Beijing Gourmet — Restaurant in Tulsa

So let's assume that an ideal Chinese Buffet is 5 stars. The food here is average at best so minus one star. The selection here is average at best so minus one star. This would leave us with 3 stars, which an "average" buffet would warrant...nothing great, nothing horrible, serviceable if no better alternatives are available.

But, I'm dropping another star based on me experiences eating there this past week. We chose this spot over several others we could have chosen on our way home because my kids had been there on one or two occasions with their grandparents and said they liked it. I guess its easier to please 10 year olds with limited experience.

First, the management has signs up all on the buffet tables with a warning that says something to the effect of "due to the holidays our service will be slower and things might not be restocked as quickly." Those weren't the exact words, but that was the basic intent. I don't know what holidays they are talking about, but I suspect they have those up year round as an excuse. It really doesn't matter what the holidays are...if you aren't decreasing the prices because your service is worse, then don't make it the problem of your patrons. While they actually didn't appear to have an issue keeping the trays stocked that night, I didn't appreciate the excuses. I didn't actually eat much from the trays, as I usually prefer the hibachi grill. And this is why I really dock another star.... I went over to the grill when I first got there and they were completely out of beef and the chicken container had like half a dozen pieces of lonely looking chicken pieces strewn at the bottom. I went over to the grill guy and asked him if he stocked the food or if I should go find another waiter to deal with it. He asked me what was needed and I replied that there was no chicken or beef left. He made some indication that he would take care of it shortly and a couple of minutes later he went over to the meat. He saw that there was no beef, and then he took the chicken tongs and scraped the the few chicken dregs that were left into a pile in the middle of the dish and said "there's plenty of chicken left." There is a reason that people don't take the last few pieces of chicken...a) there isn't enough for what they want, b) who knows how long they have been sitting there, and c) usually the last pieces have something wrong with them - which is why people didn't take them. I know I'm not alone in my thoughts because I went to the grill probably 4 times within 45 minutes and up until the time I left no one ate those chicken dregs and the chicken had never been replenished. That's what we call a d*ck move. Told my kids we wouldn't be going back...

We have a family of 4. 2 adults and 2 children. We are very cautious of how we spend our money. We drive to Tulsa frequently. We live 100 miles away, and are used to authentic, amazing mom and pop type buffets that are about $6-$8 per adult for lunch. The high prices and extremely large buffets aren't appealing. With that being said.

💥It was $10 for an adult buffet at lunch, with a water.

I ask to be seated away from others.✅ (I have extremely high anxiety.) They were very gracious and seated us accordingly.

The atmosphere was so zen-like.

❤👩‍🌾❤No bright lights.

I only eat one plate and it takes me a very long time. I didn't feel rushed at all.

The workers all took turns, as they walked by, to clean our dirty plates away.

I like a clean atmosphere, and I felt just that.

🌷Calm, peaceful, and serene. 💚🌷💚

The food I enjoy most, and look for on a buffet:

Lo mein in a brown sauce. Homemade spring rolls. Tempura battered chicken.

✅ the chicken spring rolls here = 💯

Lo mein wasn't heavily sauced, but I improvised with the chicken sauce.✅

✅ Tempura chicken

They have an incredible selection of seafood.🌻

They have a mongolian bar. 🌻

I worked as a waitress at Asian buffets for years. Some of these awful reviews are based on social interactions with the employees.

I have to say, they were not over joyous, as they ARE from a different culture.

I felt welcomed enough to eat my food and be taken care of professionally. ✅✅✅

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Honestly walked in with high expectations, and plenty of optimism. The atmosphere seemed great, the food and selections looked good. They were being heated and seemed fresh. However, the devil is in the details. On my first plate, their chicken seemed like 60% glaze, sugar, salt, and flour. It was stale, hard, crunchy, and had a very weird off taste to it. This was basically all the chicken types available. I was still hoping for it to get better, so I went for other foods like any and all seafood dishes, and once again it tasted weird. Slightly disappointed, I went to check their sushi, and they barely had a selection. They kept it covered and moisture would build up, making the sushi wet? They stuffed rice noodles in their pork dumplings and it was flavorless. By the first plate they had given us the check and wouldnt stop asking us if we wanted more water. Its like they were basically trying to get us to leave? The best part of this whole experience was the old asian waitress who took our plates. We couldnt eat any more of the food, it tasted bad and I wasnt going to force myself. With a limp wrist she started "tsk"ing at us like she was our mothers, and held the plates limply in her hands as if to show us? She then kept walking by us to stare at our plates, as if to make sure we were eating the food? Man, that absolutely made my day, because now I know to never...