I was with my daughter and we decided to go eat there. The price was 50 dollars for run down food we had to get on our own. We asked the lady in front if it was a all you can eat sushi place and she said yes while there was only a few options of sushi. The taste was disappointing. I tried other foods because the sushi wasnt the best and the other options were also disappointing. read more

Don't do it. I've been driving by this place for years and was very curious and thought I should know why its been there so long..........still don't know! It is bad. The food is all very low quality and its not cheap either. Everything tastes like they get their food from the 99 cent store........imagine what a buffet from the dollar store tastes like and this is what you get. They have Xmas decorations up.....and its dingy and then they automatically add a tip to your bill! AS IF!...........Its bad.......go get takeout and call it a day. read more

Came here for my first dine-in buffet experience in CA since the pandemic. They're doing a decent job reopening, using disposable plates and utensils. The food was tolerable; I didn't think it was necessarily disgusting compared to some of the prior reviews, but there was not anything noteworthy. The main dish I did rather enjoy was the jalapeno chicken, which was crispy and sweet. The fruit tasted fresh and fine. Their salad bar is actually better than I would have expected with a decent variety. The sushi bar is almost nonexistent asides from some California rolls and 1-2 okay buffet-quality nigiri. Dessert options were disappointing, consisting of pre-bought pastries & cakes. This is an - okay - place if you're looking for a cheap buffet. I rated this a 3 instead of 2 stars because I appreciate their effort to be one of the first buffets to reopen dine-in safely. However, I will likely go for other options once more restaurants start reopening. read more

If I can give this place a half of star that's all it will receive.. place was expensive 60$ for 3, dirty, the food was disgusting barley put any effort into making the foods and giving it flavor. The waiters were awful. The only thing I enjoyed were the fruits. read more

International Buffet - Dirty gelatin - Buffets Near Me - Montebello, California

It's good just wish they had other options on meat thank you guys service is good she greeted up as soon as we came in read more

International Buffet - Salad - Buffets Near Me - Montebello, California

Food was very greasy.I got the grease all over my fingers. Desert was good though....yeah crazy read more

International Buffet - Greasy food - Buffets Near Me - Montebello, California

Great food and even better prices. My brother and I were craving Asian buffet style food, and found this place close to the hotel he was staying at. This was a Thursday night. At first sight it looked a bit quiet inside, but then i noticed other cars parked on the other side and in numerous other areas. Upon walking in we were seated right away. The waiter asked for our drink order. Drinks are an additional charge, not part of the buffet price. My brother had the Horchata, while I had a water. There are definitely a lot of options to choose from here. I tried the potstickers, chicken wings, orange chicken, fish patties, muscles, chow mien, seaweed salad, and crab meet salad. I had way more that what's listed, but I completely forgot to take pic of my plates as a reminder. Everything was fresh and tasty as it should have been. I think this is also due to the high foot traffic in the buffet, therefore forcing them to continuously refill the different items. The sushi section is almost non existent. If you're going here for the sushi, please reconsider and go elsewhere. There were probably 5 different rolls, and just the generic types. You won't be impressed. You've been warned. The same goes for dessert items. If you want more than some cookies, go somewhere else too. The service was similar to other buffets. Our drinks were refilled as needed and plates cleared off the table as we went for another round. I'd go back again. read more

International Buffet - Cheap dinner - Buffets Near Me - Montebello, California

1 star because my girlfriend like the chow mein.. tried this place after seeing it on tik tok.. definitely was catfished.. food was save ur money.. server was so rude.. all around . read more

Just had lunch today with a friend We will not becoming here again! Food is disgusting. All dried up with absolutely not flavor Terrible customer service read more

Okay this buffet is LEGIT!!! I came here with my dad in between watching my niece's basketball games at Schurr. It just opened at 10 and we were the first ones there and they were still putting food out. Everything was pretty solid and they kept putting out more good stuff like crab legs, fried crab, sushi and walnut shrimp! There was various soups, a fresh salad bar with green beans and asparagus and a bunch of seafood (clams, crawfish, oysters), chicken wings and prime rib! There was just so much to eat and not enough room. There was also dessert - ice cream, pastries, fresh fruit and jello! This wasn't your typical average buffet that had semi decent food - everything was fresh and tasted great. And it was only $11.99, $10.99 for seniors. I think its cheaper on a weekday. I was really impressed and surprised by the quality of food. It was better than Kirin which is like $24.99 or Zen that is about the same price. The only thing I will say is some of the staff is rude but overall TWO THUMBS UP!!! read more

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Super cheap , different and plenty of food options, food was delicious and very clean and staff was friendly and welcoming. The person taking our plates Patty was super nice and helpful and gave tips on food options and kept taking our used plates and making sure we had a good dining experience definitely visit if you like seafood and Mongolian food will definitely visit again read more

Food was definitely not the best. We were hungry so we chose to eat there. Seating is horrible. Booth seats were torn. Don't even let me get started on service. Horrible and nasty. Employees gave so much attitude. Some food was okay at best and some were just bland. Other food from different platters were mixed and it was just unappetizing. Definitely will not come back and will not recommend. read more

Worst service ever. Sad because I use to come here all the time but the cooks, cashier, everyone in this joint is a joke. They're discriminative and lazy. They stated on maps and google maps they close at 9. I walked in at 8:27 to order a pizza to go, because their phones were down! Of course! Got turned away in the RUDEST manner after telling them so nicely that I drove over 40 minutes to get their pizza. On a Saturday night turning away a customer before closing time is beyond rediculous. Especially with the rude and disgusting manner, no sympathy just Lazy and incompetent and wanted to leave early. Definitely won't ever be back! read more

This place is nasty. It's dirty as soon as you walk in. The employees can be rude and not care. The only main food they have there is shrimp and some other few options, but not a lot. Dessert is very limited in option and it's disgusting. Drinks are also horrible. It's expensive for a place rated a B by health inspection. And to top it off there were two flies in that place! Let me just save you sometime and tell you that I do not recommend this place. If it were up to me I'd put no stars. read more

Bad customer service, no ac, don't even let you finish eating when they are taking your plate. They didn't want to refund my money after what I had showed them what was in my plate read more

International Buffet - A cockroach !!!!! - Buffets Near Me - Montebello, California

An hour after I left the establishment I was very sleepy and when I woke up I was nauseous. I had to proceed the day with a bad headache and stomach pain after eating this food. I believe I was food poisoned. read more

Don't waste your time and money; the food was not good, it was dry, old, and cold/Luke warm, the service sucked, and there was so much that my hubby and I didn't even dare touch - also there's a sur charge for "wasted" food - $5- but all the food should be wasted lol read more

Great food was great. Our family had a good time. Place is very clean. Will come again soon.

I've been coming here as a kid since I was raised in montebello, it was my go to spot with my family. We moved away years ago and my mom and I were in the area so we decided to stop by to reminisce. The food here used to be delicious and good quality but now it's pretty disgusting and cheap for the price you pay ($46 for TWO people and a child.) The waiters were pretty rude from the beginning. The worst part of it all was when a creepy cook came from the back and kept watching me as I got up to serve myself. I didn't think of it much until he kept passing by our table and would smirk and stare at me, he also kept waving at me even though I didn't know him. He wouldn't even hide it so it started making me uncomfortable. He sat behind my family and he then moved to a table in front of us (picture below) and would keep turning his head to look at me. I told my mom and we asked to speak to a manager, she basically shrugged it off and told us she would speak to him but I just heard them laughing. I felt so awful after this experience, don't waste your money here. You'll only be met by low customer service, creepy men staring at you and cheap food. read more

International Buffet - creepy cook - Buffets Near Me - Montebello, California

the cashier was very rude, will not come here again. I wouldn't want anyone I know to come here. the rating was a B. read more

Wish they had negative stars 1star is too much. Personal very rude starting from the cashier. The waiter won't pick up your plate unless you ask them. Have to track them down to get a refill on the drinks. Sad because the food ok for that price. Won't go again. The servers do nothing but talk in there language ignore the customers. read more

Let me take you on a journey...close your eyes, and picture yourself before glorious food and you are starving. The Google has told you glorious reviews so you are excited. However, The Google has told you lies as you open your eyes and realize that Gerber has been placed in massive quantities in front of you instead of ribs and crab. Rumor has it the jail brings those on solitary confinement here to eat as punishment. Ok all jokes aside why did I listen to Google reviews instead of Yelp? They should have paid me for eating here. We got our first plate after circling three times like vultures trying to find a scrap worthy of even placing on the plate. We tried one bite of each thing we got and by the third bite we both were wiling and ready to pay just to leave. I think the table next to us went outside for a smoke to get the taste out of their mouths. Their buffalo wings tasted like curry for crying out loud. Just do the world a favor and eat somewhere else. Sorry but wow.... PS - the pics on here looked nothing like today. read more

If you want sushi, you go to Kami. I don't recall this place even having salmon. If you want ambiance and 16 flavors of ice cream, you go to Shiki. International is a tiny place with a soft serve machine. If you want seafood, you go to Golden Hibachi. The seafood is really sad here. So why come at all? There are so many great Chinese buffets to in the SGV, but my wife and I come here at least once a week for dinner to International for one thing- the BEEF. We start to crave it if we haven't had it too long. At first, you think it's just a dried out junk of prime rib. For Keto enthusiasts, it's better than that. On closer inspection the secret to it's juiciness and high proportion of fat to protein is that the cut is actually brisket. If you can, get it when it's fresh or request a fresh piece from the kitchen. The beef, the string beans, and the decent buffet fried rice are the only foods my wife puts on her plate. Everything else is just meh. To appreciate what this restaurant has to offer you must abandon traditional notions and expectations of the buffet. Appreciate it for what it is and forget what it isn't. Just come for the signature beef; anything else you may enjoy is just a bonus. And to the management, learn what chimichurri sauce is and offer it with the beef. Your customers will not forget it and neither will you! read more

International Buffet - Roasted Beef Brisket - Buffets Near Me - Montebello, California

I think my favorite thing about this place was leaving... this place was great before but now it has completely changed. It's too overpriced. Food isn't that great. Don't come here, save your money and your appetite. read more

I remembered coming here years ago loved it, sadly was left disappointed coming today. Not many food options and they didn't have the best drinks either. read more

This place was not good. The food was old, the service was awful. The waitresses just stared at us eating waiting for us to leave. They were monitoring everything we were eating. It was not comfortable and food was old and bland. read more

It's a pretty good Chinese food buffet. It does have a small selection of "American" food like pizza and fries for the picky eaters so your covered. They accommodated our very large party and we got there at 11am this Friday. I would say the food is what you would expect at a Chinese buffet, good selection with veggie, fruit and dessert bar. I had no complaints. The staff was also very helpful. Kept the tables clean and beverages refilled. Yes there is a sign at the tables to be charged if you waste food, but I'm going to be on their side. Don't waste it! I would definitely go again when I want a lot of Chinese but no left overs. read more

Despite glancing over many many negative reviews, this place was Packed to the door on a Saturday 'bout 3 pm(when i just got off work). Honestly, it's really Difficult to call this place Terrible when it's up to Full capacity around 3 pm and people are still walking in or waiting in line... Not sure what others are tripping but whatever it is it must be awful experience for 'em... For me, the Brisket(a lil Salty) was good and i ate a lot of mussels. The sushi didn't look appetizing so i skip that.. The croissant with shredded beef was good, ate a lot of cocktail shrimp and soft shell crabs.. i stuffed myself with those 4 main items, the others didn't look appealing to me so i skip those... For $13.99, i'ld come here again just for the Briskets/Mussels. i'm a picky eater so i stuff myself with what's good so i don't gripe on what's not unlike most people. i need protein for my workouts so i usually stuff myself with protein, don't really care on what else is on the menu. "if" meat and/or seafood is good, i'm a happy camper.. Price $13.99 read more

Unfriendly staff. I was asking how much their lunch is when a female worker, who apparently had been watching for me to exit the restroom, complained that I was there too long, that I didn't bother to stick around. read more

I like that the prices are fair and Affordable but I have to admit that my room is cleaner than here lol (no offense), it wasn't pleasant to eat in a not very clean environment but food wasn't that bad. read more

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People hate on these places but I've always had a soft spot in my heart for them, they remind me of the good old days before I knew what love was and was fat and happy. I love a lot of the stuff people think is weird and gross at these places and have an affinity for them. But this is probably the worst one I can think of. Basically I go here when I absolutely hate myself. Which unfortunately has happened quite a few times. It's directly on the way home for me form work and the easiest place for me to get in and out of when I'm going home and want to gorge myself for $10. But yeah....it's really gross. I read some of the other reviews and most of them were complaining about the service, which I agree is bad, but that's the least of their problems. I mean it is filthy in there, which I guess is service related, but the main issue is that the food sucks. Every time I've come here I've walked around in circles thinking somehow magically, something I actually like will appear, but out of the 50+ items they have, i only could eat like 4. Even my dad who likes everything when we go out was like, that was bad. I'm sure I'll end up going here again at one point, but I hope I'm better than that read more

This place sucks!!!!!! The front desk server is a bitch ! Her name is Angelina. Be careful and make sure that she charges you right for yourself and your kids because she will rip you off and try to take your money and then say that it's only a few dollars off but it's still money. She sucks! Never coming back here again. Also the food is disgusting the sushi was all dry! So nasty. read more

I was starving when I walked in a tried to eat their food and left disappointed . I was too embarrassed to walk out after trying some of the food but honestly I should of done it anyway. The rice was super dry with a dull flavor, the what I believe was pulled pork had so much fat and it was dry, even their ice cream was disappointing by how watered down it was. I stuffed myself with their garlic bread and chow main, if you want a decent experience I suggest you go to Great China Buffet in El Monte it's worth the penny difference. Sorry, but If I could give them zero stars I would. read more

**WARNING** ****FOOD SAFETY **** I have to admit that I've been here on more than one occasion (couple times in the past 2 years). I was introduced to the place by a few of my coworkers. OK, it's cheap and it's a buffet so we could eat and get out of there to be back @ work in a timely manner. I don't eat everything.. just KEEP IT SAFE with fried rice and chicken & a few veggie dishes (I always stay AWAY from the seafood & sushi) FYI: For some reason, THERE'S ALWAYS A CHINESE TOUR BUS HERE when we come here. The whole place is always packed and it gets so hot in there. After an experience which occurred on 12/10/2010.. I have made my decision to NEVER come here again. I came here with 5 of my coworkers and one of them was eating her noodles and saw that some sort of insect had been cooked with it! I don't know what it was but it had wings?! She's usually the type to never speak up or want any kind of confrontation, but she went to grab one of the servers. The server went to grab another woman who came to our table and admitted that they just had an EXTERMINATION the night before and some of the insects must have fallen into the equipment. But assured us that "all the bugs are dead." WHAT?!? uhhh yea. This place got a "B" rating..... Everyone stopped eating at this point (we were only on our first plate & didn't get dessert or anything yet....) and asked for the bill. (no discount or anything). We just paid and left. EEEEEEK! read more

Absolutely terrible. The place is empty and the food sits under the heat lamps for hours and turns completely dry.

Had to force myself to eat to just get my money's worth. Not much to look at on the outside, but when I walked in I wanted to be optimistic. Not sure how long this place has been open but the booths are definitely from that era and have clearly not been kept up over the years. It's oddly quite in there, the music is so low, that I wasn't sure if someone that was seated I. The booth next to me was playing music or if the music was just being played at an extremely low volume. Options were limited and lacked flavor. Just when I thought the soft serve would make up for the lackluster meal I consumed, I was completely disappointed in what came out of that machine. You know when you make instant hot chocolate at home, and it says to just add water? Imagine pouring half the hot chocolate packet into a mug and adding 3 times the suggested amount of what. The soft serve tasted like that but only worst. Do yourself a favor and skip this place, I sure wish I did. read more

Why is this categorized as American? Just because it has International in the name doesn't make it any less of a cheap Chinese buffet. Yes, this place is fairly cheap, but I've had better food for cheap, especially in the area where there is Chinese cafes with cheap food aplenty. I mean this is the city where you can get a decent 8 oz steak for under $10 with soup, rice, and steamed veggies, or you can get 3 8 inch bahn mi sandwiches for under $5. I came for lunch, and there were a few items which made it seem like a good value, initially. There was a sushi bar which actually had salmon sashimi sitting on small mounds of rice. I liked how they didn't overload the rice. Then I realized how paper thin the sashimi was. How do they get it so thin?? It was like deli meat, only deli meat is salty and more flavorful than raw fish. The cooks were making dumplings and taking the ends of the green beans out in the open, so I thought how could they go wrong? They are Chinese food staples, and they aren't expensive. Usually the tactic of these buffets is to make the cheap food tasty, and the expensive food mediocre tasting, so that you get full on the cheap stuff, right? The dumplings were worse than frozen market dumplings. The skin was thick and flavorless. The dough was tough. The stuffing didn't taste good, either. Although it looked like they put a lot of veggies when they were stuffing them, the veggies didn't compliment the meat or tenderize it at all. The green beans were okay-- typical and waxy. The white fish tasted okay, but it was submerged in yellow oil. I had to pick it up and pour the grease out before I put the fish onto my plate. The salmon was over cooked, and a bit on the bland side, even when it just came out. The shrimp was pretty good. You can't really go wrong with boiled shrimp. The clams were standard, as well, although half of mine were a bit sandy. The mussel with the mayo sauce was gross, because the mayo was packed on and didn't have anything like herbs to flavor it up. The mussel without mayo sauce was too salty. A lot of the bread goods were old and hard, and not very tasty. The soups were good. I liked how they had a fruit dessert bar. They had kiwi and pineapples and melons. They were good. They also have a frozen yogurt machine and Ghiradelli chocolate sauce. I wouldn't be surprised if the chocolate sauce was watered down and refilled with generic sauce, though. The vanilla fro yo was way too sweet. What really gives this place a 2 rather than a 3, though, is the fact they can't even get cheap Asian staples right. It doesn't cost much money or effort to make a decent mango pudding, or chicken skewers, or Chinese take out food, does it? Why does it taste so substandard? read more

came here for my birthday and food is so dry and nasty. taste like school food. the ice cream isn't even chocolate it taste buttery and sugary. the marshmallows are the only good thing followed with the drinks. everything else is plain and the rice tastes like canned reheated rice. read more

I'm going to write this in Spanish since everyone that left an English review pretty much already said this place is horrible! Ni vengan a comer aquí! La comida save mal como comida que quedó del día anterior! El lugar esta súper sucio, los vasos que nos dieron tenían la línea del refresco que sirvieron antes. Si dejas comida te quieren cobrar $5 pero si save fea la comida como te la vas a poder comer? Antes estaba buena la comida aquí pero esta vez estaba fría y muy sucio el buffet. read more

The food is very low quality . They do not have a very extensive menu and the sushi is very poor.