Yokohama Daihanten — Restaurant in Yokohama

We looked all over and determined that we had eaten at the most expensive Chinese buffet in the Yokohama Chinatown area…BUT if you can afford it, don’t let price be the only deciding factor. I recommend this place for the quality of the food. Every dish we tried was awesome and they were endless - so if you like it, order it again.

We had various dishes and they all tasted great. The cleanliness of the place is very appreciated. The food came within minutes of order and piping hot. We came just shortly after 11am and were seated right away.

We found the service to be excellent. We appreciated the gentleman who came to explain, in alittle English, how to order from the electronic menu. We appreciated his explanation and the time he took to show us the system and the physical menus. The electronic menu does not have English but has tons of pictures, the physical menus and alot of Google translate did the rest. They also have physical menus you can try to correlate the digital ones to. Do not feel overwhelmed, take your time and try a few dishes out - order your usual Chinese meal favorites first. The system allows only 16 dishes to be placed at any one time so order a few, decide some more and order further. You have 2.5hrs in total to eat and enjoy.

Ask the servers for hot tea, there’s 5 types of Chinese tea, it is only on the physical menu (the placard type).

Did I say you have 2.5hrs for the entire buffet and can have anything on the menu as many times as you want - alcohol is extra although we didn’t have any.

Then at the end, order the almond soft serve, you will NOT be disappointed - I believe it is their signature dish. Again, order it as many times as you like. We certainly left much heavier and happier than entering.

It’s a busy place but not noisy, no one was talking loudly and if they were having conversation, it was done quietly and volume of speech respectful of other guests; so we read the room and copy.

If you are a foreigner to Japan, like us, remember to say your “Arrigatos”and exchange money with both...

All signs (in our life) pointed us to this spot to try the famous almond soft serve ice cream in the one night we had in town before boarding a cruise around Japan. We walked in with very little Japanese under our belt and the friendly staff looked at us inquisitively and all I could say (in English) was "ice cream' and they knew exactly what to do. We walked out a couple of minutes later with a soft serve almond ice cream cone and were quite happy with what we had done. Perfectly creamy with a unique almond flavor normally reserved for cookies in a Chinese restaurant. Well, it IS a Chinese restaurant, so that tracks. Glancing at the menu there are lots of options, though limited for vegetarians. The ice cream alone is worth stopping in for a unique and delicious treat if you're in this...

Since i am chinese, i am going to rate it with the standards of a chinese person who ate chinese food in japan. The place serve food with taste from different parts of china, it is not the best flavors you can get in those parts. It is just okay, price for one person is $38. It is what you expect from a buffet, okay food across the board a few specialties. Don't mistake their popular dishes as their best dishes. Their most popular dish is peking duck wrapped in a thin rice pancake is overhyped. My advice is not to have high expectations when...