Ling's is the best Chinese buffet in Topeka, Kansas - bar none - and I've tried them all. Clean, decent pricing and the food selection and quality are fantastic. I have gone to Ling's for many years and will continue to go. The food is delicious and the owner and staff are friendly and work hard to make their restaurant the best it can be. read more

so not a great selection of American Chinese food. you must flag a waiter for pop refills, or they will let you sit there with an empty glass. the charge a premium price for this area.... read more

Good selection but many items coooool, not hot, even just from kitchen. $9.99 for lunch no discouts offered. Kept our water filled. Average restrooms. Place accross street much better. read more

It was great! People complaining about the crab ragoon being small, They make it all homemade! So many people are used to stuff at walmart! They were nice and asked how we are doing! I never leave tips but our server was very nice! Gave him 15 percent! Dropped some chips and he said not to clean it! Coming back all the time! Food was amazing too plus homemade pizza! 10/10 Would recommend. plus 10 bucks for food and 3 bucks for unlimited pop. read more

Came here for lunch today and definitely will not be back. Waitress seemed annoyed at our presence. Tables were sticky after being 'cleaned'. A roach was noted in the dinning room. No working AC in August. The buffet was disgusting. So. Many. Flies. The 'cold' food like sushi and the salad bar was Luke warm and definitely not kept at a safe temperature. The food had an ungodly amount of salt. I would honestly be scared to see what the kitchen looked like. After eating here, my friend and I did not feel well for a few hours. This place needs shut down. Please don't risk it and go somewhere else. Anywhere else. read more

Breaded food was flavorless. Crab Rangoon was 1/2 the size of an average crab Rangoon. *NONE OF THE SHRIMP WAS DEVEINED!!!* you have to take the poop out of the shrimp read more

so much not ok with the food. most of the battered food was flavorless and chewy. The Crab Rangoon was 1/2 the normal size . I think the thing that makes me not want to ever come back was NOT deveining the shrimp! YOU CANT LEAVE THE POOP IN THE SHRIMP! It wasn't just one or 2 shrimp. all of them. no thanks read more

This place has gone downhill. We ate there today, for the first time in months, and it was not good. The spring rolls looked burnt, as did the egg muffins. The fried zucchini was also "blackened." The honey chicken was tough and chewy. Overall, there were fewer selections, especially on the sushi bar (it all looked the same to me). We aren't going there again for awhile. read more

I went to Ling's today for only the second time and was very disappointed. To start off, the waitress was very surly and acted like she was mad at us as soon as we walked in the door. She continued the unfriendly act the entire time we were in there. Secondly, when we got our first plate of food, literally everything was cold. Not one thing was more than luke warm. After only tasting a few things, we went back and got another plate with different items. Those too were cold. A couple of items were so tough and chewy we couldn't eat them. To top it off, there were no crab rangoons or egg rolls. At no time was any new food brought out while we were there. For the first time in my life I walked out of a restaurant as hungry as I was when I walked in. ​Needless to say, that will definitely be the last time I will ever go to Ling's. read more

Delicious Assortment of Food. The food was tasty, but I wasn't too impressed with the dessert. They even had the Mongolian style selection where they cook the frozen food for you. I haven't been to a buffet in 2 years due to Covid and this was a nice welcome back. The restaurant was clean and the staff was friendly. The cost for one person was just under 10 dollars. I plan on coming back for lunch here in the near future. read more

The Mongolian grill is AHmazing! It is manned by request, so fill your plate and then go to the counter and ring the bell. It was my favorite part of the meal. The salmon was absolutely delicious.the crawfish weren't my favorite, but everything else I tried was so good, including the muscles. Give this place a shot. You won't regret it! read more

It was a sad day in Topeka when Sun's Chinese closed. However, Ling's is filling the vacuum nicely and has shot to my #1 favorite Chinese restaurant in Topeka. The food is fantastic, it's plated beautifully and served by a great wait staff who really cares. The dining room is teeny and almost always full but it's decorated tastefully and lends to a pleasant dining experience. And the prices are great - lunch specials under $5 and dinner under $7. This is definitely a hidden jewel in North Topeka. UPDATE: After being closed for months on end (and scaring us that they were not going to reopen) Lings has come out of the cocoon, bigger and better. We visited the Monday after they opened and were very pleased with the changes. There is now a buffet selection with at least 40 items to choose from, along with a Mongolian Grill to give HuHot a run for their money, AND a Sushi selection. They also have a giant dessert "boat" and ice cream in cute little pre-packaged containers in a freezer near the restrooms. There was genuinely a great selection. I've never seen Egg Foo Young on a buffet. They had it along with many other tasty dishes. And, the price was just $6.29 for lunch and $8.59 for dinner - plus, they have their old menu to choose from as well. I still love them and hope Ling, the owner, can maintain the quality she's served up so far. Can't wait to go back! read more

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Tried it about a year ago and said never again! Went back on that and decided to give it one more try. Horrible would be a kind word! Food was cold, what was warm tasted terrible, the woman (owner/manager) was semi rude, even while sweeping couldn't get off the phone. Never again! there are too many good to fair places that are much better. read more

Great people working there but they have to step up the food. A lot of it was cold and old. Desserts sub par, (apple pie with sesame seeds .

The waiter was great, he checked in often. The lady at the register didn't look at us once while we were paying and was talking into her AirPods the whole time. She also was "switching out" old food which was really just getting a new pan and dumping the old food into it and putting it back on the buffet. I didn't see any new food come out the entire time we were there. The food didn't meet basic standards. read more

We had the most awesome experience here tonight! I usually approach buffets with great trepidation, but Ling's really delivered. Especially noteworthy was the lady at the mongolean grill who took great care to see that every component was cooked perfectly. I also loved the steamed clams which had none of the expected "buffet sogginess". The frog legs were delectable, with a still-crunchy panko crust, and perfectly cooked inside. (Yeah, they tasted like chicken:-)) There are a few dishes that didn't quite hit the mark, but don't just try one thing! On the whole, this was the best buffet experience we can remember. read more

There was a lot of choices seafood, mongolian grill, sushi and then everything your normal Asian buffet would have but everything that I ended up getting from the buffet was ice cold which made it all taste horrible... Would not recommend this place to anybody. read more

this was my first visit to Ling's. I arrived there at about 2PM on a Saturday, so certainly after the lunch crowd. The interior was very nice, and clean and well taken care off. The buffett was really big with a seafood table, dessert table, appetizer table etc. Some tables were covered with plastic wrap though. The food was really good and appetizing but nothing really struck out as extraordinary, I would say a typical buffet. Service was fast and friendly and with a smile. However, and that is the main reason for only 3 stars, the food was not warm enough. I have tried several dishes and it was the same. so not sure if the buffet table was not working properly or what. I will certainly try the place on another day and time and see if i can review it higher. This first visit though, is roughly about average, hence the 3 stars. read more

In my opinion one of the best Chinese buffets in Topeka. The food has a lot of flavor and the service is great.

Good fresh Chinese Buffet. A great place to being a date. Personal enough, but still open. I love Chinese and a good fresh buffet can be difficult to find especially in Topeka. I drove from south Topeka to north Topeka for Ling's. read more

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This place is big and even when it's packed with people, I don't feel claustrophobic. They have a pretty good spread. Even open on Thanksgiving! And they will all the stuff for turkey dinner. read more

Everything here is just kind of blah with no taste. It's not awful, it's just kind of like why bother? I have never seen sushi with ham in it before. Yuck! Even the sushi has no distinct taste. The people working there are not at all friendly and act as if they're doing you a great service to fill your water glass. On this last visit, the server actually grunted when asked for more water. Every time I'm in Topeka my in laws want to take me here like it's a big treat. Next time, I'm going to suggest we go elsewhere. After at least 3 visits and always walking out with the same results, I'm done. read more

Not just a Chinese Restaurant and all you can eat buffet, Ling's Cafe offers food for every taste. The buffet includes appetizers, two soups, a large variety of fried rice and noodles, a larger variety of entrees, salad bar and dessert bar. The menu selections include a diet menu as well as dinner combination platters, sushi bar and chef specialties. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner. The night we visited, there was a steaming pot of crawfish as one of the selections, several varieties of egg rolls and spring rolls, and twice baked potatoes. I'm not a big buffet fan. I usually find buffet food to be just above warm, but the temperature of the food on the buffet tables is good. Prices range from $6 for lunch on the buffet to $10 for some of the Chef's Specials from the menu. Price for dinner buffet is $8.99. The restaurant was very clean. Lots of booths or tables. Areas are separated for privacy, so that you don't feel like you are in a big room. There is a separate large room for meetings. Wait staff was prompt for beverages, refills, and clearing the tables. Food was replenished quickly on the buffet tables. read more

Limited selection and items w congealed, concentrated sauces that i literally had to spit out. Never seen crab ragoons w no cream cheese in them. The cucumber salad was amazing though. Also, while they do have many items, they are for the mongolian bbq or desserts or american fanfare. I went there for classic Chinese. They had no beef and broccoli, no moo goo gai pan, no cashew chicken. So i will not be going back. read more

Not good. One wait staff for dinner hours, rice was solid mush and barely warm, the four item I got off the buffet was warm not hot at all. Needless to say I passed on eating anything and left to avoid illness. read more

We went to try out Ling's soon after they opened, and were pleasantly surprised; the prices are in line with other local restaurants (reasonable), but there were lots and lots of good fresh vegetables, and the sauces are all top-notch (for example, egg foo young got a good brown sauce, not prefab gravy like other restaurants in town use). Service is fast, storefront is small but hospitable and nicely decorated. Let's just say that in this semi-rural area, a farming co-worker insists on going to Ling's (which is further away than other restaurants) for lunch because the food is fresh and real... read more

I went there a few years ago and hated it. Went there again last week and it seems much better. For the buffet part, two tables for Chinese stuff, two in the middle with odds and ends, and two tables on the south end for Mongolian BBQ. In the middle there's a dessert bar, but nothing special on it. Honey chicken seems to be one of the best items they have. Cost is $10/person at night. read more

So my fiancé and I went to this restaurant for lunch. And was not a good experience we waited about 5-10 minutes to be seated which wouldn't have been a big deal if the food was halfway decent. My fiancé got one dish that she took a bite of and struggled to swallow it, so I tried it as well and could not swallow it we didn't eat anymore. When we were paying the lady was just talking on her AirPods and completely ignoring us. If I could give less than a 1 start I would read more

Lings is another treasure North Topeka has!! There food is always hot and fresh. The owner and staff are very pleasant friendly people! Lings is the #1 place for Chinese food in town. They were open on Christmas and Thanksgiving and it was awesome!! A very nice break from traditional food at that time of year and one could not avoid thinking about the scene in Christmas Story when that is where they ended up eating Christmas dinner :):) Keep up the good work Lings and thanks for being consistently great!!! read more

I have always enjoyed having a meal at the restaurant and I stopped by on October 28, 2022 around 3 p.m. There was wasn't very many people there, but it was early for a Friday night. I was surprised to see how downhill the place has become, food wise. The two soups were only about 1/2 full and there was a dried soup scum around the inside of the containers. The garlic sautéed green beans were dark and some even looked burnt, much of the food was dry, hard and unappetizing. The sushi bar & Mongolian grill were closed down. And the price has really jumped, cost for one person' meal and weak ice tea, the meal cost was just a few pennies less than $15.00. Normally I wouldn't be complaining about price of the meal given the economy, but for poor, unappetizing food, NO, I will not go there again. And the lady that has managed the place for quite some time, is a rude person; treats her wait staff and customers terrible! read more

This restaurant had limited food options compared before the virus outbreak. Food options were cut down by half. Not much selection or variety as before. Lighting was dark. My family of 4 was charged $53 dollars like before. I asked the lady why? She said that we ate and was charged for price. I said with very little food options that price should be lowered. My family have ate there for many months, but no more. Service, food selection, lighting wasn't worth $53. read more

REVIEWS ARE MISLEADING!!!! Yeah I'm not really sure where all these good reviews are coming from, maybe people who work there or know the owner. I agree with the persons review who said the food was "congealed and he had to spit it out". I went there Christmas Day, around 3 for a late lunch. You would think they would have a decent buffet. Awful selection. No beef options. the rice looked more like Spanish rice then fried rice, and wasn't even on the buffet, but put aside in a crockpot... Weird. The food had no flavor. My husband had some stuffed clam looking thing on his plate and it looked like it had mushy cheese in it, he had to spit it out. Needless to say, I had indigestion the rest of the day after eating there. Just AVOID THIS PLACE!!! read more

Great buffet for what it is- don't expect high end fare. The sushi bar is consistently good. Service is mediocre but it is a buffet. Price is very reasonable. read more

Love the honey chicken, and jalapeño chicken. Wish they'd have the almond cookies come back to salad bar. Don't care for salads but nice cooks. Owners always busy and always cleaning. Fair prices but crab legs need to go away or be included as other buffets do. read more

This is the absolute worst restaurant I've ever been to in my entire life. The chicken was soggy and cold. The best thing I had their all night was the water. Not worth my time. I'd rather starve then eat their again and I would tell anyone thinking about going their to save their time and money because you would think they have a 3rd grader as head chef. read more

Visited July 28th, just got back into town and was craving Chinese food....sad to say this was a tasteless waste of money. After reading other reviews and had people tell me to try it, I can only assume they are trying to save money by not using any seasoning at all. There was not much of a selection for actual Chinese food. No one was ever at the grill, so we assumed that part was closed :( The Crab Ragoon was a joke! They were small EMPTY (that's right! No crab no cream cheese) fried wantons. I couldn't even eat an entire egg roll, have no idea how you can mess up cabbage? The "fried rice" was orange in color...used quotes because one crock pot had white rice and the other the orange rice. I'm used to fried rice that at least has a couple peas, some sign of being "fried", this was just orange tasteless stuff. Will not be going back. No one should go, unless you don't have tastebuds, then go for it!! read more

It's a big buffet with lots of choices. Food is a bit blah, but plentiful. They have a nice Mongolian grill and pretty good sushi. The owner lady seems a bit cranky. read more

This is probably now the best Chinese buffet in town by default. A little pricey, but a wide selection of entrees as well as a hibachi grill and sushi. I was a fan of some items, but not others. It's a good-sized location with a lot of booth seating and separate areas for table seating. I'd definitely return here when the mood for a Chinese buffet strikes me. read more

Very good buffet for all the Chinese food lovers! Employees are very nice but could refill your cup more often and give you more than one napkin. read more