China Star Seafood Buffet

As I walked into China Star I had very high hopes due to the many positive things I heard about it, but I was just a little bit let down. First of all the service was actually pretty good, our server directed us to our table and served us our drinks with no problem. As I eagerly looked around, the food looked extremely warm and juicy, but most of it was sadly room temperature or cold. The general tso’s chicken was just cold and bland, which was the fact for most other of the meats. The sweet and sour chicken was a bit hard, suffering from being room temperature. The seafood casserole was also very cold, as well as the fried items. Most of the problems with this buffet was the freshness, none of the food was warm or juicy. Some of the highlights included the pepper steak which despite being a bit cold, had a pretty decent flavor. The dessert station was also just decent, consisting of ice cream, banana with fruit sauce, (which was quite nice), and jell-o. Overall this is not the worst buffet I have been to, but it is far from the best.

I was craving a little bit of everything and this place was conveniently nearby. Honestly after reading the abysmal reviews I drove here full of dread but I was too lazy to drive further elsewhere. Actually I was pleasantly surprised, the food was decent to good and everything looked to be well kept and stocked. Some of the food was very tasty, the ice cream is really really good here, the crawfish is overcooked but the seasoning was excellent (very spicy) and the fried crab wasn't pretty good if a little bland. They have oysters here but they don't put them out too frequently, and when they do the oysters look and taste ok (to be fair, it is currently spawning season for oysters so no where you get them they will taste a little different than they do normally). Overall excellent value considering how ridiculously cheap dinner here is (12).

Went to buffet about 830 pm half entrees gone. .and they never filled them...fruit and deserts nearly empty. Good things: Mongolian grill and floor help friendly. Should have restocked empty food trays. They are open till 10! ..no one wants old food. Poor selections and cold food. Door said they closed at 10pm they stopped caring at 8pm.

It was nice I ended up eating to much my dad made friends with the waitress. Then told her how his son's didn't want to get married after asking about grandchildren. This is where things got strange. My younger brother and I started to prepare to get embarrassed by my father but then the waitress started talking about her friend in Malaysia. She was overly excited about it telling us how slender she was. She then ran to the back to get a photo to show her to us. We thought we were going to see a photo of a 20 or 30 year old woman. But When she returned she showed a photo of a woman that looked to be in her 50's and told us she was in her 30's 40's but looked 23+ she did not. She was also still married but her husband died, then later told us he had one leg. So I wasn't sure if he was dead or not yet. She then trailed off probably realizing my father and us were probably not really interested in getting a Grandma-Wife. The waitress was really sweet and nice and it was a funny experience I hope she finds a new man for her friend one day.