New China Buffet — Restaurant in Corvallis

Me and my mom have been coming here for years. I make it a point to try and eat a lot of different places and this is one of my favorite places in the Corvallis area.

Me and mom usually make it here after church on Sundays. It's a nice diverse collection of foods. Not the "best" Chinese food out there but better than many I have had as well. The selling point is the amount of selections. I am diabetic and try to eat low carb, there are more than a few options with unbreaded meats and veggies, seafood is my favorite type of food and they have more than a few options especially on the weekends when they have crab legs.

The sushi is not on par with dedicated sushi places but its certainly better than grocery store sushi. I love their egg flower soup. Crab legs are my fave and they sometimes have two kinds (one seasons with Cajun boil spices and the other steamed plain) I love the cooked and shelled shrimp. The green beans. They have carbs if that's your thing, I do like their fried rice, the noodles are a little bit low on flavor but scratch the itch. I like their chicken with broccoli dish, and my mom loves the clams. They recently started doing a pork belly dish that is a guilty pleasure. I also tend to treat myself at the end with their fried Chinese donuts and sometimes an ice-cream. They have cakes but I stay away from those. They also have a Mongolian grill style station where you can have them stir fry you something fresh.

The staff sometimes take a little bit of time to get refills in but are always trying to help and are pleasant. Sometimes they like to pre-bus the table a bit too efficiently but not pushy and always ask. (I use empty bowls for cracked crab shell and clam shells and sometimes they try to take them thinking they are no longer in use) I have never had an issue with payment or anyone taking extra tips... I saw another review saying that and thought that was absurd. I've never known any of the wait staff to actually even bring up or hint at "only caring about the tip amount"

The bathrooms are always clean and the only thing about them I could say is that its a little "odd" that they put store bought hand soap out on the sink counter tops instead of using/refilling the wall mounted ones... but honestly i like the store bought soap better than the wall ones usually anyway so it's a non-issue and honestly gives it a more "local owner mom and pops" vibe if anything.

My Filipino cousin was visiting in town and actually went out of her way to ask to come here a second time before her flight because she loved it so much and said the buffets in Kentucky did not compare to this one and it was much better. So if you're not a knit picky person looking for things to complain about this place is more than good. It's not fine dining its a buffet. But it's nowhere near "bad" and I have never gotten sick from eating their food in the nearly 20 years I have been regularly going. As one of the few buffets left in Corvallis after Izzy's pizza and Mongolian grill shut down, it's in my opinion the best one...

The good The bad and The ugly... Ok so there is no ugly. 1st impression? The restaurant is very clean and the buffet itself LOOKS amazing! Most all the trays were full and plenty hot! The staff was very friendly and attentive. Seating was clean and comfortable. Overall the esthetics are very good. The bad. Although everything LOOKED great? Each dish we tried was just.. Blah.. Not bad but missing something. The sushi on the other hand was a total fail. There were several to choose from but the rice was not prepared properly. It was either undercooked and flavorless or had been sitting out WAY TOO LONG. Chewy and disappointing. The deep fried items were over battered and mushy. The shrimp? Chewy and flavorless. Best way to explain this is its like we ordered a motorcycle off Temu. It has all the features and pretty colors but it just doesn't work! Don't get me wrong. Everything was edible but not one single thing stood out to the point you say to yourself. Wow! I am definitely coming back for this! This would be a good place to bring kids that don't like anything anyway because the per plate price was very fair. We got out for just under 40 bucks for the 2 of us. Can't say that about Burgerville anymore! 😀 Would we go back? Yes but wouldn't be a destination choice as we drove 80 miles...

They were open inside - we simply did a togo box which was pretty ok price for the amount I got. I understand needing to keep less on hand becouse they never know if they will have more or less customers. The thing my family & I craved had very little avalible and we would of had to wait for them to prepair more... when its 5 different things and 10-15 minutes waiting its a bit much. Also the things that we had gone to them for were thier peanut butter chicken. Always been the best. Since it sat under the light in that pan for a bit it got kinda dried out and the outsides hardened. When we ordered from door dash before and just got the that it was fresh and great... while in restaurant the quality shouldn't go down. Still good but needs to be switched out more regularly. (Or more sauce so it...