Hibachi House Buffet — Restaurant in Town of Amsterdam

If I could give no star I would. The carpet is in DESPERATE need of deep cleaning or replacing. A small group of us (5 total) came in for early dinner/late lunch. Most of the food available was dried out due to being there since lunch rush or the trays were just empty. I told our waiter that I wasn’t going to eat, I would simply just sit and drink my soda with friends. Well the check comes and sure enough, I was charged for eating. So I brought the check up front and said “I didn’t eat anything because what I wanted wasn’t out. Also, the check needed to be split.” (We were all paying separately and told the waiter when she got our drink order. Strike 2 in my book). It only gets better… I brought the check back to our table and we began counting out payments. Some of my friends needed change back. We sat patiently and waited for the girl to come back with their change. She never did. I pulled her aside and said “excuse me ma’am but we didn’t get our change back” she replies in a NASTY tone “oh we took as tip, time for you and friends go now”. At this point I’m down right MAD and I don’t regret telling her “Welcome to America. When we over pay you bring back the change. THEN we decide to leave you a tip.” In total she took about $10… which we would’ve given her that anyways but she was probably worried a group of teens wouldn’t pay tip well. My friends and I will...

Chinese buffet was not bad at all! Overall, I thought it was a 7/10, but definitely clean and some of the dishes were very good. Highly recommend the coconut shrimp, Mongolian pork, and green beans.

There is a good selection of food; 5 “buffets” of food. Seafood included were cold peel-and-eat shrimp (shrimp cocktail), raw mussels on the half shell, and mini clams. I avoided raw mussels, but the other seafood was fresh and good. The buffet also includes sushi and maki rolls - I didn’t think the actual sushi fish looked fresh, so I avoided it. But the rolls were all cooked, except 1 tuna roll, and all of the rolls were very good. You can also order seafood boils for a separate price, including crab legs!

They also have an option to make a custom fresh rice or Lo mein bowl/dish, and that is included in the buffet price!

Staff was very nice, and were cleaning throughout the time we were there, keeping buffet stations clean and food refreshed if needed. Our waitress refilled our drinks appropriately, and actually offered to take our bill up to the front for us, which I appreciated. I left a good tip.

Fresh fruit, and a few dessert selections are available on the buffet. Also 8 hard ice cream flavors to choose from!

For $15.99, definitely worth going on occasion. We...

Was one of the better buffets but has gone way downhill over time. Tonight just tipped the scales and made it where the trip to Albany is worth it. I have never seen be so rude as tonight. My kids wanted to go out for my birthday ok great they were not busy but grom the lack of plates being taken from the table you would think the place was packed. They put ice in drinks that should have no ice, they did not refill any drinks, but hey they only came to the table after seating to bring the check so even with my son trying to get their attention for a refill was a waste of time. My one daughter did not eat anything she drank half of her soda and I asked if I had to pay for food she did not eat was told well you didn't tell the girls so you have to pay. Ok fine I will pay for food that was not eaten, but when you ask if I left a tip for the "girls" are you kidding me the service was awful, the food was either cold or not refilled, the whole dining experience was not worth what I paid and trust me with 6 adults and 1 child my Bill's are never cheap. My recommendation go to Albany get better service and tastier food. Not sure what happened to this place but definitely not...