Beijing Banquet Reviews Summary

Food Selection

Pros:

• "Good selection of food though too many visits and it would become repetitive."
• "I thought they had a great selection of dishes, including a good salad and sweet section."
• "The food is amazing, fresh and so many choices."
• "Really good variety in dishes and desserts, the food is really good."
• "Beautiful freshly cooked food and plenty of selection."
• "Great choice of food for starters, main and sweet."
• "There are tons of options that you can choose, from Chinese to fish and chips."

Cons:

• "Some of the food was very dry."
• "Some off the food was cold (noodles)."
• "The chicken satay skewers seemed rubbery or not properly cooked."
• "The chicken and sweetcorn is too sweet don't know what the chef has put in it but the taste is disgusting."
• "Food was ok. The owner was sarcastic and abrupt."
• "Decent enough food! Nothing special though. Just the usual you'd expect from most Chinese buffets."
• "Today a group of us had booked for lunch, sadly the food was cold."

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly and the price isn't too bad for how much you get to eat."
• "Staff are lovely and very willing to help you with whatever you need."
• "Really friendly staff with a ton of food to choose from!"
• "The staff were very attentive and cleared the dirty plates away quickly."
• "The staff are friendly and efficient so they quickly clear your plates as you go and get seconds or dessert."
• "Staff were very quick to clear tables, and were very efficient and pleasant."
• "The staff is very friendly and professional."

Cons:

• "Staff are not overly friendly and don't go out of their way to give you a pleasant experience."
• "Everyone of them looked miserable, like they didn't want to be there."
• "The owner is a sarcastic man. Bad attitude. Bad manner."
• "The servers were rude."
• "Staff where hovering a lot and before you'd even put your fork down they were snatching the plates away."
• "The only down side is I’ve noticed a lot of the staff have a frown on their faces a lot and don’t look like they are enjoying themselves which kinda ruins the mood if I am being honest."
• "Usually highly rate this place but the staff that served this time made most of our table feel unwelcome."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "Prices very good especially if a weekday lunch time is chosen."
• "It's very reasonably priced with a lunch menu as well as a dinner service."
• "Price is good value too and easy to access even with wheelchairs."
• "Only reason I've put down one star is because they have recently raised their prices, so I would advise going at lunchtime when it is slightly cheaper."
• "Plus the price is reasonable for what you get."
• "Was pretty good value for money unlimited drinks & food."
• "The 'all you could eat' lunch buffet was only £10.95 per person which I thought was excellent value."

Cons:

• "Also thought it was somewhat of a con for children 11 and up being counted as adults! To me that's somewhat young!"
• "Bit expensive for what it is. However food hot, disappointed no dim sums."
• "Tiny bit shocked at the bill price (£69) kids only had a glass of diluting juice each."
• "Price is a bit steep, I feel, for what's on offer."
• "Think it's a little overpriced."
• "Decent enough food! Nothing special though. Just the usual you'd expect from most Chinese buffets.. Might have been a bit more excited about the place if it were not the fact it was £21.49 per head before buying a drink."
• "I think this place is overpriced if you compare it to the likes of Cosmos."

Cleanliness and Facilities

Pros:

• "The place is clean and tidy generally although the toilet facilities could do with some investment."
• "The facilities are really nice and clean."
• "It's a clean establishment with a friendly atmosphere."
• "The place looks fantastic."
• "Extremely clean buffet area as well as toilets."
• "Very clean, helpful staff and food for everyone."
• "The restaurant always tidy and toilets nice and clean."

Cons:

• "Chairs past sell buy date!"
• "A good all you can eat buffet except for the grease floored male toilets and stink."
• "The acoustics aren't great though."
• "Very over crowded and seemed there are very little measures in place to keep people safe."
• "Place is clean enough, bit cutlery not so much."
• "Terrible no social distancing overcrowded breaking all the current legislation and rules."
• "Unfortunately I am really shocked I am typing this but sadly my last 2 visits here have ended up making me have food poisoning twice."

Accessibility and Location

Pros:

• "Plenty of parking including some disabled parking."
• "Plenty of parking outside."
• "Level access to the restaurant."
• "The restaurant is just off the Bankhead roundabout and features a moderate-sized car park with disabled parking (3 lots), this could probably be expanded on however. The restaurant is on one level so wheelchair access is catered for."
• "Big parking space."
• "Plenty parking/disable and yes Wheelchair accessible!"
• "Also only a couple of minutes walk from Travelodge hotel."

Cons:

• "Why didn't management put sand or salt in the car park, it was like an ice rink, as we are a group of pensioners this is an accident waiting to happen."
• "We were sat somewhere that was poorly lit and rather tight in terms of arm space between us at the table."
• "Given it's unassuming location-and fairly rough entrance road I hadn't expected much."
• "Downside - set times mean that you can't just pop in without taking a chance that you'll catch them in-between menus when you'll be asked to wait outside until the setup for the next sitting."
• "Went for Xmas Dinner lovely service great staff but let down by raw Brussels sprouts, raw carrots 🥕, No Yorkshire puddings."
• "Great if you're a meat eater, if you're vegetarian you're very limited for choice."
• "Car park is OK, as well as accessible restaurant and toilets."