King Buffet

Wausau, 358 S 18th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401 | ★ 3.8 (860 Review)

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Low-key restaurant with an extensive menu of standard Chinese comfort food favorites.

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Boomer

★ 3

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Pat Cisewski

★ 4

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Marcia DeLuca

★ 5

The restaurant had less people because it was after lunchtime but the buffet was full of fresh made food. The bathrooms was clean and the service was good.

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Courtland Chambers

★ 5

Good salad bar, attentive staff, no complaints

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Lelynd Thoummany

★ 1

Food was trash and cold

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htg finn

★ 1

Genuinely think that chicken ball is not chicken, pork, nor beef. Something that says woof woof is more likely, woke up this morning angry.

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Dennis Molina

★ 4

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Hannah Lembcke

★ 3

Some of the food was really good (Mei fun, seafood delight, mushrooms), but some wasn't great (fish) and some was terrible (stay away from the sushi). Some of the dishes/utensils were dirty, and the restaurant wasn't the cleanest either.

Overall, I'd go again if I really wanted Asian food, but would otherwise try somewhere else.

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Michelle Zimmerman

★ 5

Delicious food😋

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Matthew Beaudry

★ 3

Food was not fresh, and it never got refilled in the hour and a half we were there.

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Xong Vang

★ 2

Great food, some food dont get refilled in time, server never came to refill my water at all during the time I was there (we were a big group and have to ask to refill). Overall good food but really poor service. If you dont care about service then its a great place to eat.

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Chris Szeklinski

★ 5

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Isaac Jasso

★ 5

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Boommy Yang

★ 4

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Daniel Renkas

★ 5

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Shelby Vukusich (DJshellthrilla)

★ 5

Amazing food, service, and atmosphere. The young man at the door is just adorable, with great manners and fast service. The food is great! I had 4 plates.!!! Thank you guys!

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Mary Wolf

★ 4

Had a lot of dishes, some great, others so-so. Seems like there needs to be better quality control.

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Susan Brown

★ 5

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Ryan Kuehneman

★ 4

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Courtney Parker

★ 5

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McLit Marathon County Literacy Council, Inc.

★ 5

Help ful polite,

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Justice4you

★ 5

Nice owners, don't tip tho because your servers do not get to keep the tips. Tips go straight to the owners. Other than that, good food. I've heard somethings about this place but based on my experience, over 10yrs eating out here every now and then... It's all good. My favorite if tht Dim Sum and the salt and pepper shrimp, oh and of course the Crab Rangoon.
*Update* Today we went (it's been months) & to my surprise they added fried squash. It's battered in seasoned cornmeal.... I'm from the south, so that's a delicious yummy yum yum!
*UPDATE 2025*- My daughter and grandkids went to eat lunch here today, Things are still the same, except that they were serving well over cooked Crab Rangoon. Not quite burnt black, but dark brown, hard as a kettle chip. Other than that, everything was fine.

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ROBERT AUGESEN

★ 5

Had a great experience, kind of odd though. They have signs at each food station saying only take what you can eat. I've never seen this at any all you can eat location. Bring kids they don't always do that of course.

Food was good and staff where good as well.

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Bethany Frankiewicz

★ 4

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Jason Eggert

★ 5

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Gary Sisley

★ 4

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Ostenson Household

★ 4

The food is okay. The other reviews are ture. I had only a few bites and stopped eating my wife on the other hand loved their food... I will say they did not charge me which made me happy... my wife will go back but I will not...

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beermantw0

★ 4

Best Salt-and-Pepper Chicken ANYWHERE! Great variety with something for nearly everyone.

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Lara B

★ 5

My son's birthday... He's picked this place almost every year for his birthday dinner and he just turned 20. Lol!

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Jean Kloth

★ 5

Nice place to enjoy lunch

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Sharon E Kephart

★ 1

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Shane Stillings

★ 5

Good variety and everything I tried tasted good.

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Malinda Suprise

★ 5

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David Derleth

★ 5

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Debbie Black

★ 5

They have senior discount

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Ian Beamgard

★ 1

My expectations were low going in but wow. Please just skip this one its all bad

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Lov3y Mouse

★ 5

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Gerald Streeter

★ 5

Out standing chicken amd salad bar

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Becky Shelton

★ 5

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K K

★ 1

One word can sum it up OLD EVERYTHING ON BUFFET WAS OLD me an my fiance went he took a few bites n we were gone he threw up in the parking lot and was sick all night I don't suggest anyone go there unless u have no taste buds n a strong stomach I give this place a -8

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Tanya Rezutek

★ 5

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Carrie Will

★ 4

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Travis Dzwonkski

★ 5

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Miss Tina

★ 5

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Mark Gilbert

★ 5

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Angel Bonner

★ 3

Easy mid food. Still go when the family is feeling it.

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tina beranek

★ 4

Most of the time, there are fresh options available every 30 minutes or as they sell down.
Ice cream station offers 3 different flavors. The salad bar has anything you can imagine to put in a salad. The dessert bar also offers several different kinds of desserts.
Easy parking and entrance. Never a wait.
They offer American dishes as well, such as fried chicken, French fries and green beans along with others.
A great place to grab food anytime

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Paula Tracy

★ 4

Food was what you expected for Chinese buffet. Dry, hard and not very hot. Great selection. Outdated decor. But price was fair.

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Todd Stoehr

★ 5

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Din Yang

★ 3

Good place to eat but 1 thing that really caught my eye was the flies!!!

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Josh Taft

★ 4

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A Thomas (WiscoFoodie)

★ 4

The food is fresh and flavorful. There was some variety and everything I tried at the buffet during lunch was great! First time coming but it will not be my last! YUM

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Panyia Thao

★ 3

The food was greasy and salty.

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Heidi Hromek

★ 1

I watched the waitress take a soda order. She wears gloves all day to clear tables and also brings your drinks with those same gloves. She was filling the soda order and the soda had a bunch of foam on top. SHE STUCK HER FINGER, WITH THE DIRTY GLOVES ON, IN THE GLASS OF SODA TO STIR DOWN THE FOAM. THEN PUT MORE SODA IN , THEN STIRRED THE SODA AGAIN WITH HER DIRTY GLOVED FINGER.THEN SERVED IT TO THE CUSTOMER!!!!!!. I will never eat there again. It grossed me out that she wore the same gloves all day, to do the different tasks that she did, to begin with. But this takes the cake!

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Vanessa Alanis-Torrez

★ 4

My mother and I gave it another try tonight. We hadn't ordered since noticing a gradual decline in the food around a year+ ago. (Take-out & Delivery).
Tonight we ordered:

Salt & Pepper Shrimp
House Egg Foo Young
Chicken Almond Ding
Hot n' sour soup
Egg drop soup
2 spring rolls
4 additional bags of crispy noodle (groceries lol)
s/o real hot mustard
2 s/o white rice

OVERALL the FOOD was ABOVE AVERAGE. Everything ordered was delivered; NOTHING MISSING but the food WASN'T HOT. (Wasn't cold but wasn't hot.)

I passed on the soup, too starchy for me but had flavor was good. The Salt n' Pepper Shrimp was more like Salt n' Saltier shrimp but after throwing a few in with the Almond chicken, it went from FAIL to FLAVOR BOMB.

Best Entre award goes to House Egg Foo Young. It was good, highlighting the sauce.
So- nice job KB in Schofield, we'll be back!
- naz

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Tinamarie Kreuser

★ 5

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Dakota Vasa

★ 5

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Shawn Ziebell

★ 4

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Jena Rudawski

★ 3

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Patrik Neuwirth

★ 3

Typical average buffet experience.

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M A

★ 1

If you've eaten here before, it's not good anymore. Beware, Luke warm and crusty. What a shame. It used to be good years ago.

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Ashley Kelnhofer

★ 3

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Cathy Kolinski

★ 4

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James Kaszubski

★ 5

Good tasting food, which was always kept fresh and hot

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Jenny Dailey

★ 4

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Ice Dog

★ 4

Update. Typical Chinese buffet. With an exception. Today I stopped by and there was an elderly couple and what appeared to be there 40-50 something adult daughter. The daughter was in rough shape. They were obviously hungry and were trying to negotiate a reduced rate to have something to eat. The owner allowed all 3 to eat for free. I offered to pay toward their meal when I checked out but he would not take my money. So I left a good tip. he is wonderful human being.

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Marie

★ 4

My family has been going here for a long time (over 20 years) and we have never had a bad experience there. We celebrate birthdays, holidays etc., and make reservations, and have always had good food.

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Melody Poe

★ 1

The food was OK, but our waiter was incredibly rude, criticizing us when we asked for water and apparently wasn't drinking it to his satisfaction, ignoring us when we asked for additional napkins, and just generally acting very unpleasant and unprofessional, would strongly recommend you not go here if you want an enjoyable dining experience.

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Steven Alexander

★ 1

Food was cold!

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Joanne Wright

★ 5

Excellent experience will always go then when visiting wausau.

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Betuel Reyes

★ 4

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Teresa Luedtke

★ 5

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Kim Kincaid

★ 5

Great buffet, reasonably priced

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Alayna Z

★ 5

The food here was very good

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K T

★ 3

While I DO like going here, and will probably go again... The food really isnt heated enough, almost the second you sit down it's just room temperature and these foods are only really good while hot.

The broccoli chicken is gonna get u sick. 😬

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Victoria Fisher

★ 1

The WORST Chinese buffet I’ve ever been to in my life. Service was basically non-existent and the food was not good. The entire restaurant was not clean

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Jorrie Wimmer

★ 3

Food wasn't bad. When going down to the restroom the entire hall reeked of cigarettes. Not good for someone with allergies to cigarettes

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Sara Anne

★ 4

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Ed Sajdak

★ 5

We have ordered off the menu many times. We have tried many Chinese restaurants in Wausau and Point. This one is the best!

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Lee Yang

★ 5

We had a last minute order, the night before an event. Food was hot and ready for pickup first thing in the morning. Party trays were filled over the top. Restaurant even made us fried donuts on the house. Service was great!

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Pakub Khang

★ 1

DO NOT EAT HERE if you have tastebuds. I’ve never had a buffet this bad :( the food tasted OLD and some of the dishes were WEIRD tasting. Meat in the dumplings were tangy… why is meat tangy? Mystery meat for sure. ALSO the lo mein (a dish everyone enjoys) is LITERALLY SPAGHETTI NOODLES with soy / oyster sauce. Disgraceful to the Asian community to be honest. I came in hungry and left hungry but with a lump in my throat and nausea because it was that bad. Fried rice also has no eggs in it. Best thing about the place is the fortune cookie had 3 fortunes in it. When I left I saw on my receipt there was a tip added on… why would I tip a place where I wanted to get up and throw up everywhere?

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caleb knudsen

★ 1

Bugs flying around food tasted funny🤢🤢

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Dennis Perla (DennisTheAnimator2009)

★ 5

Literally one of the best restaurants and the best buffet restaurant i'd ever go to. Awesome food, Great view, everything

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Devin Klockziem

★ 1

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Travis Klockziem

★ 5

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twolfbecker

★ 3

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Anna Perez

★ 4

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OL' Man Dan

★ 5

Have been going to King Buffet for Years... I enjoy the variety/selection of items to choose from. Really like the Mongolian Pork and the General Tao's Chicken, which was added to buffet selections. Look forward to Holiday's and Special Occasions as they put out items that are not typically on buffet. 😋 Service has always been prompt and courteous.
Budget friendly All-You-Can-Eat Asian Cuisine. 👍

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Matthew Janeczko

★ 3

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Trey Vernick

★ 4

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K V

★ 3

Food: It's your typical Chinese Buffet fare. Some days, the dishes are better, some days, you can skip that dish. Pretty much the same dishes all the time, so it's dependable like that. Dishes are not bad though; pretty good.

Service: Staff is pretty attentive. Quick seating, mediocre time for refills & getting rid of empty dishes. They speak enough English to get by.

Atmosphere: Very standard. In heyday, it was very nice but it appears to have changed to a different owner many years ago & has only become standard at best for Chinese buffets. What I DON'T like is how they will clump ALL diners together in one area & seat diners as such. I'd like more personal space between me & the next group of diners when there are 30 other tables available.

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Nyleen Van Camp

★ 5

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Nicole Gollon

★ 5

Very good fresh food

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James DeGroot

★ 1

Couldn't find one item on this buffet that tasted good or had any quality. Find a quality restaurant where it's made fresh.

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Cynthia Schram

★ 5

Came here and got sat very quickly, food was delicious and hot and had amazing vegetarian options! Everything was hot and fresh and the egg drop soup was one of the best I've had. They forgot my water but I honestly wasn't bothered by it, but when I went to pay the guy who sat me remembered and felt bad and gave me a bunch of free fortune cookies:)

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Rex Graves

★ 5

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stephen murphy

★ 5

Good food

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Vampyre

★ 4

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jbug s

★ 4

Nice selection. Food sometimes slow to replenish. The food tends to be luke warm rather than hot.

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Amanda Hampton

★ 5

Great hot fresh favorites especially rice noodles aka mei fun. 😋

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James Wentz

★ 3

Filling and decent buffet.

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Allen Worlin

★ 5

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Linda Silva

★ 5

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Kimberly Vermaat

★ 5

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Chris Stoerzer

★ 5

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Gary Klein

★ 1

Stay away for the 3rd time they got my order wrong and today the guy could barely speak English 😭 but no matter what it happens at the checkout. Three times and your out.

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Michael Haus

★ 5

Great restaurant, the workers are very friendly. I do prefer to order off the menu instead of getting the buffet.

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Lau

★ 5

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John Gerlikowski

★ 3

Cold food.

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Terri McKinney

★ 3

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Leonardo Muñoz

★ 5

Thanks 😊 I like me

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Jessie Long

★ 1

The staff were friendly! But our food was cold over cooked and mushy! Most importantly the seafood tasted old and off. Like it had sat out to long at bad temperatures and unfortunately my daughter and I got very sick. I didn't finish my food at all by the third bite I could eat anymore and just that small amount was enough for me to be very sick

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Emily Brinkman

★ 3

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Perry Ament

★ 4

I like their food very much is very good also like their variety

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Kathleen Docter

★ 3

The to go food is usually very good. The pork fried rice this time was very disappointing

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Amber Borta

★ 5

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Dawn “Angeleyes” Thomas

★ 3

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Mercedes Gagas Cleaning Services LLC

★ 5

Great selection amazing food very peaceful atmosphere

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Laura Hernandez

★ 5

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Walter Arevalos

★ 5

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Nancy Augustine

★ 4

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Phillip & Andrea Brubaker

★ 5

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K murphy

★ 3

Bland food. Just in the medium space. Not great and not bad. Honey chicken was great.

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Daniel Koehler

★ 5

Stopped in for dinner large variety of food to choose from. Chinese the main cuisine.

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Shane Kovach

★ 5

Only problem I have with the place is the bathroom smelled really bad like pee that hasn't been cleaned for a long time

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Dan Koehler

★ 5

Stopped in for dinner seated quickly ordered hot tea. Lots of choices at the buffet was full when done. Highly recommended

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Stac Laatsch

★ 1

This is the second time that I’ve gone here and I’ve ate the sushi and I’ve gotten food poisoning from it. The food was hard to eat my sister had a tooth pulled and the soft foods were hard.

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Derek Hipke

★ 5

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Lori Parkinson

★ 1

The restaurant was cold, the food was cold, the taste was just ok at best. The price was expensive. I was hoping it would be a nice quick place to eat, but everyone in my party of four left disappointed. Two adults and two kids averaging at $18 per person.

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charles davis

★ 5

Love the food and at affordable prices.

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James Bushor

★ 5

Good food

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DW Hipke

★ 4

Great all you can eat place

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Ashley Nehls

★ 3

It's good if it's fresh and busy if not don't go

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Jon Rheinschmidt

★ 5

My husband and I love eating at King Buffet. They have a nice variety of foods too. We recently ordered a takeout dinner of their house special of Egg Foo Young and it was absolutely fabulous.

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Min Des

★ 2

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jon Doe

★ 3

Food wasn't so bad bud company could use an updated location or renovation of building. Needs a service reset.

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Christopher Weems

★ 1

The food was cold and didn't taste good

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Marie Muniz

★ 1

Food was cold even coming from the kitchen, staff didn't understand a single Word of what we were saying when we called her for assistance because our sodas were flat, the guy in the cash register tried charging my mom an extra $4 for three kids Apple juices that were paid for already and when caught red handed he started yelling at my mom about it. I used to love spending some family time here back when I was a child now not so much I'm super disappointed, and never coming here AGAIN!
HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!!!!! After months of not coming.

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Dex Tron

★ 1

I have eaten here before and it has been much better. I don't expect a buffet to be great but the food was very chewy and overcooked but it still managed to be cold. Not just one item but most of it. Service was just as bad. After I was seated and got my drink I never saw anyone again. They may have been short staffed but it wasn't a good impression.

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Kris Halverson

★ 3

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Trevor Nelson

★ 2

King Buffet used to be a cherished spot from my childhood, but over time, it's lost its charm and now falls short of expectations. Like many buffet-style eateries, maintaining food freshness and warmth has been an ongoing struggle here. If you're lucky enough to catch the dishes right out of the kitchen, the experience can be decent. However, it's become more of a hit-or-miss occasion rather than a reliable dining choice, something I'd recommend only for occasional visits.

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Jerry Lahr

★ 5

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Debbie Levis

★ 3

I got happy family. The food was good but found a metal shaving in it.

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Gregory Heep Sr,

★ 5

Great food for the price

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C M

★ 4

One of the only good Chinese buffets left around. Staff is friendly. Usually never have to wait for a seat. Plenty of food options to choose from. Plates get clear away pretty quick. Bathrooms and floors are usually pretty clean. Pricing is decent. A family favorite when we want buffet.

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Diana Kearney

★ 5

Got a pretty decent selection. Everything looked fresh & tasted good. I like that they don't weigh the boxes n we can fill up our boxes(we got it to go)

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Angel

★ 4

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Tim Lehmann

★ 3

Reasonably priced. Good selection.

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Anthony Smith

★ 5

Amazing food and fresh. Excellent service to. Good food at a good price !

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Meghan Laplante

★ 5

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chevy cooper

★ 1

They don't aloud service animals. Which is Violate disable act and rights as well federal as well. And it also violates the law as well. If you are going to be in this country you should follow the USA LAWS AND RIGHTS. Otherwise go back to your country

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Claudina Rodriguez

★ 5

Everything

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Mike Lint

★ 3

Was probably super awesome in it’s time. It’s self service so can’t complain there but drink refills when there was only 3 tables total when we went. Over all good selection and decent flavor. Would recommend if you want to fill up for a long drive

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Rene Rivera

★ 5

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Erika Rodríguez

★ 4

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Donna Childress

★ 4

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Kevin M

★ 4

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The Rookie Animations

★ 5

Classic place to eat at if you have nowhere else in mind, ive been eating here since I was a child, its got a great selection as well

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mindi boe

★ 2

I feel like they tried to screw me! By adding an extra 13$ to by Bill! That's more than the price of what it cost for an adult buffet!

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ashley szablewski

★ 3

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Lisa Fliss

★ 5

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Lynelle Sampo

★ 5

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Wendy Wright

★ 5

Very good buffet

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Corina Clausen

★ 2

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Wade Construction

★ 5

The food was good as usual, our favorite is the crab and shrimp 🍤

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Larry Bolster

★ 5

Very nice people and great food and selection. Clean. Have been going for years and never a bad experience 🤗8💕22🐲2023㊙️

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Dawn Teske-Weiler

★ 5

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Shawn Young

★ 4

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Alissa

★ 5

The staff was really great. They catered to us and wanted us to have a great experience. Great prices!!

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Nicole Stevens

★ 4

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Migueli Gonzalez

★ 1

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erica vollmar

★ 5

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Jennifer Whipps

★ 5

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Jason Craig

★ 4

Friendly staff, standard Chinese fair but decent selection, tv for viewing, quick with drink refills and pre bussing

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Chris Rojas

★ 5

Made me buff 💪

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Gretchen

★ 5

Crabmeat Rangoon, fried poyatickers, lobster rolls were delicious. Happy family was good but a little bit fishy tasting.

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Gynene Wilber

★ 5

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Alan Froegel

★ 5

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Anita Norton-Heil

★ 4

Buffet! Good as always

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Maigao Xiong

★ 3

Place needs a cosmetic update, is very dark. Food quality has definitely gone down but trays are always stocked so that's a plus. Bathroom was not easy wheelchair accessible for my mother-in-law.

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Marilu Segovia

★ 1

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Jenecepais MD

★ 5

Pretty good food at better price than California.

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mike mundschau

★ 5

It's a buffet like many others but the staff are very friendly and they have good crab rangoons which is a big plus

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L K

★ 5

Food was average. Service was good. Price = five star rating. Women’s bathroom had messy cleaning supplies. Atmosphere was ok. Was very busy. $13 per person

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Katelyn Potvine

★ 5

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Lester Safemaster

★ 5

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Suzanne Brunner (Tinkerwise)

★ 5

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Keith Schmelling

★ 4

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Ryan Lowrey

★ 5

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Jake Yang

★ 5

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Diane Strong

★ 4

Food was good and warm. Much better from when I was last there.

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Larry Holzem

★ 5

I do take-out. They have better take-out containers than they ever had. You can fill them with more of 'this and that'. At this visit (early evening) I thought the food was fresh.

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Kent Harris

★ 5

Excellent food!

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Tawnee Love

★ 5

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April Hetzer

★ 5

We've had the buffet plenty of times, but decided to get take out this time, and wow If you want to get your monies worth, definitely get takeout. There was so much food, one lo main was enough for three people, and I mean a full plate. We also got General Taos chicken, pork and mushrooms and fried rice, all huge portions. They also threw in some spring rolls and sugar biscuits for free.

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Miguel Tome

★ 2

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Ann Imbrie

★ 3

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Kristen Boyd

★ 5

The Chinese buffet was fresh and every tray full. Salad bar was great. The sushi was fresh and had a few different flavor rolls to choose from.

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adam smith

★ 5

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Sherwood Is Here

★ 3

it's about what you'd expect from a buffet, not good but not really bad. they have sushi at the buffet which was interesting

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