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Hong Kong Buffet
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- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- None
29 reviews for Hong Kong Buffet
I went on Thanksgiving for dinner so it could be skewed (either way good or bad, maybe they brought out the good stuff for the holiday.. or maybe the good cooks had the holiday off and were at home... who knows?!)
They had a ham which was a nice touch. The egg drop soup is good, as were the traditional meat/veggie dish staples. Many of the meat dishes were spicy. The fried and salted shrimp was nice considering it was only 9.99. Drinks are serve yourself. The interior could stand to be cleaner, but hey, it is a chinese buffet so it was pretty much par for the course. I personally prefer korean or sushi buffet, but they are double the cost...
This place is pretty disgusting... I swear they were semi-decent years ago and maybe on a Sunday. I am not a fan of Chinese buffets but decided to give it another try because it was close by and would be a quick dinner. What a big mistake!! I will never come back here again.
The food is really greasy... the extra ladle of oil just makes the food look pretty and shine but isn't so great on your stomach. Everything about the place is dirty; the floors, chairs, and tables are sticky. The plates are never clean enough. Our steamed fish was raw on the inside.. and it wasn't sashimi.
The only thing I could eat were the sesame balls and the fried sweet biscuits.. that's not even real food.. just snacks/dessert!
There is nothing good about this place. If you want Chinese food, go to Chinatown. It's worth the trip.
Not only is the food inedible, the owner is one of the rudest people I have met, and I have met a few. The owner does not have any civility in his blood. He did not even pretend or try to be nice. His tone of his voice and how he answered our question were out of line. Not only does the restaurant need a new chef or new recipes, but the management must attend many classes on professionalism, anger management, and human resources.
If you're looking for cheap food without standards, this is your place. I was able to find some food that was decent, but overall was very unimpressed with everything about the restaurant. Not really a Chinese buffet, more like a "whatever we can scrounge up and throw out there" buffet.
Possibly one of the worst buffets. Sure, it might charm you enough to try it out when they first opened, but Chinese buffets (in general) are quite gross and disgusting. This place doesn't do anything to negate that stereotype.
Go there 4 times within 3 months. Price is okay. Service is good. Transportation is easy. Food rating: Sea food 4 out of 5. Sushi 3 out of 5. Cookies 4 out of 5. Rice, noodle and related, 3 out of 5. others, 4 out of 5.
My boyfriend said he was taking me somewhere nice for dinner one night. I put my best outfit on and was ready for a surprise, because he usually picks really great places to go downtown...and surprised I was when we pulled into the parking lot of Hong Kong Buffet (and not in a good way).
I tried to give this place a chance, I really did; but then I saw that they had crawfish placed next to jell-o and was completely disgusted. The food was cold, the floor was really slippery; the one dish I thought would be safe (rice) turned out to be one big heap of rice just stuck together and mixed with particles of neighboring dishes.
This place reaffirmed every reason i've ever given as to why I detest buffets. I've never been so disgusted...
Very nice to see validation in my personal thoughts when the one time I went here several years ago, I thought this place was truly bad. (used to think I was alone in thinking this!) Definitely nowhere near the quality of New China Buffet, or the former Chinese buffet in the Wal-Mart shopping center in Niles. (R.I.P.) And even OCB(which as I stated in my review, I'm not a fan of) blows the socks off this place, which says a lot.
Luckily for Chinese buffet lovers, New China Buffet is still around at Howard/Western. Go there, and you'll be very thankful you skipped coming here.
I wish I could give this place zero stars. It was positively disgusting. The restaurant was filthy, and it was hands-down the worst Chinese food I've ever had in my life.
I should've known better when we walked in and discovered that, before we were even allowed to look at the buffet, we were required to fork over our cash. Which, by the way, was $10.99 a person for lunch instead of the $6.99 a person that the sign advertised. Yes, it was a Saturday, but the sign made no mention of special pricing for weekends.
Then, we rounded the corner and I saw what we were in for. I was immediately pissed. The place was dirty...really, really dirty. The floors were gray, the tables were sticky and the buffet stations probably hadn't seen a wet rag in six months. There were half-eaten plates of food everywhere, including on the cart that housed the clean silverware.
Even though we arrived 15 minutes after they opened, the food on the buffet was cold. Not that there was much; two-thirds of the pans were scraped clean or missing completely. My first plate of food was a gelatinous, oversalted, inedible mess. The broccoli chicken was particularly bad; the sauce was slimy, thick and dark and the broccoli was bitter and overcooked. The sauteed asparagus was greasy and gritty, as if there was sand or dirt in the sauce.
When I returned to the buffet, the number of items had increased but the quality of the food hadn't improved. Things that proved to be not good, but edible, on the buffet are as follows: the chicken wings (frozen, pre-breaded, and fried), the french fries (again, frozen and fried), the lo mein and the sushi (pretty much the same as what you'd find at a grocery store deli; not fresh or particularly good, but it won't kill you). I wouldn't normally eat chicken wings or french fries at a Chinese restaurant, but I was desperate to find something that I could choke down so that I could at least get some of my money's worth.
My boyfriend and I walked home, mad that we'd wasted more than $20. Now we both feel icky and sick, and have that really awful heartburn that comes from eating something that may or may not have been poisonous.
Do not eat at Hong Kong Buffet. It is the worst Chinese restaurant I've ever been to in my entire life, and I don't know how any other restaurant could be bad enough to steal that title away from this place.
Oooooooh LORDY this place is t3h poo-poo! I've had experiences with this place a little closer than some others on here. Let me explain. My sister owned a shoe store RIGHT next to this place a few years back. They actually came after she did. Sweet! Chinese buffet! I'm into relatively cheap Chinese food from time to time. I like buffets. 2+2 equals 4 correct? Only sometimes grasshoppa. Only sometimes. If you could only have smelled the kinds of things we smelled in the alley way behind this place I can almost guarantee you, you'd never want to go back. I know what you're thinking! "But it's a buffet I'm sure they throw away tons of food" TRUE but other buffets or restaurants don't smell this funky.
I've been here 2wice. The first time me and my friends carried out food (Fill up your carry out plate with food and they weigh it and charge you). We paid more than we would've liked considering you can get cheap Chinese food from anywhere for pretty low price. The 2nd time was just a horrible experience. The place smelled disgusting. The floor had all types of nastiness on it and I think someone may have puked somewhere at one point. The food tasted subpar and smelled a wee bit funkay at that. I ate whatever looked like it wouldn't kill me or wouldn't grow a dancing gremlin with a hat and cane out of my stomach.
I mean really this place just needs to keep up with it's cleanliness. I know this is hard (I'm being serious) because of the MOBS of people that come to eat this cheap crap just about everyday (They fill up the damn parking lot) but seriously, how about we don't have the powers that be break down our doors because of funky Chinese. I mean poor Chinese food is already portrayed and made as cheap as possible at most places, do we really need to give it a funky image too? It just isn't right.
Wow, I am surprised at the reviews! But, it really shows you the differences in tastes that people have.
I am a guy that will check out chinese buffets. Most people can't stand them, but I will try. I think its great especially the day after drinking.
This place sucks in my opinion, I think its one of the worst tasting buffets I have EVER been to. I have been here twice and both times I've had that "eww so much msg and crapola in my tummy I think I am going to burst bile" kind of feeling.
Yea, they have alot of stuff and a variety, but, its just not good. I didn't think it was very fresh, I'm not sure if its, that it isn't fresh.. or that its' just not prepared well? Its not cheap either.
You can head north into Evanston and find another two Chinese buffets that are less crowded and taste alot better.
Weekends are terribly crowded with families. Lots of people.
I give very few one star reviews, but this place may have turned me- the King of Pan-Asian buffets, off of Pan-Asian buffets for the foreseeable future. While I don't know for sure, I think I may have become slightly sick after eating here. Several of the food items certainly could have or should have been kept warmer than they were.
The seating area seemed to be kept cleaner than the buffet area; I could have done without their storage refrigerators out in the open among the soda fountains. Keep the front of house the front of the house, I say.
Though the food was good, the inconsistent temperatures took away my appetite. Can't recommend the place, sorry.
It's like an oasis in the desert. With rows of slightly greasy but so delicious Chinese fast-food fare. As a vegetarian, my selection was slightly limited, but I still ate like a queen.
Is it troubling that a waitress was actively hunting and swatting flies in the corner, or encouraging that the wait-staff is vigilant in the fight against flying pests?
My fam was in town when we stumbled upon it, and Hong Kong Buffet allowed us all to get what we wanted and sit for a long time talking story. The cola is cold, the food is hot, and a good time was had by all.
This was the greasiest food I ever had at any restaurant. Every dish was so greasy me and my husband believed it may be intentional so people cannot eat so much.
The food gets colder here every time I visit. Yuck.
It's decent if it's warm, but not great. However, there is a LOT of it, and it's better than most other buffets. It has one of the largest selections of any Chinese buffet that I've ever seen. Some things look really weird and I don't eat them. There are some funny Engrish signs.
My aunt brought me here, bless her soul. She and the rest of my family love this place. Bless their souls.
Like Jacob J. I cant believe that other people like this place. I'm pretty easy. Hell, Super-size Me just made me hungry for a double cheeseburger.....
This is what I thought walking down the line.
Icky.
Gross.
Dried out.
Icky.
Gross.
Greasy.
Is that legal?
Icky.
Gross.
Kinda crusty.
Swimming in Margarine. How do noodles do that?
Dessert so old its discolored.
Oh wait! This looks OK (when I touched it to my lips I immediately knew that it was not).
Why is this chewy, its obviously fried (looking)? I mean its golden yellow. Kinda.
Why is this hard and crunchy, its obviously steamed (looking)? Oh, I get it. Its supposed to be a plastic/rubber wrapped meatball. Hmm, innovative!
Alinea has nothing on this place.
This restaurant looks really awesome from the outside -- like a Chinese buffet from dreamland. But be warned! It is like an asp lying in wait -- an asp disguised as something more pleasant, like an Easter rabbit -- but an asp still as deadly as a normal asp.
The spread looks impressive. My dining companion remarked that there were a lot of funny stuff on the buffet that he would never even eat -- stuff like little squids and funny-looking fish.
Sadly the food is mostly under temperature. If you like projectile vomiting, this is your place to eat.
There are also all these funny signs hanging around -- stuff like: Don't waste the sushi or you'll be charged 5.99 take-out fee. Don't let your kids run in the buffet area, we are not responsible if they get injured. Take only what you'll eat.
Sorry, but if you're serving lukewarm crap for dinner, you can't tell me I have to eat it.
Also this buffet is way overpriced, but authentic. To paraphrase my friend, the authenticity lies in the fact that if you were a low wage worker in China, this is probably what you'd eat every day because it would be low cost. But ten bucks for this? Really?
You can spend half that and get a far more satisfying meal at say, Tsang on Touhy.
Anyway, the only reason this gets one star is because the crab rangoon and the crab cakes were good. That was it.
Don't forget to factor in the cost of the stomach surgery you'll need to repair all the horrible damage that this lukewarm food will do to your digestive system.
Filth Palace.
If they provided an equivalent of toilet-seat covers for their booth tables--the seating experience may have been better. The food that was left lying around on the floors looked as appetizing as the food in the buffet itself. They had a little bit of everything--peking duck that looked like roadkill, and sushi in indescribable, never-before-seen shades and hues. And the best was saved for last--a self/soft serve ice cream machine that you walked away from with feet sticking to the floor, and a harmonious squish-squish sound at every step.
It's easy to see why they make you pay BEFORE you enter the restaurant.
Chinese buffets seem like such a great idea until you're actually inside amidst the crying babies, unrecognizable greased up food items and everyone trying to beat the house.
But I digress, this place charges around four bucks a pound for take-out. You can get a lot for four bucks. It's food that will have been permeated with the taste of whatever food it was next to but at least it's cheap and considering how expensive other Chinese buffets I've been to are, if you're going to buy bad to mediocre food, you might as well not pay that much for it.
Hong Kong Buffet was very disappointing as the place was very dirty and I had to keep switching plates until I found a clean one. When I sat down I was not brought silverware and had to hunt around to find some. On the food side, shumai I ate was not evenly heated and the sushi fell to bits the second I picked it up with my chopsticks. The chicken wings were good and the fried rice, but I didn't find this place to be anything special. Money could be better spent at Old Country Buffet, and that's really saying something. I give them credit for having a variety of food, but the soft serve ice cream was a bit too icy for me and not soft at all.
I went for lunch and all I can say is ... this justifies my reason for not eating at large buffet restaurants. This place is HORRIBLE! Why? Many reasons:
- It's not clean and the food is gross (luke warm or cold).
- Everytime I picked up a serving spoon, it was sticky or wet (YUCK).
- I found two items that were half way descent the steamed vegetables and pot stickers and that was when they brought them out hot. Otherwise, I didn't find one thing that I could actually eat without throwing it away.
- I wasted so much food, I was ashamed of myself!
- I agree with the other reviewer the sushi was probably the best dish they offered. But by the time I made my way over there, I was so fed up I didn't even want the sushi.
If you want to eat a lot of gross food and perhaps catch the cooties... this may be the perfect dining spot for you. We all take chances when we dine out... but DAMN ... DAMN... DAMN... if you value your health STAY AWAY!!
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Oh, I SOOOO wish I had read these reviews before trying to eat at this place. Only reason I went in the first place because it was Chinese buffet. As all the other reviews say...it was Dirty (with a capital D) and the food was mostly just cold. Sort of greasy too. And didn't look like anything I wanted to put in my mouth.
This place is HUGE and it has so many different choices. They have chinese food, and lots of it. I don't think you can go here and not find something to eat. They have it all, from fried rice to sushi. A great, laid back place to load up on food at!
This is one of the better Chinese-style buffets on the edge of the Lincoln Village shopping mall. For under $10 it's all-you-can-eat Chinese food, with points for quantity (lots of choices - including seafood) and quality. Besides Chinese, there are other selections like sushi, kimchee, and even mini-pizzas. Sometimes there's fresh pineapple and sometimes canned. Finish up with a soft-serve swirl cone and you will be satisfied. Even my Chinese grandma likes this place.
The bathroom was filthy and smelly, they had nothing to dry my hands with. The waiters/waitresses can't speak much English and can't and won't answer a lot of your questions. The man making the Sushi would probably be the best part of this whole dinning experience. Th price is a bit too much for what you get, you could probably get more for your money elsewhere. Some of the food was good, but the old ladies next to us vomited and we left right away... it was VERY NASTY.
Great environment with many choices of foods. 4 different type of this and 6 different type of that....anyone can eat here but for the asian food lovers this is your heaven. Enjoy homestyle made foods and relax!
Everytime I eat here I think about jeans. The reason? The same space used to be a GAP for years and years. This is a very large Chinese buffet, which is a step above the smaller neighborhood ones. However, the prices are a bit more and I find the variety overwhelming. As with all buffets you sacrifice quality for quantity. There are some great items on the buffet, but many are just mediocre. They do have more seafood options than most places. It can be crowded and noisy, not to mention the parking lot gets jammed up.
i judge chinese buffets on a scale all their own, so four stars is compared to others. i find the best criteria for finding a decent buffet to be the presence of two groups: actual chinese people and really really fat guys. both are renowned for their love of eating. the former ensures that the food must be at least reasonably authentic, while the latter guarantees that nothing that's supposed to be hot sits around long enough to get cold. this place has loads of both of them, and in correlation, the food ain't so bad.
