Royal Buffet

The food was stale and cold and way too pricey for lack of quality. I was not surprised to later learn that this place did not pass the city of Waterbury’s recent health inspection.

Not bad for a Chinese Buffett. You get hibachi, sushi bar and hot buffet for 8.49 for lunch. The food was good and people were nice.

This place is great! There is so much to choose from. Their desserts are also awesome. I just loved their baked fish and salmon along with their delicious broccoli. The service is excellent!

The food here is terrible, it truly is. I grabbed multiple things and the first one or two different foods (stuffed mushrooms, and Japanese chicken I believe) and they both sucked. I assumed it was maybe just those two dishes, but as I continued to eat I realized everything on my dish was either A. cold, B. had a weird taste/​after taste to it, C. was hard or stale. To my disbelief I almost wanted to dispute having to pay for the food I grabbed and leave, but didn’t really feel up to arguing at the time.
Seriously though ^ I’m not just talking down on the place, their food needs a full overhaul.

Food was Nasty, place is dirty, buffet is overpriced. Prices on the web are wrong. Spent 73.00 for a meal worth $ 25.00. Better off at McDonalds.

Food was old and cold. I will never go back. Egg rolls soggy, sushi had dark air dried crust around the outsides. 5 crab legs floating in murky water. Just an overall bad experience.

My choice for Chinese when I’m in the area. The shrimp for dinner is always a great choice at a very good price point for take out. Don’t pass this place up!

Don’t bother! This place continues to decline! The food is terrible and they don’t clean the shrimp. That is disgusting. When they first opened the place was good. After a while the food got greasy but now the food is tasteless. It took me a while to come back because my car was broken into when I was eating dinner several years ago.

Will make you sick! Food was old and rotted. My stomach is hurting badly! Wait staff very neglectful and rude. When we told them how we felt they said you pay now

Although this might not be the best food around, you can’t deny the fact that for a very low price you get unlimited access to a MASSIVE variety of cuisine. Don’t forget the alcohol!

We came to this buffet because it was the lesser of two evils on Unilocal.Never again!!!
The food was slightly more appealing than the other buffet across the street and I also decided to pick this place because the food was covered. We went early in the day so the food was freshly cooked and hadn’t been picked over by too many people. The grilled chicken and the five spice shrimp was the best thing on the buffet.
I was going back to have some soup and a kid asked me to point out the vanilla ice cream for him. I looked around in the freezer for a while and then he pointed something out to me… A huge roach!!! Yes, I said roach, vermin, a disgusting bug crawling around on the inside of the freezer with the ice cream. OMG!!!
I don’t think I ever left an establishment faster in my life. I will never return and I suggest they close down for a little while and get an exterminator. Vermin at a buffet is totally unacceptable, actually vermin at any restaurant is unacceptable. If I could give a ½ star I would.
Overall, Beware… You’ve been warned. Eat at your own risk!

So the food is actually good today!!! A lot better than when I’ve come before! Food gets 3 – 4 stars! So then why did I rate it 2 stars? Service. The plates are just sitting here and they have been for @ least 10minutes, and boy am I thirsty. I would love another sprite and some more water right now. I am with a group of 12 adults and 4 children, so you think they would provide a little more attention to our needs.

A good experience. The décor seemed new. The host was friendly. There were lots of choices at the buffet. The food was what you would expect in terms of quality. Not top end, but also neither cold, nor greasy.

I seriously wish I could give this place –5 stars! Went in for lunch and everything tasted stale. Felt horrible feeding my 1.5 yr old the hard French fries. I hoped the sushi would make up for all the staleness but it was just as bad. Actually, even worst. It tasted like the rice had been cooked weeks earlier and nothing tasted fresh.
Sad part is, this isn’t the first time my husband and I have experienced this. We were hoping for the best, only to be disappointed yet again. I hate spending money for less than mediocre food.
The environment was sticky and gross feeling. Things were under the table. The forks were all bent and the waitresses don’t speak more than 2 words of English.
It’s safe to say we’ll never eat here again.

Went here the other night with my family. I have to say, I’m hooked. The food was wonderful! Such a variety. Everything I had was great. I couldn’t get enough of the prime rib, best I’ve had in years. I can’t wait to go again.

Made me $h!t water everytime. Tried it time and time again. I used to work in the area and my coworkers all shared the same problem. Some of them lost 45 minutes of their shift to the toilet.
Food was okay tasting. Staff was pleasant, but not fluent in English so don’t expect to ask them questions as if you were going to purchase a blender in the Window from them.
They have a nice Koi pond in the front of the store and a machine to buy food to feed them.
My favorite part is the sign infont of the door that says to lock your car and hide your belongings (I am not kidding, again I worked in the area).
If you need a cleansing down there, take a look. If you want authentic Chinese, skip this place.

Great selection and consistent quality. I would like a little more variety from time to time, but Royal Buffet can always be counted on for some good beef & broccoli :)

Been coming to this buffet since it opened. It has a great selection of food. From the regular buffet, to the sushi bar, and grilling station. The sushi’s great. The grilling station is also great, you pick your own meats and veggies and they grill it in front of you. Also enjoy ending the meal with their different ice creams.

Been going here for years can’t beat the price and selection of food.
Sushi is average but the seafood makes it worth the trip

Decent buffet, reasonably priced. Sushi was delicious, my only complaint is that the selection was a bit lacking. They get props for having fantastic pork fried rice, usually at buffets it sucks, but this was great.
My only complaint is that with the exception of my wanton soup, all the food that was supposed to be hot was definitely not. The fried calamari probably would have been pretty decent if it was hot.
Conclusion: load up on sushi and fried rice and you won’t be disappointed
Also, unsurprising because it’s Waterbury, there was a sign on the door saying to make sure you lock your valuables in your car and preferably hide them… doesn’t particularly make you feel safe… and Royal Buffet/​Petco/​American Steakhouse seem to have the poorly lit section of parking lot in this plaza.