En En Chinese Buffet — Restaurant in Town of Corning

Very mediocre food, serious concerns about food temperature. Unless something was just put out, everything is sort of warmish, not hot at all. The food quality is below average with a few exceptions that are pretty good. Atmosphere indicates it was a pretty nice place a few decades ago but is in disrepair now. Service was very good. Prompt, kind, and friendly.

If you're looking for good food, go to any other chinese restaurant in town. But hey, sometimes you just want a variety of mediocre food to fill you up, and that's okay, that's what this place is for.

Edit 12/1/23: I tried again today for lunch and got there soon after it opened to make sure I got the hottest, freshest food available. I was disappointed. Once again, nothing I tried was hot. I even scooped a few pieces from the bottom of the serving dish onto my plate and ran back to the table to make sure it was as hot as possible. It was barely lukewarm. Just above room temperature for a minute or two, and cold after that. Aside from that, the sushi was a little fishy (I know it's literally fish, but it was "fishy" in that not-good sort of way), and the "baked salmon" was some sort of whitefish that tasted like lukewarm jellied mediocrity.

I checked the state data on health inspections. Last inspection was in April this year and there were numerous temperature and cleanliness violations, but overall the establishment passes. So it's probably safe, but I reiterate my SERIOUS CONCERNS about FOOD TEMPERATURE.

There were a dozen other people there, and they seemed to enjoy the food. Maybe I'm too picky. Definitely try it for yourself. Please don't take that as a...

Called AHEAD and placed my order. Arrived and was told it would be 3 more minutes (got sweet n sour chx and white rice) bc the chicken wasnt done yet. After the chicken was done, she THEN told me the rice wasnt ready and it would be “at least” another 10 minutes. I told her i couldnt wait that long - which is why I PRE-ORDERED! She said they could give me fried rice as a free upgrade. I dont like fried rice - but whatever, I said ok because i HAD TO GET TO WORK! At that point, no one was cooking the fried rice and i was just standing there waiting for fried rice bc according to them the white rice wasnt ready. After SEVERAL MORE MINUTES OF NO ONE COOKING, i told her i needed a refund bc i needed to get to work. She walked in the back. I had to call her up to the counter and ask 2 more times for a refund - it was OBVIOUS she was ignoring me. I told her AGAIN I wanted a refund bc i had no food and she had taken my money. She said she would have to call her boss. I ended up having to leave WITHOUT THE FOOD OR A REFUND AND WAS LATE TO WORK. Avoid...

I didn't have high expectations for this place. But they were below my mediocre expectations. This might be the worst buffet I've had in my life.

As other reviews said; the food was cold. Not only that but the food was super salty and that's coming from someone that likes salt.

Everything was bad. I don't usually rate anything 1 star but they crossed the line when even the PEPSI was watered down. Who does that? That makes no sense. Make the soda taste the best you can so customers drink more of it and eat less food so you make more money. There's 0 logic in watering down the soda.

Ended up throwing up a bit after getting home. Truly disappointing food experience. So for anyone that reads this please take my word for it and go spend your hard earned money elsewhere. These people clearly don't care about what their...