Number 1 Chinese Restaurant

Did you ever have the feeling that you are somewhere you shouldn’t be while dining? We were tired and looking for a good Chinese buffet. We settled on this place because the other one didn’t have one car on the lot which can be a scary thing. The buffet was extremely limited to about a dozen things on the main line and it was all variants of chicken. There was no shrimp, pork or anything other than chicken. I tried their sushi as they had a volcano roll. The problem was the volcano roll had turned to stone and was inedible. The rest of it was barely better. If you are looking for chinese good luck. PLease don’t stop here. You will feel like you are in a funeral home and you did something wrong while sitting there eating. Such a depressing place with bad food.

Good price and good food for buffet. We haven’t found any better in the area. Nice selection of food and staff is friendly.

No. 1 Chinese Restaurant is located at the north end of a shopping plaza (Staples) behind The Diner and adjacent to Lowes, just off Hwy 66 Southbound in Sevierville.
They offer the standard Chinese dishes and Chef specials at reasonable prices, most items under $ 10. 34 Luncheon Specials (11AM-​3PM) served with pork fried rice ($ 4.95-$ 5.25) and 25 Dinner Specials with fried rice & pork egg roll ($ 6.65-$ 6.99, add $ 1 for pork fried rice) are offered. They also offer a 40+ item all day Chinese buffet featuring the popular Chinese dishes/​items, soups, salad, shrimp cocktail, cold mussels, fruits, jello, and hard ice cream for $ 5.99 plus tax (in 2013), $ 6.29 plus tax (in 2015). Buffet to go is $ 3.99/lb. Crab legs can be added for additional charge.
I was actually here twice in less than 24 hours. Initially, I was potentially going to stop here for the Dinner Chinese Buffet, but it was after 9PM and the place closes at 10PM. I walked inside anyways and looked at the 40+ items on the buffet and the food looked like it had been sitting out a while, dried out, and some item trays empty. It would not be fair to rate the food at this time and I decided to pass and return here for the Lunch Chinese Buffet the next day.
I stopped by here around noon time the next day and the buffet items looked fresh and all the trays were fully stocked. I dined on veg lo mein, chow mein fun noodles, veg fried rice (light yellow), egg rolls, spring rolls, crab rangoons, stuffed pork mushrooms, wonton soup, hot & sour soup, chicken fingers, fried chicken wings, pepper chicken, chicken with mixed vegetables, shrimp cocktail, and red jello. The food was at the right temperatures and standard Chinese fare (up the middle) I’d find at most Chinese buffets in the USA.
They also have a fortune cookie game with five random lucky numbers posted on the wall at the front counter. If some of your lucky numbers on your fortune match the numbers on the wall, you could receive discounts (match 2 numbers-​$ 1 off buffet/​match 3 numbers-​50% off buffet) or free buffet (match 4 numbers).
Total bill with tax before tip was $ 6.57, which is a fair price for a standard and fresh (during lunch) Chinese buffet. I know better to go to a buffet during busy times when the food should be fresher.