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Why are you guys complaining? $11 for all-you-can-eat and you're the one complaining? You should know what you're getting into when you walked into this place. Don't expect gourmet. It's a buffet for Christ's sake.
As for me? I'm loving the deal. Huge selections where you can dive into and they replenish the buffets often enough. I didn't end up waiting. They have sushi, Chinese food, Mongolian grill, desserts, soups, some western dishes also. As I said, HUGE selections! Bigger than other Chinese buffets I've ever been to. Aside from the okay-tasting food, it's quite salty. So have your water ready. Don't order anything else for drinks 'cause that's where they'll rip you off.
This place just was not very good. Half of the food was cold, and the dessert cakes all had a nasty aftertaste. It was also very greasy (I have had similar food with much less grease).
The only one of these types of places I've been too that was absolutely fabulous was Lychee Buffet up in Bellingham. So I use that for comparison, and by comparison, this place sucked. Oh, and Lychee Buffet is cheaper too.
I love this place. I dish up, or I can go to the wok grill. This reminds me of "Willy Wonka", at the chocolate river. I am the guy in the fountain tube, uh oh, he's going to get stuck. -Happy though. I like the mayonnaise oysters, ribs, salmon, and fun little seafood dishes. It's about ten dollars a person. Might be a little cholesterol bad, but it has a balance of good. Yum
I remember getting the flu after eating here.Being stuck in a corner while the servers gossiped and folded napkins. I would rather forget that experience.
Good For: fried chicken, broiled oysters, Chinese donuts
We went there on Christmas for dinner, being too tired and lazy to cook and knowing that it was open, unlike most other places. The place, overall, is just sad. It's very industrial and barely lives up to the standards of a good cafeteria, but not as clean or well-maintained as some I've seen.
There's a pretty large selection of food (hope you like things that are fried!) and for that it gets a second star, but most of it seems to have lived in a frozen bulk bag in its initial stages.
Service is minimal, and a pot of weak tea costs $2.45, which must be how they stay in business. For the money (I think the xmas dinner was $13/person) there are dozens of better choices. If the grocery store had been open I'd have been happier with their deli food.
I'd avoid this place unless you're very hungry for greasy fried foods - and perhaps a little drunk. Couldn't hurt.
Chinese Buffets seem to be making a huge comeback in WA state, there are 2 new ones opening up by my house in Everett.
China Buffets are extremely popular in the state of Maine, and the only Chinese food to be found was in buffet form. That said, there were many decent China Buffets in New England.
I came here twice with my family, they have a decent selection of items, however, much of the food is unsurprisingly bland. I wouldn't get anything from the salad bar, it was really not good. I did like the selection of dumplings and dim sum and the fried dishes were all a-ok. I strayed away from the seafood, it seemed kinda iffy.
We haven't been back here for a couple years, maybe their quality has gone up? Maybe ill have to give it one more shot sometime, for lunch, it seems to be a good deal.
Super China Buffet seems like a good idea, then I am reminded why I do not enjoy this place a few hours later.....
several large buffet islands and one large buffet counter with make your own stirfry and fried rice make up this place. the food always seems to have been sitting around for a while, even at noon? They have a large selection of asain foods even sushi and pizza, all of which is somewhat substandard. I have had better sushi at Central Market!
I hope I don't make it back here again.
I enjoyed this place. I found a variety of choices. I have tried quite a bit of Asian buffett's in the Puget Sound area to be below expectations. Especially the King Buffett in Burien, yuck-pukesgiving. My husband and I really enjoyed the variety of seafood and side dishes. They had oyesters, a mix of shrimps, scallops, langastines, salmon , cod and clams. They had a decent sized desert station and a sushi station. I didn't try the sushi, but it look o.k. The price was wonderful as well. I'm glad we are moving to the Northgate area, we'll be alot closer to it.
Great variety. Bargain-priced. Pleasant employees. Clean surroundings, well maintained. This is a classic all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet. Some items are better tasting than others. That's the nature of such places. If you don't like something....don't eat it and go back and get something else!
Oh Gross.
It only gets an extra star because, from what I can tell so far, they were true to their advertising and don't use MSG (No migraine the day after, and I didn't taste it).
The ONLY reason we went here was that I'm getting my food allergens tested, and I need to taste a number of foods from a list before they take blood. I thought this was a good place to kill a lot of birds with one stone, so to speak. They disappointed me with a lack of crab, but I'd say I got about 5 foods taken care of. Plus, it's not far from our house, and Chris and I have always been curious (it's always PACKED on the weekends when we do our grocery shopping at the Central Market nearby).
There is a good variety, but the food's just not very good. Even the jello was bad, and it's hard to screw up jello. Most things were WAY overcooked; the salmon was inedible, the sushi was bland, and almost every dish was mismarked. Good thing I can tell a baby squid from Pepper Chicken! I would guess there were ten trays of fried food. The Crab Rangoon was weird - like crab sponge on a claw? The cream cheese wontons were actually good but not even something I should be eating.
All this was NOT helped by the young couple next to us who were fully making out while the boyfriend took a break only to marathon belch in his girlfriend's ear. Super gross. Chris was about to say something but you could tell the guy was such a mannerless punk that it wasn't going to do much. Yuck.
The total bill for a Tuesday night was around $24. That's not so bad. I think we paid twice that for the buffet at Northgate.
We're officially banned from buffets now until we go to Disneyworld, where I'm sure the belching will be kept to a minimum.
Super China Buffet is the queen of buffets in Seattle. True, there is as much food on the floor as on your plate. True, someone dropped a large crab claw in the hot and sour soup and the staff has not removed it 1/2 an hour later. And true, people hover like vultures around carrion for the clams, crawfish and fried crab. But hey -- this place is the real deal. Cheap food that tastes ok. Not breaking any culinary boundaries, but then again, it is a buffet. You're looking for quantity over quality, and yes, here my friends, you will find such a ratio.
Admittedly I have been here many times. Why? Is it the General Tsao's chicken smothered in the river of gooey sauce? The garlic eggplant dripping with oil? The boiled beef ribs doused playfully with BBQ sauce? No! Of course not! It is the ambiance! Real down to earth people just eating to their hearts content. I love coming here because of the diversity of people. I just love it. What can I say -- I grew up in the SF Bay Area, lived in LA and moved up here. I miss my people of color.
But I found them. Here at Super China Buffet. Sorry to wax sentimental...
Dinner prices have slightly increased to around $11-12 per person, but its still a deal when you can stuff your face to your hearts content among people who may as well be your family.
If you feel like weighing yourself down with plastic sushi, super greased, and generally flavorless food, Super China Buffet is the place to go. Sure, the price per person is great, and the aisles of choices is hard to ignore, but we're talking "buffet" here.
It's difficult to ignore the hazardous half stairs half ramp leading to the back banquet area. I understand the ramp is for accessibility, but I'm pretty sure the design is a danger in itself.
This evening they happened to be serving crab as the "featured" item. I saw scores of customers that looked as though they were enjoying the entree. I tried and discovered that it is indeed possible to have chewable water. No flavor, not real crab consistency. The shells were so soft and pliable that I had to tear them open [rather than utilizing some type of shell cracker]. Obvious signs of over-cooked crab.
Suffice to say, the actual filling part of the dinner included the Chinese donuts, soft serve, and American fries. At least the Coke was nicely carbonated.
* The China Buffet may want to invest in some handles for their bathroom sink fixtures. It's very challenging to wash hands without something to turn the water on with.
You wanna be a piggy and tear up some Asian food like it was your last day on earth and you wanted to fill out your coffin just to piss off the pallbearers!!?? This is your place!!! This is one of, nay, it IS the biggest Asian buffet I have ever been to, and unlike most Asian buffets, this one is almost always packed and full of a good deal of Asians (which always insures that #1- the food keeps coming out fresh and #2- the food must be pretty damn good)
The price is reasonanable for this food marathon, because you really need to have a bit of everything offered: Mongolian, Sushi, Salmon, Oysters, Salad Bar, Fried American grub, Potstickers, Desserts.....you name it, they got it.!!! Too bad they don't include a roll of TUMS for the car ride home.
I have to confess several things:
(1) I love Chinese food
(2) Have a very hearty appetite (work out 6x a week at the gym)
(3) Don't like cooking
(4) Believe in good value, hard work, thrift, and so forth
(5) Am a guy
(6) Don't like to spend time looking at a menu and having to decide
So, this place is wonderful in my opinion. Granted, it may not be fine Chinese cuisine per se, but holy cow! It's a great deal!
No waiting around (unless it's a weekend evening and there's a crowd) or having to think about which dishes to order (and having to narrow the list down to two or three).
If you don't like a particular dish, or if it has been sitting out on the warming plate longer than you'd prefer, get the dish next to it! Also, they're CONSTANTLY bring out steaming, piping hot dishes from the kitchen (at least when I've been there).
The best Chinese food I've ever had in Seattle was at a small restaurant in the I.D. that is no more, the Top Gun. But the food here is still pretty good (and I'm Chinese-American to boot).
There are few Chinese restaurant buffets in Seattle, and this is probably the best of the lot.
There must be at least three long aisles with food on either side....that must be at least 50 different dishes PLUS a Japanese counter PLUS dessert(s) PLUS a cook-to-order stir-fry counter.
If only this place were closer in (to Seattle, I mean), I would go here all the time...
You know it's an extensive Chinese buffet when churros are part of the line up. Also included are a mongolian grill, a frozen yoghurt machine and about 4 rows of varying asian food; some japanese, a few meats, plenty of veggies, etc. The buffet it a madhouse, so reservations are a must. It is rumored to be the largest buffet in the Northwest, so grab your expandable pants and head up to Aurora!
Note: Buffet is about 9$ w/out drinks, and if you look in The Stranger there is usually a coupon for 10-20% off.
My rating is taking into account that this is an Asian buffet; not fine dining.
Does anyone think the prices are too high? For lunch it's only $8.00 with tax and that's not too shabby.
A lot of the things that sound great I'm kind of afraid to eat for various reasons, like the attractive looking mountain of mussels sitting on ice (red tide) or the shrimp (many scary microbes) although they looked good...the mongolian grill (meat looks like it's been sitting around a LOOOONG time; and also appears freezer burned-yuk).
The steamed whole fish (tiny little flounders of some sort) tasted distinctly muddy to me. Ew.
I also have fears of soft-serve ice cream machines after hearing something on the news years ago about how they NEVER get cleaned and are breeding grounds for more nasties than you can shake a stick at...however I still eat that crap. I love it with mandarin oranges and I think that if you can't enjoy a simple pleasure like soft serve you might as well crawl into a hole and chew on bark. So I risk it.
Okay enough about stuff I am scared of.
The sticky rice wrapped in lotus in the steamers is really good...chock full of shiitake mushrooms. They are small which is nice.
Weird little seafood/black fungus thingies wrapped in god knows what forming little yellowish tubes next to the shumai (so-so) were really tasty.
No, I don't know what they are called. If you see something in the dim sum type area that looks sort of like tiny, jaundiced, flaccid penises, that might be them. Mmmmmm.
The deep fried egg rolls were awesome, dammit. I ate two of those little bastards with red chili.
The green beans kicked all the ass there is, perfect. Also good, the baby bok choy.
Hot and sour, not bad at all with a little soy.
Wish they had hot chilis in oil!
The pepper chicken is mainly a place to get a nice wad of jalapenos to eat with other things. The actual chicken is dryish.
The general Tso's isn't half bad...but the best thing about it is the dragon claw chilis in it. These get taken pretty quick...I bet mostly by people who don't even eat them. I do. Mmmmm again.
There are a LOT of interesting things here and you DON'T need to get a lot of deep fried crap. It's amazing how many people come eat here and their plates are a sea of brown.
I ate a whole lotta veggies and I'm sure I still exceeded my calorie count for the DAY.
Oh, and sushi? I want to know who will eat sushi here...cause I sure won't.
My server was a super sweetie and he made me fall in love with him when I swear to god he started humming a little Chinese folk song of some sort...it was like an angel was singing and I almost dropped a mushroom out of my mouth like an r-tard.
Anyway.
It's fun people watching and where else can you enjoy tiny squares of cake shipped from some factory? It's amazing how it doesn't even really taste like food.
Super fun!
This was really quite good. Among the best for buffet - it's just way too easy to over eat with all the good stuff. It was about $10.50 per person on Saturday night (no drinks included) and the place was busy. We ate early (~5:15pm) and by the time we left (~6:15pm) there was a line of people waiting for seats to free up and the parking lot was full.
The quality of food was good too - things like white meat in their chicken pieces. I'm not a huge seafood fan but they had quite a selection (oysters, sushi, crab legs, etc.) - maybe that's not good as Derek eluded too but just about everything I tried was good. The fried wontons were awesome.
There were a few not so great things like some of their fruit (melon wasn't chopped too well), jello (too hard) and the Kung Pao chicken was just so-so but the selection is way too big to not find something you like.
(And yes, regarding my quest for great Wonton soup... no dice here either. It was pretty good though - but broth was not the real deal).
I really like this place. Waiter service I found very helpful. And the selection is pretty nice. For an all you can eat Buffet this place is very nice.
I do agree that at times the food doesn't match the label. I encountered this about 2 weeks ago. I almost skipped the food till I carefully looked down and saw that it was yummy shrimp.. or prawns depending on which word you prefer and (they were decently sized so prawns would be okay).
Parking is decent. And there are at least 3 access points that I can think of. Behind the restaurant, the side of the restaurant and through the shopping area.
I don't remember if there are bicycle racks but now that the bicycle bridges are completed or near completion.. one can cycle there if one wishes.
We come here if we're hungry enough, or feel like grazing on variety. The food isn't anything to write home about, but there are hits and misses. When they have Ginger Crab, and it's good, you can certainly expect it to run out quickly, or the salt, pepper, and jalapeno shrimp. It kinda irks me when I see people pile it on their plate a mile high. It may be a all you can eat, but c'mon atleast let others in on it. Especially us. LOL! We don't do the clams anymore, we both had bad experiences with it. The soups are not the best, but egg flower is the best out of all. Sushi is alright, but it is a chinese buffet joint, mind you. They also have a lot of fried items, the usual, and to some, unusual. They have a salad-cold bar. I have never made a salad here. It looks meh to me. Though the kim-chee is pretty good. The mussels are very bland and flavorless, the shrimp is ok, just make sure to get lots of cocktail sauce. Overall the foods are ok, this buffet is very hit and miss. Some of the times we went it was good, but others eh....You can tell whether stuff has been left out sitting for a long time, especially seafood. So I urge you to use your best judgment before shoving it down your gullet. Service is ok as well. the staff are good with refilling drinks and clearing plates usually, but when it gets busy, expect to get ignored a bit. Popular items are not always replenished either, you might have to wait a while or at times they don't bring it out at all after it;s done. The bathrooms are ok, I wish people would get into the habit of flushing more. I just hope they're washing their hands. Avoids peak times during the weekends, unless you like to compete for food. You can usually tell by the parking lot. Prices aren't too bad. To sum it up, this place is eh...ok.
If you like Chinese buffets and seafood, I suppose that this is THE place for you.
The place is always crowded, especially after Church masses are over, because everyone really just heads here. And with all the traffic, it also means that the place can get quite dirty. Pieces of crab shell on the carpet, anyone?
They have a fairly large selection when it comes to food, and have lots of rooms for patrons. They can also accommodate parties upwards of 200 people, provided that you call ahead.
They have at least 3 different kinda of crabs here (dungeness, snow, and king), several shrimp dishes, clams, and CRAWFISH. If that's what you're in for, make sure you watch the people restocking carefully, they go FAST. I think the seafood itself makes it a bargain to come here at $11-$12 a person. (It's also funny watching my mom scolding over the fact that people don't know how to peel their crawfish right. Ha.)
The salmon, though, is a little disappointing with the dryness. The dim sum area is pretty decent. The cakes for dessert are also rather dry, but the rest is quite alright. I like the regular fare of mushrooms, bok choy, beef and chicken dishes, etc. Some of the items are just oily enough that even your soda starts to taste a little oily.
There is also a breaded/fried foods section as well as a Mongolian Grill.
To note: Say NO to the sushi here. I had a couple, and had to spit it back out. That was just disgusting.
Super China is a low budget place to pig out, with a well stocked salad bar, decent stir fry dishes, Mongolian grill and a plethora of seafood and sushi to feast upon. However, I'm not a seafood lover so I do find it slightly nauseating to see octopus tentacles and claws dangling from my fellow diner's mouths, and the fishy funk wafting through the air is a little overpowering at times. But to each their own, if looking like a ravenous sea monster is your thing, do it, and do it well!
Its a big chinese buffet with yummy food!
It seemed a little on the greasy side and can sometimes be luke warm at best but the price was fair and it was delicious.
I've been going to this buffet for about 4 years now and the great thing about it is they actually have great consistency with their food quality. The menu never changes, but I like to stick to what I like. They have a mini mongolian grill station with a few ingrediants and couple of meats. I love having this station, and I always cook up a plate of the grill before I dig into the rest of the buffet. The food is average quality, just as you would expect from a buffet. They occasionally have some of the good stuff empyty for a good 10-15 mins before replenshing it but its ok, there is always something else you can pile on. Overall a great place to pig out at very reasonable prices.
Do you really think a buffet outside of Vegas is going to be that good? I am giving this place 4 stars because compared to all the other buffets in town including the spendy ones like Todai this one has the best taste to cost ratio. The chinese stirfry dishes are usually the best. I don't like to get the the mongolian grill because its too much food. The desserts need a lot of help but the cleanliness didn't scare me and the food doesn't seem to sit there too long.
OMG!!!!! You gotta be kiddin me!!! This food is worse than school lunch cafeteria American-Chinese food!!! I sent plate after plate of food to the garbage can after just a small taste. Who cares if its all you can eat if its all less than edible? Worst food I've ever had anywhere anytime in my entire life NO LIE!!! Yelpers-where are your taste buds?????????
I never thought I'd find myself going to such a place on an even semi-regular basis but the Super China does about as good a job as you could ask for a multi-MULTI item buffet...and it costs about ten bucks which may be impossible to beat for tasty food. Now realize that there is a lot of fried crappy-crap here to satisfy those who demand everything coated with batter, but you can skip that stuff and feast on baked salmon, sole, steamed clams, baby bok choy, Chinese long beans, damn good Hot-and-Sour Soup, Other featues include a Mongollian grill set-up and a somewhat humorous attempt to serve "sushi." NOW...here is the WARNING with a capital "W"...try to go early in the evening when they are still putting out fresh stuff from the kitchen!!! This is the key to getting a decent meal here. If you waltz in after about 8 or for sure after 8:30 you will get some pretty dreary stuff, all of which has been and looks very picked-over. Go around 5:30 or 6:00 and you will get a very satisfactory meal for very little money!
The food is greasy and seems to be haphazardly placed in the warming trays. Any number of the dishes didn't match what was in the pan. Otherwise its an above average Chinese Buffet place (Its more of an Asian Buffet, but I won't get into that) with a higher then average price. If you come for lunch their Mongolian grill isn't on but they still have sushi available (such that it is...)
Oh, sure, there have been health code violations, but so what? Peel the shrimp yourself, struggle with tiny pieces of crab from tiny legs, and marvel at the mayonnaise-y stuff on the baked mussels. Gorge on boring sushi. Nosh on the standards like pot stickers and various and sundry meats with sauces over rice. Skip the salad bar like everyone else. Grab some fried meat that might be chicken, but then again, might be fish. Then top it all off with a soft serve ice cream or some nondescript tiny cake, or the old stand-bys: Jello and chocolate pudding!
There is no way I can eat enough to justify the prices but that's because my stomach isn't large enough. Take the teenage boys here. I guarantee you'll get your money's worth.
It's OK of you want to fill up on salty pseudo-Asian food. Kids under 5 (I think) are free -- or at least cheap. But whatever you do, don't, please don't, pick up any of those beheaded baby octopi just because you think they're funny. I'll never eat there again.
A good for the whole family kind of place. Everything from general tsos chicken to crawfish to pizza and ribs - plus the mongolian grill and tiny sushi selection. The staff is pretty nice to kids and that's appreciated - they also leave a huge pile of napkins on the table, which is even more appreciated. If you're bringing kids, that makes this place a real bargain - it's $.50 x the child's age per child.
It gets very crowded on the weekends at dinner time - weekdays are much better. Also, after 7pm or so, they stop putting out new food - and the crap that's leftover is all dried up and nasty looking.
best Chinese Buffet in Seattle. lots of selections, clean, good service, and fresh food! my family loves coming here. there's always something for everyone. even sushi and some korean stuff. gotta love it. It's big enough to cater to parties, special events, etc. you will leave full and satisfied.
Let me be the first to say I'm not a big fan of Buffets or Chinese buffets for that matter. The idea of stuffing yourself silly because its all you can eat is just...well excess. So I went there today reluctant but hey I wasn't buying. When I walked in the people all seemed friendly quickly sat us down and asked for our drink order which was back at our table in no time flat. After going around all the rows of different dishes, I started stuffing my plate; and yes they do have a lot of options in their foods arsenal; they have the normal stuff, fried rice, sweet and sour, stir fry done in front of you, clams, soups, deserts (I esp. like soft serve ice cream), and french fries at a Chinese restaurant?(that's probably what makes them "super". After eating the food, I thought it wasn't half bad and for the price it was pretty darn great. Granted yes the crab wasn't real crab, imitation crab which is normally made from fish I think. But WHAT THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT WHEN LUNCH IS WELL UNDER 10 BUCKS! I would recommend this place as long as your not trying to compare this where you are actually paying per dish you order. I'd come here over old country buffet (OCB), sizzler, Kings buffet (not around anymore), or even todai (c'mon I could get a really nice steak or seafood for that price). Manage your expectations.
Neighborhood: Northgate
Category: Buffets
Seattle, WA
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Neighborhood: Northgate
Category: Sushi Bars
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