Golden Light Buffet

We attended a Sunday lunch birthday celebration with approximately 60 people in the VIP1 room. The room was roomy and not too far from the buffet tables. The wait staff are very attentive and there was always someone nearby so not a lot of looking for wait staff.
There are not a lot of buffet tables and the food containers (looked like smallish woks) were shallow but replenished constantly. I found that this made a busy time a little crowded as the staff were replenishing the tables whilst diners were trying to assemble their plates.
They had a nice salad bar, sushi area, dim sum, dessert too! There was a soup area as well. The hot food area had chefs carving roast beef in whatever size you requested. I didn’t try the mashed potatoes as it looked like it was from a powder mix. Instead I had the beef with garlic potatoes and gravy.
The dessert area had someone making fresh waffles as you waited as well there were waffle cups but you had to walk over to another area to fill the cups with ice cream.
They had sushi chefs preparing rolls so they were freshly made behind the counter. Unfortunately there was no sashimi.
Overall it was an okay experience, perhaps dinner might offer a bit more.

If there was negative system. I would rate it negative. I feel the food was all cooked yesterday. I tried every dish and finished none of them. Literally none of the food was even hot. $ 27.99 for a meal and it doesn’t even include any pop. So by far the water was the best part of my $ 28 meal

Would love to rate this restaurant but I couldn’t get in. They are not wheelchair accessible except for the ramp and powered door. I called ahead and was told that they were accessible. The staff actually asked if I could get out of my wheelchair and climb the stairs to the buffet.

Pretty good place considering all the other Chinese buffet joints found everywhere in the North Scarborough/​North York.
Some things are great and some are just okay.
I highly recommend the Steamed Turbot, Beijing Lettuce wraps, yam pancakes, ginger chicken soup, and dessert bar. They carry all sorts of mousse cakes on the side and make waffle cones in house. The veggies were fresh which is also in part to the fact that they only cook in small batches++. No added MSG which is a big factor for a buffet.
Unlike at Dragon Pearl where the sauce could be seen drying, there was none of that here.
The okay. I wish they wouldn’t serve the grilled salmon as its probably just leftover from the sushi bar and it’s just the belly area.
Went on their Tuesday BOGO promotion so it was a pretty busy evening. Really nice and clean interior. No complaints about the service as it was excellent.
My 4 star rating is factored on the food coupled with the superb service.
Not the best, and not the worst.

Every dishes are standard, it’s a quiet place. I came on Sunday night, the servers are courtesy, they came time to time to your table and asked if we needed anything else? Very pleasant atmosphere.
Small size of foods, but a lot of choices. I have a good impression that foods were not left/​waste or over cooked in the counter.
Food quality: standard
Food quantity: above standard
Atmosphere: comfortable
Service: very good
Tips: 10% is average for me in all restaurants, if you feel that is not enough you can pay extra.
Because the owner/​manager has his own accounting book to calculate their profit, tips is only extra profit.
Thank you.

I came back here to try it again after eating a few times here last year with Wagjag vouchers.
Golden Light Buffet replaces other buffet names that have changed a few times over the years. The longest standing one was Oriental Feast and I remember how much I loved going there as a kid.
It’s now 2015 and they have completely renovated the place. Looks very modern and beautiful inside, and much different than what it used to be.
The first thing I notice was the parking lot is more busy. I think the cars must belong to either the skating rink or something else in the building, because there weren’t too many patrons in the restaurant when I arrived early. I could hardly find a parking spot today and was considering leaving.
The quality of food and selection is pretty good here. Most of the patrons I see are older HK people, especially during lunch. So you know it is authentic Chinese.
The items were the same as the last time I was here last year, except I noticed they added something new: Beijing lettuce wrap. Unfortunately the lettuce smelled funny so I ended up throwing it out. The contents though were yummy (diced meat, veggies). Still it’s nice to see here at a buffet though since it’s usually found at upscale Chinese restaurants.
I also noticed the Singapore Rice Noodle this time isn’t as good as it was very bland. And last time the saury fish, soup, sushi wasn’t done too well.
Overall we enjoyed Golden Light Buffet which is very convenient close to work for many people. Love the clean washrooms and lovely décor. Will come back next time I’m in the area (and assuming I can find parking).
Pricing for adults :
Lunch buffet
Mon-​Fri $ 14.99
Sat, Sun, Holiday $ 17.99
Dinner buffet
Mon-​Thur $ 21.99
Fri, Sat, Sun, Holiday $ 27.99

Really wanted to give two stars but that wouldn’t be fair to the two star restaurants out there.
First off, sketchy parking. Really really sketchy parking unless you are lucky enough to get one of their parking spots outside.
When we come in, they are half empty, yet refused to let or group sit together. A couple was already seated, but they had not even started eating yet. Okay so we ate separately.
Food. Where to start? Of the rows of food laid out, 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 was filled. Can’t rate a place on food if they don’t have any. There were more empty trays than there were ones that had food. And this wasn’t just a periodic thing. Throughout the entire dinner (1.5 hours) they were not refilling their stations fast enough or they would just tell us they ran out. Keep in mind, we ate at 7pm. Aka, dinner time, honey!
Food was either bland or really salty or fried to death. There’s very few things that tasted okay, but nothing that we thought were good.
On the bright side, fruits were good. I sliced some strawberries up and put them over some ice cream and fresh waffles. Squeeze some chocolate sauce on top, and I’ve just made something out of nothing. :) basically, the food that didn’t get cooked by them was great. I think my one star is really because I made an awesome waffle… And it was good. Really really good.
Décor is fine. Clean. Good space. I like the color choices. Uniforms were clean looking and it’s easy to tell who is a staff and who isn’t.
Trying not to be too hard. The staff are pretty nice. But as a buffet restaurant called GOLDEN light buffet, it finishes at a last place bronze for me. I don’t recommend this place and I surely won’t be coming back.

Came here with my family for birthday dinner and parking was horrible. We had to park in some sketchy parking garage, also the entrance was very weird, odd looking. As soon as we walked in, we were welcomed by a lady who directed us a table. We did not have a server and no one would bring us water when we got there. We literally had to wave someone down to get us some damn water.
As for the food, it was meh. They gave us coupons for lobster and that depended on the amount of people that were seated. The sushi was HORRIBLE, inedible and their deserts are DRY.
My mom’s friend recommended this place and they said it was good– it is not.
WOULD NOT COME BACK.

This is oook!
AMBIENCE
It was a good size, lots of seating everywhere. It was a little bit more modern looking than a typical Chinese buffet place.
FOOD
There were hits and misses. More misses.
Hits — fresh oysters, tofu pudding, salmon sashimi only, roast beef and some of the Peking duck and snow crab legs. Misses — sushi was oversized more rice than meat, salmon sashimi was not replenished very slowly, lobster tail not very tasty, veggies was oily, the shell for the Peking duck was very doughy. Overall, it was oook.
SERVICE
It was good, slow at times as we were a group of 20+ and we had one server. But they bring our own supply of the chicken and lobster tail.
I might go again, maybe not.

Will probably be reporting this restaurant. We came as a group for Chinese New Year, and at current count, at least ten of us have come down with varying combinations of fever, aches, chills, vomiting, and diarrhea.
The food was mediocre at best. Many dishes were unbearably oily. I avoided the shellfish and oysters, and I’m glad I did. Others were not so lucky.
Nothing says Kung hei fat choy like anal incontinence and projectile vomit.

First time here. Great selection. Way better than the other buffet places. Food taste Great! You get lobster and crab legs. Price is creeper than Mandarin and better selection.

I came here with my family for Chinese New Year celebration. We were a group of 28 people.
In short, I would probably not come here if it weren’t for a family celebration.
Short points:
Ambience was OK, be location itself is kind of random and in the middle of nowhere.
It was great to see the accessibility options available. The bathrooms were also very nice and sort of didn’t match the outside décor.
The food was OK, they had fresh shucked oysters and lobster tails, both of which were mediocre. They had a good variety of food. Some things that you wouldn’t normally get at a Mandarin were: Peking duck, taro pudding, sweet tofu pudding, and fresh oysters. Albeit these items were available, the quality of them was definitely lacking. The food was also not hot enough, the serving platters at the buffet were more for looks than practicality.
In addition, our tea pot and teacups had a soapy taste to it, so we opted for regular cold water.
The service was OK. Because we were a large group we got some special items served to us separately. Which was nice, so instead of having to wait for the lobster tail and free run chicken we were served those items at our table.
There was also some slowness in refilling the water. And the hot towels at the end were not given in a timely manner.
In sum, I would not go here again and would definitely waste my AYCE calories elsewhere.

I knew after reading the reviews on this buffet restaurant that it would be a mediocre dining experience and for sure it was! Came here for Chinese New Year dinner with a group of 28 guests. We had our own section of the restaurant which was nice and comfortable. The service was pretty decent as they cleaned up our plates and filled up our tea/​water quickly.
Aside from the service, the quality of the food was disappointing, almost every dish lacked in flavour. There was also a limited variety of food items as there were mostly veggie dishes in comparison to meat dishes.
I also didn’t like how the buffet area was so small, it was super crowded and it felt like fighting through traffic just to get your food. Lastly, I found that most of the dishes were cold to warm since they didnt really have heat lamps to keep the food fresh. The sweet and sour pork in particular tasted spoiled!
I know you can’t expect much from a buffet restaurant but if you’re seriously looking for quality tasting food, you’re better off paying a few dollars more and go to Dragon Legend or Mandarin.

This place is a «meh» on the buffet scale. Let me preface that I really do not expect much from most buffet places. Food just needs to be kept hot and our plates need to be taken away in a timely fashion. I came here for Chinese New Year Dinner and it was really busy. Our server Jason was very attentive to our table of 28 people and was quick and efficient with collecting our plates and giving us our drinks.
However when it comes to the food at this place they really need to invest in some heat lamps or heating trays or something that keeps the food hot. Most of the food is served on a regular looking dinner plate and I guess the expectation is that people take all the items quickly. Most of my food was cold unless you stalk the staff and wait until they put in a fresh batch. They have everything from Lobster, Chicken Balls, Salmon, Veggies, General Tao Chicken, Sweet and Sour Pork, Peking Duck, Deep fried fish, Pizza, Salmon Sashimi, Oysters (not really good), Ice Cream, Crab Legs, and a bunch of other items that all really have no taste to them.
It is $ 26.99 for dinner on holidays and weekends and a little cheaper during the week. I do not think I would come back here and would choose Mandarin over this place anyday.

Stuffed! Décor is nice, service is mediocre.
Food is above average. Enjoyed the sashimi.
Happy Chinese New Year!

Came for dinner during the holiday season and it was a full house. The dishes were always kept full and generally the service was good. The food is a mix of «totally worth it» and «meh, don’t fill up on that», which is standard buffet style. The good: fresh oysters (2 at a time, but you can line up for more), peking duck (both duck and wrappers were available all evening, with rarely any wait time), half a lobster (you need to get a ticket so the limit is one serving per person), sashimi (there’s also sushi, but the sashimi is better).
All the stations put out a relatively small portion of food at a time, but they are refilled frequently. I think this is great for reducing food waste and keeping our gluttonous selves in check (sometimes my eyes really are bigger tham my stomach).
Desserts are pretty unimpressive. The cakes are what you would expect from a Chinese buffet: dissapointing. The nanaimo bar will give you a sugar high that you will not recover from until morning. The waffle bowls and icecream are fun, but don’t actually taste very good (in my opinion). Strangely, the one dessert I went back for three time (yeah, 3), was a mysterious item only labeled as «sugar free». It was sugar free coconut jello. I felt 7 years old again, eating jello at buffet dessert. And I enjoyed it. Still, can’t give more than 3 stars for jello.

Came here for lunch on a sunday after the thanksgiving weekend. Living in mississauga, the only reason we made this trek out here was because we had a wagjag deal which was soon expiring.
To my suprise, the restaurant had taken over the previous buffet which our family had gone to frequently in my younger years. They had a great selection of food, even serving peking duck! My expectations had heightened after remembering such fond memories. However when I got there, said expectations were shot down.
I was not very impressed by the selection of food they had… rather, I may have been, had there been any in stock. Nearly every time I went for food, the best of the items were empty (tempura shrimp, chicken wings). Around my third plate in, I was able to finally snatch some, and they were of average quality.
The food I did get to try was quite good however. Their grilled food is nice, sushi was slightly above average, but their maki was terrible. Their version of spicy salmon roll used what I know to be the spicy seasoning they give you at ramen shops (?) and did not sit well with me at all.
Dessert was average, but they had a waffle maker + waffle bowl station for ice cream so that is a plus.
At the end I was rather dissappointed with my overall visit; yes the décor was nice, but we can’t eat that.

For recent months, I noticed major renovations was happening at this place as I drove past here. Most of you probably know that there had been many other Buffet Restaurants started up at this specific location. Oriental Feast was the one I remember that lasted the longest. Don’t know why many others closed, some mentioned it’s cursed… others saids the Feng Sui is bad. Months after the renovation was done I decided to dropped by here for lunch during the Civic Holiday Weekend.
As I entered the doors and walked up the flight of stairs to this restaurant, definitely Feng Sui won’t be the problem if this restaurant does bad. There has been a tremendous make over. Very chic and modern design with chandeliers hanging above head. It almost has the «Romantic Feel» dark yet well lit enough. Especially for a new place like this, it wasn’t as busy so I didn’t need to yell across the table to ask my wife to pass the salt.
Comparing with Mandarin, Imperial Buffet and Dragon Pearl, I would say that the selection is very limited. It obviously won’t stacked up to over 200 items as most of the buffet restaurant boast. However limiting selections shouldn’t be their weakness, in fact it could also be refreshing concept as long as the food is served fresh and good with consistency. How often, I would walk into a buffet and I see the usual slices of pizzas, fries, sweet and sour chicken balls, corns and sauté mushrooms and other dishes tasted either cooked from frozen, reheated from night before, or worst left out barely touch for hours while it gets dried by the heating lamps.
I also notice what they put out to the buffet is smaller portions, but with the number of people showing up for lunch and on top it’s a good way control food wasted and freshness.
Sure there’s no Alaskin Crab Legs to pick at with my Chopsticks, or Lobsters which I needed to trade a ticket for. But I’m sure the non– stingy sashimi they have and Made to Order Tempura (Fresh and Crispy) more than made up for it. Other items it had that day was Roast Beef was amazing. The Char Siu Ribs was a little on the sweet side. Cocktail Shrimp was normal large size and fresh. And yes I’m an Ice Cream Fanatic! So I thought it was awesome that somebody for once made waffle cones or waffle bowls at the dessert station from scratch which then you can cross over to the fridge scoop yourself. And the fruits were great too. One couple who sat next to us kept on complimenting how huge and sweet the cherries and grapes were. The only time I saw the size of those grapes was in Costco and probably the buffet got it from the same supplier.
Service wise, the waiter was really tentative. Consistently checking in with us every 10 mins to see how things are. Refilled our teapot during the course of the meal like 4 times and always made sure we didn’t run out of napkins.
My Cons are that the Hot and Sour Soup was a little watery and little taste, for some reason the ice cream station is not together with the dessert station where they make the waffle cones (weird layout) and the pot of tea kinda lack quality and taste.
Overall my experience have been satisfactory. I will come again and why not, it’s close to where I live and work.

I came here for dinner on Canada Day and as another Unilocaler has mentioned, there have been numerous Chinese buffets that have opened at this location, probably at least 4 – 5 in the past decade. So I was really curious to see if Golden Light Buffet would be any different.
The price was $ 28.99 for adults (Friday, Saturday and Holidays) and it was suppose to include crab legs and lobster but for some reason crab legs and lobster were not available for that particular day, so they had a buy one get one free promotion instead.
The décor is quite nice and modern and the service is reasonable but if your planning to charge $ 28.99 the food should be on par with Mandarin or Dragon Pearl Buffet since you are at the same price point. The food selection is decent but the quality even by Chinese buffet standards is really not good, I can’t recall one dish that was really good but there were quite a few that were pretty bad, one dish in particular was the honey garlic ribs that had so much garlic and the meat tasted like it had freezer burn. If your planning to go to a buffet, I recommend going to Dragon Pearl Buffet and paying the extra $ 1 per person.

This is a new buffet that has taken over what use to be a buffet.
the location is now infamous for buffets coming and going for almost 20 years. So i am not sure why they would want to open it here as it seems cursed.
anyways. decoration is nice in the place. food comes out in very small portions so that you dont have to worry about freshness… they also have a tempura station where a guy will freshly fry tempura for you on demand. this is a timely process and you will have to wait maybe 3 – 5 minutes …
the sushi station is small but they do serve huge pieces of salmon sashimi and they are not stinge at all. no limits. and they have seared tuna sashami which was a very nice touch.
overall compared to other buffets its quite average. hot food selection is so so and limited. not the hugest selection of food but the fruits were very fresh and well laid out.
The best time to go to a buffet is when its first opened and quality is still good.
One thing that i did not like what the fact they asked when we sat down wheter we wanted to drink something. water? tea? pop? we opted for asian tea. so 1 pot of tea and 4 cups… turned out that was $ 11.70 … disgusting.
thats all.