Great China Buffet
| Address: | 628 S Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80910, USA |
| Phone: | +1 719-572-8009 |
| Rating: | 2.7 |
| Working: | 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–9PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–9PM |
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Alex Shveykin
My wife and I went to this place today May 15th of 2015 right at their opening time, at 11am. We figured what could be better then freshest food right off the stove... Boy, were we wrong... What we learned is that they do not cook food first thing in the morning before opening, like you would think a restaurant would do. They must have either cooked it day before, or were just using leftovers. Which I we would have been fine with, only if they bothered to preheat the food decently. I am not exaggerating a bit when I say the food was cold, almost frozen. They dumped it in those trays, in boiling water, under the heat lamps, but must have done so in the last 10 minutes before opening its door. One can only imagine how great the pork tastes when its nearly frozen and you can taste and feel the white lard on it.... We all make mistakes, perhaps someone forgot to turn on the heat lamps on time, or something went unexpectedly wrong in the last minute, That we could understand. What we could not gasp, is when my wife went to complain that all of the food is cold, she was met with hostility and downright rudeness !! Some employee came from the back, started aggressively explaining to my wife that food is indeed hot, and its my wifes fault that she took too long walking from food aisles to her seat..... Just plain unacceptable...
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A Private User
In an Honest way, all I can say about the place is that I liked it. It has all the normal selection of what you would expect of a Chinese Buffet, and when your there you can tell that they cook in small batches so that they are not wasting that much food. Its clean, and the people are friendly, and when we went the price was 11.99 per person, which is ok, because that seems to be the going price for Chinese Buffets in town. I went just to see what it was like, and how it would compare to another Chinese Buffet that I really enjoy, Of the two, this one is number 2 on that list. This place has a more mom and pop feel to it, which is ok if that is what your looking for. There are a couple tattoo shops in the plaza its in, so if your out tattoo hunting then its a good place to stop and eat. The only reason I would go back is for the lunch price special, other wise I will just make my way on down the road. Pay at the door, seat yourself, get your drinks yourself. No real service from staff. I did enjoy the food though, so that know what they are doing on that end.
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JR BELIEVER
PLEASE READ WHY IM NEVER GOING BACK HERE AGAIN. THANK YOU There is not much food options the food they have is cold. The Waiters are rude they dont ask if your done with your food they just take your plate with food if they see you have a little bit left like really. I was there not to long ago with my family and the Waiters were just staring at us eat like please have some respect for others. At the end Im pretty sure they got mad they came over and she brought 2 more waiters to help her pick up 4 plates I felt like they were rushing us to get out and she lean to get the plates and she lean on me put her Boobs on me and her weight like really Im still eating here so I got up and left I left my food there she ask me what about this I was like what ever do what ever you want with it Ill leaving. I IM NEVER GOING THERE AGAIN. P.S even though they were rude to me and my family we still left them a tip but Im were never going back there again.
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Paulina Lobato
DO NOT EAT HERE!!!!!!! HAIR IN THE FOOD AND YOU WILL NOT GET YOUR MONEY BACK!!!!!! This place is disgusting!! Horrible service and nasty hair covered food. Payed $30 for my boyfriend and I. A few mintues after serving our food i discovered about a 12 inch long black hair that had been wrapped around the chicken like that and then cooked like that. I asked the waitress to bring over the manager. She very rudly refused. So i take the piece of chicken to the front and ask for my money back as to how i had lost my appetite and was on the verge of vomiting. Then the manager spent 15 minutes trying to convince me that it was a feather and fine to eat. Saying over and over again whats the problem. Then telling on himself by saying its just very old chicken. Refused to give me my money back because he said it took 10 minutes to find the hair. Needless to say we left sick to our stomachs and pretty much paid $30 to be grossed out.
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Mike Burdette
I have never, ever, written a review on a restaurant, so it had to be an exceptional experience, right? Yes, exceptionally bad! This was just awful! The food was barely above room temperature, had a weird flavor, in fact, two hours later, I cant get the aftertaste out of my mouth. I am not a picky eater at all, but I couldnt eat anything on the plate, and left. Absolute, complete, total waste of $. Seeing how far back these bad reviews go, how are they even still in business? As far as the few positive reviews....if you thought this was good, I would invite you to go to Springfield Missouri, where cashew chicken was invented, and discover what an armpit of a restaurant this really is, and pay less, too. Haha, yeah,...I would rather lick someones armpit than eat there again!
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Syntax Error
Ate here while visiting the CO Springs area on vacation. The restaurant was full of kids, running around messing with food on the buffet. Some items on the buffet were empty, and I had to try a lot of the items to find anything I liked. Many of the items were barely warm, or had very bland flavor. I was not impressed by the buffet, but it was near the neighborhood where my hotel was located. While I cannot be sure it was related, I did have some digestive issues the following morning that required the immediate use of a restroom. I can almost definitely say I will not be returning to this location, as I have found other local buffets I like better in recent trips. Price was fair, food selection was poor, food quality was poor.
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Jesus Sanchez
This place is straight garbage, overpriced, cold, taste like trash. From having to pay 43$ for three people, the sweet and sour chicken tasted like cardboard and laundry detergent, the general tsos was cold and disgusting. The lo mien was soggy and clumped together. My daughters ice cream was completely spoiled and when I told the lady hovering over us, she said oh okay, it taste fine. By the time we left and I got in my car i was puking up pieces of "chicken". Once I got home, I threw up again. If I could give this negative stars I would.
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Travis Bernhard
First impression of this place is that it was dirty and disgusting. When we sat down my arms stuck to the table because it clearly wasnt washed. The food was not hot and the sushi was not very cold. The salad and fruit bar smelled so bad I had to hold my breath walking by it because it had been sitting out for so long. The food was bland and stale tasting. The worst part of it all is the Chinese lady starring daggers at us while we were eating, so rude! Will never come back here again and can not believe this place hasnt been shut down.
