Oriental Star — Restaurant in Pittsburg

We got there at 9:30pm in which the internet said that they closed at 10:30pm but I heard one of the customers talking to them and they said that they closed at 10pm. There was literally nothing hardly on the buffet anymore and the stuff that was on there was all dried up and nasty. I noticed that they had a little squid stilln of course it was all dried up and a very very small amount so since I love squid so much I ate the little bit of dried up squid that they had left on there but I wanted some fresh squid so I ask them if they can make me a little bit and that's all that I would want so they agreed well apparently the kitchen must have been very upset because they must have poured the salt on top of it all, because when they served it to me and I took a bite of it I literally wanted to gag!!! I love salt and I eat a lot of salt which is bad I know but as much as salt as I eat for me to say something is salty means that it was extreme and that they had to of poured it on literally. It was fried perfectly and nice and fresh when they gave it to me but I literally had to scrape all of the fried part off which is where most of the salt was on but of course it did get inside of the squid as and sat on there longer I guess but even on the squid without the fried part on the outside it was still too salty. It seems to me that they would hadbactually gave a discount on the meals because after we were eating for about 10 minutes they took all of the sushi off of the bar (the little bit that they had left at that) I could not believe they took it completely away now of course we were still eating so what if we would have still wanted some of that sushi. it just blows my mind completely away that when you go into a restaurant to eat at buffet that they would actually take food away from the buffet when they didn't barely have any as it was. Wow never ever again!!!!! Surely they should be ashamed of themselves..... I am whoever that cook was that poured that salt on the squid really needs consequences for his actions because I know that they did that on purpose because they were mad because they had to cook something when they were about to close which I understand them being upset but at the same time we thought we still had an hour we did not know that they were closing in 30 minutes it's their fault that their times that they have listed online is incorrect. And if I'm pain a pretty high price for a mil I at least once be able to eat what I want to eat and get my money's worth so them getting upset about frying up a few pieces of squid is absolutely ridiculous. They wouldn't want to go into a restaurant and pay quite a bit of money and not get any food I need to put themselves in the customer's shoes and and ask themselves how they would feel if that happened to them. I am sure during the day they probably have pretty good food and plenty of it just don't go late in the evening cuz apparently probably is what I'm thinking is 8 is probably the last time they put out anything and anything after that that runs out they just let it run out and they don't refill anything after that so really there's no reason to go in anytime after 8 p.m. or you will lose out on your money and will not walk out full. When I got home i had to eat a sandwich because I left still hungry and I don't eat that much, I usually get full really quick, so that should tell you that they hardly had no food whatsoever on the buffet. The entire experience was just a huge disappointment!!! I should have listened to my first mind and went and ate somewhere else when I first pulled up to the restaurant and seenbthere was absolutely no vehicles there except 2. I mean it was obvious something wasn't right but I had just thought they probably at already have the rush and that maybe a lot of people don't eat late...

Absolutely worst Chinese food I have ever had. They open at 10:30AM, we arrived at 11:45AM to find that most of the food was cold and old like they filled the buffet prior to open. The fried rice was undercooked, flavorless, like just white rice with frozen vegetables and soy sauce thrown in it. The crab Rangoon you see pictured is it split open, as you can see hollow and dry. Lo mein was bland and cold. We each got a plate took a bite of each item and debated on leaving then. Gave it one more shot went up to see if there was anything that might be good, same thing one bite of each thing and asked for the check. We left the plates on the table still completely full. For two of us not to eat cost $23.96 total. The woman asked if we liked it, mind you we left within 15 minutes of arriving. I tried to explain no we really didn't which she answered "Oh you must not like Chinese." I said that's not it at all. I tried to explain specifically what was wrong, showing her said picture of crab Rangoon in which she tried to explain that's what they are and what the filling is supposed to be. I gave up, paid, and left. We won't be back...

If there was the ability to give negative stars.I would definitely be giving negative on this restaurant. First off when we walked in.We were finally seated but we were taken off to a side room when there was plenty of room in the main dining area. The room we were put in made us have to walk through a doorway that was connecting with the kitchen. The carpets in the restaurant are disgusting , squishy and sticky. The floors are also sticky as well as the tables and chairs.

The restrooms are another story. The doors are all scratched up and the paint is off and when you walk into the room, it is Disgusting. There is only one working stall and it was disgusting.

Now let's move to the food. The buffet was a joke. Most of the pans had very little food in them and what was in it look like it had been there for a while. There was actually a pan that had maybe one zucchini cut up in it. And you can't even say that it was because the restaurant was busy because there was maybe eight tables with people at them. This was at one pm. The only thing I can say positive is that the waiter was polite. We will never ever return to...