Peking Buffet — Restaurant in Coralville

I went to this horrible place called a chinese buffet last night. My kids are under two and the lady questioned me about my sons age! We get sitted there is only one high that i see so i use that for my littlest. Go get their food then mine. My oldest starts getting off the chair and running. I finally ask about another high chair the lady kept saying corner, corner couldnt understand what she was saying... So i sat back down and my son once again got back up and this time ran behind the register. I follow and the lady ask if i can control him. Are you serious thats why i asked for the high chair!! Once again go and sit back down and this guy comes out he stops there talking in their language hes staring and pointing talking. I finally go up ask if the lady is the owner. Said no, i asked for the owner, her owner no here, k well call them i want to talk to them, her what you problem, what you problem. I finally say my problem is you guys i ask for a high chair you wont get me one then when my child goes behind the counter you ask if i can control them?! Thats why i asked for the high chair!!! At this point my child is refusing to go into the high chair im in tears cause im so mad and fustrated we finally leave. I barely got to eat any of my food. One cause my child was misbehaving and two i just wanted to get out of there cause they made me feel like i was a burden and they humiliated me. I leave and call and ask when i manager will be in. What the matter in a rude tone the lady said. I said i dont care to talk to you just let me know when the manager will be in. So i call today and the manager was just as rude!!!! How you know they talking about you do you speak Chinese? How you know. CLEARLY when i can see him staring at me point and talking they are talking about me!! I wanted a refund one because i barely ate and the service they said no couldnt do that that there was nothing...

Whenever my son has to go to the University of Iowa for his appointments, he always wants to go to this place. It has really gone downhill in the last couple of years, and now even my son doesn't want to go back! On Valentines Day, it was beyond belief awful!! Waiter acted like we were bothering him for service. All the food had no taste to it (didn't think there was a way to screw up Egg Drop soup, but this place found a way). Even my son's Sprite tasted moldy and old, I had to take the drink up to the waiter (because he never came back), and tell him that the Sprite was bad. My hot tea tasted like hot water. My son used their bathroom, and he came back to our table recommending that I don't use it, because there was toilet paper all over the floor, and it had somebody's "business" all over it! Waiter brought us our ticket, asked us to pay, and I said I would be going up to the front to pay for the meal (this part had nothing to do with the waiter, I just don't let my credit/debit card out of my sight no matter where I go) . He follows me up to the front, cashes me out, I sign the slip. Once he saw that I did not tip, he slams his hand down on the counter, yelled something to me in Chinese, and stomped away. I stayed there and complained to the next employee who came to the counter, but since she was not there to hear what he said, she could not help me. 30 minutes later, I called the place to complain to management, and the same lady that spoke to me at the counter answered the phone...she was the Manager!

I could see with reading the other reviews, that Waiters cussing in Chinese at patrons that don't reward terrible service with a tip, is not an isolated occurrence at Peking Buffet. How sad that management, in any establishment, would not be horrified (if not at least concerned) that this took place. Guaranteed, we will not be...

Decided to try this despite of some negative reviews and low expectations. We went there around 8pm and it did not look very busy. When you go to Chinese buffet and see place not very busy, it is definitely a good indicator of how the food will be. I thought it was going to be not so great experience but there were good number of food options there and most of the items I tried seemed cooked alright with the exception of couple items that appeared to be sitting for a while and not worth eating. We were party of 3 and waiter leading us to the seating did not speak good English but we were able to convey that two of us wanted buffet and one wanted to order out of the menu. Food out of the menu was hot but was not so great, although sushi was alright. They had Mongolian grille that was part of the buffet but no one bothered to explain this to us so we didn't try that. I say items with red meat were fine but I would question sea food and for sure items with chicken. It seemed like a really low quality of white meat with mostly ends and smaller pieces of meat but very few times you would see good piece of meat in the food. Veggies were good so you definitely can get your daily quota of fibers. Waiter was not so attententiv and was sitting in one of the booth with his cell phone so may be wasn't interested in serving any longer. We asked for chop sticks and he pointed the direction where I had to go get it. There is no 2.5 star so I have them 3 since food was cheap enough and expecting too much would not be a justice. Overall it wasn't the best food but also not the worst either. It will fill you up if that's your objective. Give them a try like I did, sounds like there are times when freshly cooked food makes it to the buffet. I went there in dinner time and I am willing to try...