Hong Kong Buffet (Hibachi &Sushi) — Restaurant in Waukegan

The dr pepper tasted water downed like the machine was low on syrup and carbonation.

Food was awful. Nothing was warmer than room temp. I tried a little bit of almost everything but the place is small so not a lot of options. It's about 2/3 seafood with one or two beef dishes, one or two chicken dishes, zero pork dishes, sushi, and hibachi.

All the fish, shrimp, and crab tasted the same; just a low key generic seafood flavor. No coctail, tarter, or seafood sauce to atleast pep it up a bit either. Sushi was the same with the exception of an interesting peice that was what looked like salmon pate, avocado, spicy mayo, sandwiched between rice coated in an orange/red spice that I'm not familiar with (not surprising as I usually just stuff sushi in my face without question XD).

The chicken on a stick was deep fried with what seemed like zero spice or seasoning. Just greasy and yet still very bland. The beef mushrooms were just teriyaki mushrooms. I'm not sure why beef was in the name. The crab rangoon tasted like sweet cream cheese and though that seemed to be the only ingredient, there was barely any in there.

In the dessert section they had the common fare: jellos, puddings, coconut macaroons, little square slices of lightly flavored cakes, and fruits. The orange jello cubes were solid in color and texture and I'm convinced they were mislabeled as they didnt taste like oranges or even citrus. They were fruity but not for me. The macaroons were the usual staple. I had to laugh that even the watermelon was flavorless. I'm not blaming the restaurant for that one but it was par for the course and funny for the table.

The veggie egg roll was the same you'd get from anywhere but atleast it had a distinct flavor. Their potstickers were the only thing that stood out above average. The meat was lighter in color than most so I'm not 100% sure it was pork but it tasted better than most buffet/store bought potstickers so I was pleasantly surprised.

My lunch guest told me the noodles were decent, the greenbeans were nothing special, she liked the potstickers though they didnt have any sauce for them, she thought the general tso chicken was bland and cold, and the egg drop soup was good.

It was a Sunday so we paid dinner price of about 17 per person plus almost 3 dollars for a pepsi. Once seated, we never saw anyone for drink refills or to remove the plates but when we paid, the cashier was bright and cheerful. The place was very clean and it was early but the atmosphere was very peaceful and quiet which I did enjoy.

Takeaway: I wouldnt come back, myself, but if ur interested, I'd go as early as possible for the peaceful atmosphere, be bold about requesting dishes to be taken away or drinks refilled, go for the hibachi instead of the precooked fare, try the potstickers, and maybe get water instead of the...

If you like Chinese food, please go somewhere else for it. What you will find here is fatty chicken, soggy egg and spring rolls, crab Rangoon that is just melted cream cheese, fresh sushi chef but broke apart in my chopsticks. The fried rice was yellow w a few peas-loked more like Mexican rice and I'm insulting that dish. So basically I spent 14.00 on great sesame balls and half way decent Mongolian beef. The orange sherbet ice cream cup in the freezer was also good. Service: well there is none except the busboy. The waitress no smile just kept walking past our table never asked if we needed drink refills and never touched a plate to remove. I only took a spoonful of each item as I do on buffets. Well nothing to go back to. The waitress just walked past us eating when my friend stopped her for a pop refill, nope didn't say let me get that for you. Just called over the busboy in Chinese to get the pop for us and kept walking....

Stopped by yesterday with my wife but I have to say the customer service wasn't bad but the food was just terrible didn't really have much to choose from in comparison with other buffets the food seemed old it had no taste/seasoning the rice seemed like it came prepackaged the meat in the stick they served was most likely from the day before cause they deep fried it which is a new one to me and to top it off me and the wife ended up getting diarrhea shortly after we got home couldn't eat anything for the rest of the day so yea I do not...