Peking Chinese Restaurant

UPDATE: This place closed down about a year ago. Sadness. Another mom and pop Chinese buffet goes by the wayside of stretching themselves too thin.


I resisted going here for the past several years that I've lived in Sun Prairie b/c of all the other mediocre Chinese food buffet restaurants I've eaten at that left me a bit disappointed.

Their selection is less in numbers of dishes than other places around the Dane County area; however, in terms of quality and freshness, it's rather good. Since other reviewers did not go into significant detail about the offerings, I'll mention my first time experience recently on a Sunday (where there were about three other tables of diners):

- peanut butter chicken
- mongolian beef
- chow mein
- a few sushi rolls (x2 varieties)
- crab rangoons (better than average)
- spring rolls (eggrolls, more aptly)
- popcorn shrimp
- two types of soups - your basic hot and sour or egg drop (these were just OK)
- chicken skewers (these were excellent even though I didn't expect them to be based on appearance)
- seafood stir fry w/ veggies
- fish fillets
- dessert options looked like a few types of cakes and fruit, pudding, and jello.

I like the emphasis on quality rather than quantity. And this place was clean. It's tucked away in a strip mall by Walmart, so points against it for location. But you can't beat the price, $7-8 for a buffet meal! Of course, afterwards, I had to nap off the food coma ...

This restaurant was forced to close due to a greedy landlord that suddenly doubled their rent, probably because of the upgrades done with the new Walmart. Does anyone know where this family went or if they opened in another location? I would gladly go to the the one. I haven't found any Chinese food as good.

This place is both a buffet and a takeout restaurant. For take out, it's great. As a buffet, it's okay. The food is always fresh and the buffet is refreshed constantly so nothing sits out very long. It's nothing fancy, but it's good. Not great. But good. It's a favorite for take out while living out in the boonies!

My family loves this place! They never overfill the food bins so the food is always fresh and hot! We have always had a wonderful experience at Peking, food has always been great and the people actually seem to remember you when you go in there, even down to our drinks. I am not sure what happened when the other person who wrote the review was there, but we go on average twice a month and we have never been disappointed!