Shao Lin — Restaurant in Sitges

Sh tty place

Our family mistake was to go to this place without looking at the reviews first. The first thing I saw was a large empty hall, which was quite logical when we finished.

We were greeted by a slow, disgruntled waiter with a mocking smile. I immediately asked if they were going to close for a break? Who told us that “we seem to be closing for lunch, but it seems we’re not. I’ll find out from the owner.” After which we were told that we should not worry and sit down at the table.

Sangria de cava was inexpensive but not tasty, sour and not sweet enough.

The food is actually not that bad. BUT VERY BAD SERVICE, after which you don’t feel like eating at all. You lose your appetite at the thought that they might spit in your food or make fun of you with your orders. Because when I just asked for wasabi, the woman started shouting loudly to her colleague in Chinese about wasabi and laughing, not with joy Ultimately, after about an hour, all the staff left for a break, only the owner and this woman were left. She tried to make us understand with words that it was time for us to leave and take everything with us, for payment, of course. This rule applies in a free buffet. The last thing she did was try to take the plate with the words “Is this the same for you?”

This is perhaps the most disgusting free buffet I've ever been to!

I will never go there again and do not recommend it...

VEGETARIANS BEWARE: I’m giving this place four stars because it overall deserves it, but read my experience as follows for a vegan perspective:

This a Chinese buffet restaurant except that instead of choosing from a buffet, you order as much as you want from the menu for a fixed price - rather unusual. They actually do give you everything you want. Food quality is okay.

They do have a number of veg options marked on the menu. The miso soup was good (you never know at regular restaurants if the miso has fish ingredients, so beware). They have yasai gyoza which was definitely veg. They made veg tempura which was fried in the same oil they fry the fish - and it was easy to taste it - so I didn’t eat much of that. They served me a plate of vegetables which seemed veg but the sauce was suspect. Avocado sushi was fine. Spring roll was okay but greasy.

I didn’t eat much of anything because they bring so much.

The big problem was at the end they brought me the special tofu mixed veg I’d requested and it was covered in meat sauce. I’ve had this problem in mainland China - where they’ll say it’s a vegetarian tofu dish but put meat-based sauce on it (I think they actually thinks that’s still vegetarian).

So, it’s an interesting place with a very nice interior, but very risky for...

One star because unfortunately-5 is not contemplate in Google. Worse service and food I’ve ever had the misfortune to try. Service is chaotic, slow and u get ignored by everyone except when they wanna charge u (ahead) with the excuse that many ppl flee the restaurant without paying. Awful concept since the coronavirus these buffet are not worth the effort. They make money on bad service and make u wait till u leave so they cash in on u. We ordered around 10 dishes and they started coming without order, after 30 mins of course, 5 out of 10 where missing, the rice (wrong type) by the time got cold and so where the noodles. We left in frustration after we tasted the sweet and sour pork (3 dices of it) since it was awful 🤮 My advice: stay far...