The buffet looks like a good deal. Howeveras I know the egg rolls there are made by waste food!!! That is disgusting. Besides, u better take a look at their dirty kitchen before u eat anything. read more

What can I say about this place...I just hope people read this and show their disapproval by going elsewhere. I arrived there last name to indulge. I have eaten there before and thorughly enjoyed it. When I stepped into the establishment there were approximately 4 tables with customers. I awaited patiently to be seated. Some 15 minutes later, the so-called "Manager" whose nametag read Vincent addressed me saying are you waiting for one of our guests. I "kindly" stated I was there to eat. He apologized and then showed me to a table. He stated because it was his error that he did not realize I was waiting to be seated he would provide me with a complimentary drink. I told him a Coke would be fine. After going up to get a plate of food I then proceeded to eat. No one showed up to pour a complimentary glass of water or "Vincent' did not come back with that complimentary Coke that he promised me. After eating my meal, I patiently waited, and waited, and waited for someone to come over to ask how my meal was. I noticed a couple arriving after i did and were immediately seated. Very shortly afterwards, they were given complimentary glasses of water. Only once during my 50 minutes there did a member of the staff come up to me asking if she could take the plate that had my meal on it. Vincent never came back to bring me that free Coke he offered. After 50 minutes of waiting i proceeded to the checkout. Vincent then gave me a check for my meal. I then said that I was dissatisfied and asked him if it was normal not to have a drink with the meal. Vincent then went on saying "it was a mistake"...."come on, you know that I do everything to make my customers happy"..."i forgot". Vincent then said he would ask the staff. He called the waitress over and berated the poor girl over in front of me....the poor girl apologized to me and sounded like someone that was going to lose her job over this. After the girl left I realized that the issue was not with that girl but with the so-called "Manager". I expressed my concerns that what type of Manager would berate a girl in front of he Customer. It was Vincent that told me about the free Coke. Vincent then went further saying it was NOT HIS JOB to do a waitresses job. After some heated words between myself and Vincent, in which the patrons of the Dining Room heard--I know because I was in contact with one of the patrons and she stated she heard our conversation-- I left still steaming. However, before leaving, Vincent then told me my meal was free. Listen, I did not go there in hopes of getting a free meal but just the opposite. I went to a buffet to eat. Like i said before I have gone there many times and thoroughly enjoyed my meal. From the time I entered the establishment until the time I left I did not get proper service. In an eating establishment I learned long ago that NO JOB is beneath anyone who works there. I have seen Managers of establishments such as this one clean toilets to keep their staff and customers happy. Unlike Vincent who said bringing a glass of Coke was NOT HIS JOB. My only regret was that I did not get the girls name who Vincent berated in front of me...I felt so bad for her. It was not her job to bring me what Vincent offered. If you want a meal then fine but if you want service then please eat elsewhere. Sincerely, A very dissatisfied eater read more

I went there with my wife to celebrate our anniversary. Waiter did not understand much english as I had to ask for a keith's beer 4 times. Brought our drinks and disappeared. It was our first time there and our last. We figured out buffet, help yourself. The trays where 30% empty, The food was cold, deserts was Jello,jello or jello. At $15.00 a plate, this was a really disappointing meal. I was there at 7:10 pm We left just before 8pm just as we over heard them say, the buffet is open to takeout now. Cold greasy food with little flavor. We should have just gone to Gardenview, food is always hot and good read more

The food is okay, I found most of there meat dishes tasted the same or as if they had used the same spice blend in every dish. Service wasn't that great however we were there an hour before closing an it was evident that they were cleaning up for the night (already). The decor was hideous, normally I don't pay much attention to decor but it looked as if a dollar store had threw up on the place. read more

The food is very good and lots to choose from. Price is good too. Owner is very attentive, however rest of staff needs to clear tables more and refill water more read more

Myself and my husband went to the Panda buffet twice in one day. The first & the last!! The food was absolutely terrible. Everything came straight from a box or a bag I am sure. Service is decent but cashing out/paying at the front is slow. I'll take a pass on this one again - sorry! read more

This is a great place to go with family if you're in Dartmouth. The staff are helpful and it's very comfortable and casual. The buffet food is hot and changed frequently, but lots of favourite dishes to choose from. The supper time selection has more meat dishes than the lunch buffet but both are very good. Update for 2016 - Still loving Panda Buffet! My daughter asks to go here all the time, and it's her pick for her birthday venue. read more

Went tonight because we had received a coupon as a gift (I assume it was from groupon or something similar) it was very mediocre food. When we got in I showed the coupon to the woman who sat us and she said "Yeah just show it to them when you pay" .unfortunately we didn't read the fine print and the coupon is only good for monday-thursday. And today is Friday. I wish she had of told us that because there is No way I would have paid to eat there. read more

Do not eat at this restaurant. All the food was disgusting and tasted horrible. We also found a hair in the noodles. Also, the service was bad. We ate dessert with a butter knife cause we couldn't seem to find someone to bring us more utensils. Seriously save your money and find another buffet to go to read more

I LOVED PANDA BUFFET , it killed dragon king buffet , panda buffet had good service and good food,i would DEFINITLY go back again and i hope to sometime soon!!!! read more

The service was quite good, very solicitous and friendly. The food was also good for what it is--Canadian/Chinese food styled for the western palate. We went late on a Saturday night, less than an hour before closing so I was somewhat dubious about the quality of the food we could expect. We were pleasantly surprised. Not only was the food fresh and tasty--crisp veggies, nicely spiced sauces, meat not overcooked--but since it was so late, the server gave us take-out containers, a HUGE discount, and allowed us to stay and eat from the containers. We'll definitely go again. read more

Absolutely horrible food! The white wine tasted like vinegar, and all the food was improperly cooked! The only good thing I can say is that the service was decent. read more

The silver lining to this evening was my daughter, wife and I--who are in the midst of a "try new restaurants" phase-- laughed really hard when it was said "well we definitely can't get any worse." . It literally was comically bad. From the cold, limp, bland food (they even got onion rings and fries wrong), to my seat which I think was the victim of some prank because my part of the bench seat was missing all its padding. Not just a little stuffing lost, or maybe compacted, it was my pants, vinyl seat cover, springs. Speaking of Springs, the spring rolls in this Chinese-Canadian buffet were horrible. The rice was ok, the cold, bland vegetables mixed in it were not ok. The fried chicken was definitely fried. Then I am assuming fried more. Then laid out on a table in a room that had every ounce of moisture in the room sucked out of it. Then set under the heat lamp for hours. The service was polite but not efficient or overly helpful. The atmosphere and cleanliness were poor to average. I get Halifax doesn't have the good buffets other places do ( not including breakfast/brunch buffets in this), so I'd think it would do amazing business if the standards were upheld. And let's be honest, we don't hold buffet food standards to other restaurants, the quantity offsets it. So I, a buffet lover, was disappointed to have had such a bad experience. It is a great opportunity for an entrepreneur, there are some good chain buffets that I think would boom in Halifax. So I guess two silver linings to the bad meal, a laugh and an opportunity for someone. read more

Thisssss place. I went February 2014 & it was my first time. Oh, my, goodness it was very well worth the money! I have been looking for a great Asian buffet since being in the halifax area. I highly recommend this & I will go back often! read more

I barely want to give this place a 2 star. First of all, I'm not a big fan of buffets personally. I prefer quality over quantity, so I've never found one in Halifax that I really love. But this was just a little more disappointing then I'd even anticipated. It wasn't that busy and maybe this was the reason they decided to leave the buffet partly full. None of the stations were full. Each of the pans sort of had the food scraped to the middle. I kept thinking they would bring some new, hot and fresh food out, but they never did. The variety wasn't that exciting. If I am going to a buffet I generally prefer to eat veggie stir fries and seafood like shrimp and mussels. Disappointing on all counts. Even the desserts were just blah. I'm only giving this place two stars because the staff was nice and the place was clean. Personally, I would never go back here again. Take your money, eat less and order something really good elsewhere. read more

The buffet is usually really good. Good selection and the majority of the staff are very efficient. There have been a select few times when the food was not as up to par but I feel that can always be the case with buffets. I come here quite a bit and enjoy it. I am coming back in the next few days. Definitely well worth checking out and I feel the price is fantastic for the amount of food provided. read more

let's get the nice things out of the way: - lots of seating - cheap beer - fortune cookies - doesn't smell awful - starches (chow mein/shanghai noodles/chicken fried rice) were average and very edible! - something for everyone, even people who hate food things i did not enjoy - seaweed salad was very much a taste of the seaside on a hot day at low tide - kimchi had a lot of five spice in it, which i did not expect, and while i enjoy five spice, it seemed heavily used in most dishes so i quickly grew tired of it - corn in the spring rolls, but it was obvi canned corn; therefore the spring rolls tasted mostly like corn, which isn't so bad if you like corn a lot i guess, but it wasn't optimal - custard dumpling, you were weird. what even were you? i would have really loved if you were filled with bbq pork or even a black bean paste, but you were weird and light brown and sooo sweet. i was just to full at that point to try it i think. - wonton soup wontons were at a point of saturation where they were really no longer classifiable as noodles, just a vaguely conglomerated mass of pasta goop (but the broth was actually decent) - they were out of general tao chicken. angry face. this is not a legitimate critique of their food but it made me sad - waiters/waitresses never offered us water, or a second beer. i didn't want a second beer but hot damn i could have used some water after that pasty dang wonton - don't get sushi at a buffet. i should know this but i did it anyway. and i regret it a bit. really, for two people, fifty bux was more than i would like to have paid. i guess really we did go in there and just assault the buffet with no real regard for how much food we could fit into our bodies comfortably, or any attention paid to the likelihood of low quality choices on my part. but if you're looking for a mediocre end to a mediocre week, and you really wanna leave with a belly that is undeniably filled, hit this place up. it's no worse than any other chinese buffet options in halifax. read more

Best Chinese buffet I've had in Nova Scotia! The food is always fresh and consistently delicious! Everything is always cooked properly and the dishes are replaced/refilled every half hour so the food doesn't go stale like in most buffets. Very affordable and accessible. They have a take away option where they give you not one but 2 containers to fill up as much as you want! Customer service however, could a bit of work. read more

not an enormous eater.my money for a plate of "all you can eat" buffet would be better spent on a quality plate elsewhere.food was bland.

Like the rest of the reviews, food was meh. We got there around 6pm and you could tell everything had been sitting for a while. Nothing new was added even though many items were empty. Probably won't be back read more

The food in great!! Best Chinese food in Halifax!! The only problem is the staff, they didn't ask how we are doing, making sure everything ok, they didn't even ask if we wanted refills. read more

This was by far the worst dining experience I've ever had!! The whole buffet was tasteless dry & just plain terrible.. the wait staff was not very pleasant & the dishes we were given weren't even clean... will never go back & will let everyone I know how terrible it was to stop further disappointment . Left feeling very unsatisfied!!!! Save yourself the $$$ & time.. not worth it at all!! read more

Good price the food quality isn't the best but for the money it's what you'd expect. There are a lot of options and they are all kept quite fresh. read more

I would say it was the worst service I ever had but I had to have service to compare it to. Never even say a waitress since she asked me what I wanted to drink. Never came back to the table. Never got a bill and didn't even get to eat everything there because half the trays were empty the whole time. I had 4 different things and ice cream because that's all that was there. read more

Best Chinese buffet in HRM. It's reasonably priced, the food seems fresh, and the staff don't seem to ignore me (maybe they read the other reviews and made it a point to improve upon?) Now how can I put this gently? I don't get sick eating here like the other Chinese buffets in the city, which for me, is reason enough to go back. Do not go for the sushi. it's not bad, but it's just not as good as specialized sushi buffet places. read more

The best thing about this buffet is that if you are hungry you will be able to not starve by eating here. Taste, quality, presentation; I am told they do not frequent here. read more

Ok buffet. Lots of selection but quality was just so so. They disnt hve chicken fried rice, only veggie fried rice, that's a first for me

good variety of food to choose from, sushi is not the best, general tao chicken is a must have

This is a terrible place to eat. If you close your eyes you can't tell the difference in the food you are eating. Everything is so bland and no taste to it at all. For $14.99 you are being ripped off. Yes the place is clean and yes the staff is nice but I am not paying for the staff, I am paying for the food and the friendly staff is a bonus. The egg rolls were discusting, I am still trying to figure out what was put in them. The shrimp, omg the shrimp was unbelievable. So discusting. I love shrimp but these tasted like frozen shrimp. All the taste was sucked out of them. Never again for me and I will not be giving them a second chance. read more

Chinese food in the buffet is well, just that - buffet food - don't expect Florida quality and $8 a plate. However, that being said - this place has actually got great sushi! and I don't mean on the buffet, I mean if you order it takeout (they actually will make you fresh sushi if you are buffet customers as well!) - Its hard to find good sushi in Dartmouth - Genji? they don't even know how to make sushi rice - horrible sushi! but Panda? as amazing as it sounds, these guys actually know what they are doing and I would recommend it over Sobeys or Supervalu any day - and at near half the price. BTW Sobeys hasn't gotten the concept yet that sushi when so many hours old? should be thrown away or severely discounted - but they keep it in the fridge. read more

we (4 of us) went to this buffet on Good Friday, at 12:00 noon. We weren't sure what to expect because we only saw two reviews, and one was for and one was against but, our experience was wonderful. The food was hot and pretty good (no chicken in the fried rice or chicken chow mien, and know one liked the egg rolls), but there were lots of choices. Overall, we liked our lunch. The food was pretty good, the restaurant was clean, and our server was good. The dessert table could use some attention, although, it is consistent with most Chinese Buffets The buffet was only 9.99 which was terrific value. We would definitely eat, there, again. read more

The worst we have ever had, most of the containers were empty (at 630 pm) and the little bits in the bottom were dried on. We had to ask if they were putting any more out only to get a mumble in chinese. Really! never again and i'm spreading the news read more

I thought it was reasonably priced. We waited about 30 minutes to be seated because of a big table before us but it was worth it. Definitely a good place if you're looking to get your fill! read more

good evening Panda buffet and friends. Please let me share with you that it is the very first time I take time to write a review. Why would I even bother writting a review on a restaurant, my time is way too precious unless I want to save people time and money. I took my girlfriend and her girlfriend tonight for a night out and went there starving. we arrived at 4 pm on a saturday. first thing i did is look at the washroom to see how clean this place was so i figured well the place is clean, lets have a sit while they get the buffet ready. after half hour the buffet was still not ready. I asked the manager/owner can i please have some won ton soup and cold shrimp, she said wait, were doing the hot meals first, I was like wow, pretty rude but whatever, another 15 minutes wait still no wonton soup and half the buffet was still empty. I couldnt believe it neither the women with me. anyway, i could go on and on tonight about this restaurant. the service was terrible, the food was absolutelly terrible, the staff was the worst i ever experienced. the girls and I have left the restaurant hungry after paying 55 freaking dollars for something i would nt even feed my dog with. This place is a big big no no for me ever and trust me if i ever hear about chinese food again, I will be happy to tell people about my worst experience. read more