Buffet City — Restaurant in San Antonio

Sunday all day dinner buffet which includes hot, crab legs, Peel jalapeño salt and pepper shrimp and spicy crawfish.

Most buffets, you are actually paying for quantity over quality, however, this is my go to buffet for the seafood and green beans. Which I’ll explain. I’ve found that visiting on the weekend (Friday-Sunday) usually around 5pm-7:30pm offers the freshest food as there is usually allot of people so it’s turned over quickly. The palce is big and clean throughout the dining area and buffet area. Again it’s a buffet so it’s very high volume and they work hard keeping it clean. Service is friendly and is quick to remove plates and trash while keeping drinks refilled.

🦀The crab legs are served hot and usually is plentifully to go around. Classic hot crab legs taste great with a little lemon or butter.

🦐Shrimp are always large headed shrimp and not battered which makes it easier to peel them. They are salted and have jalapeños for a little kick and lots of flavor. But not spicy.

🦞crawfish MY FAVORITE, so again it’s a buffet so your not getting high quality crawfish but you will enjoy the Chinese flavor they make them with. They are perfectly spicy with a super tasty juice, if you aren’t sucking these heads your missing out on some flavor goodness. I’m sure it’s not healthy but they are the best buffet crawfish around. I’d explain it as a hot oil spicy garlic/ salty/ sweet and savory flavor. TRY them.

GREEN BEANS are flash fried / stir fried style with the perfect seasoning and Chinese pickled vegetable which are the brown things in them. Gives them the perfect salty flavor. These are authentic and people don’t know it.

Other favorites are the crab Rangoon’s, which have lots of cheese and a little sweet flavor. The wings are always crispy and many other typical American Chinese dishes again I come here for the seafood fixin!

Priced well at around $15 p/p for dinner ( weekends has crab legs) shrimp and crawfish daily for dinner only.

My person review! My go to buffet for everything seafood...

We were greeted by cahier/host as soon as we entered and promptly seated.

The ambiance was oriental themed, as this is a Asian restaurant. The lighting was dim, bit well enough lit. Gave it a cozy feel. The buffet was expansive. It had food grouped in categories; salads, soups, seafood, Asian entrees, and desserts. It had a sushi area as well.

The salad area had broccoli in a creamy dressing that was tasty. There was also some tricolor pasta in a vinaigrette that was good, but it was solely pasta - no veggies like a traditional pasta salad. The cucumbers in a vinaigrette dressing were

The pepper steak had the traditional bell peppers, carrots, and onions and was tasty. The sesame chicken and General Taos Chicken are seaoned well. The Beef - Broccol tasted strange. It had an off tasting seasoning.

The hot / sour soup ws good. It hit the spot as the evenings are coolish this time of year. It could have been a tad spicier; just a personal preference.

The cheese Rangoon was tasty.

The steamed rice was perfectly cooked and kept in big rice water. A serving spoon and shallow a rinsing trough to the side. The Chinese rice was a tad bland as far as seasonnh. It had the consistency of frozen store brand Chinese rice. - small diced carrots and microscopic peas with brighter frozen green tint.

The beef eggroll was decent, but it didn't have the flakey crisper wrap like many Oriental buffets.

The majority of the hot food was lukewarm. I blame this on the fact that they have no steam water trays under each warm tray to help maintain food warmth. Also, the place wasn't really busy, so newly prepared food wasn't being brought out frequently like on busy nights.

The iced tea was weak and overly sugary.

The food wasn't horrible, but not near 5 stars. Might have been an off night. If the food had been more than lukewarm, I...

BEWARE!!! Well..my boyfriend and I wanted to try this place. We deeply regret that decision!! It all went downhill from here. On Saturday the 8th we went in around hour 1/2 until closing. The girl in the front seated us fast. There was 3 tables in the whole place. The front part that has the cook to order steak, was completely closed down. That put a damper on our experience! We went to get some food off the buffet and everything looked really old, and was cold. :/ There was a lady taking stuff off the buffet and not replacing it with anything. We asked her about some items and she smiled and walked away. In her hands was the high end peeled shrimp, was she taking it off for tomorrow? Or were the workers going to eat it?? We saw 5 workers eating mounds of food in the first dining room. As we tried to navigate and find something to eat, I caught 2 worker men staring at us. How awkward!! It doesn't make the ambiance any more appealing. I found 2 bowls of hot and sour soup. Which actually was decent especially for a buffet. My boyfriend however got upset and when he sat down he noticed how cold everything was . There was nobody who could fix the situation . The lack of urgency and care was very apparent. The waiter came and dropped the check off when we stopped eating. Which was a whopping $34.62!!! I was appalled, apparently they charge a premium on and Saturday nights. Which is Nothing to be proud of, especially for this trash. I read great reviews and then we got shafted on our experience!! Sheesh!! I generously paid for the lack of food and left, completely unsatisfied and hungry.. If your remotely interested in this place, PLEASE DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND STAY AWAY!!! This place should be shut down immediately and left vacated for a year to get the...