Empire Buffet
Empire Buffet
Lunch buffet
Saturday buffet items
Buffet pricing
a variety of food items in a buffet
a variety of food items in a buffet
a variety of food items in a buffet
Carpet
Saturday buffet items
General Tso 's Chicken salmon
the interior of a restaurant
Plenty of great choices at Empire Buffet!
Chicken and beef from the hibachi with mushrooms and carrots.
a variety of donuts and pastries
interior
Tomain Palace would be a better name
interior
outside, pizza
interior
interior
Koi Pond at Empire Buffet
Wall hanging
The Empire Buffet
interior
noodle soup, food, ramen, noodles, ramen and noodles, noodle dish
Matt M.
Nov 2, 2024
Empire Buffet was a dandy Asian Hibachi/Buffet we found in Crescent Springs. It was an absolutely gorgeous restaurant with a great water display with fish at the front of the restaurant. There was a gigantic assortment of options ranging from both Asian favourites to some American options. Their Hibachi part was not operational during our trip which was a little sad but not a huge deal. I stuck with the Asian cuisine including getting some delicious General Tso's Chicken, Crab Rangoon, and pepper beef just to name a few things. This was probably my second favourite Asian Buffet I've found in the Cincinnati Tristate area thus far with only Twin Dragon in Westchester topping it for me. The service was very good and capped off a fantastic lunch for us.
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Matthew A.
May 24, 2024
Arrived at 7:00PM - May 23, 2024Daughter's 24th BirthdayWe arrived to the restaurant to a pretty empty place, they had only about 20 people in the whole place. That should have automatically triggered the "ALERT" that the food would not be fresh. But we had hopes!!!After sitting down the server asked what we wanted to drink. We told her that the order was off by 1 Mountain Dew, (She brought a Pepsi instead). Mistakes happen, and were mentioned, but never resolved!The first trip to the food resulted in everyone's choices ( and mostly different choices) and the food was not even warm, cold is a better description!The second trip to the food yielded the same results, even with different choices!By the third trip in the first 30 minutes at the Empire Buffet there were about double the amount of people there and they finished getting the cold food, so freshly made started slowly appearing. This time around the NEWly brought food was nice and a little better than warm.I had the coconut shrimp, which the 3rd time was a charm. It was good! Same with some of the other fresh items. The food overall was not good, even after the fresh came out! The server made 3 trips to the table 1 refill and 2 for picking up the used plates. She wasn't real friendly, or engaged in making you feel like she even wanted to be there let alone to be serving you!The floors are gross looking to say the least! No carpet cleaning has happened there for a decade from the look of it. The overall cleanliness was not very good, but the bar was kept pretty wiped off.They have closed the Hibachi section, and the sushi was skimpy at best as the selection goes. The pricing was $13 per person and $3 (appx) per Pepsi product.If you want a good Chinese buffet, go somewhere else, this place has seriously gone downhill from 10+ years ago! No atmosphere, dirty feel, cold food, and overall negative feeling here!Not Worth The Investment!!!
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Elizabeth G.
Mar 26, 2023
First the negative then the positive.Dirty. Table was wiped off but the floor is all carpet that is pretty yucky. The general cleanliness of the buffet is not terrible but I would not say great. They have a great variety of items to offer but general quality was lacking even for a buffet. Bathrooms need cleaned.The size of the facility is nice & good for large groups. The price is fair. If you were just dying to eat a buffet this place would be just fine. Otherwise, we won't be back soon.
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Rob T.
Dec 11, 2021
Visiting from out-of-town, we had dinner here on a Thursday evening at the recommendation of relatives. I can sum it up it one word.....nasty! The carpets were filthy, and the restroom obviously hadn't been cleaned in awhile. Food was served on styrofoam plates with plastic utensils. The "hot" food I had was lukewarm at best, and the selection wasn't that impressive. To their credit...and the only reason I gave them a second star... the staff was friendly, and they had Korean kimchi which appeared to be made in-house that was tasty and extra spicy. We won't return.
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Rose Z.
Sep 24, 2021
No grill, food cold, never even attempted to fill. Let's not even talk about paper plates and plastic forks. ABSOLUTELY WORST FOODOnly have 1 to post
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Melanie L.
Feb 10, 2025
Love their food. Only problem is I need a bigger stomach because there's such a huge variety I can't eat it all. Service is always great and super friendly.
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Ben M.
Dec 8, 2024
Let me preface this by saying I have never written a review I have eaten at this establishment since I was about 12. This restaurant was always my favorite chinese buffet. I havnt eaten here in several years as we moved away today I decided I would treat my family to the Chinese buffet I have told them about for many years. From the very beginning it was a disappointment. When we first walked in it smelled like overcooked seafood. There was very little variety with 70 percent of the food on the buffet being fish related. Most chicken and beef options were empty and they weren't refilled until it was close to time we received the bill what chicken options they had were overcooked and dry everything was dry in fact even the noodles. We couldn't eat the soup because there was no spoons I had to ask an employee. My son needed to use the bathroom and needless to say I've seen cleaner bathrooms at truck stops. the whole experience was foul and it sickened me to pay the bill 97.00 for three adults and four children under ten. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. I will never spend my money here ever again. Frankly you couldn't pay me to eat here again.
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B D.
May 19, 2024
It was a coin toss for me between 2 buffets and the coin toss decided on Empire Buffet. Many selections to pick from. Most were good except for the fried chicken items (sweet and sour chicken, sesame chicken, general tso chicken) as they all seemed to have a fishy after taste. I do not eat seafood at all so it was very noticeable. Not even sure how this happens. Service was good otherwise. Not sure how I feel about future visits as the fishy aftertaste was a huge turn off. Maybe in a year or two I may give them another try?
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Crystal T.
Nov 3, 2023
Stopped in last night to do carryout from the buffet. Everything I got was delicious and fresh. And a reasonable price for everything I purchased. Am going to start stopping by more frequently!
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Elizabeth M.
Aug 31, 2023
This place used to be one of the better buffets in Northern Kentucky. The last couple of times we have been there, however, the place is looking scruffy and not clean. Also, the hibachi grill has been closed so there is no freshly-cooked food. I almost called the board of health the last time I was there because the hot food wasn't hot and I was worried about how long it had sat there. I ended up not finishing my meal because I was afraid I would get sick. Won't go here again. Yuck.
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