Great Wall Chinese Buffet — Restaurant in Lafayette

This is my absolute favourite go-to lunch spot in Lafayette. Everything about it is so perfect, from the food, to the service, to the price, to the restaurant itself. I've previously left a glowing review on China Wok in Baton Rouge, which was my go-to spot before I moved; this restaurant tops even that one.

I think my only complaint is that the soy sauce at the table is so intensely salty. I'd prefer a lower sodium option, ideally even a different brand since all of Kikkoman's soy sauce tends to just taste like liquid salt.

• • The Food - - -

The food is consistently good for a buffet. It doesn't seem to matter when you come in; even at its worst (around 3pm on a weekday, give or take), it only ever goes down to the level of "okay".

I always get the following: baked fish (lunch only), chicken on a stick, fried chicken wings, butterfly shrimp, sushi, lo mein, and sautéed mushrooms.

They also offer: cheesy imitation crab, crawfish (dinner only), garlic toast, fried corn nuggets, fried banana, fried fish, stuffed crab shells, crab rangoon, pork egg rolls, potato wedges, a few types of sushi, hot and sour soup, egg drop soup, fried rice, lo mein, butter shrimp, pepper steak, chicken w/ mixed veg, seafood delight, sautéed mushrooms, general tso chicken, cheesecake, oranges, pineapple, peaches, pears, honeydew, cantaloupe, lemons, peppers, red gelatin, chocolate cake, chocolate or vanilla or strawberry ice cream, chocolate or vanilla pudding, blue raspberry popsicles, and stick-in-the-muds.

Be careful with the soy sauce at the table, as it's rather salty; I believe it's the original one, not low sodium. I personally make sure to scoop a fair bit of brown sauce from my entree of choice at the buffet, that way I don't need to use as much soy sauce at the table.

• • The Service - - -

Service is fast and friendly yet never overbearing, the chef in particular is super nice and will be happy to replenish your favourites first if you ask politely.

• • The Price - - -

It is SO CHEAP! Just under $10 per person (not including drink; water is free) for lunch, $13 for dinner. Cutoff between lunch and dinner is 4pm.

• • The Restaurant- - -

It's small, clean, relatively quiet even at peak hours, conveniently right off the interstate. There's lots of natural light, yet even during the summer it's nice and cool inside. A mix of traditional and pop Chinese music usually plays in...

hands down the worst Chinese food buffet I've ever encountered!! We almost left, but with 2 kids, we stayed. The food was cold, had def been out way too long. Not much selection. We asked for food to be replaced, which some of it they did but it took forever. The fried chicken was so old, dry and tough you could've run it over with a truck and done it a favor. For the price we paid we felt robbed. I was scared of getting sick so didn't eat much. And def skip the crawfish. Looked like it had been there way too long!! It was very dirty, messy and just gave an...

Food was pretty tasty. We got there at 8:50 so there wasnt much selection on the buffet, but the hostess came up to us and asked us what exactly we wanted to eat and she would have the cool make it just for us so we were served fresh food from the buffet choices. When we got our ticket, we found she had discounted our food lower than the normal price. We left her the amount of the bill in tips. She was AMAZING!! I highly...