I am quite disappointed. I was going to make it 2 but 2.5 it is, since there were still someone who was nice there and not all the food was bad. I usually look forward to buffet , since I'm always excited what they got to offer. Service: In this case even as we entered the girl that helped us was very demeaning we felt like we were being judged us how we looked (you'll know why later , please keep reading). We ask politely if we can moved closer to the buffet because we have a newborn with us and of course someone who just gave birth it's hard to walk around. They plainly said no and says that area is close where we pointed to sit at. We have a visitor from Canada and we just wanted to have a good time. Then a few minutes later with the same lady we saw her leading two ladies that speaks the same language she does and sat them where we requested. We just thought to ourselves maybe it's not meant to be, but when it happened twice and another group of family came with two kids who spoke the same language that's when we were thinking maybe they just choose who they want to sit there. I know we're not super skinny but girl we felt isolated in the corner and not to mention the walk is not a mile but in our mind by the time we reach the buffet I feel like we're already full from walking back and forth (maybe that is the point) hehe. In addition, I kept noticing the guy keeps checking his cellphone and texting someone then when he noticed I was looking he hid his phone quickly. I know we're in the corner so we also see what they do behind the other customers. Ever since we were seated our empty plates were taken but our sodas and water was never refilled for the last one hour and half we were there. They never even smile once and just kept giving that gloomy look. The only nice person there that helped me a lot with my food was the guy who made my yakisoba (it wasn't bad at all too). Food: Not all the food was fresh like we expected , but not all of them was bad. There were a few dishes that we loved including the eggplant and honey shrimp. I also love the udon yakisoba that I put together to be cooked. The dessert was a little sad, since there weren't much of choices like feast Buffet, but the flan was pretty good. Also, they don't have many choices of sushi. However, they did have an unagi for the dinner buffet. I know it was $18.99 per person, which is not a bad deal for weekday dinner. Although, they can probably work on their attitude towards all other customer and treat everyone the same. I know we don't speak the language they do, but we shouldn't be treated any differently. We are also customer who just wants to enjoy the food that is offered. Thank you read more

Mandarin Buffet & Grill - Buffets Near Me - Redmond, Washington

meu preferido restaurante...se tivesse mais estrelas,certamente eu daria.Sempre vou,mas pra meu aniversário já virou lei. Agradeço a todos que lá trabalham,pessoas gentis e com espetacular serviço. read more

Stopped by this buffet after a day of thrifting with my boyfriend. We were greeted and seated immediately, there's an automatic 10% gratuity added to the bill. The seafood quality was alright, they had typical varieties of Asian buffet food. They also had a grill for you to choose your noodle stir-fry options. Overall, the experience was alright. Seating was somewhat spaced, they had gloves and hand sanitizer before you use the tongs for food. Taste was meh, wish there were more options. read more

I decided to take my boyfriend that is visiting out of town to this buffet, the food was cold not fresh we didn't get to enjoy the plate on my food. The only thing that was ok was the fried rice and green beans. My bf he gives this restaurant a one star. read more

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All you can eat sushi, Chinese and Mongolian BBQ- amazing! Phenomenal fresh sushi and salads, crab legs, and all the fabulous Chinese dishes you can imagine. The staff are friendly and very helpful with clearing your plates (as there are always more coming!). This is a delicious deal! read more

Ughhhh....this place is all sorts of terrible. We came here for a birthday party recently and were given use of a private area over on the right side of the restaurant. It was fairly busy for a Saturday night, which was surprising, given the quality and taste of food. The food is downright mediocre and tasteless, but perfect if you only care about filling up your belly for a nominal cost. The sushi bar was sketchy (I didn't trust it), while the rest of the 'Asian' cuisine was just meh. Dessert options were terrible and the overall consensus was "how is this place still in business?!" Avoid, avoid, avoid. Just don't come here. There are far better buffet options around town. read more

you step in the door and you are greeted by a cashier stand, it is a buffet so they want you to pay before which is understandable but it costs $80 for two people, you don't get to see the food first since you are immediately greeted by a cashier, plus an added on 10% tip that is required, not sure what the tip is for since at this restaurant you serve yourself but whatever, maybe the food is good right? Wrong. Typical heat lamp half warm food. The deserts were the only good thing about this place because they didn't have to be warm to be good. For $80 i would assume you would have at least good food. The chow main tasted bland, sushi is okay, everything else skip it. and the forks taste like the sanitizer they wash them in. Would not recommend to anyone unless you like being scammed. Sad to leave a bad review I was excited to try a new place and give it a go. Maybe next time Mandarin Buffet. But probably not. read more

You guys need better cooks and larger entrees. Food taste bland asf and I keep feeling sick after eating here. Sushi is dry and cold. Fruit are hands and tasteless. Just up your chef game man. Oh yeah the manager are incompetent too, you keep taste your own food and be like..."yeah that taste amazing!" Like cmon youre in Bellevue Redmond for satan sakes. Level up read more

We were there for dinner with out of town friends. There was a good variety of food for everyone. Most of food was fresh, including poke and nigiri sushi. We would have preferred sashimi during the week instead of only Friday dinner and weekends and more fresh fish rolls too. Decent all-you-can-eat place for a variety of American, Chinese and japanese food. read more

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My friend treated me for lunch here yesterday and we enjoyed it. They have a broad selection of a variety of American and Asian food. Some were only okay, but some dishes were excellent. My favorite was the battered fried fish, which was moist, with a crispy coating and tasted great with their tartar sauce. (Fries were available, if I wanted "fish and chips.") There seemed to be a bit of something for everyone: ribs, sausages and roast meat, some seafood dishes (I liked their crab casserole), Mongolian stirfry, sushi (both nigiri and rolled), noodles (I especially liked their thin rice noodle dish). I saw that they had a good sampling of dimsum (char siu bao, sticky rice, shrimp balls and several other options), but I wasn't able to try them. This is probably not a cost effective choice for a vegan, though they did have some vegetarian dishes and lots of fresh fruit. Their dessert selection was small (but I thought their tiramisu, sesame balls and apple turnovers were VERY tasty). The focus was more on the main course, which was fine by me. read more

Came to visit Bellevue/Seattle area from Vancouver, Canada. Buffet was pretty good. Prices seem fair and as usual, the prices on holiday here is the same as other buffet places, Vancouver area doesn't have this. Food selection was generous. Roasted pork was great and melts in your mouth. Crawfish, crab, shrimp and clams were great for seafood lovers. Veggie dishes was few, wish there was more selection. Dessert was good also with a chocolate fountain with strawberries. I had ice cream and fruits for my desserts. Would recommend this if your in the area. I ate so much I could barely walk properly. I went on Easter Sunday round 830pm and it wasn't busy at all, which was good. read more

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They have a good variety of food! All kinds of sushi and sashimi, fruits, dessert, ice cream, you name it! The place is also very clean inside. You better come hungry! read more

By far the best Asian buffet Washington has to offer. I been living here for over 5 years, today me and my girlfriend came here after hiking rattle snake ridge and this is one of our greatest discoveries ever. read more

Absolutely the most sub par buffet I have ever been to. I couldn't find one item that stood out as worth eating again. Also, the fact they automatically charge a 10% tip is ridiculous. There is no incentive for good customer service once you pay then. And their customer service is awful. read more

Met some peoples here for a lunch, it's a bit of a trek for me to go to the Bel-Red area from where I live, so I was hoping this place would be worth it. Came here for lunch on a weekend and plenty of tables were available, just tell them how many in your party, they will take you to the table, place drink order, then you can have at it at the buffet stations. Food looked ok so I just got a little of this & that etc..... Round 1, I took a few bites of each item and didn't really like it and it was just bleh. Picked at it for a bit, so I decided that it may have been a poor choice on my end thought I'd go for round 2 and really load it up thinking it will be better......again...picked at it and bleh. There was only a few things that I liked, the green beans, beef & broccoli and that's about it. It seemed like some items were warmed up and stir fried up from the night before because it was just extremely overcooked and dried out like the Sesame Chicken, that chicken was so tough. Other items were just super weak with no filling inside the baos, dim sum meat looked a little sketch, sushi items were falling apart, even the dessert was a bit weak, the soft serve tasted like powdered milk, fruit from a can etc. Pricing was pretty high for lunch buffet for $20, wasn't much of any service, had to go up to the drink station ourselves to ask someone back there for refills etc. Overall, it was pretty bleh. read more

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Love this place so much!! We just tried some buffets in Las Vegas, but for the price and variety of Asian food here (sushi, stir fries, dim sum, seafood, etc.) - I'll always prefer Mandarin Buffet & Grill. Staff were so kind; they were always prompt in removing used dishes and water refills were provided on request. read more

My family and I go here a lot for special occasions. I found a staple in the honey walnut shrimp. I am glad it got onto my plate instead of someone else's. It could have ended up pretty bad if it was consumed. Service was pretty lame this day too. Dude never came back with my drink until my husband asked for it again. I don't think I'll consider this place anymore. Seen sushi guy eating sushi while rolling some rolls before and now this too??? read more

Mandarin Buffet & Grill - A staple in the honey walnut shrimp. - Buffets Near Me - Redmond, Washington

Blessed! I will always come back. When you have an amazing customer service how can you not say something

Decent quality buffet with several options for stir fry/meat, sushi, salads, soups, etc. Options are more during dinner and weekends, though the price is higher as well. read more

That place is just great! Most of us know that buffet restaurants are not the greatest, but mandarin succeeded all my expectations. The variety of food are unbelievable and the sushi bar is just great! The price is another great thing about that restaurant. It is just very cheap and I can't imagine anyone complaining about anything in there. My favorite foods are shrimp, oysters, crab wonton, sushi and beef & broccoli. There is also American food: pizza, French fries, chicken fingers, and others that I can't remember right now. There are too many choices hehe Detail: during dinner and weekends they have more seafood choices, so if you love Chinese, sushi, seafood, and don't want to spend a lot of money, it is the right place for you. PS: there are always lots of fresh fruit and salad, so if you want to pig out without feeling too guilty, you still can eat there :) read more

Mandarin Buffet & Grill - Inside - Buffets Near Me - Redmond, Washington

I had dinner here with my family a couple of weeks ago and I'm happy I did because now I know I'll never come back again. Every time I've been here the customer service has always been bad. The servers/bus boys walk around with an awkward smirk on their faces. They look bored, annoyed and like they have a secret they're all in on. When I wasn't receiving bad customer service, I was receiving no customer service. To be honest, I'm not sure which one was worse. It says on our ticket that the "manager" was our server hmm I was confused by that considering this person was never at our table. We also got charged more than I've ever seen them charge and I don't know why. Questioning the staff about it only seemed like a long and pointless process so I paid and have decided to not go back. read more

Mandarin Buffet & Grill - How much do you charge? - Buffets Near Me - Redmond, Washington

I actually come here moderately often. It is a huge space and it is inside a shopping square, so it is easy to find and parking is accessible and free. They are not open during regular hours, there is a gap between lunch and dinner when they are closed, so that is one thing to remember. There really isn't a lot of service to talk about, as it is a buffet. But I will say that you are seated immediately upon coming in, and a drink order is taken. After that you pretty much left to your own. I do like that they can handle the payment at your table and you don't have to get up to pay. The price here is pretty expensive and not all drinks are included in the buffet price. You can plan to spend around 20$ a person here on a dinner service. But the food is plentiful. There is a hot pot stand where they cook and fry the bowl you put together for you. Stations for salads, desserts, Japanese food, Chinese food, soups, din sum, chocolate fountain, soft serve ice cream and some American food as well. The Asian food is not traditional and is more in the American style. If is fairly average in comparison to other Asian restaurants. The American food I wouldn't recommend here, but again, why would you come to an Asian buffet and eat pizza? Overall, it is a fairly pleasurable experience and I definitely get pretty full. I like to come here every now and then when I'm feeling especially hungry and indecisive. read more

Mandarin Buffet & Grill - Buffets Near Me - Redmond, Washington

We came in for a team lunch. Big pro, there is no wait the buffet has plenty of tables to accommodate small or large groups. There is a good amount of variety. My favorite was the stir fried / soup bar. You pick your veggies and meats and they'll cook them for you fresh. Overall I found that the quality is a bit of hit and miss, I liked the sesame chicken, but there were some dishes I didn't like, not a big deal just went for a new plate. There is also a large selection of dessert, including a chocolate fountain where you can dip strawberries, pineapple, marshmallows, etc. Also sushi buffet and other seafood. read more

There's a lot of food selections but only two I really like. The small clams and the Japanese cake. Something is off of most of their food it wasn't a typical taste of chinese food, baked scallops has sweet taste, salmon is overcooked, sweet & sour soup is too spicy, garlic pork ribs is sweet and couldn't taste any garlic, prime rib has poor meat quality, sui mai is dry inside and no chilli sauce available, crab was fried which doesn't really taste good prefer the steamed, and sushi aren't good as well. In short, a lot of wasted food. As we sat down, we were asked what drinks we wanted not mentioning it was $1.99 each, don't be surprise. read more

They have a bunch of grape food, good price and people there are very friendly service are checking your table and ambience is very welcoming read more

I have visited here several times now. They recently increased their prices. Weekday lunch is now $9.99. Still a good deal, but not as great as last year. You pay extra for soda as it is not complimentary. read more

I've been to Asian food buffets before and they typically are okay in their food. I'd have to say Mandarin was slightly above average. A good selection, the foods tasty , ample desserts. I had lunch and it was reasonable priced for a buffet of this size. My only concern was several of the foods seemed to be barely warm. People were nice. Place was clean. I'll be back. read more

Great buffet place in the Redmond district. Menu is a wide variety of sushi, Chinese, grilled, American food, roast and dessert selections. Price is fairly reasonable with senior citizen discount if you are dining with family members that are over 65, kids are less charge. Place is clean and well lit with good seating area. Staff and service is fast and friendly! Overall great buffet place to go if you like the wide variety selections of food. read more

The food Is alright, the service is great, and overall a nice atmosphere. However, a small part of food can be a bit tasteless. But, the sushi bar is excellent, wide variety of sushi. read more

Food was great and very delicious, service was very good. Price was scary tho, feel like it was a bit overpriced but it's alright.

A good friend of mine has been raving about this restaurant for a while but I hadn't had a chance to go there until about 3 weeks ago. My friend and I met there on a Friday afternoon around 1:30pm for lunch. So many options to choose from....I started with the baby clams with a black bean sauce, yummy. Also tried very small portions of several dishes from the hot food section, tofu, mixed veggies, fried plaintains, fresh asparagus, salmon, shrimps, they also have a sushi section, full salad bar, and dessert table with lots of fresh fruits. Food was very tasty and well cooked. The staff keep replenishing the food trays. Prices were reasonable and the restaurant and restrooms were clean and well kept. I will definitely go back again soon and recommend it to friends. read more

Food is not as good as before, service has become really bad. The front door lady is rude. They also automatically add tips.

The best way to describe this place is "huge selection but everything is just average tasting". The salt and pepper grabs were tasteless and the meat inside had this weird texture like it was stale or reheated or something. Likewise the mussels look big and juicy but has no taste. Salt and pepper prawns were decent, but because they were just re-heated and Luke warm under the heat lights, flavor was a lot worse than they looked. Mongolian bbq same seAl, fresh but tasteless sauces. Rainbow shushi was tasty. Flan was decent. But the other desserts were bleh! The strawberry ice-cream tasted artificial. Overall the vibe there was like at the Las Vegas buffets with people piling up their plates with crab and shrimp like it was their last meal, just a huge turn off. And at $30 a person, I just don't think it's worth it given the lack of flavor. We will not be going back read more

I wish there were a "0 star" option for this review. I used to like and visit Mandarin Buffet quite often before the pandemic. But the recent dining experience was very disappointing. The restaurant has increased the buffet prices significantly and meanwhile worsened the menu a lot. There was no more birthday discount, or corporate discount, etc. There is a mandatory surcharge of 10% for everyone. We went on a Saturday, the price per person was $23.99. The menu was hardly interesting. In the hot bar, many of the usual specialty items (like roasted duck, lobster, mutton soup, braised pork feet, kongbao chicken, etc) were all missing. The available menu was tasteless. The fried octopus was like chewing a uncooked rubber. My all-time favourite sesame balls were also very hard, tasting like unfresh ones reheated from the previous day. The only thing I liked was baked scallop. In the susi bar, the fried fish skin was very dry and hard. I was not able to chew it at all. The eel susi was okay. But in the next plate, I noticed a small fly walking on the susis, so immediately lost interest in all foods. In icecream fridge, 3 flavours (strawberry, vanilla, chocolate) were available in individual small cups. However, they were tasteless and were the worst icecream that I have ever had. Regarding pandemic precaution, the restaurant supplies disposable gloves for free use when taking food from the trays. However, tables were arranged next to each others with no difference from before the pandemic. Most guests don't wear masks when taking food. Overall, Mandarin Buffet has become really disappointing. I should have viewed other folks' reviews here so I could have avoided this visit. Anyways, I am not going there again in future, nor will I recommend this place to my friends/families. read more

Of all the, dismal, Asian-inspired but secretly Mandarin Chinese "eating house" buffets of King and Pierce County that I have been to, Mandarin is by far the best. Damning with faint praise, yes - because it's still exactly what I said it was; but it's not bad. It's actually not bad! For once, I didn't leave hungry or worried that I had consumed week-old glue! This place is packed, completely packed - always. I don't know if they earn their money on volume or if they earn their money on beverages. It doesn't matter, because - for once - at what is a weird Seattle-area tradition I still cannot fully understand the food is edible! Hallelujah! It's fast, it's simple, there's variety. Everything tastes like food. It's not amazing, it's not something I'd seek out by any means; though it is rapidly becoming apparent that I am the only major-leaguer foodie in the family. So, I mean for me to give this place when my usual staple of Bai Tong right across the street three stars means most people probably have an amazing time. I admit, I am jaded - I've been all of the World. Sometimes, though, people want to literally eat all they can in prawns. That is not me. This is their domicile. Mandarin is their domain. So, if you want to be Mr. 9000lbs of prawn in an evening. Five stars for that! If you're me and you have not so much as refined, but bizarre tastes - three stars. See, everyone's happy! For once. It's not even weirdly sad inside. The vibe is still a little industrial, and not in a fun Nine Inch Nails way. I can't put my finger on how to describe it. Literally the Yelp definition of "A-OK" up in there. read more

One of my favorite buffets! Their food doesn't disappoint! I love the variety! The sushi and Mongolian grill is super good which usually isn't common in buffets. The dessert selection is huge too! Pricing is affordable! :) read more

This was one of my favorite Buffets to visit until recently! I decided one evening about 1 week ago to go to Mandrin Buffet seeing they were just opening back up. I went in, they take your temperature; I paid and proceeded to go towards the buffet...I noticed not one person had used the gloves nor used the hand sanitizer that was scarcely placed in a few places. After getting my food, I sat and then in came a family of about 25 people who were in line; seated and then proceeded to go to the buffet...I saw 2 people used the Sanitizer & the Gloves. Finally, I went up to the front desk and informed them that no one was using the hand sanitizer or the gloves to handle the food. To my surprise the Manager told me that folks have a choice to either use the hand sanitizer or the gloves. I immediately shared that I didn't think that was acceptable seeing they are serving so many people and they needed to do a better job of ensuring the food utensils weren't touched and making sure folks were using the hand sanitizer and then grabbing the gloves to get their food. I then saw that worker put more boxes of gloves out and she literally had to go to about 20 people to ask them to use the gloves and to my amazement people were like Oh yeah; as if Covid wasn't happening. It ruined my outlook of this place because I seen people touching their hair, licking their fingers, and much more and then going back into the line to get more wihtout gloves. It think its irresponsible of the folks who manage the Mandarin to not want to take precautions more seriously especially because its not ala carte...Im not sure it was permanent that the folks were going around asking people to grab the gloves or if it was just because they noticed I was there and said something. Either way, I WILL NEVER GO BACK THERE AGAIN...I live by Feast Buffet in Renton and they do not play when it comes making sure everyone is masked up and hand sanitizing/wearing gloves to handle any of the utensils used to grab the good. People know the drill automatically and to see that the Mandrin Buffet was so non-challant about food handling and the safety of others turned me off from wanting to ever go there again. I think the health department should be called on them. This proves that a business such a a Buffet can't rely on it patrons to do the right thing or be responsible and I was just shocked at how careless people were. Its the business's responsibility to protect its patrons as best they can under these covid circumstances. Taking a temperature isn't full proof; nor does it guarantee folks don't have covid. Beware...Feast is a bit more expensive, but I think there are plenty of places to go that will do better than Mandrin. read more

Good selection, especially of warm chinese food, but no green tea ice cream. Ice-cream costs additional $2.00, some sushi was super dry (not as expected), soup selection is very limited (2 soups). I am glad they are open again, but the experience does not match the pre-COVID offering. read more

Decent. Food tastes watered down and lacks flavor. But then again it is a buffet. Good price

The variety of food options were pretty decent. Price was maybe a couple of dollars more than I would've liked but all in all pretty good. Sushi could've been better and the dessert options were kind of limited and kind of seemed stale. I'd go again for sure. They were not taking temperatures when entering so that was a lie about their reopening, but the other safety measures were fine. read more