Mikado Buffet — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

This is a hard pass for me and anyone who has been to other Asian buffets in queens. One, the selection of food was minimal for a buffet. Although they offer hibachi and pho, the selection was quite disappointing. You want seafood? I would go to Mizumi. I sampled something from every station just to see if there was anything I’d like, but sadly, the only thing I liked was the ice cream sandwich from the ice cream section. The rice on the sushi was hard and cold. The edamame was already browning and did not look appetizing. The seafood selection was … sad. Again, compared to other seafood buffets, Mikado does not live up to the name. The dessert bar has some cakes, which looked dry so I didn’t even try them. They had some fruits, but the fruit selection was not in season for those particular fruits so they were not sweet. The dim sum offered there was not the dim sum you see in Chinese banquets. These were the ones you see in the frozen section of the Asian supermarket that you buy in bulk and just steam. Not truly dim sum in my opinion. I did not try the hibachi but did try the pho. It was quite confusing because the guy who was supposed to be cooking/making the pho was just sitting down playing on his phone so I was unsure how the process worked. Apparently, you gather your ingredients on a plate and hand it to the guy who then cooks it in water for a bit. He then pours everything into a bowl and pours the broth into the bowl. The broth on its own tasted like ramen seasoning poured into water and mixed throughout. It was very bland. Though the food was not up to par for me, the staff was very attentive and there was...

The best Chinese Buffet in long Island. Clean facility, Smiley staffs, Not too salty food, and the best price.

Ingredients are fresh and not over added spices in to the food. Sushi and Hibachi are served, even during the lunch time.

Well, the food quality and taste may NOT be par with local best specialty restaurant. Local Japanese restaurant may serve better quality sushi, or even Korean BBQ buffet should have better BBQ selections. But, since I need acceptable quality and taste with varieties for a lunch at a reasonable cost, this spot is qualified and deserved for 5 stars.

I hope they stay in this status longer.

Current 20% Off promotion makes this place even more affordable and attractive...

So the main draw is of course the price. 15$ lunch 20$ dinner is an absolute steal in this day and age.

The staff is great and super nice.

I will say until it becomes more popular I would recommend going earlier than later. They don't have the traffic to rotate the food as much as they probably want to so it's often going to be cold if you go there in the mid afternoon.

I've gone for Lunch right at open and it was fantastic while going for Dinner around 4pm the food was indeed cold as others have mentioned.

Edit: I've gone again and so happy to see that the traffic has gone up alot! I can safely recommend the food now that they can rotate the...