Panda Buffet — Restaurant in Westminster

I came because I was in the mood for a lot of sushi and didn't want to spend a lot of money. Sometimes, I would rather have one excellent roll, other times, I would rather have several decent ones. Panda Buffet is a buffet. You don't go to a buffet expecting excellent food. If I had gotten the same quality food at a made-to-order restaurant, I would only give it three stars. Everything was regularly refilled. The waitresses were just attentive enough--our drinks were never empty, but we weren't bothered or pushed to leave. Things seemed clean. The fried shrimp sushi wasn't very good. It wasn't bad enough to spit out, but if it had been the only option, I would have been disappointed. I ate four pieces, three on my first plate and the fourth to see if it being freshly made made a difference. It didn't. It was tepid and bland and a little mushy. The california roll was mediocre. About as good as you'd get at a grocery store. The rice was a bit softer than I like and not really seasoned, the fillings a bit dry. Still, I ate a dozen pieces. The avocado roll was good. Not great, but definitely good for a buffet. I wanted to stuff my face with buffet-good sushi, and this was definitely satisfying. I'll go back to Panda Buffet if I'm ever hankering for cheap sushi. I ate two dozen pieces. Now, I tried a few other things, too. The sesame chicken was decent. Not as good as a made-to-order place, but I'll eat more next time I go. A little too soft, but not soggy. I would not recommend the oysters, the cheese mussels, the fried shrimp, or the cold shrimp. I tried one of each and they tasted off. Not like, food poisoning, gone bad, off, but the flavor was reminiscent of accidentally swallowing beach water as a kid. Not worth it. The price was more than I was expecting--other reviews must have been out of date--so I took a pic of the prices. Overall, a good, but not great, buffet....

Buffet is $13.99 but to be honest you're better off saving your money and just go to one of those $1.35 scoop places because that's about the same quality you are getting here. Sure they have more options but the sushi is cheaply made (heavy on the rice with minimal ingredients) and you only have 3 choices between your typical california roll, avocado roll with crab stick and a fish tempura roll. They have some seafood options such as baked mussels, fried salt and pepper shrimp, cocktail shrimp, garlic shrimp (which I don't recommend), crawfish and salmon. Some of the pictures people posted showed crab but when I arrived sometime after 6pm there wasn't any. Maybe the food options get rotated, not 100% sure. I typically like to get my fill when I go to AYCE establishments but I cut myself short when I dined here because I really didn't enjoy the food at all. I like to try a sample of everything on my first round to figure out which dishes stood out for me but nothing had me going back for more. Unless you just like eating a lot of shrimp or crawfish I would suggest just going to a $1.35 scoop place for the value. The service was courteous and attentive and the owners and overall staff are friendly so that's why I'm giving it 2 stars. Just wasn't impressed with anything. I will say this they were busy and I got the vibe from the other patrons there that they frequent this restaurant quite often. My original dinner plans were to go to Sushi Star which is a great AYCE restaurant that serves premium fare but they were closed on a Friday due to plumbing issues so I gave this place a shot but I should have known what I was signing up for. Won't be going back. Not trying to bash this restaurant, this is just my...

First time here, I have been trying to find a decent Chinese buffet. Went for lunch 9.99 a person no drink, a little high for lunch but thats ok. I'll start with a funny story, was looking at what to get, found a little cake on the buffet it looked delicious and it was, i liked it so much i went back for another very tasty, when i went back again i decided to look for a label to see what it was, it was a mayonaise cake oh my goodness, at that point my stomach turned as i really don't like mayonaise ever since i got food poisoning from it when i was a kid, but it is definitely all in my head and i can admit it, but it is good lol. Alright, it is a decent buffet, i don't like the onion rings they are cheap, get them out and put some real ones on the buffet, i really look for a good egg roll, can't find it here they are spring rolls from the freezer section with a mushy inside, yuck, get some good pork egg rolls and i will be happy, not impressed with the seafood selection seems like everything is imitation crab, come on. Sushi wasn't great but not bad i like that they have sauces other than ginger and wasabi for it. Buffet was well stocked and replenished, the rest of the food was pretty good not overly fatty beef, and chicken was tender not dried out, chicken skewers were very good, really like the lo mien, their take on the cream cheese wontons are awesome, crispy with a pocket of cream cheese, very good, liked the egg drop soup and fresh fruit. So all in all one of the better Chinese buffets. Just fix the egg rolls, onion rings, and the amount of imitation crab seafood dishes and i will be super happy. But mainly fix the EGG...