If there was a zero or a negative I would've picked that they remodeled the place so I thought I'd give him another try. The food was absolutely disgusting. I cannot imagine someone going there on purpose. How do they stay in business when consistently over the years the food is the absolute worst I have ever had. I guess it's idiots like me that keep the doors open. This is the absolute last time I will ever eat in that restaurant they took the time and the money to remodel the place inside yet come back with the same low quality, cold old tasting food. What a shame. read more

Atmosphere was pleasant, staff friendly and attentive. Restaurant was clean and the food was delicious. HOWEVER We ended up with food poisoning. Such a disappointment. read more

Absolutely disgusting almost threw up and sushi was horrible, soup tasted like water.

the food was old, not edible whatsoever, made me throw up in the bathroom, had a talk with owner said "just get the soup" tables were dirty and sticky, not to mention the crab rangoons had nothing in them and were ROCK HARD! made them give us a refund. don't eat here! read more

food was very bad, bad experience. went for dinner with family, food tasted like it was pre heated and was used from other days... tea tasted like dish water. no good service. dont waste your money read more

don't waste your money!! very old food... definitely stayed out all day!! atmosphere & waiters are nice. read more

My coworker was really in the mood for an Asian buffet so we gave this place a try. As soon as we arrived, I knew we had potentially made a mistake. There was a "C" health code rating on the door. Thinking ourselves brave, we proceeded in anyway. The ambiance of this place is your typical Asian buffet - a few paper lanterns, some small tapestry's with characters, nothing unique. You paid first, then grabbed your table, then on to the food. So we grabbed our table, ordered our drinks, and set out to grab food. There really wasn't a great selection. There was your generic general sao's chicken, spring rolls, cheese Rangoon, etc. all of this would normally be fine, I know what I'm paying for at 15 is not high end. However you expect the food to be warm. Much of it was not. The wings were bland and cold, which was particularly abhorrent. By the end of my first plate, I was feeling nausea and stopped eating. Another mouthful further would have just lead to quick toilet bowl fodder. The redeeming element was the service was good. He cleared away the plate fast and made sure to get our drink order quickly and refill promptly. Not recommended. read more

This was an awful experience...I spent 44$ and me, my wife, and my kid ate maybe 2 bites of the food before we realized it was terrible. The Food was old tasting and everything tasted processed and fake. Do yourself a favor, save your money, and do not eat here!! read more

After riding on some of the great roads in the area on our motorcycle we dropped in to get some lunch. The restaurant is in a strip mall so parking was good. Ambience inside was nothing to do with Chinese but it was spacious and comfortable enough. Service was adequate which was a good thing since we had to pay up front including the tip. The cashier confirmed that it was because they get customers who eat and skip out on the bill. That did not bode well for the food. Overall the food was not bad ... some of it was good, even. Maybe accurate to the name of the restaurant. None of it was "great" or authentic. Chinese food for small city American tastes. Low mein and fried rice were actually good (even some wok hei) and some of the other typical dishes were also good. Their General Tso chicken was pretty good too - sweet, sour and spicy. Soups were sub-par and the usually fool proof egg drop soup was bland and too gluey. Desserts were basic. OK for the $25 bill, I guess. They are really worth 2-1/2 stars but not a 3, so 2 stars. read more

Food wasn't fresh it all looked questionable! Was bland . The front lady was questioning if my daughter was 12 and idk why when apparently they charge 12 year olds as adults !! Which is 14.50 . If I could give 0 stars I would but the place was clean but not good taste at all ! read more

Living in FBG, there are not many Chinese buffets. This place is worth the quick drive to get your fix. Is it the best? No. Is it typical Chinese buffet? Yup. It does the job for us!! Only complaint would be to turn up the AC. read more

Good Taste Asian Buffet - a piece of paper on a napkin - Pan Asian Near Me - Kerrville, Texas

As far as Asian Buffets goes I've had better and way worse. While not a glowing recommendation I found some good bites at Good Taste in Kerrville. Been awhile since I've paid before entering; was someone supposed to strip where I throw dollar bills wildly in the air? Acceptable bites started with a hybrid krab rangoon. Closer to a wonton sans pork in shape I think I ate four or five lol. Scallion beef was also good bites as was the lo mein. Spare ribs had decent tear; hopefully you get a good server who will bring you 100 napkins. Thai chicken was decent as it had skin! There is some bad news obviously. I'm finding it hard to believe cookies, hard boiled eggs, jello, miniature cannolis, brownies are traditional fare. Coconut shrimp was so scary I refused to try it. Wonton soup's filling wasn't even close. Stuffed shrimp had been on the buffet about two hours too long. Service was fine; bit of a language barrier. Good Taste for the uninitiated perhaps? read more

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I avoided this place, but decided to eat lunch there today. It appears to be under new management. The food was definitely improved from my previous experience as was the service. It seemed to be under Hispanic management as I saw no Chinese people anywhere. Odd for an Asian buffet, but who cares? I can't point to any food item that was demonstrably bad. It seems like a typical small Asian buffet. Not earthquaking, but not bad either. I enjoyed the lunch and the friendly front desk person and waitress. I wouldn't mind going back. read more

Good food, better than average Chinese buffet. All the serving areas were clean and well taken care of. Good sushi!

Came in for some dinner on a Tuesday evening at 6pm. Basically no one in the restaurant was not a good sign. The guy taking my money in advance said that super time is slow for them and that they are busier at lunch. Well the food was not that good. The selection of dishes was the typical Chinese food for non-Chinese people. Looks like it was sitting for a while and that is not surprising since people were not initially there to eat it. About half the dishes were average at best and the other half was sub-par. Some of the food was also cold even though the water table appeared to be bubbling. The one fellow clearing plates was very efficient and pleasant enough. Sorry but I can't recommend this place. read more

If ever in Kerrville? do not, I repeat do NOT eat at the Chinese Buffet on Sidney Baker called: Good taste Buffet. They charge $13.63 for the lousiest chinese buffe, I have ever dined and almost threw up in. The salad was lousy at best, the ""ranch"" dressing wasn't ranch and was lousy. The Sesame chicken was slimy to burnt at best. The crispy chip-like things were tasteless. And the guy up front was needlessly rude. Yelp here I come with a bad post on it. Oh and, the tables were very dirty, almost slimy to the touch. The wait staff were lousy, thus no tip. To get the meal with drink would have been $18 dollars. I'm NOT going to pay $20 for a lousy meal. Oh and, the employees ate off the buffet every time that passed a food steam table. No toilet paper in the restroom, no paper towels to dry your hands. The waitress never came around once. Disgusting place and will never go back. Sorry for language. I had to let you know what you're in for if you decide to waste your money there. If I broke any rules? sorry. read more

This is the same building that housed the ill-fated Bamboo Asian Buffet. It was in business for many years and evidently due to mismanagement, poor food which deteriorated to inedible--and barely warm and not replenished regularly--and lack of cleanliness, the business failed its inspections and was forced to close; this was noted on the restaurant's page on Yelp. I learned earlier in the month that a new restaurant had taken its place, so today my companion and I decided to give it a try. We ordered hot tea and were pleased that it was jasmine. And not the weak, tepid brew we had experienced in the BGT (Before Good Taste) era. This had a nice body and the jasmine flavor was distinct. So far, so good. We made a couple of swings through the line. BGT, my handy-dandy infrared thermometer read 109 degrees with 140 being the safety standard's lowest acceptable reading. Today, the formally-cool steam tables were bubbling away and my thermometer read 152--just right. And there were a few notable additions to the old favorites: spring (summer) rolls and ribs--a nice surprise. Ready for the countdown? Here we go! Those spring (summer) rolls had no protein, at least none was discernible; be that as it may, they were very good and had a refreshing taste. The accompanying peanut sauce was not on the sweet side as is found in many restaurants, but rather the peanut flavor didn't just announce its presence--it shouted it. Paired with the crisp veggies of the roll, the result was excellent. The ribs--ah, the ribs! I usually eschew Oriental ribs as they're most-times tough and chewy with enough cloyingly sweet sauce to completely cover up the pork's flavor. But these ribs were prepared correctly. They appear to have been steamed previously, the way I saw it in China. Then the sauce was judiciously applied; not too much, not too little. The result was a flavorful, thick rib that melted in my mouth--except the bone, of course. The breaded zucchini, nasty, flaccid things which I hated BGT were now crisp and fresh without a trace of oil. The fried butterflied shrimp, cheese rangoon and eggroll were okay but undistinguished. The coconut shrimp, on the other hand stood out. The coconut flavor was not pronounced but was present; the shrimp were coated with a coconut milk sauce. I usually don't care for shrimp, but I happily ate these. The "shrimpiness" was present but played well off the sweet sauce--very nicely balanced. The fried chicken wings were simplicity itself; no breading or sauce, just throw 'em in the oil and let 'em bubble away. They were properly and thoroughly cooked and were juicy and tender. I tried a bit of sushi--a Philadelphia roll and pickled seaweed salad. Both were quite good; my companion, who doesn't like sushi, had two helpings. The lo mein, which in BGT days was flavorless and tough, was well-seasoned and tender. Who out there said, "Is he done yet?" No, I'm not; wait patiently and be enlightened further! The bane of many buffets is the stuffed mushrooms. I'll be the first to admit, I had no idea what they were stuffed with--my best guess is crab and breadcrumbs--but the cheese on top brought it all together. Next to the mushrooms was glazed ham--not as foreign to Chinese menus as you might think. It was crispy round the edges and the glaze was just sweet enough without being overpowering. Finally, I tried four chicken dishes. The ubiquitous chicken teriyaki was tender, lightly sauced and juicy. General Tso's Chicken was not horribly sweet as is so common with this dish. It was not spicy hot other than a pleasant "afterglow." The jalapeño chicken, likewise was not overly hot but the pepper's flavor was definitely there; not overpowering, though. Finally, the honey chicken was delicate and juicy, cooked just right with the honey sauce vying with the chicken for center stage. There are dessert pastries and fruits, also soft serve ice cream, chocolate pudding and tapioca; notable was sugared peanuts. Being gorged to the limit--all for you, Gentle Reader--I thought it prudent not to push my luck, so I abstained. In my book, this reincarnation of a restaurant that had died of neglect is a great success story. I was happy to see the steam tables replenished regularly and the place spotlessly clean; and this includes the restrooms. The prices are reasonable: lunch is $8.49, dinner is $10.49. Please note that we went on a Sunday at 11:40am; this is a great time as the church crowd arrives shortely after noon and the food is kept very fresh. So give Good Taste Asian Buffet a try, regardless of your experience at its former incarnation. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised--I was. read more

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Poop strain in my shrimp over cooked ribs imitation crab only thing that was good was Loi Main read more

Good Taste Asian Buffet - Fortune cookie - Pan Asian Near Me - Kerrville, Texas

Nice place. Food is pretty good. We paid $32 for lunch buffet for 2 adults and 1 kid. There were lots of options for food and it all seemed fresh. Shrimp was really good, sushi was okay. Hubby like chicken and broccoli, orange chicken, fried rice. Son liked the egg rolls and crab Rangoon. read more

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in believably bad new ownership again nobody speaks english food looks unattractive could sweet most was sitting there since lunch never again much better places in town read more

We gave this place another shot after it changed names and it was decent in the beginning but.. we ate there tonight and the lady a few booths down had a German cockroach in her shrimp!! We ate the same thing! Disgusting! Never again will I set foot here!! Getting in touch with the health inspector Monday! Also smells like transmission fluid in there which is weird! read more

I think some of these reviews are just a bit nit-picking. We were passing through Kerrville on a Monday and stopped in at 12:45. Based on the reviews we were worried about stopping, but we were towing our camper and big parking lots are very inviting when we are picking restaurants. Even late in a lunch rush, everything we tried was hot and fresh. Three people were monitoring and stirring the dishes on a regular basis. We, of course, didn't try everything but what we did was good. It's not the best buffet we have ever had, but it was darn good. read more

ok I dont even know where to start one the food is always cold litraly I have gone there 4 times and still the food is cold and me and my family might have an ecoli infection dont go here go to pop eyes or chick fil a or pizza hut Just dont go here this is disgusting read more

I haven't been here in a long time and will probably not go back I was here at lunch time and the food was cold. I think the sweet and sour chicken could not have been cooked that day. I'm guessing it was left over from the day before and just put on the steam table to warm. The best thing was the ice cream cups. Sugared peanuts were stale and wet. At one time this was a good place to eat. They did have a good variety of cold food . The health department needs to visit this place. At least I didn't get sick. Go somewhere else. read more

My father was craving egg rolls so we took a ride to Good Taste Asian Buffet. We had not been there since the beginning of the covid shutdowns (2020) and thought we'd give it a try again...having eaten there about five times prior to today. It seemed semi busy being lunch time and the waitress seemed nice enough. The soups were good and my father enjoyed the boiled shrimp but as we sampled more dishes, we both noticed that the temps were barely warm on many trays. Some dishes tasted old and rehashed....the fried wontons tasted rancid. The green jello had bits of sour powder all in it...lol...not having been mixed very well. My father sadly reported that the ice cream cup tasted off and couldn't finish it. Looking around, the decor seems tired, the restrooms in need of a deep cleaning/remodeling and the once beautiful water fountain feature no longer working but still up. Disappointing...we hope that the owners can get back to the basics of a really good buffet. Until then.... read more

People who complain about this place don't understand buffets. Yes, food is going to sit out for hours, yes some of it might be cold. Others complain about seeing cockroaches but I have eaten at this place countless times and have never seen a single insect of any kind at the restaurant. Regardless, my point is you don't pay for quality when going to a buffet, you pay for quantity. You can literally eat as much as you want for one set price, fulfilling any true Americans dreams! Good Taste Buffet seems to be genuinely trying hard at being better than it's predecessor. All the tubs filled with food are spewing out steam like a locomotive, keeping the food warm, and the quality of the food itself is actually comparable to that of a PF Chang's or some other Oriental fast food restaurant, and there is a slight larger variety compared to Asian Buffet. The staff is nice, friendly and I have never had a ride encounter with any of them. My only complaints, are that the prices could be just a tad lower and the wide open space of empty tables always feels a bit odd. Building an indoor garden or water feature would be a really nice touch and could get rid of a lot of unused space. All in all it's a good place to eat if you're extremely hungry and in the mood for Asian food without breaking the bank, and as far as the negative reveiws go, it really feels like crabby people that have some sort of grudge and except a 5star restaurant when dining at a buffet. Good Taste is a wonderful family owned restaurant and I hope they stay for a long time! read more

I've eaten here several times and it's not the best it's not the worst that's for sure. Plus it's the only Asian buffet around Kerrville and the hill country. I'd eat there any time still, good eats. wished they did more of the coconut sauced shrimp good food. read more

If you are looking for chewy sugar chicken over spaghetti noodle lo mein look no further. The only good taste is in the name and it is false advertising. The only positives are the restaurant was clean and the cost was cheep. read more

The food was getting good when they reopened a while back. Today July 9 2019 food is cold, old, not fresh sauces not fresh their watered down. No verity. Severs (what service)!?! My fault for coming back time and time again... This is last time.... Food was left over... read more

We were here at lunch. The selection was great and the food was tasty and hot. Our dirty dishes were taken away quickly and the place was clean. An enjoyable experience. read more

We were New in town and we found this Chinese buffet and this place is great it's clean it's pretty and the food selection is great. People tell me this place is under new management and people who works here are very nice to me and my family I love this place and I'll definitely coming back. read more