I'LL BE BACK! I love this restaurant ,especially their crab rangoon. Everything I had was hot and fresh and service was great. This is a very popular place durning lunch...must be good!! read more

My husband brought me here and raved about it from his childhood. Well, it was all nostalgia. The buffet was SO gross. I am not a picky eater and I LOVE all types of Chinese. The food was old and I was nervous to eat. I am not a picky eater and totally adventurous. I was nervous about even eating the ice cream. It is a serve yourself system, but one like you would see behind a counter at an ice scream store. Essentially, everyone scooped out of an ice cream bucket. I don't think that's very sanitary. read more

I ordered last night and the food was horrible! The fried rice was old and the beef looked spoiled! The crab rangoon was as hard as a brick! I'll never eat there again, horrible experience! read more

We've been patrons for 20 years. We have only had one visit where things weren't great. Our visits since then have shown that was an anomaly. Our favorite place to have Chinese food, hands down! read more

If I could give 1/2 star I would, the food was old, tasteless and not worth the time to stop. The only way this food could be considered good; wait there is no chance. This place is not worth the stop. My biggest pet peeve is to make excuses instead of owning the fact. As soon as I was asked how things were and I said not good sure enough the excuse train was ready to leave the station. I will not be back and advise anyone to move on from MaMa's. read more

So I don't know how it has four stars. This is quite possibly the worst Chinese I've had that I can recall. The food is sloppily made, almost frozen food quality. Almost. Just generally kind of gross. Even for dive Chinese. It reminds me of a truck stop diner. The food was sitting under a heat lamp for I don't know how long. I wasn't expecting miracles but it's pretty bad quality. For Chinese I'll stick to raytown to-go. read more

Nasty nasty nasty. The place is dirty and the meat reminds me of what a chopped up cat might taste like. Go across town to China town!

After hearing from a friend about how great this place was, I found myself in Raytown yesterday. It looks like it might have been an old diner based on the decor . Awesome crab rangoons - my benchmark of any Chinese restaurant . I just went to the two aisles of hot food . Everything i got was fresh ... Again something I look for in Chinese. I will definitely go back-just not anytime soon . Food this good should definitely be ate once in a while ! read more

It's just not very good. The general tso's tasted like ketchup. The sesame chicken tasted like ketchup. The egg drop soup tasted like the sea. Meh. read more

First off I wanna tell everyone that they have made their box to go 2 times smaller over a 2 year period but they've gone up on the prices. CAUTION, Never eat the shrimp or crab meat because it taste like old fish. They nickel and dime you. Also they charged me 3 extra dollars for a box because it had a little more food than they liked. Something is going on because they always charge me more when I go in there. Eat at your own risk!!! read more

mama china has a new place that we like even better mama garden in independence on noland road , the old fudruckers place. mama garden is HUGE!! sushi is great, they will steam fresh veggies for you on the the grill , the fish , the ribs , bokchoy was great , were not into deep fried stuff but we werent disappointed plenty of choices for us and everything was great , thought it was better than mama china in raytown same owners. dinner is 9.95 lunch is 7.95 we ate dinner . will return to mama garden sorry mama china ... read more

Food is hot and fresh... Restaurant is clean, bathroom clean.. I enjoy they have different varieties of dishes. Their dessert bar could be amped up a little bit. However, I'm a little partial to my sweet tooth. Customer service is great, I have returned many times. read more

Not impressed, nothing special about this place. Had the Buffet with the normal selections. I love spicy foods, so I always get hot chili sauce, no bueno. If I return it will be to give the regular dishes a try, but not returning for the buffet. read more

I enjoy this place. I usually head for the buffet to get the honey chicken and rice and the chicken on a stick. It's not bad, not fantastic - it's a good value for the money. read more

Not fancy but good food off the menu. We are not buffet people and eat vegetarian so we always order off Chinese restaurant menus. Everything was very tasty and fresh. We recommend skipping the buffet. For about the same price you get a whole plate full of food a bowl of soup and appetizer sampler all made fresh to order. For vegetarians the mu shu vegetables and fried tofu with vegetables are both very good. read more

I went with my family - a party of 6, and we were quickly escorted to our seats. Drink orders were taken and drinks were on the table within about 3 minutes. The food was awesome, and the selection was better than I could have hoped for. The place isn't very big, but they did a great job with the layout. The staff, though there are sometimes communication issues, is always helpful and friendly. I will definitely be going back. read more

I thoroughly enjoyed my meal at Ma Ma China. The restaurant is very clean, and they are diligent to keep it that way. The staff was very friendly and outgoing. I came away feeling like they truly appreciated us being there. The food was your typical Chinese buffet but it was hot and fresh. None of the dishes looked like it had been there awhile. I will definitely come back when I am in the area, and would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a Chinese buffet. read more

These folks accomplish what few restaurants do - their food is consistently fresh and delicious.

The lunch buffet is superb. Everything is hot and fresh and delicious. The service is stellar as well.

Just your standard, run-of-the-mill Chinese restaurant. Nothing really special. Food was good, warm but wasn't real fresh, but it was around 2:30 when we ate. Would possibly be back. read more

Just moved to Raytown & it was important I find a decent Chinese restaurant (which can be hard). I've heard so many good things about MaMa China & read so many great reviews that it was just too good to be true that this restaurant not even 3min away would be sooo good. Well I finally tried it & it was definitely on point. Great fresh tasting food. Nice customer service. I did take out which was cooked fresh but I hope to come back soon & try the buffet. read more

I enjoy this place! The owners are super nice. They act as though they remember you every time yoy come in no matter how long ago that was. The food is good. I also love the to go boxes they allow toy to fill up yourselves. Great job for being consistent with your service! read more

Food is so good! Everything I tried was excellent! The staff are very friendly and offered a senior discount without even being asked. Can't wait to go back again! Sushi was really good there too! read more

Great family Chinese Buffet. Reasonably priced and good fresh food.

Great buffet, attentive waitresses, clean windows, well liked by many I have treated there. Raytown has 3 options for Chinese, and this is the best hands down. read more

Best Chinese place I eat at..I try to go to different ones to try to venture out and find if it resembles here..no such luck. Their food is always fresh, hot and very flavorful, it has never been a letdown, I find myself eating here almost every week. Do yourself a favor and try to savor their deliciousness that is also very friendly and reasonably priced read more

Eek! Methinks not. One star for convenient location. Otherwise, the food and service are both far below the average for Chinese and Asian restaurants in the area. Food tastes like they threw it in the microwave. It is rubbery. With exception to soups, solid foods are barely warm. Service - set aside the language barrier, that is acceptable to an extent - the mannerisms from the staff are impersonal, they just want to get the order over with and send you out the door. If you happen to be in the area and would like to order either a buffet or something specific from the menu, then stop by, give it a try. Don't go out of your way to eat at this place. If it's more than 5 or 10 minutes away, don't bother. read more

Really good buffet especially for the price. Went on a Saturday for dinner and must've gotten there at the perfect time. When we were leaving every table was full. Service was great and drinks were always taken care of! read more

Always fresh. Excellent service. I thing to complain about. Great food. My favorite Chinese place been coming here a while now.

I hope to be deleting this review very soon. I am a regular at Ma Ma China in Raytown and have been for many years. In all those years I have not seen them slip as they have this past 3 weeks. It appears that either something is wrong with the hot tables or someone has ordered the heat to be lowered in order to save on utilities. Not only is the food being served at a health risk level (lukewarm egg drop soup?) but I personally like a hot meal to be more than warm. Some will not care and most of the food is probably still safe, but I have decided that I will give them one more try (number 3) and then sadly have to delete them from my lunch list if the problem is not corrected. I will overlook the inexcusably jerky tough General Tso's Chicken that I spat into a napkin yesterday as being a one time occurrence - although another first for this Chinese buffet that has long been my favorite. If the problem is corrected on my next visit I will delete this update and leave standing my original 5 star review. By the way, I did try to make a polite complaint, but was not understood by the waitress. read more

WORST COSTUMER SERVICE IN THE WORLD. I called to ask about the prices and couldn't understand the woman because of her accent. I was trying to be nice and asking her to repeat it again because I couldn't understand her, and she gave me the worst attitude ever. I don't think that is how you treat a customer. read more

Probably the most consistently good Chinese buffet.

Best Chinese buffet around, mainly due to fact the food is always fresher than ANY buffet around. I've eaten here since they opened and my college boy was a toddler. I saw a couple of reviews said the food was old and can't believe it! This is standard Chinese fare but it is well cooked and always fresh! I've eaten here for normal lunch and dinner and it's always busy then so of course food turns quickly, BUT I've also eaten late lunch at 2, early dinner at 3:30, and late dinner at 9:00... Food was still fresh...at slack times they don't fill the pans up so they don't waste food, but restock immediately as you take. read more