China Town Buffet

The price is right. As indicated by previous reviews, the seafood is quite good; Calamari, mussels, baked fish, fried crab… all of the requisite staples.
I’m not quite sure what all the hate and discontent is about concerning the service. The cashier offered a military discount. The waiter passed frequently to remove buffet plates, and offered plenty of refillls for a family of four.
It’s a Chinese Buffet for goodness sake, not the Taj Mahal. Get over the language barrier, Ugly Americans. And tell your Ugly American Kids, that if they want French fries, they should consider going to McDonald’s. (They’ve been selling the same McShit since the 1950’s.) Expand you child’s pasty white horizons for them!
Finally, this restaurant is located in the vicinity of an eclectic Chinese supermarket. Fresh vegetables abound for your whiny kids plus some exotic herbs and spices. (Tell your whiny kids that Bugogi is Korean for Ketchup). Enjoy!

This is the worst place I’v ever seen. We walked in and the lady boss got a extremely bad attitude to us. She makes us very uncomfortable. We said thanks and walked out. I don’t recommend this buffet since there are more choices in Salt Lake City.

I am trying hard to find a single reason why this place would deserve anything above one star, but I’m coming up empty. We came for lunch at 1:30 on Monday April 25^th, and the food tastes like it has been sitting out all day. Nothing tasted fresh, nor did anything have much taste to it in general. With every bite I feel as though I will be fully testing my digestive system in the very near future. My kids wouldn’t eat the rice or French fries as they say they are «super yucky», and I can only agree with them. On top of the quality being sub par, I was also the lucky recipient of a fortune cookie fortune emerging from my drink after it had become half empty. We enjoy a good Chinese Buffett from time to time, but this is not one of them.

It’s Chinese food it’s cheap it’s all you can eat… If you need a quick bite and are hungry and then need to go grocery shopping why not

They are fucked up the took 252 $ out of my account and left me with no money the worst place ever I don’t recommend this place to any body they are bunch of stupid people

Save the Gas, Save your walking energy by not going here. Should be avoided.
Let me start by saying in Salt Lake City, Chinese buffets are far and in between. This is not the best and could be avoided. My review is based on a one time visit and I’m not going to lie it was later in the day, about 2 hours before closing. However, just because it’s after dinner rush doesn’t mean a restaurant should be slacking.
PROS:
— Friendly Staff
— Quickly Seated
CONS:
— Food was flavorless
— Food was Cold
— Miss or hit on the selection (signs for food, but no food around)
— Bathrooms were disgusting
— Table tops were dirty (felt not cleaned but just quickly wiped down with a damp rag)

This restaurant has a great selection. Tonight, in addition to the usual Asian fare, they had squid, salt baked crab & crawfish. I love the salt baked shrimp w/​jalapeños (a usual on the menu). There’s also s Mongolian bar in case you want to watch them make your food… exciting! The dessert bar enticing to some. For me, ill have another entrée & skip dessert. ;)

Our waiter totally ignored us; no refills at all. First time I have not left a tip. Sad bc I love the food, but when he walked righ5 past and ignored our glasses it was insulting.

Wil do in a pinch but not worth a special trip.
My visit was very hit and miss. Some of the offerings were flavorful and fresh, some were just dead in the pan and painful to look upon. Table service was friendly and quick but the men’s room floor was worse than the worst movie theatre, my feet are still sticky and I think the murky puddle under the urinal was watching me pee. The mongolian grill is nice, I got a kick-​butt plate out of it, but all the meat pieces was frozen together and I had to bang them out with the tongs.
They had no sushi. Maybe on the weekends?
The booth I was in was literally falling apart. The back swayed like a 98lb. drunk and the seat was misplaced a couple inches, leaving a charming rectanglular hole between seat and base; makes me wonder what treasures have fallen down there over the years.
The Hot and Sour soup was totally flavorless, I wondered why it wasn’t hot or sour as one would expect. I learned the answer soon enough when I saw a cook just dumping straight hot water into the Hot n Sour soup pot when it was running low! Dear God this is a travesty! Hot and Sour Soup is one of THE things I go for at every Chinese buffet and they just destroy theirs wantonly. Maybe it’s good before the water dumping, but by 12:30pm when I came in it was like Hot n Sour flavored tea at best.
The hard ice cream is awesome. It was soft, maybe a little too soft, but made for good scooping unlike other places when you’ve got to really chisel away to get something out. The rest of the desserts were straight from the box frozen commercial fair.
I would come back but not until I try some other places in the area. I will also come early before the Hot n Sour gets bastardized too much. Yuk!

For a buffet? I think this place is the best among the ones I have been to. Overall the food is very good. The Mongolian grill may not be as good as the others but it’s the food that wins me over.

We did not care for this at all. The food was flavorless and very few of their selections were actually worth finishing. The sweet and sour sauce was mostly just sour, and thin. The fried rice was nasty. The salad bar had very few fresh veggies, and was mostly stocked with mushy canned vegetables. The seafood, which others have mentioned, was of the lowest quality. I’d prefer a place with fresh, quality seafood, even if it’s not «all you can eat.»
It could have been an off night, by we all felt a little sick after eating and we won’t go back.

Very Clean and food was hot… Different varieties and the place is bright! The service was great and they cleared our table constantly and topped our drinks!!! Pretty good hope it stays clean and keeps improving there menu items ;)

What if you could pay $ 12.50 and eat all the steamed clams, shrimp, mussels, crawfish, octopus, baked salmon, and fried blue crab you can possibly stuff into your gaping maw in one sitting?
No. Really. All you can eat of these treasures of the sea.
The answer to the above question, is of course,
«Hell yeah. Where do I get this seafood extravaganza?»
It’s at China Town Buffet.
This is an amazing deal. If i desired, I could partake endlessly of all of the above options, and have no penalty, either to my health or to my wallet.
However, I would recommend avoiding everything else at the buffet. The various stir fries, the egg rolls, the wantons, the chicken wings are all pretty terrible. i fight the impulse to get the orange chicken, the egg foo yung, the teriyaki chicken. These are all pretty bad tasting, and really bad for you.
But, if you stick with only the seafood offerings, and ignore the crowds of obese, food trough mentality clientele, you will leave happy, fulfilled, and healthy. And for less than 15 bucks.

I enjoyed eating lunch at China Town buffet today. The food is always hot and tastes good. Buffet food isn’t not always the best quality but this food is pretty good for buffet type food. There’s a lot of different food there, so there’s lots to choose from. I recommend it if your on the mood for Chinese buffet food. I think it’s pretty clean, and its one of the only ones that I feel comfortable eating at cleanliness wise.

I came on a Sunday afternoon and this place was packed. They may offer more on weekends because the price is more, but I’m not sure since this was my first time here. I thought the selection was good. They have crawdads, clam, shrimp, and crab legs. The crawdads are in a good spicy sauce. I’d come here again even though many don’t seem to like it. Again I’m reviewing a buffet not a high end Chinese place. This would be a 1 or 2 if I were comparing this and pf Chang’s.

Move along, this is not the Chinese buffet you are looking for. Seriously, move along.

Just ate at the new ChinaTown Buffet and it is way better than Chinese Gourmet!
Better price, better food, better atmosphere, cleaner, better service, actual seafood, and plenty of it! Yum. :)

A fairly new restaurant inside a newly developed «China Town» square. I was really excited to see a supermarket, but too bad it hasn’t opened yet during our visit. I digress…
The food at this Chinese Buffet is decent. The turnaround is super high, you’ll know what I mean when you pay a visit and pay attention to the demographic of the diners. That’s all I’ll say. So it doesn’t make the best dining experience but it means freshly made dishes are constantly being brought out (but good luck getting your hands on the seafood…) Real ice cream (self-​serve by the scoop) is offered here as opposed to the tiring fro-​yo machine, which is a plus!

These folks opened the second restaurant in this so-​called Chinatown location near 33^th State. They are another typical mediocre Chinese buffets that are all over Utah. The place is brand new with comfortable ambience, and it can still be packed on weekends.
The selection on the hotplates are about same as other Chinese buffets, regular cooked items, fried items, and a section of seafood. The flavors were actually not too bad for most of their dishes. Seafood goes rather quickly on busy nights. So far, I have seen clams, mussels, squid, octopus, and blue crabs.
They also have a Mongolian grill, but the guy cooking the stuff seems to have an attitude problem and stuff that runs out can take awhile to refill. Their grill did not seem to have enough heat, as the food was just a bit warm rather than smoking hot like many Mongolian grill places.
Other than the name Chinatown Buffet, I could not come up with anything special about them. In the end like most Chinatowns in the US, they just end up being a tourist trap with mediocre stuff. Service is just like most Asian restaurants, so try not having a high expectation.

I dined here on Christmas with my family, and for not having very high expectations (it is a Chinese buffet afterall), we left with our bellies full and a pretty positive experience.
Since my visit was on Christmas, they were offering more seafood dishes and it was $ 12.99 per person including drinks. Most of the things I tried weren’t bad, but nothing was so delicious that I had to have more. Some of the memorable items were the honey shrimp, barbecue ribs, mussels, fried crab and shrimp, and most of the stir fry dishes were pretty good. I noticed that the dishes do get rotated out and stirred frequently, so I didn’t experience much dryness or overcooked items like you might at other buffets.
The salad bar had a variety of pudding and unlabeled mixed salads that didn’t look very appetizing, so I didn’t try anything. They also have a mongolian grill, and although the ingredients looked really fresh, I was too stuffed to try it out.
Service was good and our drinks stayed full, so if I ever decide to stuff my face on some decent American-​ized Chinese food, this is the spot.