Empire Buffet
| Address: | 16149 Cross Bay Blvd, Howard Beach, NY 11414, USA |
| Phone: | +1 718-323-2888 |
| Rating: | 3.3 |
| Working: | 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–11:30PM 11AM–11:30PM 11AM–10:30PM |
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Jennifer MEDINA
This place need a make over seriouslywhen me and my family walked in we smell a strong odor of seafood in there, I was a little skeptical because, in my experience going to restaurants that serve Seafood I never smell the older so strong before but we continue to wait to be seated and in the few minutes I began to get hot fast there was no central air or air conditioner on, it was moist and hot all over even the floor was moist and slipper room I miss not talk about the bathroom yuck clean your bathroom make it more appealing to use. But I can understand a little why it was maybe so moist because they ate right by the water. Who knows. But it was hot in there. The food well.!!! It needs some big improvement.!!! Exspeacialing the seafood I went over to the clams and they look like they were sitting there all day then they had shrimps wrapped in bacon yuck dont ever try those. I decided just to have the snow crabs oh boy they was cold and the butter was absolutely cold I couldnt dump my snow crabs in them. And I LOVE SNOWCRABS NOT THERE I DONT.!!! And the service was horrible now one spoke any English except for the young lady in the front thats take your check to pay out everyone else not so nice and if you dont answer a picture of soda of water you will stay thirsty after your first order you hardly see anyone come back to your stable table asking you do you need anything else is everything okay. PLEASE IMPROVE YOUR RESTAURANT.!!! it has so much potential, but little too not enough effort to make it a better place.
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seen jee
We arrived around 5:45 Saturday afternoon and the joint was packed! There was no table for two available, so we sat at the bar until a table became available ....20 mins later. We ordered two bottles of the famous Margaritas at the bar while we waited, which totaled $40..they were delicious but VERY Weak..definitely not worth $20 each in my opinion. Now for the appetizers! Guacamole was superb! They made it at our table and it definitely opened up my appetite! Yumm. We also ordered beef empanadas! Which were extremely disappointing. First off, they were hot on the outside but the meat inside was Icy Cold. They also tasted bland. So gross. These were the worst empanadas ever! Now for the entree..Carne Encebollada! Yum! Thank the lord that the entree didnt disappoint..this dish is pretty much sirloin steak smothered with onions. Served with rice and beans & sweet plantain. It was medium well like we ordered. Portions were huge and the steak was seasoned just right. It was served with white rice, Even though I expected yellow rice, it wasnt a big problem. But when I mentioned to the waitress that I expected yellow rice she became defensive and gave me a little attitude. I took the high road and brushed it off. A couple minutes later she came back and offered to switch my rice to yellow and I nicely refused and just enjoyed my entree and my Pooh Bear.
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luis ruiz
Walked in and was seated. Upon sitting down the unsmiling server began to take our drink orders. After two of us requested water she assumed the whole table wanted water, but two of our party didnt want water before being able to tell her she walked away. After going to the buffet line the whole party of six was surprised to find most of the food half empty and looked like it was old. We all sat down with our food to find out it was all Cold. We try to enjoy the place but could not settle to eat cold and old food. We brought it to the ladys attention who said she could microwave the food. I was lost for words and told her that should not be the case. She went to get a guy from the back and he went on to tell me its not possible for the food to be cold and that he will walk me around the restaurant to ask other guest. Are you kidding me!!!! He said fine you total is $88 .........we are not going to pay for Cold old food...he offered 10% off.......$80 for food we did not and would not eat. I said how about to box up the food we served and Ill pay for it to go. He said no and that I have to pay 50%. This place has horrible food,service and management.
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Djery Jean
The place is fine but could be better. For example, it needs a lot more cleaning than this. The graffiti in the bathroom walls gotta be taken out. They need to also repaint the entire place. Also, they need to really do a rebeautification of the place to match the beach it borders. Will I come back again? No. The food was okay. The ribs needs to be a lot more tender than this; what I had was very hard and difficult to cute through or chew. The staff were good, however the place needs a lot more than just good food and good staff. The lights, ceilings and yes the glass gotta be clean more often. ALSO ICE CREAM MACHINE IS AN ISSUE. PLEASE BUY A NORMAL ICE CREAM MACHINE AND SEPARATE THEM AND BUY A NORMAL ICECREAM MACHINE. THANKS. I wouldnt discourage you to eat there, but I wouldnt go back. Thats all.
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C. Brown
I visited this buffet for the first time after driving by on a few occasions. I definitely appreciated the fact that they had two parking lots for customers. But my appreciation ended there pretty much. The restaurant itself is larger but the decor isnt impressive because its very outdated. Although the staff that greeted me was very friendly the actual food was another story. As I walked around the buffet the food was not very appealing. Most of it looked as if it had been sitting for quite sometime against my better judgement I got some food to go rather then pay the sit fee for the all you can eat option. I wasnt impressed with any of the food thati tasted. Overall, I wasnt impressed with the restaurant itself but I noted that it did offer a great water view. I wouldnt return again unless the food improves.
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Eli Johnson
Not a comfortable environment instead if checking if you need water and asking if everything is alright, the staff stands around acting as if they dont know English and just watching you as if there making sure you dont make an escape with one of their world famous crab legs, half the food isnt fresh by any stretch of the imagination if so there would be no need for a microwave at the end of the buffet, this is a place for greedy overweight people only other than that your just throwing money away, prices are ridiculous especially for kids who barely like half the stuff. Your better off going to a fancy restaurant everybody order a different dish share it and still be able to leave with what you paid for, on top of that they dont even eat the stuff they serve you
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Cameron Cannon
The decor was nothing to brag about but the food was nice. I was full after one small plate which surprised me. Theres a good selection of food and the sushi is nice but you have to ask for chop sticks. They wont just tell you. Not a very lively place the music was extremely low and the water fountain wasnt running. As for desserts id only recommend the rainbow cake but everyrhing else was eeh not my favorite. The banana pudding was good and the pricing was okay. When you first walk in you dont really see the price. You are automarically seated and the pricing is only noticed AFTER you leave and pay. If you wanna leave full its good.
