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    Chinatown

    3.9 (43 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Buffets
    Open 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups

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    We've been going here for awhile now and it is always a hit and miss if the visit was worth it. Sometimes everything is spot on and incredible but other times everything has been sitting for awhile and old. They typically tend to have the usual same dishes out with no deviation from them. It's very hard to pinpoint the best time to go and get the best food. Over the years the quality of everything has diminished. They have over the past year decreased their plate sizes available and changed their silverware as well. The servers there are always kind and taking plates from the table throughout the meal and checking to see when you need a refill and ready for your check. They usually try to eat you close together with others and sections within the buffet. The price seems very fair for an all-you-can-eat buffet. This time the only things that were fresh were the Pepsi and when we were keeping an eye out for fresh Chinese Donuts (that weren't hard as a rock). Otherwise everything we had had been sitting out for a while. We will always come back here just wish more times we were luckier with fresher food when we go!

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    Avonlea S.

    This is THS BEST Chinese in the area in my option on the Illinois side of the river! The folk who run it keep everything nice and clean and the food is always fresh! I highly recommend giving this place a try if you enjoy a good Chinese meal!

    Sam H.

    Does china food ever taste different. NO. NEVER. I've eaten Chinese from coast to coast and It only slightly varies in taste so my criteria is a little different. So my review will be more about the following. This is one of the better places to eat Chinese. The price is reasonable. The selection is plentiful. The establishment is very clean and they keep the food well stocked. The dishes are all done very well considering that it's no different from the many many I've had. I enjoyed it and will come back. The lunch is $8 and worth every penny.

    Sushi, shrimp, steak, fried rice and noodles. Everything cooked perfectly, it was a great experience!

    I was very impressed by the quality of food, the price is more than fair, this Chinese buffet is the best I've ever been to.

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    They have every food you could think of they change them out every hour so they don't go bad and they have really good employees

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    Food is great, lots of options :-) service wasn't wonderful but will be back for the CRAB RANGOON alone :-)

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    Clean an wonderful people who greet their customers, Offer refills when ya need them. Very good to help you get something you need.

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    Ask the Community - Chinatown

    Do they serve takeout from their buffet? Like if I go in can I fill up a container to go from their buffet?

    Yes. you can do lunch and dinner buffet to go. it will charge by weight.

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    Chinese Buffet

    3.5
    (46 reviews)
    31.5 mi
    $

    Absolutely a complete waste of money the food taste like it was cooked days ago they over charged (…read moreonly by a few dollars but still that's theft) their worker had some kind of allergy or infection and is making gross sounds with their nose. I'd ur sick stay home not out with people trying to eat. The soft food is hard the hard food is soft. The wet food is dry the dry food is moist. The whole experience was horrid. Won't be coming back here again.

    Dined here with a small group from church around 11 am. I personally had not been to the Chinese…read moreBuffet since Covid began, nearly 7 years ago now, believe it or not. However, I remember it as being a decent place to dine with a good amount of selection and fair prices. Upon entering, I was quite surprised to see that their pricing was still reasonable, however I didn't understand the upcharge for Sunday vs. the weekly buffet price as nothing on that Sunday buffet reflected an upcharge type dish in the slightest. Upon my first trip up to the buffet, I was a bit surprised to see that literally not one item on that buffet had changed in the past 7 years. I guess any kind of variety is out with this place or they don't know how to prepare anything else. At 11 am with a very light crowd present, all of the food was cold, completely unacceptatble having only opened at 10:30 am! Honestly I think the General Tso was the only item I had that was luke warm besides my bowl of soup. Many of the buffet dishes appeared to be leftover from the previous evening - - a good cook can tell what's fresh vs. leftover. The crab ragoons were tough and chewy a telltale sign of having been reheated. The egg rolls appeared to be refried as they were exceptionally dark brown in color. Literally no one was touching them either. The "fresh" seasoned green beans were all shriveled up. The lo mein noodles were swollen, having clearly soaked up all the juices/sauce from being stored and re-served. I think you get the picture here. I guess one might get food that is fresh and warm after all the leftovers have been eaten up by the victims dining at opening time. Good luck with your experience. Also, this place is exceptionally dirty and ran down with black mold on the walls and ceiling. It desperately needs a coat of paint, some new ceiling tiles, flooring, and lighting upgrades. . . fairly inexpensive upgrades and things you think would have changed somewhere along the way in the past 7 years since my last visit.

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