Royal Buffet & Grill

i had great experience… food was great…. service was great… for sure il come back again …

Very clean and good food though the ice cream is fake and they take to long to make the crab legs but the bathroom is very cool and you can feed fish over all great restaurant ⁴⁄₅ one direction songs

I just had to leave this place because the food, which had been in the steam tables for god knows how long, was ice cold! The pans themselves were even cold leading me too believe the food had been there for quite some time. When I mentioned the temperature to the manager he said he knew and he JUST turned the tables on. Shouldn’t they have been on the whole time? After speaking to the manager and telling him we were leaving without paying he merely said «ok». Now. I never write reviews and most certainly not bad ones but this was just ridiculous! NEVER GOING BACK!

Enjoy eating here once a week and one thing I do have is the tea. The server came back with my tea and a coffee cup. I don’t like to drink tea out of a coffee cup. Ask her for the other cup, she said they don’t have any more. Told her to have one washed just for me. She came back with one. Also saw a kid eating from the server tray. Totally not good, where are the parents. This would be a good way to get people sick. Management should observe more than they do.

Absolutely disgusting! Bathroom trash overflowing, floors smelled of urine and were wet, used tampon on the floor. Koi pond at the entrance with floating trash.
Food selection fair and of buffet quality with nothing that really stands out above and beyond other buffets. Cost over $ 57 for two adults and two children before tip.
I will never go back! Absolutely disgusted with appearance and price for such a lousy dining experience.

This place is horrible now. They have a good selection of food but it’s always old and cold. Unless you get something right as they bring it out, don’t eat it. I keep coming back every once in a while to give them another shot because they have been good in the past but it’s always the same.

I give Royal Buffet a 5 star rating because they have really good service there. They have an excellent choice of food. And, the food is always delicious there! I go and get a variety of different items. I especially like the pork chops they have! Yummy!

I’d say a typical for a large (lots of dishes) Chinese Buffet. It was clean, the food was hot, and they kept the food warmers full. $ 7.99 including Tea. The place can sit a lot of people, so I doubt there are any issues with seating. Like most buffets the beef was from a cut I’m unfamiliar with. Very chewy. Suggestion: stick to the chicken, shrimp, and veggies…
Avoided ice cream, it looked like it had melted and was re-​frozen…

Food was plentiful and fresh. Raw bar was 5 star restaurant quality. Thousand times better than Misaki buffett. Service was fast.

I took my 2 ½ year old and 5 year old in order to expose them to Chinese food. I liked the idea that they would be able to see the food and pick out what appealed to them.
Since this was a learning adventure, I also selected some foods they wouldn’t have otherwise been drawn to. Good thing I did that, as the youngest one loved the pan fried dumplings. They didn’t come with any sauce, but they were pretty decent. Neither kid cared for the honey chicken, which seemed too fatty and overly breaded. Flavor, good. Texture, meh.
The fresh fruit was a big hit with my girls, as was the ice-​cream portion of the buffet: chocolate, strawberry, mint chocolate chip and coconut. We ate our ice cream with macaroons that were sharing the billing with some other confections, which looked fun.
Just for some perspective: this place probably had eight different buffet sections, as well as the raw bar and sushi bar. There is PLENTY to choose from, including a whole section of diner food: onion rings, chicken fingers, etc.
I had sushi, which I wish would have been labeled, as I bit into a few mystery meats that seemed like a cheap substitute for quality grade raw fish. Canned salmon, canned tuna, that type of thing. I’m sure they do it to keep prices down, which is fair. Just offering a little «buyer beware» for the sushi.
There was a lot we didn’t get to try, but we will definitely go back. It was a really kid-​friendly place to be: glowing blue portions of the ceiling with twinkling stars; mammoth koi fish swimming around in a large pool near the entrance, and surprisingly clean bathrooms. Plus, if you go for lunch, Once Upon A Child (the consignment store) is in the same plaza, so you can hit it up before or after to round out a bargain outing with the kiddos.

It’s a great buffet. There are A ton of buffet tables and so the possibilities are endless. I went with my family and they were all happily stuffed. My parents are a ton of crab legs and clams and the waitresses didn’t give them the stink eye, which I thought was amusing.
The owner introduced himself, which I thought was very pleasant. Nice place!

This place is above average compared to other Asian buffets in the area (Misaki, Sakura garden @Hartford, Royal buffet in Willimantic etc)
I have been here several times ever since my first meal here nearly two years ago. The food didn’t change much over time, nor the quality.
They have over 50 dishes out there at once (they refill all the trays in a timely fashion so that the food is fresh :]) and they also have hibachi and small sushi bar– a good amount to choose from. But this place specializes in seafood (Chinese style of course) and have a good amount of salad, veggies and fruit there to balance everyone’s diet!
Every time I eat here, I will have multiple plants of seafood, especially oysters. Its fresh and the raw food is maintained at a low temperature. Their calamari salad was awesome too! My favorite dish other than the two above is the stir fried clams! I can never have enough of those!
I always have a bowl of egg drop soup and a plate of Bok Choy after eating those awesome seafood so that I don’t get a upset stomach afterwards :)
Overall, a good deal for $ 13 at night, approximately $ 10 for lunch.

I come from a large Chinese family, so it’s often less of a headache (both in terms of the time it takes to make ordering decisions and the actual cost of the meal) to go to a Chinese buffet than to go to a traditional sit-​down Chinese restaurant. That being said, this review is given in context of knowing what to expect from a Chinese buffet, having visited a large number of them over the past few years.
This place nearly has it all: A large selection of both Chinese and American dishes, a small selection of dim sum dishes, a sushi bar, a hibachi grill, and (on select days) Hong Kong-​style lobster. The food is good — arguably the best Chinese buffet in the Hartford area. The two things missing that I most wished was there: More dim sum dishes and green tea ice cream. But let’s be honest: beggars can’t be choosers.
The staff is very accommodating, but perhaps a bit slow. I was with a large party, and the dishes seemed to be stacking up very quickly before they were actually cleaned up.
At $ 13.99 for the dinner buffet the price is HIGH (not inclusive of drinks — only water and hot tea are free). But I guess that is necessary to make up for the price of the lobster. By the way, I should mention that I’m glad that there weren’t hoards of people acting like vultures around the lobster dish when it’s first put out. I’ve been to plenty of lobster-​serving buffets where that happens.
Overall, not a bad place to try.

I’ve been coming here for years — not that often but once in a blue moon. Sometimes I want a taste of a few things and Royal Buffet does not disappoint. The staff is friendly and the restaurant is always clean. I usually come for lunch. The variety of food has not changed much over the years but I felt the quality is still very good.
This is a BUDGET eatery. If you’re coming here for the seafood and are only paying NINE dollars then you really should not be complaining. No matter how many people complain about it not being a Five Star Cuisine you have to remember that for the same price of a McDonalds meal you can get appetizers, sample many entrees and a big selection of dessert.
If the sauce covered entrees turn you off they have a selection of fresh items — veggies and meats — that you can select that someone will cook to order for you, at the back wall.
I typically have some dumplings (these are not the doughy ones you get at your neighborhood Chinese restaurant) and a bowl of hot n sour soup (oh so good). I get a few fried apps and then a sampling of entrees (beef and chicken). A couple sides of veggies (green bean and zucchini…) I tend to stay away from the American dishes (mac and cheese, sausage and onions…) For dessert I like something light like jello and fruit and maybe one or two of their little sliced cakes. on the back wall, they have a refrigerated case with pudding cakes.
If you are HUNGRY or have to feed a few teenage kids or just want a taste of many things, try Royal Buffet. Its much better than the 4* McDonalds nearby.