Imperial Buffet — Restaurant in Fairfield

This place is a disgrace to buffets and to Asian cuisine.

$15.50 for lunch, and it’s served on styrofoam plates, bowls, and cups. You’re expected to clean up after yourself, and if you don’t finish their bland, low-grade food, they threaten to charge you $8.99 per pound for leftovers. That’s not hospitality—it’s a scam.

The food was terrible. Everything tasted the same. Chicken was soggy. Beef was mushy. The “fried rice” was just yellow rice with a couple peas—no egg, no flavor. Desserts were worse. Flan was greasy, and the tapioca tasted off. Nothing was fresh. Nothing was good.

There’s no atmosphere, no decor, no pride in presentation. You walk in and immediately see a buffet table with plastic taped across it. The register is hidden in the back corner like they’re ashamed to be there.

This restaurant doesn’t respect its food, its customers, or its own identity. I will never go back, and I strongly suggest you don’t either.

Drive to Ottumwa or Washington. Save your time, money, and dignity. This place...

This place was kind of mind blowing for all the wrong reasons. For an Asian buffet I do not expect much, just decent quality on the average. This place though, was cold, odd and expensive. Not only was the restaurant cold but the food on the buffet was cold, the chicken on a stick must have been there for days. The odd things are you must clean your own table by throwing away your PAPER PLATES in the trash then dump your drinking glasses into a tub and silverware in a separate tub. A large sign warning you, if you do not eat the majority of your plate or you will be charged was jarring and uncomfortable as you ate.

Probably the most odd experience I’ve had at any restaurant, especially a...

Giving 5 instead of 4 because the girl working was super kind, the bourbon chicken was fire, and their tea was delicious. Realistically selection wise it’s not really up there with most Chinese buffets but for what they do have it was fresh and good. Price is better than others I’ve been too, and the place was clean and the music was relaxed. Only real complaint & this is more of a general buffet issue than just here specifically but dumplings (gyoza / potstickers) are always awful. They just don’t hold up past being made & served fresh and heat lamps love to work their hell on them.

Solid all...