Buffet Dynasty

Okay like most people on here, I should have listened to that ever so intelligent little inner voice that protects me from making poor decisions. I did not. After passing this place by for a few years (or whatever was here before) I decided that my want for Chinese buffet was bigger than my intuition. The food had a weird not so fresh smell/​taste/​look. Yes, there was the 8 year old helper touching the insides of clean bowls and cups but other than that, they were very nice and kept the table clear of plates. The resturant was pretty clean also. We honestly did try most things or tried to. Fruit… old, cut a few days ago. Sushi… who knows. Fried stuff, mushy and old, most things oily, and the ice cream sitch… whoa. open containers that everyone puts their hands in. Won’t be back.

Unfortunately had to knock down a star, as they replaced the soft-​serve machine with a janky freezer with rainbow sherbet and chocolate ice cream. They pre-​scoop a bunch of bowls which you’re supposed to grab out of the freezer. They only had one scoop, though, so all the bowls kind of had both flavors. A lot of them were slightly melted as well, so the whole appearance was unappetizing.
Also had an unsettling experience of grabbing a plate off the stack to find wet food stuck to the bottom (plate beneath wasn’t clean).
I still like their sushi bar and hot tray offerings, but we probably won’t return.

First time eating here, on a Saturday evening. We probably won’t be back. We were there almost an hour and the only foods replace or refilled were deep fried. Crab legs swimming in hot water, mushrooms covered on oily water, dried out teriyaki. Surprisingly the sushi wasn’t bad but was very limited. The thing that turned us off was the little boy (probably the owners son), about 7 or 8, running his hands up and down the buffets, carrying trays of food, spilling rice all over the floor; all after running his hands through his hair, playing in the decorative fountain, and who knows where else. Children who can’t legally work, don’t have a food handlers license, and aren’t taught cleanliness rules should not be allowed to run amok in the restaurant. We won’t be back.

First the good…
Very clean restaurant and very good service level experience.
As for the food… the desserts are the best part of the buffet. The food was below average (at best) and after taking 1 bite of multiple items I didn’t finish those items. The orange chicken was «ok» as was the steamed white rice. The quality of the Asian food next door at Safeway in their deli area is likely less expensive with the same flavor/​quality with it.
They would be better served to actually make their food fresh vs. purchasing so much frozen premade items. They would likely be able to do these fresh items at a much lower cost with a significant increase in «quality».
Likely not somewhere I would return… but it’s absolutely not due to the service of the restaurant as I give them 4 stars in that area… which incidentally saved them from a «1 star» rating…

Uhg. I should of know better than to ignore my inner voice of reason for Chinese food buffets… really they never are very good and this place was exactly that, not good.
Here’s the low down:
Pro’s:
1. The staff; friendly and attentive (taking plates and refilling water without having to flag them down)
2. Pot stickers and wontons were good (thank goodness or I would have left starving)
Con’s:
1. Tons of fried food, which was either soggy or cold (weird. even the «fresh» stuff they were replenishing)
2. Hot n sour soup had a strange after taste, kinda like a metal taste. Sad face; because I never turn my nose at hot n sour soup, in my book this stuff is ALWAYS good. seriously, I could eat it daily.
3. Seafood tasted/​smelled WAY TOO FISHY (I only tried 1 fried shrimp and 1 coconut shrimp, I knew better and steered clear of the others)
4. Rice was hard, not like over cooked hard but old hard
5. Chicken that was not fried had a funny taste and even more funny mushy texture
6. And the topper… there was a younger boy (maybe 8 – 10 yrs old) that must have been the owners son because he kept running out to see what foods were low, and I assume telling the cooks in the back. On one such jont out of the kitchen he had his fingers all over his face (I say in his mouth; husband sweared up his nose) and he proceeded over to the buffet area and cleaned up some food that fell on the counter and to our dismay he (gasp) put it back in with the food to be dished up… yep, you read that right his saliva and/​or snot ridden fingers picked up food from the already nasty counter and PUT IT BACK for the poor unsuspecting patron to scoop up onto their plate… once we both witnessed this we were instantly done eating, payed our tab, and got the hell outta; never looking back!
Needless to say we will definitely not be back.

Great experience. Have gone twice, both for lunch. The food is fresh, and they have unlimited sushi!!! For $ 7.95! Service is prompt and attentive. Rows and rows of different types of foods, including good deserts. This establishment opened up this year, and they are trying to get a foothold in the market with low prices, and fresh food. They have my vote. I live down the street, and will probably be eating lunch here at least twice a week now.

Not a big selection, but the selection was ok. Spring rolls were soggy
Buffet Palace in Beaverton has a much bigger selection.

I wasn’t impressed when they first opened but since going back their food is always fresh and well presented it actually looks and is delicious. The only thing they should fix is customer service. No one ever seems to be smiling here. The sushi is amazing, the best in town.

I saw this place tucked away in between Safeway and Dollar Tree, so really I should have known better. Instead, we invited some friends and decided to go check it out. All you can eat Sushi? Score! Er… not so much. The sushi itself was undefinable. I mean, the sign said «crab» but… I don’t even think there was «krab» in it. The rest of the food was bland, greasy, or just plain gross. I kept trying different items hoping for a different result, but didn’t find any. There was a sign on the buffet for crab legs, which had there been any might have saved the place — but there weren’t. Our server checked on us once the entire time we were there, which due to the food, meant our drinks went unfilled for a long time. We will not be back.

Went in at noon to try their $ 7.95 lunch buffet. I thought all of the fried food tasted old and the stir fried food was pretty good, especially the jalapeño chicken and Mongolian beef. The sushi could use some work, even for an Asian buffet. Also, why even have a salad bar if the salad is going to be brown iceberg lettuce. All that said, the service was good.

Good but not great. Highly recommend the Coconut Shrimp. I was not as impressed with the Peanut Butter Chicken as others who have reviewed this place. The mussels and clams were bland and the egg flower soup should be avoided. The Mongolian Beef was good. Sushi was so-​so. One of the pieces of sushi was pretty good, rest were ok to eh. All in all, we will be back but only occasionally.

I really like the buffet. Good choices to eat sushi is fresh great customer service. Buffet food is usually not my first choice but I will be returning with my whole family next time! Good job on the new restaurant! I had a good dinner! Thank u

Lunch price was awesome, food was surprisingly good! They have good variety of food my old favorites like sweet and sour chicken and new favorites like stuffed mushrooms and seafood delight! Friday and Saturday evenings they have crab legs! Must try if you like buffet style and Chinese food, oh not to mention great salad bar! Something for everyone even the kids!

Great variety. Fresh sushi. The only down side is that it was very hot inside the restaurant.

Really awesome hostess. Food was lack luster and the place is not air conditioned so it was sickly hot. The AC situation will get resolved, but the food is an issue. Fatty, inexpensive cuts of meat. Uncleaned shrimp. The dessert table was bland. For $ 11 a plate I was hoping for more. Very underwhelmed.

In a word. …YUCK! We went on a Saturday at 12… so you would think the food would be fresh. Much to our dismay most of the chicken was cold. .I hope i don’t get sick! I ate a little bit of a lot of stuff, it was all below average. If all you are looking for is somewhere to eat until you can’t eat anymore. .this is the place. If you want something that makes you say yumm. .this is definitely not the place!

Lunch is only $ 7.95! Great price for fare food. Good variety for the price. Restaurant is well kept and service is good.

Pleasantly surprised! Food was fresh, and tasted great! Peanut Butter Chicken… I was curious too! It was so excellent! The sushi was good too! Very happy another Chinese Buffet opened in Washington County… and I have to say this is the better of the two I know of. Friendly staff, and reasonable prices.
Lunch $ 7.95 (Mon-​Sat 11−330P), Dinner $ 10.95 (4−9PM Mon-​Thur)
Fri-​Sat Dinner $ 11.95 Sunday all day $ 10.95

I really enjoyed this buffet!
Let’s start off making sure everyone is on the same page, here. When I want a Chinese buffet, I’m not looking for gourmet cuisine, I’m looking for a bunch of options of delicious Americanized Chinese food (hoping for a large amount of fried foods). And I feel that this place really did the job.
There are 5 islands/​stations with food options, not including a dessert area. 1 was a sushi bar (notice: I personally am not a fan of sushi, so I didn’t try any. However, there was a worker behind the counter making fresh sushi the whole time I was there during dinner rush), 1 was a salad/​vegetable/​fruit bar, and the other 3 had the wide variety of Chinese food.
The positives:
The food itself was great! Orange chicken, lo mein, Mongolian beef, and coconut shrimp were some of my favorite dishes they had. They also had some fresh chicken skewers that my wife really enjoyed, as well as a soup station. There was a fair amount of seafood options, but one again, I’m not a huge seafood fan so didn’t partake in them.
One thing I was impressed to see was how often they exchanged the older food for hot and fresh food. It seemed it was like every 5 minutes the cooks would come out to replace something else.
The price was a steal. $ 8 for lunch buffet, $ 12 for dinner (but apparently $ 11 all day on Sunday), you can’t beat that for the amount of food/​quality you get.
The negatives: the egg flower soup was really oily, I wish they served hot tea with the meal, and honestly the food was great but I wouldn’t call it exceptional (except for those coconut shrimp, those were like little sweet salty pieces of heaven, especially when fresh).
Overall:
I would definitely recommend this to someone that wants to eat their weight in wontons and potstickers, as well as to someone that just wants to graba quick lunch! we will gladly return again, I am interested to see if this buffet has options that change every once in awhile

Wife N and I felt like buffet food tonight… or at least like eating some.
Tuesday evening, 6:00. Showed up to the most recent of what has been a history of failed buffet restaurants in this space. But, never one to allow a past place’s failure to cloud my judgment of the current one, we pushed forward.
This most recent incarnation bills itself as «American, Chinese and Sushi», along with pictures of diddly-​scrumptious sushi and plates of Chinese food on the bigger-​than-​life window posters.
The place seats perhaps a hundred so it’s not terribly huge but it’s big enough they could run through a fair number of people on a busy night with little to no wait. There were perhaps 30 other diners there during our visit.
So, as with any average buffet, you will have your pretty good stuff, your average stuff, and your «holy cow, I can’t believe I A) took a piece of that and B) actually managed to choke it down» stuff.
Five rows of food, with each containing around 10 – 12 dishes. The decent: baked mussels with this cheesy-​mayo stuff on top. I recall, roughly five years ago, in this very seat, I rated 3 buffet’s ago’s mussels as so bad the word «horrible» actually escaped my lips loud enough that all two other diners in the place heard it. These ones tonight were actually pretty decent. I had seconds. On purpose. The general Chinese style hot dishes (Mongolian beef, spicy chicken, etc.) were pretty good. The mainstream buffet stuff was decent.
As with typical Chinese buffets, a LOT is deep fried – I’d say at least 50% of what was placed out was deep fried: onion rings, six kinds of fried chicken and shrimp with various sauces, spring rolls, etc. They had a baked salmon that was tasty but very overcooked by the time it was getting down to the dregs. Fortunately, after a bit they brought a fresh one out and that one was much better. I’d say 4*s for the baked salmon. Most of the food there was decent, for buffet food. The spring rolls were very onion-​y. In all, General Chinese buffet food: 3.5*s
«Sushi» in the back left corner. Yes, «sushi». Quotes intended. You know, the kind of quotes that denote that something really isn’t what it claims to be. Take for instance your «friends». They’re not your friends. They’re your «friends.» And this was «sushi». The (I think) Salmon was pale. You know the color that salmon gets when you hopelessly overcook it? That whitish salmon-​y color that’s best described as a pale pasty pastel powder pink with just a little splash of coral in there just for good measure? That was the color of the raw salmon sitting atop the rice. I tried some. There was rice under it, but when taken on the whole I had difficulty discerning the flavor of the rice from the fish — both were flavorless. In fact, I regrettably went back for a freshly-​placed second piece, just to make sure it was really as bad as my first (it was). The rice was very firm and stuck together, with no flavor at all. Sushi: 1.5*‘s, and only because it didn’t kill me right off or I’d have to give them 1* from the grave. It was DEFINITELY not the scrumptious sushi that was pictured in the front window.
I played the field here – eating small bites of about 20 different things. On the whole, the food was edible, average, A-​OK. And certainly it’s the best of the three historical buffets that have graced this premises.
Pricing was dirt cheap. $ 8 for lunch and $ 11 for weekday dinner for all-​you-​can-​stand. That’s «stuff your face full of average food» for $ 11 ($ 12 on Friday and Saturday). Not bad at all. Truth be told, I’d have gladly ponied up $ 13 if the food quality had been just a tick higher. But they’re new, and they’re still getting their footing here I suspect.
3*s, A-​OK. And that’s saying something, because the only 1* Unilocal review I’ve ever given was to a previous buffet in this spot. Comparably, this one’s 50% the way to perfect. We’ll be back.