Oasis Buffet — Restaurant in Hesperia

May 24, 2025. First time here at Oasis Buffet since their grand opening was a few days ago. It's really busy and packed with customers everywhere. We waited for a while to be seated since there was quite a long line (every party had been given a random number which are called at a random time as well). We arrived around 4:58 pm, were seated at 5:42 pm, left around 7:15 pm. Not sure about the time limit for dining there. I don't see any signage of it anywhere but I may have missed it. The good thing about the long wait would be that you definitely know the foods are made freshly enough around the clock. While they are trying to refill the demands of customers going back and forward for more. Some foods tasted really good while others were bland and dry. I really loved the assortment of dishes you can pick from like fried crabs, shrimp, octopus tentacles, clams, crawfish, raw oyster with half shell 🦪, chicken feet, grill chicken, ribs, chicken and broccoli, sauteed beef, egg rolls, red bean sesame balls, chicken sticks, pizza, fries, taro buns, BBQ buns?, 4 flavor soups, cheese wonton, vanilla & chocolate cakes, cheese cake?, raspberries mousses?, coffee flavor cakes, ice cream, salad, fruits, mango jello 🤤, strawberry jello?, pineapple, cantaloupe, melon, sweet oranges 🤤, sushi, teppanyaki grill? (Open flat grill) with fresh vegetables n raw meats, and many more other foods that I do not know the names of or remember since I was not paying attention to the name labels. I was blindly picking all the dishes I think looked delicious. The service was a bit lacking which is understandable for it being newly open. We waited about 30 minutes or so for one of the waiters to finally pick up our dishes and refill our water. But afterwards we had a waiter who constantly came and bus our table. It would be nice if they had name tags on so we can identify between who is who. All I know is that the waiter who helps bus our table the most is a bit on the chubby side with black gloves on (I think she had long black hair). Which was a sweet heart. Very attentive and polite. There was a skinny lady who bus our table as well but she gave us an attitude. Which seems like she does not want to be there at all. She kept giving us a dirty look and took a while to refill our first round of water plus walk by so many times without grabbing the dirty dishes. She checks on the table surrounding us often and just literally tries her best to dodge us. She was also the one who gave us our check and the same person who gave the check back for signing. The overall customer service was 3 stars because of the skinny lady attitude (Our personal experience with their servers). We were also seated in the far back wall near the last booth next to the private room. We may come back again just to eat the seafood dishes. I'll probably would recommend this place if the service was a lot better and the wait wasn't so long since there's no shade outside. You're basically waiting outside in the hot sun just to eat for 1-2 hrs. Overall the food was pretty tasty which I do recommend. I ate a total of 3 fried crab plates and an array of other items they had. I became full pretty quickly since there were so many varieties of dishes to choose from. Definitely worth the price for what you paid for. Total cost was $60 with tips but it was $49.54 For 2 people... Saturday night dinner. This is my personal experience as well as my significant other on this particular day. It may change the next time we go again. But everyone has their own opinion of what they experience the day they went. You can be your own judge and give this place a try. No reviews are right or wrong. Everyone can speak their mind as long as it's appropriate enough. Then why do restaurants have reviews if you can't be honest with your own experience and opinion... Eat at...

JUN25 update: Waiting time for Sunday evening 17:30 is 25 minutes. When we left at 19:30 there's no waiting for table. So go early or late, not peak. You take a number card on the left side of the entrance lobby, make sure the young lady note down your number and wait to be called.

The spread is one of the biggest I've seen this side of las Vegas. It's important to take one piece or at most two to start, or it's impossible to sample everything on offer. Pile on later if you are not already under the table.

Sushi are all okay. I tried every type and none are unacceptable . Not comparable to a real Japanese restaurant handmade stuff, but for all you can eat it's above average. The sashimi is slightly disappointing - the tuna suffered from suboptimal defrosting or storage, being below expectations on flavour and texture. Next is the teppanyaki. No expense was spared with flanken ribs (calbi) provided. The steaming hot finished dish has strong flavour profile and recommended. Four soups are available. I'd recommend the seafood tofu as it's almost comparable to restaurant fare, with the hot and sour not far behind. Full salad bar with cold seafood. Octopus and vinegar chicken paws are recommended, although the latter could use more cooking time for a softer texture. Five counter's worth of entrees are available. All are acceptable to very good. Some are rarely available at buffets like BBQ pork bun, not that it's so good it'll put dim sum joints out of business, but for variety. The only exception is the salt and pepper shrimp, which suffered from the same problem as the sashimi, although the other shrimp dishes are okay. Big desert table, including cream cakes and fruit. Ice cream is really good for a buffet. Score one for kid friendliness. Service is acceptable, I experienced no issues mentioned in other reviews. Since it just opened, I feel a few dishes are below expectations is not surprising. I hope they will sort out the teething issues, for instance some could be equipment or procedures related and would not be difficult to effect improvement. There's no doubt that the back kitchen can deliver reasonably good food for such an ambitious spread.

Overall firmly recommended. For $22 it's unbelievable value. Big choices big flavours.

May25: At the location of wood...

We visited the new Oasis Buffet in Hesperia with high hopes but unfortunately left feeling that significant changes are needed. While the restaurant has some positive aspects, particularly its service, the overall food quality was deeply concerning and will prevent us from returning. To the restaurant's credit, the service staff was excellent. Our drink refills were handled promptly, and finished plates were cleared from our table with impressive efficiency. This attentiveness was the highlight of our experience. Regrettably, the food fell dramatically short of expectations. The seafood selection was the most alarming, and I would strongly advise other patrons to avoid it entirely. The quality was poor enough to be a complete non-starter for us. The sushi was only slightly better, meriting a 2.5/5 at best, and the general Chinese food options were mediocre, landing around a 3/5. The hibachi grill offered a brief moment of promise but ultimately became a lesson in inconsistency. One of the chefs, a younger gentleman, prepared a delicious and well-seasoned plate. However, on returning for a second helping, a different chef prepared a plate that was bland and tasted completely unseasoned. This lack of consistency from the main grill is a serious issue. The dessert bar ended up being the best part of the meal, and the simple joy my children found in the jello was a small silver lining to an otherwise disappointing dinner. A significant factor in our visit was a concern regarding the restaurant’s health grade, which we had seen reported as a "C." Combined with the very poor quality of the seafood and the inconsistent cooking, we cannot recommend Oasis Buffet at this time. This was our first and will be our last visit unless major...