Yank Sing

It was pretty good fresh vegetables and great soup my boyfriend loves the orange chicken and the sweet and sour chicken!!!

I think my most favorite parts of this trip were due to the fruits. This would probably have to be one of the worst buffets I’ve ever had the displeasure of attending to. Customer service sucked, layout sucks, food sucked & it was just a horrible experience. I thought Asian Buffet was bad. People hover over you & shove your dishes out of your hands. I will never come back nor do I recommend it.

Not enough choices for a buffet. Egg drop soup tastes like water. Go to Asian Buffet instead of here. Food was cold under the lights it was a breading ground for bacteria.

Dirty place. I was about to place food on my plate when I noticed it had dried left over food from the previous customer. Ew. Never going back to this place.

The place is absolutely beautiful, it’s clean and the food is good. With that being said, the staff that greets you at the front needs an attitude adjustment. The have a «f**k you pay me» attitude, for lack of better words. The sushi is ok, but they need someone that knows how to make sushi to make the sushi and make it more fresh. Attitude is everything to me. You can have a crappy product but if you have a great attitude I might just buy it anyway.

I can only imagine that the quality depends on the Cook that day. My first time in was fantastic, the hot n sour soup was in point. Now it’s overly spiced and when I get chicken dish… I wanna eat meat, not chicken fat or fried skin, yuck. The quality has just nose-​dived since I first ate there. I gotta agree to the review about the deserts and fruit, minimal and hard. Deserts are flipped out if a box, dry and you need a gallon of milk to get them down.

Buffets are rarely better than average, but I have to give a lower than average rating for this spot. I never expect much and would never go to buffets if it wasnt for the rest of my family. The main dish food they actually had was just ok. Several things were really good, some really bad, but that is expected. I thought it was overpriced for what they offer. I would expect to pay about 7 – 8 dollars for a lunch buffet of this quality, but it was 12 bucks on a weekend day and they really should have charged about 5 bucks for what we recieved. They had typical offerings of various meats and veggies stirfry– bland chicken and beef and pork, broccoli and onions and peppers– all floating in oversalted, oily sauces. Some spicy, some not. There was greasy baked salmon, plain fish fillets, plain cold peel and eat shrimp, and some fishy smelling crawfish. They had great sauteed green beans, decent lo-​mein, good bbq chicken skewers, and roasted wings. The fresh fruit was minimal, hard and tasteless, sushi was tiny and flavorless, horrible fried appetizers, and desserts were prepackaged garbage. HOWEVER… ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE MISSING: good veggies in any dishes (there was no cabbage, bok choy, snow peas, water chestnuts, baby corn, or beansprouts!!! What???), peanut chicken, crab and cheese bake, good eggrolls, potstickers, fried shrimp!!! (a buffet staple), almond cookies, lychees, carvable roast beef or pork, scallops, real snow crab legs– if it is 10 bucks or more you need crablegs on there! or any crab entrees, not even fake crab, which i shamefully enjoy. There is also no chili garlic sauce or Sriracha sauce available or any sweet and sour sauce besides that red syrup nonsense. Your drink is included in the price, but I didnt want to buy a drink, I wanted free water, which you desparately need to wash away all that salt.
The restaurant was insanely crowded, too, and no one seemed to understand how buffets work in casual restaurants. People were getting in long lines holding their plate to start the buffet, like they didn’t know to go around and get whatever you want. We all don’t have to stand and wait an hour so you can get rice first on your plate!!! Ughhhh. it created this huge traffic jam that made it impossible to get to the drink station. No one that worked there was saying anything to alleviate the situation like «feel free to go around and help yourself to any item first» Or «please dont block the drink station». We were there way longer than a normal restaurant trip, almost two hours, because it was hard to get back to the buffet for anything. The whole place was sticky and floors a hot mess — no one was cleaning– Servers did not check back with us once… I will never go here again.

I went there yesterday for diner. Hands down the worst meal I have had. It was so greasy. Rice was mush. The restroom to say the least was disgusting. I asked to speak with a manager but was told there was not one there that day. In the end asked for my money back. I can say I will not be back.

Not bad, this place have chicken legs on steroids. The food has been pretty good each time I visited. I love the variety of food their and the food is usually fresh.

Usually pretty good. Got there around 6pm. Wasn’t busy BUT food seemed old. I found myself not eating my normal 3 – 4 plates. At least the Pepsi and froyo was good.

This place is actually pretty good. They spice things up, good variety and price is ok for 2 adults and 2 kids at 38 bucks. Staff was nice and inside was good. I read that the food made some sick and ill find out later. Most of the food i had was better than asian buffet so im glad i had a falling out with them. This is the most i have seen my kids eat in a long while. Overall i recommend this place.

The few times I visited I came away sick. One time they had mislabeled the shimp and put it in the fried chick spot. It looked EXACTLY like the fried chicken was usually prepared there. I am allergic to shrimp, plus I hate the way it tastes anyway. So eating shrimp, expecting it to be chick, and getting sick is enough for this place to get shutdown on my list. Pathetic.

Most of the food here is fresh and good, I have not tried the sushi yet. 2 can dine for $ 26.

Not terrible. They have the fried foods down well however some of the items with noodles were flavorless or had been out a little longer than need be. Worst part was the ice cream machine definitely tasted like it needed a good cleaning or the cream was sour.

I have been eating here on and off for years and on occasion it has it’s up’s and down’s.
The food is good and the rice is amazing. But this makes no dent in other restaurants that I have tried such as Chen’s Noodle house and Asia café in Austin at the Barrington Oaks neighborhood.
Though those places are in Austin, they are very authentic in food and experience, back to this buffet. the staff are super friendly and always cheerful and helpful to help the customers. Dining is clean and a bit dark kinda wish they would brighten it up a bit, not to be trendy but too much dark colors can be a bit depressing lol.
Its an A-​OK place to go for something in Killeen. if you want Authenticity and the willingness to hold your hunger I’d go to Austin. but thats if your willing.
I will still keep going here just not going to make it a priority to invite friends and family but just a fill up.

The food is positively awful. The Chinese food is pretty generic but the sushi made me gag. They put cheddar cheese in one of the rolls! I did get a chuckle out of «free buffet with defensive driving class» sign out front.

There’s better buffets in the area. The only decent one is Buffet Palace and that’s only a couple stars. Nothing compares to Western Chinese food in CA. After finding out about Luby’s Massacre (Luby’s Cafeteria before Yank Sing took ownership) will NEVER eat there again! The food tasted stale, bland and not even worth buffet price. Food in Killeen just sucks!

No offense, but this place is nasty. First time I came here, gave me diarrhea. Tried it for a second time and the food selection are the same as the first time I came. Trust me, there are better buffets here in killeen for cheaper & way better quality! Never again…

I’ve been a long-​time resident of Killeen since 1984 and have pretty much seen this city grow. With that, there’s a lot of fond memories to remember, but for this place and what it use to be. not so much (Luby’s massacre ’91). Since then, I’ve refused to even set foot here for personal reasons. Twenty-​three years later, I finally let my guard down when my parents invited me for lunch.
Walking in, I found I really liked the décor and how much they changed up the place. The food? Honestly, this is the better of the American-​Chinese style buffets in Killeen and I’ve ate at all of them. The food here is slightly better.
3.5 stars

I am new to Killeen, so to say I am an expert at reviewing, especially in this area, would be to lie.
I am the type of person who prefers to do some very simplified research of areas, services, and restaurants before I visit them.
This being the norm for me, I did some Unilocal ‘armchair research’ before visiting the local eateries. And quite honestly, I was surprised at all the negative reviews in almost all the places around here. I thought to myself «could all these places really be THAT bad?»
The short answer is no, they’re not. This is only one review of many I’m going to give to the restaurants in Killeen.
Now for the actual review of Yank Sing.
I’m going to start off by bringing you a mental picture of your surroundings.
The lobby is grand, with interesting art pieces, fine furniture, and spacious amount of room. The ceilings are high, the color is vibrant, and the atmosphere is sophisticated, if not superficially emulated.
This atmosphere carries out into the dining section, where the rows of buffets are set against the walls, and in the center. An interesting and newly preferred method is the removal of service altogether by waiters (and I’m not being sarcastic). The staff member simply brings you to your table and leaves you to your devices. I am used to buffets taking your drink order and –then– letting you gather your food. Instead, Yank Sing has a soft drink dispenser immediately to the right wall of entering the dining room. Cups and straws are also provided there, so if you want multiple drinks, go ahead. Experiment! Enjoy!
As for the food.
For your standard Chinese food buffet options, this place has you covered. I’ve never seen a Chinese buffet with so many options! As well as your main dish combinations, they also offer you several soup choices, sushi, and a dessert tray all it’s own.
Now, the warning is generally to avoid all-​you-​can-​eat sushi, no matter the place. But I am not faint of heart, nor am I a coward, and I went for it. I have to tell you now that it’s not bad. Not like some people on here would have you abjectly avoid as if it were a sinister plague. To be fair, though, I admit that it was not the sushi that brought you here, and it isn’t the sushi that will bring you back. It’s your standard, mostly-​plain, similar-​to-​grocery-​store sushi. Blah, at best, but not Blegh.
I only had the egg drop soup, and though it was on the bland side, a little soy sauce goes a long way to amp it up. I wanted to go back to try the other soups available, but I filled up quickly. I also did not get the opportunity to try any desserts.
And now. For the main dishes.
Personally, I thought the food was good. ESPECIALLY given the fact that it is a Chinese restaurant. Perhaps many reviewers on here have not been to standard Chinese buffets. Perhaps some of you are picky. Both of these are fine. However, my opinion of Chinese buffets is that they are simple dishes with simple ingredients to please mass crowds. Lots of MSG, lots of fillers. Basic.
This is the first Chinese buffet I’ve been to that creates quality food with interesting spices and herbs, [mostly] fresh vegetables, and recipes not covered in breaking, fried, or otherwise made more fattening. Of course, these food options can be found here as well, but I was overjoyed to have more than one option.
There are savory dishes, truly spicy dishes, robust, sweet, and fresh flavors to be found if you are adventurous and open-​minded. And in my personal opinion, they were pretty good. Nothing to go crazy over, but I left full and happy.
The one real complaint I do have is of the staff that I had the displeasure of meeting. They do not greet you, they don’t say a word until spoken to, and they don’t even smile. They seem wholly unfriendly, at best, and they don’t seem the least bit interested in providing any service, or at least checking. I know this may be condescending, considering my comment said above, but while there are customers around, you must be proactive.
tl;dr?
Altogether, this is a decent restaurant with good food with many options, and a great atmosphere. The price is a bit high, but with all that you’re getting, I can’t necessarily argue.
⁴⁄₅