China Buffet Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff is friendly and hardworker."
• "Thanks to Philip owner for making us feel welcome! Nice to meet a friendly owner & helpful staff 5* from me."
• "Very polite staff, nice food, more than enough to choose from."
• "The staff are so nice and helpful."
• "Food was amazing staff was really polite."
• "Staff is polite and nice."
• "Staff so polite and VERY efficiant."

Cons:

• "I don't advice any one to go there, staff were soo rude it was obvious they are looking to get rid of customers for more money rather than serve them."
• "The reception's attitude is very rude and potentially racist."
• "Staff, rude!"
• "The women on the phone was very rude."
• "Customer service wasn't very good and was a bit rude after first getting our table."
• "The waiters there were such rude to customer."
• "Had a guy shout in My face 'pay first pay first' as soon as I walked through the door which I thought was rude."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is amazing, absolutely delicious."
• "7.50 pounds for each person, and the quality of foods is valuable."
• "The roast chicken, pork ribs, tofu with vegetables and pork chops were better compared to the other options."
• "The food was tasty and fresh."
• "Food was amazing staff was really polite."
• "Tasty Chinese food."
• "The food was delicious, so much to choose from and the deserts, different and tasty and with a large selection of fruit to choose from."

Cons:

• "Not much choice with the food and some of it was very salty."
• "The food options were basic and not many to choose from."
• "Most of the starters were frozen stuffs like chips, sweet potato chips, spring rolls, onion rings, samosas."
• "The buffet is poor but has some tasty dishes (ribs, rice noodles). The desserts are weak."
• "The food quality is poor, it is cheap but you do get what you pay for."
• "This food is so tasteless that it is almost uneatable."
• "The mains consisted of bland curried chicken and noodles which tasted of nothing."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "7.50 pounds for each person, and the quality of foods is valuable."
• "Great value for the price, though."
• "All for £7.50! I was very pleased with this little find in Manchester's Chinatown."
• "The value for money is fantastic and keeps you full."
• "At only £10.50 pp for the evening buffet this is great value for money."
• "For £12.95, you can enjoy a wide variety of food and fruits, making it great value for money."
• "It's very good value for the price."

Cons:

• "And definitely not worth £12.50 plus drinks etc."
• "For the choice you get, £11.45 per adult is too much."
• "£15 for 1 hour here was simply not worth it."
• "Wouldn't recommend to anybody else."
• "Overpriced for the limited choice on offer."
• "Paid just short of £70 for two adults and three children!! Expensive meal for food that wasn't enjoyable."
• "It wasn't that good value either for a Tuesday lunch £32.00 for 2 people 1 coke and 1 orange."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "It is a warm and cosy place."
• "The restaurant itself has a very calm atmosphere with 10 or 12 tables."
• "It's a clean restaurant and is very efficient."
• "The cosy, intimate atmosphere really adds to the experience."
• "Small, but cozy restaurant."
• "The atmosphere is great and there's no rush to eat."
• "The room it was in wasn't fancy but the food more than made up for that."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was filthy, the food was stale with a poor variety and the bar man had no sense of hygiene."
• "The 'restaurant' is very dimly lit and not very inviting."
• "Very dirty place with staff drying cutlery with dirty tea towels in the back."
• "The restaurant was like a rundown cafe."
• "Atmosphere was quiet and awkward."
• "Terrible decor and weird atmosphere, didn't look very hygenic."
• "Food hygiene need to seriously visit here also as the place was filthy."