Century Super Buffet — Restaurant in New York

I visited the buffet today and I have to say that I would not recommend this place to anyone. The reasons I visited included thr fact that it was around for a long time and the manager seemed to be paying attention to the Google reviews. Walking through the doors I was welcomed by and staff member and was shown to my table. The place is kept fairly clean and the welcome staff was polite. This was pretty much the only pleasant part of dining here. Before going, I checked the menu to see what dishes were there and even called in the find out what time of the day had the full buffet. To my surprise, most of the main dishes were not there. I only asked for 2 dishes which I was looking forward to trying, veal and duck, and the staff spoke as if I were asking for some strange food that they have never heard of. Why would you put something on the website menu and not have it in restaurant? Whatever dishes they offered needed more flavor. As for the main dinner attraction, the crab legs, it was not worth the visit at all. The legs looked so dirty and were bland. If you leave out dishes from the menu and under season whatever food is there, the very least you can do is make the main attraction make up for the negatives. Other than the bad food, I received the check before trying the dessert. The restaurant was about 30% occupied and they were ready for me to leave. This was by far the most insulting thing ever. This is supposed to be a buffet, all you can eat, and they try to kick people out before they can finish. To put a expired cherry on top of that, the waitress who was trying to kick me out, rudely asked for her tip before I got a chance to leave one. Overall, this was the worst experience I had at a buffet. I know that the manager will reply to this review and say that he will talk to his staff and I should give the place another chance. After reading their previous reponses and actually going to restaurant, I have to say that these reviews are not read by Century...

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I’ve been coming here for a long time. I first started coming when I was a little kid. The quality has really went down throughout the years. I don’t know if they went through new management or something, but the food isn’t as great as I remembered it to be.

There is different pricing for the food throughout the day. Lunch is about $18 and ends 3:30 but Dinner is much more expensive and is past 3:30. For $18, the food is mediocre. I can’t really much complain about the quality. The atmosphere and environment is much better than the food quality.

Nowadays, I would go alone every few weeks; in fact, I went today. Every single time I went, I’ve had the waitresses hassle me for tips. I’m not against tipping and I do tip for good service. But let’s be real, this is a buffet and all I’m asking is my water to be refilled. Why do I have to pay extra just for someone to walk 5 ft, grab a pitcher and essentially what their job requires them to do? Can I get my own water then if I have to tip them for that? Because I’m sure they would tell me I can’t and so I’m basically forced to tip. I am always put into this uncomfortable situation with the waitress staring at me or repeatedly asking for tips. Even the times I said no, they continue to harass me until I say yes.

It used to be that the tip was included with the bill as gratuity. This isn’t a much better option if every waitress just harasses the customer for tips. I don’t know if I’m going to continue eating here. It’s absolutely absurd how the waitresses can act like that, but other waitresses in other businesses will literally get fired for harassing...

If I could give zero stars to this horrible place I would. First I would like to describe my experience as horrific. The manager is a racist, he told us we were not welcome there anymore due to us asking that the pan of snow crab legs they had sitting there for 3 hours had not been changed and we requested for more. There were only 2 sitting there and they looked old and disgusting. They weren't even the original orange color they are supposed to be, but a dark rusted brown. He put his hands on a man who also asked the same thing, to have the pan of crab legs changed. He refused until we called 311 for his rudeness. Most of the food tasted overcooked and or stale.The only things that seemed on point were the cake and fruits. The restaurant has gone downhill since the old manager left there 10 years ago. Now its a racist jerk who gives people ultimatums to eat there or leave, has poor customer service skills,most likely needs anger management since he can't take criticism. His workers were playing with their phones, flipping their hair around, snacking on the buffet floor over the food, and the sushi guy didn't wash his hands after picking his nose and playing with his phone as well as cleaning off the counter with the rag and his gloves on during and after these things. Even if my mom and I aren't welcome there anymore, who would want to come back and dine at a...