Honsan Restaurant — Restaurant in Oslo

My girlfriend and I wanted to eat buffet, and ended up here despite the bad reviews I've read beforehand. The expectations were low but I was still disappointed.

The restaurant: The staff was polite and nice but were in a hurry. We were met at the door and was seated within a couple minutes. Both the interior and exterior of the restaurant is extremely distasteful, filled with tacky chandeliers, led light strips and poor furnishment. We were placed in the back of the restaurant and I was facing som sort of storage compartment with visible washing buckets and mops etc.

The food: We chose the buffet option, and didn't expect a culinary experience, but even compared to other cheaper buffets, it was not a good experience. The buffet serving area was small and overcrowded, the counter serving meat seemed unsanitary and had cross contamination. The meat and vegetables were prepared just fine, but used a bit much oil. Some of the beef pieces were not properly cooked thru, something to take in to conideration since they also had pork and chicken as and option. Other sides such as calamari, spring rolls were dry and was most likely not fresh by any means.

Conclusion: Overall the food lacked flavor, and the meat was tough. Our stay lasted 45 minutes, there was no wish to stay for longer than the main course despite having other expectations for the day. We only ate one portion since the experience took our appetite away. 2x Buffet + 1 soft drink and 1 beer...

Found this Chinese resto in Oslo from Google so we decided to try. At the first time we came, we ordered Seafood, Beef, and Chicken with Chilli Sauce served in Iron Pot, and Grilled Duck Breast with Pancake, Leek, Cucumber & Hoisin Sauce. The Iron Pot dish was nice and ingredients were fresh. Grilled duck breast was good too and meat was tender. Portion was sufficient, service was standard. Since it’s good then we decided to visit again for the second time. We ordered exactly the same menu. But this time it was a bit disappointing as the kitchen forgot to put the scampi and scallops inside the Iron Pot. This ingredients were brought later by the waitress to put inside the pot. And when we tried the scallops it was not fresh (tasted bad/fishy/old). Then we didn’t eat it and put it aside. After we finished eating the waitress came and asking how’s our food today and when we told the scallops wasn’t fresh she was shocked as if she didn’t accept our feedback and didn’t believe us of what we were saying. It’s really disappointing responds. If you don’t accept criticism, and only accept compliments, why in the first place you are asking customers feedback on the food? Doesn’t make sense. If the ingredients were fresh then why we put it aside? As we paid expensive for the food. The Iron Pot costs 295 NOK. And for the Grilled Duck it was okay but the pancake was very dry and stick to each other. Anyway it was good experience on the first time, but not the...

The pick and mix buffet-food itself was cooked very nicely, though a touch oily, and a crack of pepper and a sprinkle of salt during cooking would have been nice. The freshness of the meat and veggies could not be argued; nice colour, no smell, and a great crunch from both the cabbage and carrots. The lamb was the clear favourite of the evening, with the pork not far behind. The sauces were flavourful and rich, and the sides were prepared nicely. The homemade chilli oil was very well balanced, and not too overpowering. The beef tart was a bit dry and chewy, but had a great buttery flavour. The seafood dumplings were quite taste, espescially with the black vinegar. The wakame salad was fresh, but once it ran out, I did not see it refilled. Our server Chris was a cheerful, attentive, and bubbly person, and was helpful with the questions we had throughout. He is also the person who asked us to review the place with enthusiasm and honesty, so...