New China Buffet III

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    $$ Buffets, Chinese, Sushi Bars
    Closed11:00 AM - 9:30 PM

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    Moderate noise
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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    • 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM

    Tue

    • 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM

    Wed

    • 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM

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    • 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM

    Fri

    • 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM

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    • 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM

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    • 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM

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      Ethel J.
      Gonzales, LA
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      Jul 25, 2024

      The food was not good. I ordered broccoli and shrimp. The white rice was hard and the broccoli and shrimp did not have a brown gravy.

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    • Jun 5, 2022

      New China!! Either I have not been to a buffet since pre pandemic or you decided to put the "New" back in New China. This stuff good! Today, I'm with the family. Everybody commenting, "green beans good, these some new tasting hot wings, everything so fresh", I literally can't keep up with all the accolades. I'll just say food and service hand in hand gets 5 Stars from me. And, you already know, if you keep this up, I'll be back.

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      Alessia T.
      Hoover, AL
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      Jun 4, 2023

      Please do not eat nothing I literally just almost ate a spider,it was on my strawberry and my mom asked if they can bring any honey chicken to the line and he said no and and he wasn't going to bring no more out until later so don't go there unless you want a disappointment

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    • Nov 22, 2019

      It is always amusing when buffets try look like a palace, while trying to attract people wanting to spend under 10 bucks on a buffet style meal. Upon it's opening about a decade ago now, New China Buffet was exactly that image. It was a deviation from the run down looking buffets of it's time and introduced a grand entrance, with koi fish pond, statues, water features and lots of "gold" accents in a vast space. The selections were equally as vast and actually, quite tasty.

      Fast forward to today, it largely turned into the same places that it was putting out of business ten years ago. The design now looks pretty silly, with many elements starting to deteriorate. The food selections shrunk substantially, with several of the buffet sections being completely empty even for dinner. The sections that are there present food that is below average in quality even for buffet standards. The crowd of customers has largely surpassed any definition of obesity and looks as distressed to be eating this as the environment itself is. It's not very clean anymore and service is a get in and get out of here culture.

      After trying a number of items from the menu, I can't say a single one that I actually liked. The crawfish are tiny in size and flavorless. The chicken is bland and loaded with SMG to bring out some kind of flavor of the spices. The BBQ ribs are tough, flavorless as far as the meat itself goes and spiced in attempts to conceal the lowest quality meat possible. The desserts and coffee cake are dry, synthetic attempts at something edible.

      Returning here after many years was a wake up reminder of time and its unavoidable impact. A place that once flourished has fallen into complete despair, and not likely to stick around much longer.

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      Nicandra M.
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      Jun 3, 2022

      Great variety, the only thing is how dirty the restrooms are! Anytime the place is pretty goo

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      Ro K.
      Birmingham, AL
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      Jul 7, 2022

      Place is clean, liked the variety of food offered and parking is not an issue. Much better than the buffet down the street near the freeway.

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      Melina G.
      AL, AL
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      Sep 12, 2022

      You can tell they put a lot into the aesthetic here, which is great. But they lack good customer skills and the floors and tables are super gross. I came here today with my husband and two year old, to be sat by the host at a dirty table. When I said the table is dirty, he walked away and acted like he didn't hear. They give you plastic silverware, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but when you get the frozen solid ice cream and can't eat it because the plastic spoon is breaking...that's kind of a bummer

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      Reginald D.
      Birmingham, AL
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      May 8, 2022

      Me and my sister decided to take our mom here for Mother's Day, and this place is very good. I love the atmosphere of this place and the food here is really good their shrimp is very good, and spicy it was cooked fresh as well. Their crap meet sushi rolls were also good what I noticed about this china buffet Is that they have a huge selection of food to choose from more than most buffets

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      Destiny L.
      Kingston, Birmingham, AL
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      Oct 4, 2021

      I came here with my mom and her boyfriend to eat. I had one plate and the next I made a salad. I had put a noticeable dent in my food the ranch tasted funny but overall it was ok when I noticed a price of hair in my food. It ruined my entire appetite. When I brought it to my waiter's attention he went to get his manager. Once the manager came he tried to accuse me of putting hair on my plate. Saying "This is curly hair we only have straight hair." I honestly didn't put anything in my food my hair is colored and in braids and my mom's hair is braided and her boyfriend has dreads. There is no way I would pull hair out of my braid and head just to get a discount that's insane. All I have to say is pay close attention to your food here.

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      Darrius A.
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      This place has gone downhill in my opinion. It use to be a very respectful place when it came to Americanized Chinese buffet food but now? It's not even worth it with its reduced lunch price.

      The food was luke warm instead of piping hot on the hit bar, the sushi was above body temperature instead of slightly cool, the American food bland, and they replaced the scooped ice cream and fresh deserts with Dollar tree ice dairy desserts and cheap snack cake.

      The hibachi bar is terrible and slow. The meat there was barely on ice which I believe is health hazard so I avoided that.

      The server was lightly attentive and not really a serviceable guy. I hated that I wasted my money here as I should have went to the better buffer down the way but I had to meet someone this way.

      I suggest you save your money here and try another buffet. This one is definitely not new in the sense, pun not intended.

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