New China Buffet

Thus was my 3rd time having lunch here. My first two visits I rated this place 3 Stars. Food was OK at best. Service about the same. But lunch today was my last visit. First, the food actually went down in quality, not a very easy thing to do. Everything seemed to be sitting in grease/oil. Nothing had much if any flavor. But, the location was convenient when it was in Forest Lake. And that was the only reason I had returned the second time. Today's death bell was the price. It had been $7.99. For what you got, it was acceptable. When I saw the check, I thought they had changed me for a drink when I had water. $10.99 had to be a mistake. I truly wished I had gone to Wendy's or McD's. Subway in Wallyworld would have been much better. NEVER AGAIN

Apparently, the buffet prices fluctuate without reason and/or explanation. The advertised price vs what they actually charge ended up being a $5 difference PER PERSON. Be ready for the ol' bait and switch.

We have gone to China Buffet for well over a decade to celebrate New Year's Day, Chinese New Year, and adoption days. When our daughters were younger, the buffet had a variety of things they would enjoy sampling. We knew that there would always be something for our younger daughter who has specific Chinese food she likes. This year, for some reason, we all found items to eat, but nothing stood out as spectacular. Perhaps it was because we had been to a couple new Chinese, Japanese, and Tibetan restaurants in the past couple of months. These restaurants set the bar significantly higher as we tasted what excellently-prepared, creative Asian food can taste like. The jalapeno chicken and sesame chicken (minus the sesame seeds for some reason) tasted good, with the former being a new dish we hadn't yet tried. Some of the food was lukewarm which was disappointing. This could have been because we were eating in the mid-afternoon. However, making food in smaller batches would have easily solved this issue.So, although this restaurant is relatively close to home and has a lot of good memories for us, it was disappointing for us with this visit. I'm not sure if we will be returning later this month for Chinese New Year. We may go back to one of the other restaurants we were happier with or even try a new one.

This is the best Chinese in town. The lo mein, Mai fun, and sezchuan wantons are my favorite. The wontons aren't fried, they're tender and covered in a sweet and spicy sauce. And I just genuinely love it here. It's family run and I've been going here since I was a kid. You get a ton of food for the price which is very affordable and I highly recommend trying their takeout.

Not too shabby. Very happy to find this place after the other place we called was permeating with attitude upon answering their phone.Despite being called China Buffett, this place has some excellent take out and some excellent food. Apparently my parents order from here a fair amount and are recognized by their order. They decided to treat us for dinner and our niece was over and LOVES fried rice.Ordered:-Roast Pork Fried Rice- not too greasy and just the right amount of meat.-Pork Egg Foo Young - Alright, gravy was not the greatest. I don't care for yellowish gravy- comes w/ white rice.-Orange Chicken- surprisingly good-Sesame Chicken combo w. fried rice and egg roll- for a combo meal the portion was huge and very reasonable. $6.45 for a huge portion.-Seafood Combination- not a huge fan of this one. Broccoli was good however. Very crunchy and steamed the way I like it.House Specials are served family siza and are huge. They come with white rice and in the nice to go plastic containers.Since my parents seem to be regulars, they threw in some complimentary dessert, being the super fried chinese donuts with sugar. Calorically just wrong, but one bite never hurts.Prices are very reasonable.Take out menu is fairly largeTastes good!

Not sure what happened to this place but it was the worst food I've ever had at a buffet. I very seldom give just one star but this was REALLY bad.Use to go here about once a month when I lived in the area but moved to the cities and had not been here in a few years. STAY AWAY!!!

They have Szechuan wontons jalapeño chicken custard tarts and also to Goody's you will enjoy yourself

Cheap eats. Smaller Buffet but good selection and customer service.

GROSS GROSS GROSS!Sweet and sour chicken was pink. I'm not trying to get food poisoning. Shrimp was over cooked and dry, could barely get the skin off. I wouldn't even feed my dog this food!

Must go between 11am -12:30pm and 5pm -7pm, any other time from this the food is old and not good. However when you are here around these times awesome food and good variety. I usually get my food to go, great deal.