One Star - As a buffet, you expect the atmosphere to be calm and the dishes placed strategically to allow everyone to pick their piece of dish. Emperor buffet was bang on this aspect. The dishes are well separated as 4 different counters for food, one counter for Sushi, ome for grill and one for the soup. This allowed lot of space in between which allowed us to sample our dishes easily without bumping into someone :) Second star - The variety was amazing. It must have had 40+ delicacies to taste and I am not even counting the grill or sushi samples. Mongolian beef, Pork roll, Craw fish , fried shrimps and the best of all were the dumplings. Tso chicken, Noodles, Rice, onion rings, crab rangoon , salt and pepper shrimp etc were also adorning the counters. You can view the pictures for more display. Third star - The service was excellent. The servers were prompt in clearing our plates and were always available. Good service especially on a Sunday afternoon. Not so good - How can it achieve the other two stars : One star - COLD!! We reached at 11.15am .The food though with so many varieties was cold. The crab Rangoon had a great filling but it had been kept out for a long time. Similarly, other dishes like Salmon (Personal Favorite) had lost its taste as it was cold. If the food had been hot or even warm, I would have been happier. One Star - Generally in a buffet, either the server asks what you would like to drink or they would get you a complimentary drink. This is not the case here. You need to get it yourself from the machine. The site says $ 9.95 for lunch but we were charged $13 per person as it was Sunday. A tad over I felt especially as the dessert lacked flavour. Wished to see some oriental dessert. Overall, a good place in Fox Valley to try for buffet but they should definitely look into keeping the food warm :) A cold winter afternoon demands that, I guess. read more