The China Queen

I love coming here for take outs and sometimes the buffet for lunch. The buffet is small, has the basics like sesame chicken, lomein, crab Rangoon, teriyaki chicken. Not many variety but enough for a quick lunch and price is good. There’s also some sushi, fruits and deserts. For take outs I always like to get lomein, sesame chicken or the chow Mai fun with a cup of soup. I love their wonton soup and the hot and sour soup. Normally they can get my order ready in 10 – 15 minutes.

I’m ashamed that I tried this buffet. I ended up eating here based on the advice of a previous reviewer who stated that it is a small buffet with consistently hot food. He was correct in part, and the food even tasted pretty decent. BUTTT, let’s just say about an hour or so after lunch, my stomach completely disagreed with those sentiments. DO NOT EAT HERE!

Not bad CQ! We just finished our meal and we are satisfied and the price was excellent. I think we might have to come back this week to try something else on the menu. I’ll give food details on my second visit :)

A lot of people from nearby office visit the weekday buffet, and there are couple good reasons for that.
Lets admit, the buffet is pretty small, but whatever dishes come out, all are very freshly fried and cooked, solid, good quality, I havent found anything that tasted old (sadly, can’t say that about other asian buffets). The crab rangoons, seafood-​cheese thingy, all are strangely addictive, and best of all, that black pepper chicken. I dont know how they do it but the fried chicken morsels are a textural joy unlike any other.
Another good thing — -3.99 a pound carryout of the buffet. Definitely good deal for lunch.

A good place to get Chinese once in a while especially for vegetarians.
Vegetarians try Kun pao Ben curd with fried rice, its really good. The good thing is you can call them up in advance and they will have your order ready in say 15 mins.

I love this place! Their buffet is decent but their take out is so good! Best I’ve found between the ones near NCSU and reasonably priced. My go to Chinese place that the older lady that works there always recognizes me haha.

The lunch buffet was not very good. I would not go back.

I live right off of Lake Wheeler and have been consistently disappointed by the chinese place next to the Food Lion. I was so thrilled to find China Queen, which far surpasses the other spot.
Their chicken lo-​mein (ask for extra vegetables) is excellent. I also really enjoy their crab rangoon and their steamed dumplings. I haven’t gotten around to trying anything else but overall, this place is a great spot for Chinese takeout.

China Queen is a pretty average Chinese buffet.
The food on the buffet is generally pretty fresh and hot. I think the highlight for me is the sauce they have for the dumplings. It is soy sauce based with ginger, garlic and hot pepper. It has a very nice flavor.
Service is a bit slow. I always have to ask for my check but, the staff is pleasant.

I’m a little surprised to be writing the first 5* review for CQ. Then again, it seems the others here have only tried the buffet (which I had once and thought was quite decent). I’m more a patron of the a la carte side of the restaurant, where the $ 4.95 lunch specials are an excellent deal. The food is fresh and flavorful, and there is a decent amount of quality meat and veg in each of the offerings. I haven’t found many better deals or better lunches in the area.

I love a good Chinese buffet but China Queen is awful. Rubber food, too much gelatin in the sauces. Cheap, yes, but just awful.

I thought this buffet was very respectable. It’s a small place but it had a pretty good selection, and the people were very friendly. It was very slow so some of the items were cold, but flavor was still good. It’s not my favorite, but I’d still go back for what it is.

The China Queen is located near by where I work and consequently has become the destination for many a work related/​or at least co-​worker filled meal.
Their buffet is reasonably priced and they have a pretty decent selection of food items available. I’m one of those Chinese food eaters that always sticks by the old standards (sesame or orange chicken, egg drop soup, egg rolls) so I haven’t had a chance to really partake of all the variety, what I have eaten however has been very good.
Get here early if you want to get the best food. They seem to only cook limited quantities of a lot of items so if you get here late you end up with the cold leftovers

What can you say about another Chinese buffet restaurant other than that the China Queen is a fine spot for a quick and easy lunch or takeout. It looks like any other place, you’ve got a counter for takeout orders or you can slide into the dining room on the right for a sit-​down meal. Service is quick and the buffet is fresh. It’s not the biggest one I’ve seen but there’s plenty of choices. There’s sauteed shrimp, salmon, salt and pepper chicken and all the other chinese basics. But in my opinion, a bit above average in quality compared to other places I’ve tried in the Raleigh area.
China Queen is just one of those places that serves a good meal at a good price. It’s relatively busy at lunch time but I’ve never had a problem getting a table. Given that it’s right next door to work and I’ve eaten there well over 20 times, I thought they deserved a shout! Or should I say, a Unilocal