First of all, the food was not fresh and was overcooked. Second, the lunch hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., which makes it even more confusing that dinner starts exactly at 3 p.m. I arrived at 3:05 p.m. and asked whether my order would be considered lunch or dinner. The server clearly told me it would be lunch. However, when I finished and paid, the receipt showed the dinner price. I brought this up to the server, but he insisted that he had said "dinner," not "lunch." Readers can judge the situation for themselves, but it is not easy to confuse "lunch" with "dinner." Because of both the poor food quality and disappointing customer service, I will not be visiting this restaurant again. read more

..... ..................Always something for everyone .... great mix of Asian and American foods ... ..

Pretty good stuff .. always something good no matter what your preference is ..... home style food to Chinese and sushi .. desserts too

Seriously think this place is a scam. We came for lunch and when we checked out at 310pm they charged us for dinner and insisted rudely that we ate the dinner food. It was really crazy. There's no signs saying what food is lunch and what is dinner. We are supposed to know which is which. We intentionally did not eat the crab legs because we knew they were putting them out for dinner. They also charge $6 for 2 drinks without telling you this isnt included. My husband and I are not big eaters so we felt this was really unfair. What should have been $28 was $47. Buyer beware. Had we known we were being charged $20 more we would've gone somewhere else. read more

Food is fresh and flavorful. Service is great and fast. There are lots of families and kids playing around. I got stuffed with 4 plates of food for $18.99. What more to expect! read more

Royal Grill & Buffet - Hibachi, green beans, sushi, crabs, shellfish - Buffets Near Me - Lafayette, Indiana

Food was good, friendly service and decent price . Dining area was decent and.clean. The buffet variety was typical but the best option was the grill. read more

Food was great, place was clean, staff always there to remove dirty plates, ask/answer questions

They cut off ur food if u leave the building. But service is good. Staff is very friendly

Asian buffet and grill, a little bit better quality than usual for such places. Has a sushi bar and grill to go along with the buffet. Staff was friendly and attentive. read more

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brought outside food (one small burger from mcds) and they're having a fit about it peeking around the corner pointing and talking about us and came over 4 times to say the same thing, practically harassing us 0 stars horrible service read more

ADA Violations: Service Dog I have previously read yelp reviews about service dog handlers having issues at Royal Grill & Buffet, leading me to stay away from this restaurant entirely. Today how ever it was requested by my employment that we come here to eat so I gave it a shot. Upon entry I had no issues and staff seemed very friendly and even complimented how good my dog was. We were taken to our table and we ordered our drinks. Once we got up to go get our food I was stopped and asked to leave my dog at the table. I explained that I am legally not able to leave my dog unattended at the table and legally she was required to be allowed everywhere in the restaurant that anyone else would be. She tried to argue and refused to let me get my food. She did offer to bring it to me or have the person with me get my food. While I appreciate the attempt to accommodate I did not accept due to the principle of them infringing on my legal rights. I informed her that I would continue this conversation with her shortly and returned to our table to pull up ADA law. A different woman approached and I explained that I would not be eating or supporting their business so long as I could not be treated as any other patron. I informed her that even as a buffet style restaurant the only places that can refuse or restrict access of my service dog is a medical facility where a sterile environment is required. That restaurant policies do not trump the laws. She acknowledged me and walked away. I do not eat nor pay. At check out I spoke to the original woman who start the access violation and she tried to continue to tell me I was not allowed to take my service dog in the buffet area. She stated that the health department had told her this. I reiterated that she had been misinformed and stated the law again. Other than that interaction, the restaurant was clean and the food "looked" good. The person with me said it was delicious. I will be following up this review with a report to the ADA of the access violation. Manager said her name was Cindy but I was not able to confirm if that was true as she became very hostile during check out. read more

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Been a few years and found myself back at the Royal. The food quality is still outstanding. I still would not dare try sushi at a buffet. The dumplings were excellent. I ate a lot of broccoli from the beef/broccoli. Great sauce. All the various breaded chicken (rose, general, salt&pepper) were delicious in their own ways. Egg rolls still very good. Not the prettiest place, but if you care only about good quality American-Chinese food, this is a great spot. read more

I have been here many times before, today though after not coming here for quite a while (A year at least). I went through getting my usual, having had done competitive eating in the past I can put away about ten plates uncomfortably, five plates comfortably.... not today though. The sushi was so bad that for the first time in my life I have ended up leaving it on my plate. The rice tastes cheap and lacks that sweet slightly vinegary flavor, the fish has a weird texture like the proteins started breaking down and the flavor was not done right either. Not sure if they ran out of the right ingredients or something is spoiled. Not sure what happened, but the quality went way downhill and getting my usual resulted in almost two plates of food that I found to be so unpalletable that I wouldn't even consider taking it home for free. The sad thing is, these plates were of food that I was able to genuinely enjoy last time I was here, they are NOT the same thing and yet a lady working here tried to gaslight me into thinking otherwise. The chicken tasted like it contained play dough flavoring, really weird and my instincts told me to stop eating it, like something bad was in it or perhaps maybe spoiled? The string beans, chicken tenders, s and shrimp were all good and the black pepper chicken did not have the same problem as the roast chicken did. The roast chicken was so bad I decided the entire plate it was on might be wise to consider contaminated. The deserts are fine, the foods that taste contaminated are generally foods people will tend to want to gorge themselves on or foods where the base ingredients cost a little more than what is normal. Anyhow, on top of not enjoying the majority of the food, I got berated by a lady working here for leaving food on the plates (The same lady who did the gaslighting). I never once thought I would ever have sushi that could make me regret eating it. Honestly, I suspect that I will soon get food poisoning..... read more

Royal Grill & Buffet - On the left a plate I designated as contaminated, the right the sushi - Buffets Near Me - Lafayette, Indiana

We really like this place to come and have a meal with family when you don't feel like cooking and have a gang to feed. They have both booths and tables. There are many choices and we all have favorites among them. The egg drop and hot and sour soups are good. Fresh made sushi is available, as well as a grill where they will cook up the items you choose. It is a little bit pricey, but not too crazy. Handicap accessablity is a plus for our group. read more

This is a good place to eat if you both hate food and hate yourself. Half of the buffet is empty. Although, given the bad quality of food that is available, maybe it is better this way. Fish that is allegedly baked is raw. Seafood that has clearly been sitting out for hours. My child described the pudding as "stale". The furniture was run down beyond repair. Bathrooms made the furniture seem nice Service was fine. The food is irredeemably disgusting. I've never felt the emotion of feeling ashamed for bringing my family to a restaurant before. read more

This has been a favorite of my families' eating places in Lafayette for years. Rated #2. The staff has been in place for years so the consistency is tremendous‼ read more

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This place took over the location of a previous buffet, Teppanyaki (last I saw about a month ago, they still had "Teppanyaki" emblazoned on the bar). The former place was absolutely abysmal, what with dirty dishes, cold/stale food, dirty premises, and so forth. I am somewhat pleased to say, though, that the Royal Grill and Buffet is a step up from the old establishment -- out with the abysmal, in with the mediocre. The plates and glasses were clean, the buffet had mostly warm and decent-tasting food, but a relatively small selection. Nothing to really wow you, but at least the food is edible and won't give you food poisoning, unlike the old buffet. Maybe give it a chance if you have a big appetite and are a fan of buffets. read more

Our son and his service dog were refused entry even after we explained that it was a service dog and even provided the dogs license. This is illegal according to the ADA and an official report has been filled read more

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We came here about 2 years ago and were not impressed. We gave it another try today and were pleasantly surprised. They have redone the whole buffet with fresh food. Sushi is good. Good mix of both Chinese and American. And, my personal measuring stick is the crab Rangoon which are a thumbs up here. A little pricey for Lafayette at $12.99 for lunch, but it was worth an early Saturday fill up. read more

If you are looking for a classic American Chinese buffet at Lafayette, this location is the best (and only) one.

Every time I've been in this restaurant it is really interesting and good cuz you can taste anything you really want to taste and they are pretty nice people I think I've never had a problem with any of them in fact they've always went out of their way to help me try it you might like it read more

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DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU HAVE A SERVICE DOG!!! They told us we cannot bring her in (she is a task trained service animal) and after we left, I called to speak with a manager and while talking to her about this experience she started talking about how the Health Department said that animals aren't allowed inside and when I started to tell her about the ADA and how service animals work she proceeded to hang up on me. When I called back a few minutes later and spoke to the same manager, i started to tell her what a service animal can be removed for and when. She then continued with the Health Department conversation and stated that since they have customers in there and have had problems in the past with customers making complaints about animals being in there, they decided they would not allow them anymore, and then she hung up on me AGAIN. read more

I will never eat there again. I took my wife and daughter there today for my wife's birthday and they was going to charge me full price for my ONE year old baby. yes she is tall yes she talks a lot but she won't be two till October. so this place can choke on a egg roll read more

Was hungry for Chinese and saw 3 1/2 stars so gave it a try. Unfortunately I was really disappointed. Very limited selection and lacked flavor. Sushi was fishy and not fresh. The desserts were a joke. Dry, no flavor and fake looking. No almond cookies! Ice cream was in prepackaged cups with artificial flavors. For $16.50 each, we felt cheated. Wish it was yummy, but it wasn't. read more

Been here plenty of times and now all of a sudden they refused us because my child is special needs and has to eat his own food. We just wanted to eat out as a family and they wouldn't let us in. Don't go there if you have a special needs child with you. read more

My favoriate resturant. My wife is not a big fan, but i really enjoy it. The food is good. The waitress's are amazing, they have different types of foods, and theyre not that pricey. Alot better now then what it was. You get seated really fast, and as soon as you do you can go and get your food. Its a really good resturant. THANK YOU! read more

This place is extremely unsanitary, I found a hair in my food, I pointed out to the manager and she came to my table and in a very disrespectful way try to say that it was my fault (I have short hair). I don't recommend this place food is raw and silverware dirty. read more

So so disappointed of this place never come back again. They charged us dinner price supposedly only lunch 5 of us charged for dinner cause how they managed, they trying to ripped you off so he careful. I never come back that place again. read more

Servers don't understand simple things. Told them my drink order 3 times and they still got it wrong. Food was absolutely disgusting. Highly recommend to go somewhere else if you want a buffet and/or Asian/oriental food. Let the manager know that it was a bad experience and he just looked at me and said then don't come back. Obviously he doesn't care if he has customers. read more

I guess this place is a viable alternative to starvation, but not by much. The food is mediocre at best, the staff is rude, and the prices are well above the food quality. I will never step foot in this place again. read more

Delicious!! Professional! Hospitality is on point. They are still doing COVID cleanliness and that's awesome. The food is so good. The food is switched out and rotated like they're supposed to be. Awesome place to eat. I highly recommend it. read more