Feast Buffet — Restaurant in Katy

Honest review: I have been 5 different times and with different people each time although the core group remained the same.

For starters, if you do not eat seafood, your choices will be severely limited. If you are vegan, your choices will be severely limited. Vegetarians are safe. If you do not indulge or like Asian cuisine, your choices will be limited.

Now, that said, please note I said your choices will be limited, not zero. They mostly have chicken as the none-seafood option but also have pork, and some beef entrees although they pale in number to the seafood and chicken options. However, if you have no dietary restrictions or preferences, then you will likely love Feast. As for sides, they have a good number of them both traditional (i.e. green beans, rice, mac and cheese) and non-traditional (i.e.bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers, fried rice, stuffed portobello mushrooms). They have a whole fried foods section that has most (if not all) of the norms like popcorn shrimp, chicken nuggets, fries, and even fried corn. On the opposite side is more of salad/fruit bar as well as what I like to call the "kids bar" where you'll find pizza and, sometimes, spaghetti.

The main feature though is the central bar and the sushi bar right across from it. It features all Asian dishes, seafood, and multiple types of sushi. There is even a hibachi where you can build a bowl by choosing your own veggies and proteins which are then cooked for you on the spot.

Desserts are decidedly pedestrian but kid friendly like cups of ice cream (like the ones they have at birthday parties), cookies, various cakes (in small slices hence the kid-friendly designation), and, of course, jello. Nothing fancy but also nothing like you'd expect given the vast selection of everything else.

Consequently, they do lose some points because the non-Asian, non-seafood options aren't many and aren't that great (although they're good) depending on ypur tastes. They also lose points for the lack of dessert options although what they have is satisfactory. Points are deducted too for something wholly unrelated to their actual food; the enormous koi pond inside. Honestly, there is a reason why indoor koi ponds aren't really a thing and Feast reminds you why; when you enter, sometimes, it smells like your forgetful aunt's fish house that doesn't remember to clean her fish tank with any regularity. Its always present but on three of my five trips, it was OVERPOWERING. So if the smell of the ocean at your dining establishment (and I do mean the OCEAN ocean) induces nausea for you, you likely won't like what you smell when you first walk into feast.

That said, the pond is generally clean and the fish are pretty big and pretty cool (the kids love it) but due to its size, it is hard for them to keep the smell of a thousand fish tanks from permeating the air at the entry and by the register. Even so, you dont have to worry too much about getting a whiff of it while eating since the layout features a wall on both sides of the entry and thereby shielding the dining areas. This pretty much isolates the tank smell to the front entrance, the register area, and the very front of the sushi bar closest to the entry which, I guess, was going to smell like fish anyway. Still loses points though for it.😂

Finally, the staff are pretty nice and helpful and they keep your drinks filled even without asking. There's a lot of them so they linger around the table, never going too far but they're not intrusive.

Overall though, I'd give it a 4.3 out of 5 stars. If you want variety and have no real restrictions on what you can eat or like to eat, you'll find their selection more than satisfying and, tbh, a little overwhelming. If you do have some of those restrictions, you can still enjoy what they have but you're going to either love what's left or hate it. My twin who doesn't eat seafood and most chicken dishes hated it although her husband (who also doesn't eat seafood) loved it because they had an abundance of pork ribs and chicken dishes that...

The food at this place is very average, and the atmosphere/vibe is kinda tacky and nasty. First, the parking lot SMELLS, I mean seriously the parking lot STANK. This place is on the outskirts of Katy, but that parking lot smells like a cattle ranch or a street in a third world country. The smell of trash and urine was unmistakable and whether fair or not influences judgement of this restaurant as you walk in. So already I felt gross waking in. The restaurant is enormous, with some gaudy statutes and fish pond in the front check in area. It’s clear this building used to be a department store of some kind before it was converted into a mega all you can restaurant. Although cheesy looking, the restaurant seemed reasonably clean and well kept, but it had a clear lower class vibe to it, people in pajamas, tank tops, wife beater shirts, etc. You’ll see families with dozens of little booger kids running around, the same family you see clogging up the aisle at Target and Wal-Mart. But perhaps that “man of the people” aura of the place appeals to some and makes the food more enjoyable. I mean one guy at table next to me just blew his nose into his hands and wiped his snot onto the table he was at instead of using a napkin. I was like bro come on, even working class people should not do that in public. I’m not trying to be a snob, it’s not like I’m rich and eat at posh restaurants or have a home in River Oaks, but I’ve been to buffets in the med center, the heights, midtown or a really good buffet cafeterias closer to 99 freeway that felt far more professional and with a higher standard, and didn’t have a parking lot full of trash that smelled so bad. But I know most buffet places tend to be very cheapo and offer all you can eat at value prices, so I get this high quantity over low quality. But just everything about Feast from the tacky look, the parking lot smell, and the other patrons made The Golden Corral look like a fancier option in comparison. The food here at Feast tastes decidedly average. The rice and noodles felt alright. Much of the meat I tried tasted very rubbery and undercoooked or just plain old, and I became concerned I would get sick later. Luckily I did not, but I would be careful not to just gorge yourself with food at this place. They never took care of the wonton soup tank, but the other soups were OK. The desert bar was OK. I never tried the Mexican items, I stuck with Asian and American. The restaurant is huge, but the food is average. I’ll go ahead and just barely recommend this place and say it’s a decent enough place to eat, I remember my younger years I loved buffet restaurants and I didn’t care how stupid it looked or how average the food was, all I knew was I didn’t have much money and I found an all you can eat place. So I totally understand wanting to eat at a place like this. But if you can afford it, I would pick a better spot to celebrate a truly special occasion like a milestone birthday, wedding or graduation. This is OK for a regular birthday, but I would recommend a classier place for turning 21, 30, 40, 50, 60, etc. Some parts of Fry Rd are nice, other parts look sketchy. This area is not super dangerous, but I also didn’t feel completely safe, so I would be careful coming...

"Chaotic and frenzied" is what I walked away feeling about Feast Buffet. This buffet was on my bucket list to visit, but the end result was that I felt disappointed. It was so busy that it was a madhouse there, with too many people all pushing, out of order, grabbing, sniffing and sneezing on the food. (These were my literal observations.) There was so much disorder in the food serve lines that it made me question how safe the food was to eat. When we arrived, there was a line out the front door so we were thinking maybe this would be really good experience? The process is that you stand in the line, then get to a prepay the cashier for your party and then go collect a number card from a different attendee. As tables become available, they will call out your number and guide your party to your table. It was a very large crowd in the waiting area, reminiscent of being at the DMV. The tables were clean, but they were a lot of people! When getting to the food line, everybody was clamoring and there was no real order to getting into an organized line. People were cutting in and out of line as if there were a sudden food shortage. People were also picking up food and smelling it which seems really odd to me. I felt like there were a lot of unwashed hands and touching of everything and, anything, which made me a little bit skeptical and cautious. The food quality itself was very basic buffet food. Honestly you could see and taste the low-grade ingredients. Some foods were a little burnt and other foods being cooked heavily with oils. The sushi bar was well stocked but also not the greatest of quality. I've been to a lot of buffets my life, but this really was a culmination of subpar food and a crowd that was in a tsunami state of disarray. The staff are friendly and did keep up with providing service, cleaning dishes off the tables. They were also a very courteous and refreshed drinks. I have no complaints about the staff there, as I believe that they as hard as possible to make it a good experience. Overall, I get Feast Buffet one half of a thumbs up because it did meet the minimum requirements of a buffet. I'm glad that I tried it and for the price of about $20 a person, which is the average cost for buffets these days. But unfortunately, with this off my bucket list, I won't be returning. *On a good note, there is a Voodoo Donuts not more than half a mile away which made for a great end of the...