Red Wok Buffet — Restaurant in Phoenix

The experience was pleasantly mind boggling the whole way through: How can a buffet restaurant make such a wide variety of amazingly high quality food, and charge a person such a surprisingly decent price?

I love buffets--and I expect a certain level of corner cutting due the very nature of them. The Red Wok buffet is an unusual exception to this: most food items that I tried were absolutely fantastic. I actually found myself taking a moment to savor the flavor and texture of several of the offerings instead of mindlessly stuffing my face.

As far as "Chinese" buffets, I do look for sushi to be on the menu (ironically). The sushi here was not the best ever, but why should it be? The rice was a bit dry, the wasabi a bit mild, and the selection nothing to write home about, but it was definitely satisfying, and certainly seeing it on the menu was one of the main reasons I walked through the front door in the first place. Perhaps the restaurant keeps it this way, to let their customers quickly scratch that sushi itch and then move on to the main items that really crown this restaurant as one of the best buffets in the valley: the meat dishes.

Many meat dishes were presented, all on the scale of pleasant to spectacular. Beef, chicken, and seafood prepared in a plethora of ways fill display table after display table... One case in particular represented to me the skill/passion present in the cooking staff: the hibachi chicken and korean bbq chicken. They were right next to each other on the main course display and it seemed that both dishes were made from the same cuts of meat. Both were especially delicious and memorable not only because of the wonderful and distinctive flavors--but also in the differences in preparation: differences in tenderness, char, sauce thickness, and the decision to leave the skin on or take it off made gave each its own personality. The hibachi was slightly more firm, skinned, and finished with more char, which matched its tangy flavors, whereas the bbq was tender, skin-on, and in a thick dark savory sauce which I put over some of their fried rice. Absolutely. Positively. Delightful.

I also was able to indulge my taste for "american food" (ambiguous term, but you know what I mean). The fresh pepperoni pizza was reminiscent of an (actually hot and ready) "hot-n-ready" from Little Caesars, which I was okay with. There were surprisingly nice french fries which I went back for seconds of. Popcorn shrimp and chicken nuggets I passed over as I'm not a fan on the best of days. Mashed potatoes and gravy I also passed over for the same reason, but that's just me.

The sheer number of high quality options here are staggering. At most buffets, I can try a bit of everything before I'm stuffed beyond mobility. Here, I rationed stomach space and still did not even touch several highly seductive sections of the buffet at all, including what looked like a build-your-own stir fry, a request-a-grill, and the ice cream bar (which had real ice cream in those tubs you see at Baskin-Robbins). In retrospect, I literally just did the display tables and the sushi. There were also desserts and fruit, and I think I saw a salad bar as well. I was just so enamored by the items I mentioned that I was too full to try anything else.

The experience was so on-point that I was moved to write this review several days after. Surprisingly though: I have been considering going back. Every day. Well, maybe every other day... Could I afford that? Would it be worth a few extra hours at the gym every week? Y'know, in all seriousness? Maybe it...

So there I am after a long day of school and work just laying on my couch thinking of a good place to Squanch.... then i realized I was just really hungry and wanted something different, i wanted variety! I wanted chewy! I wanted crunchy! I wanted textures! I wanted sweets! ... and one piece of broccoli so I didn’t fully lose my dignity after indulging In glutinous roulette. I thought to myself “man! Chinese buffets have it all!” So i decided to be risky AF and go to a Chinese buffet on Thomas road an hour before they closed. As i was driving toward their location using google maps I realized I don’t need GPS cause from far away I could see the big bright sign that says “RED WOK BUFFET”... needless to say this place was LIT AF. As my mouth watered I passed the parking lot on accident, I then pulled an illegal U-Turn and smoothly glided my moms mini van into a vacant parking spot. At that point my stomach knew it was about to be punished so I removed my belt to maximize the payload. Upon walking into the RED WOK BUFFET I was greeted with a hello how are you? And a smile from a short pretty lady behind the the counter. She charged me $14.00 for my plate and said I can tell you’ve never been here.. I then laughed and said awesome! Please introduce me to your people because I’m a culturally illiterate white boi that listens to Master P, smokes parliaments and I need a heavy dose of sugar chicken. The restaurant was very clean and organized, with great lighting. If you’re looking for the salad bar - go to the back of the restaurant and don’t walk past it straight to the ice cream like i did. This place has it all ... Ice cream, pastries, Salad bar, sushi, pizza, crab legs, French fries .. and a huge assortment of sugar chicken. The food was delicioso! I ate three plates of food, downed 3 Mountain Dews and two bowls of ice cream... all of this was well worth my $14.00 spent.. but Because of that now I’m on the couch In a food coma texting my mom to see if she can pay my XBOX gold membership tonight cause the boys are playing call of duty and need my help. Anyway the Red Wok Buffet has great food, friendly staff and I like the atmosphere. I will definitely eat there again. I give...

Went here with a few friends. Was surprised by the price, even though it was dinner. However, I was even more surprised by the food. Some of the best Chinese food I’ve ever eaten in my life, and it was completely unlimited. The desserts are lacking a little bit, but the variety of normal food was great. I highly recommend this place to anybody who loves large amounts of Chinese food. Miles better than that Golden Coin Chinese Buffet down the road. There was sushi, chow mein, fried rice, orange chicken, Mongolian pork, beef and broccoli, the staples of Chinese food, but they also had more American foods like pizza, mashed potatoes, fries, chicken nuggets, so if little kids don’t like Chinese, they can still eat, not to mention the fruit. My only complaint is the price which was just over $20 per person, but that’s just a personal pet peeve that buffets do when they up the price during dinner. However, unlike other buffets which seem to have a high variety of crappy food, Red Wok Buffet had a high variety of high quality foods. Maybe I just have bad taste but this food was unlike any other Buffets I’ve been to. The place was very clean, which was nice for the nasty area surrounding the business. There was also plenty of space, with many tables open. I found it a little weird how you can’t fill up your own drinks at a soda fountain per se and have to get the waiter to, but I guess it’s convenient. Also, thank you for installing protective sneeze guards. It is genuinely insane that we are in the year 2025 and places do not protect food from disgusting people who spray their germs all over communal food.

We had a very nice waitress, made sure to tip. One of the people at our table chose not to eat, which we noticed she was concerned about, so if this waitress (which I highly doubt) is reading this review, I promise we made sure he didn’t eat anything. I would be concerned too if 5 young men walked into my restaurant and one of them looked like he was trying to dodge paying for food.

In conclusion, this place has a wide variety of well-prepared foods, a clean environment, and is perfect for large groups of people. I will be coming back soon. Never going to Panda...