Emperor's Buffet — Restaurant in Shawano

This restaurant is an all-you-can-eat buffet. I have never been offered a menu in any of my dining experiences here, and I am fairly certain they do not offer any dishes other than what is served on the buffet tables. The quality of the food available on the tables is usually decent, but I have on occasion been there to dine when there were very few customers and found some dishes rather dried out, unappealing, and unappetizing. I have only had experiences like this a couple of times, but I have learned to avoid it as a dining choice for myself when eating out at irregular hours because of them.

During normal lunch and dinner peak hours, however, the food is generally being cycled through and refilled with freshly prepared batches frequently. I have seldom been disappointed with the quality of any of the dishes I enjoy during such dining experiences.

I have been to all-you-can-eat Chinese buffets that offer a much wider variety of choices than they have at Emperor's, but in all fairness, those buffet restaurants were in bigger, busier, and more populous cities and have greater rates of possible and actual customers patronizing their establishments. I believe that Emperor's Buffet offers an adequate variety of dishes for the rate of business they receive. Which is just them being prudent about food costs, wasted product, and is overall just good business practice.

Overall, my experience with dining at Emperor's has been satisfactory. I leave full and more than content with the...

Good food/Great Service. We are not locals and learned about it by Google Maps by typing in Chinese Buffet in the search. We were there on an off peak time (4:30 pm).

Every worker had a defined role. One person was cleaning the windows outside the building. Another was meticulously wiping down EVERYTHING on each table (table/salt/pepper/soy sauce/napkin dispenser). A third worker was talking over a microphone with kitchen staff regarding restocking buffet items and also directing incoming customers and handling the cash register.

You can look at the pictures I posted of the well stocked buffet that tasted good.

The one "weird" thing about the food arrangement was that the white rice was located along a back wall next to the soups (opposite wall) away from the buffet warmer foods. It seemed very out of place if you would like to place food over your white rice.

Service was good as we were provided refills (4) and dishes removed (2) on...

I was Very hungry for anything Asian the other day and was tempted to try Emperor's buffet again but could not muster the courage. I went to Hunan's (on Main st.) instead and was Not disappointed. So my last review stands for now. --- 1yo review: The One Shining Beacon of Hope was the peppered shrimp - it was seasoned perfectly and was cooked just right. Other than that, someone(S) is screwing up badly. The lo mien noodles had no flavor - they tasted like plain noodles covered in a flavorless sauce. The fried rice wasn't even close to seasoned correctly, it tasted like it was seasoned with salt and pepper with cinnamon added as an experiment or a practical joke. The egg rolls also tasted strange and none of us could finished them. The last half-dozen times I've been here I've been mostly disappointed with the food. I don't think I need to...