Best Asia Buffet — Restaurant in Saskatoon

We had a great time.

We decided to take our daughter turning 14 to try an AYCE (All-You-Can-Eat) Buffet. For some reason she added that (and going to a grill house) as part of her birthday gift wish. We decided to look at reviews online for all the major AYCE Buffet places in Saskatoon. Best Asia had come recommended by other Africans/Nigerians as well. Online reviews were varied making it difficult but we decided to give it a shot. So this is solely based on our experience on 19th of August, 2025 from 4:49 pm - 8:00pm.

I had called in earlier about the number of persons coming (5 in total). The Hostess/Receptionist who received the call was polite and told us we could come in without reservations (Scored points). Arrived at about 5:00 pm that day and we were quickly moved to a patio type table. Had a discussion with the hostess about the fact that we would prefer a dinning type sitting arrangement and immediately, without fuss, she politely asked us to pick anywhere we felt more comfortable (scored more points).

Usually we expect that for such a place, us being Africans, we would be treated poorly. E.g. in many places, everyone eats before they pay, but we are usually asked to pay before we even sit; we are usually sent further back to a corner in restaurants where we will protest this and take our business elsewhere, etc. So we expected a little ''drama''. But we were treated very nicely. In fact the waitress that attended to our table was polite, informing us when she was coming to clear used dishes and cutlery. Apologized for bringing the POS Card machine a bit late, etc. (Scored more points).

Food options include rice, pastas, pizza, salads, desert, fish, chicken of various preparation and presentation styles, and desert like ice cream and pastries for everyone. They had sushi. Various types. These were good too. Seafoods, fried and baked pastries and lots more. Platter sizes are large. In fact, there was little to no control of what you could have. No mean looks and frowning expressions from the servers and host/hostess like in many other buffet places. (Score more points). Some people who eat spicy foods like we do might find their meals not spicy enough. Just ask for their hot sauces/spices. My wife usually brings a little of her home made spice when we go out to eat just in case. So we are always good. Desert was good. That was where my kids dug in, creating and mixing ice-cream with various cakes as toppings and drizzled dressings.

Atmosphere was busy but not noisy. My kids were allowed to watch the fish in their Aquarium until they started getting in the way of servers, and workers. Then they were politely told go back to their seats. We didn't mind this. When you walk in you might prefer the Right Hand Side sitting area as you get to see outside events a bit more (more points).

We had a great time, and evidently, seeing the kids all doze off on our way home, I knew they had all dealt a ''good blow'' to the ice-cream machine and desert section (more points). My final recommendation is when you go in, plan your meals. Walk round and see what they have a make a mental map/plan of what you would be trying and in what order. Then dig in.

Our experience was pleasant from start too finish. Many of their meals are not spicy, but that is something that can be fixed. Besides, eating spicy food is more of the...

I have to say I've never gone to a Chinese or Asian restaurant Not one yet!! That has ever truely mastered the desert that they serve. They all have a cheese cakes yet they aren't at all like creamy cheese cake. Or fluffy carrot cake theirs was heavy wet, almost raw tasting. Blueberry pie, watery and the crust hard chewy. Pie crust is supposed to be flakey, light, and not raw sticking to the bottom of the tin foil pans. Saw one guy completely distroyed his piece of pie just trying to get it out of the pan. And it was way too sweet. Out of 5 desserts 2 passed. And again professionalism on checking if the food if it needs to be refilled. MMM still Glaring looking staff not all good, or looking professional. Sloppy dressed, 2 out of 5 staff smiled. You come to eating in a comfortable environment not to be glared at or hovered over as you eat, we came to give you our money, not to steel it!! As for the rest of the food. The steamed ribs MMM I have to say they were and that's the key word here ,were good until I tasted two pieces that told me it was bad as in spoiled before it was cooked but they used it anyway and served it. Looks are one thing when it comes to presenting a restraunt and food is also very important as to the way it looks. But in the end as the restraunt owner your loosing when you customers take food and it end up in the garbage. In the end it's all about taste and your services your staff presents to the customers. Treat us well ,feed us good food, we come back.... would I recommend this...

My boyfriend and I decided to try Asia Buffet based on the high reviews. We’re pretty split on our opinion, but we agree it does not warrant as high of a score as it is given. From my perspective, it was mediocre at best, as it did not offer any stand-out options that couldn't be found at every other Asian buffet. The fried options, including the chicken balls, shrimp, and fish tasted very greasy, and I couldn’t eat more than one of each before I felt as if I was filling up on batter and oil. It all tasted quite bland, under-seasoned, and a little processed. The overall options felt a little slim compared to other buffets - only offering two islands of hot food, with most of the choices being fried.

However, my boyfriend loved the fried chicken, and the cooked fish fillets were tasty to us both. Besides our mixed opinions, the service was adequate and the restaurant was very clean, but the buffet's variety of food is generic and can be found at plenty of other Asian restaurants. It was a decent meal, but we don’t understand the hype and we aren’t in a hurry to...