Osaka Grill & Supreme Buffet

Went here for the first time. Was impressed by the options, but there was nothing there that I found was actually good. The sushi options were limited, most of the non-​sushi items were fake crab, almost nothing was labeled so I had no clue what I was looking at. I couldn’t go back for more because my stomach hurt after the first few bites…

I’ve been to dozens of different restaurants of this type… they are hidden gems of quality, large variety food at a good price. Osaka is in the medium-​higher level of that quality /​selection spectrum, and a medium price. Big place, big buffet with lots of choices. Plus a Hibachi section and a medium-​level sushi section, a big 8 flavor ice cream section.. Which means great food and great value. I just discovered them about 2 years ago and have been there about 20 times.

I was very disappointed by the food served here. Even by Chines Buffet standards, the food is not good. There was no flavor in any of the soups, and the wontons in the wonton soup were gooey as well as bland. The food was not hot (fried crab Rangoon were still cold in the center). The various chicken dishes (chicken with broccoli, general tso’s, etc) were soggy and served in a flavorless sauce that obviously contained more food dye than spices. I really wanted to like this place, but I have to say this is the worst Chinese buffet food I have ever eaten. The only reason I am giving 2 stars is because the restaurant itself was clean and the service was fine (waitress cleared the plates multiple times). Disappointing taste!

Today was my first time visiting this buffet, I have always smelled the great aroma coming from the restaurant while shopping in the strip mall it is located in. Unfortunately it didn’t live up to the great smell. First off as far as the wait staff and the cashier, everyone was pleasant, but the food on the other hand was terrible. I took two pieces of everything because it is a buffet and that is what your there for to try different things. Only things that were good was the egg rolls, orange slices, and the little square cake. The food looked old in its trays and gross. I don’t mean to sound harsh but it was just terrible. The bread left a bad after taste in my mouth and the ice cream was awful. I’m sorry I can’t visit again. But I think people like this place because I always see lots of people coming and going.

Stay away if you like to enjoy a nice atmosphere and yummy food. Cheap, noisy and weird creations.

I’m not sure why all the bad reviews. This is a Chinese buffet. The food is kept fresh, and replenished often. great selection of sushi, considering this as a cheap buffet restaurant. I went for lunch and the price was great. Service was good. Nice location easy parking. The area has some nice big box stores. Great get-​away on a rainy vacation day. It’s not a five star restaurant if you want that go elsewhere!

I’ve been here a few times and the service is always bad. The servers rarely come to your table. It seems I’m always looking for them for a refill or plates taken off the table. When I’ve been there it hasn’t been busy. The food is ok. It’s a typical Asian buffet. The servers have to work on being more attentive.

The people were nice and friendly. however, the quality of the food could be better. Not even the ice cream tasted all that great and that’s not even hand made.

One of my favorite places to go when I have friends over at the weekend although not all of their half-​cooked seafood agrees with me but its still a good deal with the prices. There’s always something I could love till my belly gets full.

Great food, many choices. The variety was awesome. They had everything from common items on a Chinese menu, a flat-​top grill to a variety of sushi rolls.

Doors are dirty, raw beef in hibachi area was grey and tasted awful after cook. There was a bug in sushi area that ended up swimming in the soy sauce. Gross!

I visit this restaurant about once a month. The waitresses are very good, the food is okay, and the other employees you may encounter are friendly. Seems like a nice place. I like the two baked fish selections they always have: salmon in sauce and a white fish. They have cartons of various ice cream flavors that makes for a satisfying dessert, too.
The only concern is that if you enter mid-​afternoon, the owner at the register will try to tempt you to pay the dinner price because he is awkwardly strict about not allowing people eating many foods that come out after 3:30. As you pay for lunch, he points to a list of items he has next to the register and «scolds» that you cannot eat these items if you don’t pay the dinner price! He also has signs put up at 3:30 that basically say, «THIS IS FOR DINNER ONLY!!!» I’ve never seen any other buffet do that — and I’ve been to a lot of them. Obviously, as I’ve told the owner, the problem is that when the dinner items come out, many of the lunch items are taken away. So, there isn’t a whole lot of entrée items left out after 3:30 that people have paid for in the lunch price. (And, I prefer the lunch selections over the ‘fancier’ dinner items anyway and would like to still be able to get them after 3:30.)
Beyond that, he crams all the lunch patrons into one small section of the restaurant and then opens another section for the dinner patrons after 3:30, so it appears. This is probably so he can keep track of who can and who can’t eat the dinner items. It’s not comfortable the way he does it. Last time I was there, I asked again if I could eat on «the other side» where it wasn’t packed with patrons, and I was adamantly told «NO.»
This owner needs to do like other buffet owners and just change over to dinner when he raises the price — knowing that some people who came in on the lunch price are going to get some of (what he thinks is) the «better» food. Another option would be to issue a Dinner Pass to persons who pay more after 3:30 and have servers give the «better» food via the Dinner Pass — until all the lunch patrons have cleared out. Bottom line: there’s got to be a much, much better way for this «very frugal» owner to do this! A much better way!

Not as good as I remember! Everything was tough or over cooked? Pleasant wait staff with our hundred million questions what everything was. It seemed like everything was marked wrong at the buffet line. Please fix that and put up signs on your sushi line– us white folk don’t know what everything is! Pot stickers are not Egg Fo young! They had these egg basket things which appeared to be wrapped in filo dough which they couldn’t describe what they were? They tasted sweet? There was this green ice cream which someone said it was green tea ice cream? It wasn’t sweet and tasted like weeds or grass?! Was completely disgusting! We had fun we were there talking and trying to make sense what everything was for 2 hours!

Went for dinner at 7pm on a Thursday. Great frog legs, not over cooked for once! Great tasting and inventive sushi. New fan of the egg tar. The calamari on the salad bar was perfect and tender. Will be back tomorrow night. Cheap $ 43.00 for 3 people including drinks with free refills.

You get what you pay for here. I suggest going when you are really hungry and craving Chinese food. Yea, some items are a little weird but you just need to pick the right stuff. That is not uncommon for buffets. The place is decorated nicely and I have never had a problem with the servers. I think people rate it bad because it is in a strange area and some interesting people walk in. The workers are fast at replacing food that is about to run out. The deserts and «sushi» aren’t that great but the entrees are. My family really likes Chinese buffets and this one has been one of the best so far.

The place is absolutely disgusting. I’ve been there a few times and I see the waitress grab the used napkins off tables and put them in the cups !!! The food is gross and always cold! The manager is gd for nth and the staff act like they don’t understand English when it comes to complaining !!
Don’t waste ur money !!
Zero star !!

We just ate here yesterday and I do not understand the bad reviews. If you go to a buffet of this sort you are not expecting the same type of atmosphere or service that you would at a fine dining establishment but keep in mind that you are talking about spending not much more than you would at a fast food place. I could see if you were comparing it to a restaurant where you would spend $ 50 a person but come on people it’s a Chinese Buffet and they are throwing in a Hibachi Grill and Sushi too!
Here is my detailed review: Yesterday my husband and I had the opportunity to try out the Osaka Grill & Supreme Buffet in Bolingbrook IL. It is located right next to the Goodwill store at 121 S. Weber Rd.
We were expecting a typical Chinese buffet place but what we got was so much more. We went on a weekend so perhaps they have a bit more than on weekdays. I did not check the weekday prices but the weekend price was $ 11.99 per person (soft drinks are extra). It seemed a little steep for a Chinese buffet but when I got in I saw why. (you pay before you sit down)
Not only was this an extensive Chinese buffet including all that you would expect plus a fully stocked salad and fresh fruit bar. One thing I was not expecting was a grill area where you put raw ingredients on a plate and they cook it for you, sort of like Mongolian Barbecue. The other surprise was a section for Sushi. Lastly there was a dessert bar with ice cream and other cakes and pastries to choose from.
We do not eat sushi but we did use the grill and that was delicious. They had steak shrimp and chicken plus a variety of veggies, rice, and noodles.
In the main area of the buffet they even had a roast beef although it was self serve. It was a bit tough to carve but we did get a couple pieces and it was quite good.
They have a variety of seating options and the seating is separated from the buffet area in small sections. We chose a booth which was very comfortable.
We will definitely be going back to the Osaka Grill & Supreme Buffet

Okay I need your help: I am giving this place three stars, but you have to work with me and understand its on the BUFFET scale. It’s different. You have to give them a little slack because buffets are inherently gross.
This place has a siiiiick selection. Easily 30+ dishes plus sushi and hibachi. Overall I feel like it’s pretty good standard fare. Emphasis on standard.
A few noteworthy points:
— you pay before you sit down. The line to get in was hella long at like 5:15 on a Saturday, so prepare yourself.
— yes, I eat at 5:15 pm. Judge me silently!!!
— there were a lot of people dressed up there. It was weird. I was basically wearing sweats and hoarding crab rangoons next to a dapper fellow in a three piece suit.
— this place is pretty cheap for a buffet. Like $ 12/​person? Something like that
— you may get the worst server of all time who can not get your drink order right a single time in the evening. You can’t be mad because it’s a $ 12 buffet. And because he almost cried every time you have to correct him with the right drink which makes you laugh and feel sad at the same time.

I knew coming here that I needed to set my expectations low. Almost like a blind date… shoot low but aim high. Aim high meaning do not get food poisioning!
We came on a Saturday with a group of people for a birthday party and ate their lunch buffet. The service was meh… but so is every buffet. This buffet had a pretty decent salad bar, which is kind of odd for an Asian buffet. The hot food items were okay. Nothing spectacular. The odd thing about this place is that most of the food was meh okay… except their crab ragoon, yeast rolls, roast beef, and mashed potatoes. Yes, those 4 items tasted pretty damn delicious. Who knew you could find tasty mashed potatoes at an Asian buffet?
So why the 2 stars then? Not the best food I ever had and pretty much your average Asian buffet. Would I ever take the effort to go there when in Boilingbrook… naahhh

As long as you set your standards for Osaka to the same that you would any strip mall Asian buffet, you’ll do all right here. First of all, finding the place. It’s awkwardly placed right next to a Goodwill, with the two entrances side-​by-​side. Never saw a set-​up like that, but I guess it works. I’d also never seen a lotto machine right next to a kid’s crane game, yet you also see that in Osaka.
Like I said, not too much exciting. Per usual, stay away from the «American» food and the not so fresh sushi. They awkwardly have a prime rib in one of their trays, which is rough to cut with your option of fork, spoon, or chopsticks (you need to ask for the knife).
The Chinese/​Asian fare they have here is passable enough. Crab rangoon, black pepper chicken, sauteed mushrooms, chicken and broccoli. Nothing too surprising, but as a lover of crappy Chinese food I was satisfied.
Osaka isn’t something I’d make a trip for, but for the purpose it served this past weekend (that is, feeding a couple dozen friends and family) it did its job.