negative is the small and sometimes cramped spaces. But it appears like they are working on that with their expansion. The servers are very friendly and always smiling. They are quick to help should there be a problem. This is, in my opinion, the best Chinese buffet in the Lewistown area.

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    Bill A.

    I went there for quick lunch. You can tell by servers that it will be good Chinese food. All the server was Asian. I have try many Chinese food around here, it is one of better one.

    What I picked up for myself: watermelon, cream cheese sushi, tomatoes, crab rangoon, almond chicken, mozz sticks, stuffed scallops, jello.

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    9 months ago

    Amazing food service is good prices are reasonable put everyone has their own opinion

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    7 years ago

    Awesome variety of food. The food is always fresh no matter what time you come in. Staff is friendly too.

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    9 years ago

    Traveling thru the area we stopped here for lunch. I wouldn't go back, very limited selection and some of wasn't very fresh

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    9 years ago

    This buffet was great this evening. A lot of variety. Good flavor and light atmosphere. Ill be returning again in the future

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    11 years ago

    Our favorite buffet! Good food and selection. We particularly like some of the more healthy selections.

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    Prime Sirloin Buffet

    Prime Sirloin Buffet

    2.6(57 reviews)
    46.1 mi
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    Require tip even before service is rendered. Service Is AWFUL. Server practically threw our drinks…read moreat us. Table stayed full. Not once did anyone clear it. Food is institianilized and AWFUL. I used to to be a server and ALWAYS tip. Not this time. Complained to management. They didn't care. Worst restaurant in all of altoona. Will never go back. All you can eat but its hard to find anything worth eating.

    I'll start by saying we're not from here. We're spoiled for choice where we're from. Also, we're a…read moregay couple, but not overtly. We didn't know what to expect, especially seeing a few right-leaning shirts at the tables around us. Noticing this place while on a road trip we wanted to try it out. Breakfast was priced at $10.99 on the website. We got two plus one coffee and with tip the bill was about $35. Didn't add up, but ok. I noticed a few comments here about the staff being rude. We didn't experience that. From the cashier to the people serving drinks and picking up plates, they were nice and helpful. The food was ok, not great, but good for the price paid. I mean, from the mountains of food people were putting on their plates I'm a little confused how they make a profit. As a vegetarian and diabetic I had limited choice. If you are a meat eater, about every breakfast meat you can imagine they had, even something called scrapple, which is a regional thing I guess. There was an omelette station too. There was a dessert bar also. My husband -who has a sweet tooth- got a blueberry pie type dessert and could barely eat it because it was too sweet. As a diabetic it was good to see they had sugar free syrup and one sugar free dessert. On the buffet I could only have the eggs, mushrooms and a few house breakfast potatoes- which were quite good. We got there a little after 8:30 a.m. and it wasn't super busy. There was no waiting in line. When we left 45 minutes later, there was a huge line. Overall happy we tried it out. If we lived here we may go back to try out lunch or dinner. This isn't gourmet food, and for the price paid you wouldn't expect it. If you go, enjoy it for what it is.

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    Iron Skillet - Porkchops Breakfast

    Iron Skillet

    2.2(51 reviews)
    34.7 mi
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    Ordered steak & eggs. Over medium & medium/well on the steak. The food came out faster than I…read morethought, but.... It was perfect! The steak was just right, some dippy in the eggs ( no snot) coffee was hot. And, best of all.. the server was very attentive. Brought ketchup & A-1 on the first trip! Great experience! I'll go back!

    It appears the restaurant is in a nosedive to closing. Approx less than half the seating area open…read more 1 waitress 1 cook and 1 busboy by the looks of it. Received my appetizer over cooked. And main dish under cooked. I choked down the appetizer and couldn't eat the main. Only thing that was edible was the cold fries. (And they were cold because I was served appetizer and main at the same time and it took some time to choke down the appetizer). A remake was offered for the appetizer but declined due to the fact the first piece out of the entire order had me convinced that the entire order was fine. Was only able to get one drink and not able to fully eat my fries before being given my bill even after requesting another drink. (Waitress appeared to be unable to tolerate the work load she was given.)Also strongly suggest a food safety course be performed for the serving staff. Over hearing the question (what does it mean if a cucumber is slimy) is very concerning that the person constructing the salad does not possess the proper knowledge of what's safe to eat and what's expired or unsafe to eat. I quietly paid my bill left a tip and left the establishment post haste and walked across the street to order some edible food.....I strongly urge readers of this review steer clear of this establishment it's over inflated prices and less than edible food will leave both your wallet and tummy's empty.

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    China Garden Buffet - chinese - Updated September 2026

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