King Chinese Buffet — Restaurant in Clayton

Granted, I did go in about 45 minutes before closing but still... the experience could’ve been much better. I started writing this as I waited for my check and watched the staff clean the restaurant.

The staff started taking items off of the bar at least 30 minutes before closing. The majority of the remaining items were already cold. The food probably wouldn’t have been so bad if it was fresh and hot.

My server came to my table twice while I was actually at the table— once to drop off the check and once to bring back my to-go drink (which I had to ask for as she walked away). Not sure if she was just too preoccupied with cleaning or if she is rude. She did seem to have time to goof off with the hibachi cook though, so hey. 🤷🏾‍♀️

The environment was not welcoming. Even when I went to the hibachi station, the cook made a weird face at the server. So, I asked if the hibachi station was still open and he reluctantly said yes. Then I saw a gnat fly into the pineapples at the hibachi station.🤢😷 I went to the sushi station but all of the sushi has already been removed. The cashiers began to remove the items from the hibachi station soon after.

I’ve worked in a restaurant with a buffet before, so I understand that the employees need to begin some of the closing duties before the restaurant closes; however, it is in extremely poor tastes to start removing items from the buffet before the restaurant closes— especially when the main attraction is the buffet.

Also, they mopped the floor at the entrance and failed to put up a wet floor sign near the door. The cashier warned me about the wet floor as I left, but someone coming in from the outside would have to cross the wet floor without a warning.

On a positive note, the cashier was friendly. Also, the bathroom was clean. I still want my money...

Not sure if I'm overreacting but here we go....

I've been to tons of Chinese buffet restaurants and never have I paid at the table. As me and my roommate were finishing up, the waitress brings over our check. As I get up to go pay, she says that we pay at the table, which was weird cause like I said before I've never paid at the table. When she walks away, my roommate said he didn't see the white family, that sat in the same area, didn't pay at the table. Then we start to wonder if the Hispanic family that sat in the same area as us was going to pay at the table as well. As we walked out, I looked back and the Hispanic family is paying at the register. I go back in and asked the lady at the register is there a difference between us paying at the table and the Hispanic family paying at the register. The lady said you can pay at the table or at the register, but the waitress didn't even give us the option to pay at the register. She just took our cards. The waitress didn't offer the other 2 families to pay at the table, why not?? One final note, after we got assigned a table the same waitress tried to switch our table to somewhere different from our original table which was in the same area as the other 2 families. Our table was in a separate room while the table she was trying to switch to was out in the open. I guess they were trying to keep an eye on us.

Racial profiling at its worst. I'm never going...

Food: Since we recently moved back to the area, we were hoping we would have a new "go to" Chinese spot. King Chinese Buffet will not be our "go to". The food was not good at all. It was luke-warm and it really did not have much flavor. The General Tso's Chicken was mushy and a bit slimey. The spring rolls were old-tasting and were not crispy at all. In fact, they were chewy and tough. The vegetable lo mein was flavorless as they tasted like plain noodles. My wife and kids all agreed that the food was some of the worst Chinese food we have ever had.

Atmosphere: Plenty of seating...not many customers in the place. The air conditioning system was broken so the restaurant was at almost 90 degrees according to the thermostat by the restroom. The restrooms were clean. My wife's dishes were dirty as the her spoon had someone else's food on it.

Customer Service: Quick and very kind. She kept our water replenished.

Price: For four of us to eat it was $43 (with water to drink), so for the quality of food and our experience, the price was considered high.

Conclusion: 1 Star. Gross, tasteless food...fair customer service, somewhat dirty restaurant, dirty silverware...simply not worth the money. We left the restaurant as quickly as we could and none of us finished our food. We will not return...