The Original Las Vegas Buffet

Like many reviewers mentioned, the food is beyond dry and tastless. I was brought here by the tour guy, probably they make some kind of commission here to bring people here. Food is terrible!

If i could give this place zero stars, I would. We came here as a part of a tour group that was visiting Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. The tour that we were on pretty much forced us to eat here. The selection of food was terrible for a «buffet» and the quality of the food was barely worthy of being swallowed. Basically this place sucked. Don’t come here. If you are part of the tour group that forces you to eat at this buffet. save your money. Eat at one of the buffets on the strip.

Food absolutely sucks, fries are the only decent things. Food is stale and cold and the fruit is hot and mushy, the apples look two weeks old. Ice cream machine is broken. No milk for coffee. If our tour guide didn’t trick us into coming here we wouldn’t have. Stay away from this place. Me and my partner got sick after eating food from this crapbuffet.

Literally the worst Asian food I have ever had. The choices are so limited, and the worst part is the food is ice cold. The fries taste like onion rings so I am sure they are reusing the fryer oil. I am absolutely disappointed! I would prefer eating anything else! I came here on a bus tour to Vegas, and I have been looking around and everyone is upset with the food. I looked around earlier and I can’t seem to find our bus tour guide. He must know the food is terrible. Where’s the food inspector when you need him?!

Food was tasteless, selection was minimal, and overall an awful experience. We were brought here through our tour guide, who vouched for the place, so now I have no faith in our guides judgement. The only thing decent in this place was the chow mein. But what another review said before me, how can a place call itself a buffet when it has the same selections as a panda express. You are better off eating at panda express if you want better tasting food.

Actually I found it was pretty good. It does catering business, but before that it was good. I came with the tour and had a nice lunch there. The price was super low and it was valuable. I like it. I don’t understand why people keep writing bad reviews on it, since they paid like $ 10 but expected a $ 50 dining. It’s not really reasonable right.

I don’t recommend going to this place at all. The food is cold and with little variety. And the taste is not good. Avoid it if you can.

Horrible food! How could a Chinese food restaurant in Las Vegas did so bad on its food…

Heard the ex-​5 start hotel Asian chef was forced to leave the restaurant ever since the end of last October, because the then-​new management only wanted to serve basic food to their tourist bus clients! My local friends living in Henderson were even rejected to go in there since they were locals! Wonder why it starts open to locals and non-​tourist buses. Don’t even bother to go there, save your valuable time! So disappointing that another originally nice restaurant was off the list…

太恐怖了，一点都不好吃。如果没有进去，就不要去吃了。
it is not good. the restaurant has few kinds of food. how can it be called buffet? and it tasted is so horrible.

This places suck. It has opened on Sunday which is not true. It’s only open to the tourist bus. They need to post that somewhere so you don’t look dump trying to go in to eat. The one in Torrance California is way better and more Professional.

I feel bad for giving it a single star, but honestly it doesn’t deserve any better. This is the absolute worst restraunt/​buffet i have ever been to. Absolutely disappointed.
It smells like fart everywhere, and I swear I’m not the only one who smells it. The scent is strongest around the food, and to be honest I dont want to be smelling fart when I ‘m going to eat. Also, the food quality is very low-​quality. The clams are not fresh, bananas are still green, and the broccoli is bitter. NOT AUTHENTIC AT ALL. Having been to China and eating real Chinese food all my life, I can vouch that this isn’t authentic. The food has no heart, it seems as if the chef doesn’t care about who they are feeding. The food here makes my stomach hurt and I definitely will not be returning.

Came here on a tour bus and both lunches were behh… the seating area is nice but the food isn’t all that great. I ended up with rice, gyoza (pot stickers), chicken, curry noodles, and what seem to be beef with broccoli. For a dollar lunch (because of the tour) isn’t bad, but this buffet needs to improve on their food choices. I had better Chinese buffet experience else where but it is what it is.
Their customer service is good and efficient.

I usually refuse to eat at these kinds of buffets, because I think they’re dirty & I’m scared I’ll end up sick but my step dad insisted we eat here… The place looked clean & they had all A ratings from the health department, so I felt a little better. My parents liked the food, but personally I didn’t find anything great that I liked. Some of the the food I got was cold. They had a lot of veggie foods, however in one of the dishes on the counter the greens looked old. Like other reviews on here, I agree that they need more of a variety of dishes to choose from. $ 7 @ happy hour, you get what you pay for.
On a good note though, the waiter was friendly!

Fix your ice cream machine. My first visit was on a Thursday, and the machine said it was broken. Yet my second visit was on a Tuesday, and it still wasn’t fixed.
WARNING: Anticipate angry tourists pushing each other as they hunt for low quality Chinese food. These tourists will FIGHT to grab chow mein, fried rice, and orange chicken that accumulate to a massive plate of grease.
ADVICE: Add diversity to your menu. Since the majority of customers are tourists, your menu should accommodate their inability to consume a dish that derives from only 1 ethnic culture. As a «buffet,» the Chef should serve a variety of meals to eat (e.g. American, Italian, Mediterranean) instead of serving only Chinese food. After all, the Las Vegas Buffet is a buffet, hence the name.

Worst place ever. Employees treat you like you’re in communist china. Food looks like it’s been sitting there all day. Ice cream machines are broken. They can’t even get French fires right. Worst service EVER

Just arrived to this establishment and was welcomed by the angry communist employees. I had a grand choice from «Chinese delicacy”(mystery meat) to a pure cilantro salad… We’ll after leaving I’ve noticed that I’ve been having diarrhea since Easters!
Please eat at your own risk!

Things you will see here:
1. People shoving each other to get the remaining bits of Kung Pao chicken
2. Rude mainlander tourists
3. Glass that looks like it was shot through
4. The poor non-​chinese that just fill their plates with toast, egg rolls and fries
Also, a typical mainlander customer pushed me and made me spill my boiling soup all over my hand. Keep in mind, i’m of mainland Chinese descent.
It’s connected to a make-​shift gift shop that only sells supplements for tour bus customers as a plus.

I feel sorry for this place after reading all of the single-​star reviews. I originally would have given them a single-​star since our first visit was taking my parents there for their «First of the Month Free Senior Day.» They host this every first day of the month. The selection was very meager, there were a lot of seniors (what did I expect?), and a whole lot of tourist coming off the tour buses. Since I thought this was an anomaly, I had to give them a second chance and I am very glad I did.
This place mainly serves tourists from the buses and local business is more-​or-​less a second thought, but don’t let that deter you from coming. Also, since they mainly serve tourists, they are only opened for lunch till 2:30 daily. On everyday except the first of the month, they have a very wide selection of items (not as large as Buffet @ Asia) but satisfies my hunger (check the pics others have posted). We have been back 5 times in the past 2.5 months and enjoy every bit. The front staff and wait staff service is excellent and they always cleanup your dishes and check on drinks very often. And a big plus for me is that the place is very clean.
Tips:
–Come for the «Happy Hour» M-​F 11:30 — 12:30 @ $ 5.55 (approx.-I forget exact change). Did this on July 4^th this year and they do not skimp on the selection for «Happy Hour.»
–We mainly come on the weekends and the best time is to come after 11:30 (they serve 1 group of tourists for brunch before this and they start a new batch of items for the next group that comes after 12:30). Don’t come during brunch because the item count is not as many as lunch. I call this the «Golden Hour» because the place is pretty quiet during this time.
–Get a Frequent Eater card. Every 11^th meal is free.
Price: Local ID $ 10 and change and for Seniors $ 7 and change.
UPDATE (11/2/14)-As of 10÷27÷14, they are no longer opened to the public with the exception of the first of every month. Seems like they just want to cater to their tourist business. Sad loss for us as it has been a favorite of ours.

I’m not a fan of buffets, but this is an exception.
After reading the reviews on this place, I absolutely do NOT understand all the 1-​stars and the comments of this place being low-​quality, unauthentic, and bad service. This is going to be a long review because I want to serve this place justice. I feel as though the previous reviews are holding this place to the standard of unauthentic Panda Express. I’ve been here twice, because I was on a Chinese bus tour full of straight-​from-​China families who felt that it tasted like home.
Since this location does have a lot of Chinese tour buses coming in, it does get quite packed, but there are still lots of seating. You have to be quite patient in getting your food through the buffet lines.
Service is pretty good, friendly, and inviting. The entire buffet is REALLY CLEAN (including the restroom) and modern! There are ALWAYS workers standing by the bars cleaning up any small spills and taking empty plates.
As for the food being unauthentic and low-​quality. No. This is by far the best Chinese buffet I’ve been to. If you’re a person who prefers Panda Express or super-​greasy-​MSG-​filled Chinese food – this place is NOT for you. They do not even serve your typical American-​Chinese orange chicken or overly-​seasoned chow mein. The food here is just the way I think it should be.
Hey, I’m a little Asian girl. I think I have some say in what is considered authentic. AUTHENTIC Chinese food is actually really light in taste, rather than heavy, greasy, and oily. It seems as though the reviews are holding Panda Express to their standard of what it should taste like. Comparing it to other Chinese buffets, you are able to eat so much more because the food ISN’T heavy. You’re not going to get that fat feeling you usually get after eating your second plate at a typical low-​quality Chinese buffet or after eating ²⁄₃ of a Panda Express plate.
Regarding the range of selection, there are a lot more authentic dishes here than I’ve ever seen at any buffet. Some of the selections are atypical of your American-​influenced cuisine because they’re more native dishes. TRY THE DAIKON RADISH SOUP! It’s one of my favorites.
Though I do not intend to be rude, I’m going to comment on some of the reviews I’ve seen on this place for the sake of all of you who want a broadened review:
«Beef of broccoli had no beef. Sweet and sour sauce– but no chicken.» –This happened to me for a particular food, but that’s not an issue of the restaurant, but an issue of customers’ tendency to gravitate toward the meat. Waiters do refill the buffet lineup quickly.
«Waitress filled our drinks once, and never came by for a re-​fill.» — Why the heck is this even a complaint??? There is an open drink bar where customers fill their own drinks!!!
«As far as the so called food. .tasteless.» — Like I said earlier, this is a matter of preference on a scale from Authentic to Panda Express. I would say the food is light rather than tasteless. The lightness of the food was a better perception of real Chinese food and was the best part to me.