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By: Jake Smackenzie
Date: 2/28/2010
From: Palm Coast
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Okay I wish I could change my first review but I can't. After going back a second time I was very disappointed. The server was rude. She stood with her hand out waiting for a tip after we gave her a $50 bill for two. Not very tactful. My wife and I had stomach aches a couple hours later. I'm done with Chinese buffets. The people are rude and will cut corners any way possible. |
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By: Charley
Date: 2/27/2010
From: Palm Coast
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Nice atmosphere, fairly clean, great presentation and variety, but none of the food has any flavor! I have no idea how they are able do that! Really, how can the taste of each vegetable and meat be removed? Everything is bland! The Coconut Chicken and Kung Po were the only exceptions where the sauce had some taste. I always had complimentary hot tea, but when we received the bill we saw $1.90 added for it. A real rip off. |
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By: Harry
Date: 1/19/2010
From: Palm Coast
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This is the only Chinese buffet I go to now after visiting it and comparing it to other buffets. It's the quality of the food; I'm a picky eater, and I love this place. Enjoy! |
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By: Vad
Date: 12/29/2009
From: Palm Coast
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Great at first, then ok, and now unacceptable... No take out orders over the phone, you have to sit there for half a hour to get your order. Eat-in food became total garbage. Just avoid this place. |
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By: Ali Perez
Date: 12/29/2009
From: Palm Coast
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I'm sorry to say but whoever says this place is even half way decent poorly mistaken. First let me start by saying I went with my wife and 5 year old they sat us next to another couple with kids in almost an isolated area where the table cloths were worn out and and the seats had seat covers, when moved had stains and were disgusting meanwhile all the other people sat in nice seats and had table clothes! The food was terrible. I had two sample plates to try their small variety of food and found nothing that tasted good. The only thing that was edible was the wannabe zepoles they had in the desert section... I want Lucky Buffet back where the food to me was ten fold better. I went to this place because Lucky's was closed and I had read a promising review on this site. I'm soooo disgusted... do yourself a favor and order from a to-go place! As for Grand Hong Kong, I will never return. Thank you - Happy belly's make happy people! |
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By: J.L
Date: 12/25/2009
From: Palm Coast
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We've heard about this place and wanted to try it, so we did tonight. The service was good, but the food really wasn't. There were very few choices to choose from. The rice on the sushi was hard, and most of the food laid out was cold, to lukewarm. The food tasted un-fresh, and the price was expensive. I don't think I'll go again. |
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By: Aynne McAvoy
Date: 12/21/2009
From: Palm Coast
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We have eaten here about three times now. We do like the place and the variety on the buffet. We've been to a lot of Chinese buffets along the east coast and I think this is one of the better ones. I eat vegetarian sushi and there is always a nice variety. The place is clean, including the rest rooms, and with coupon it's very reasonable. |
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By: Cat
Date: 12/20/2009
From: Flagler Beach
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My friend and I went their today for lunch, the first time we went their food was great so went again... today was not. Not much to choose from to eat... dried out beef/chicken and way too much thickening glazes on the food. |
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By: Peter
Date: 12/13/2009
From: Palm Coast
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The best buffet at this area, The food was great and the sushi was fresh, The service is excellent.
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By: Joanne
Date: 12/12/2009
From: Palm Coast
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I just moved here a few weeks ago and slowly getting to try all the local restaurants. I've been searching for a good Chinese restaurant, and although I found a great take out (King Palace) I have yet to find a good sit down Chinese. I'm not a big fan of buffets but thought I'd try Grand Hong Kong out of cravings! However, it really didn't come close to satisfying my craving for good Chinese. Just about every item I sampled from the buffet was sweet and tasteless. Fried items seemed like they were fried ages ago and were rock hard. Sushi was OK and desert selection wasn't too bad. Service was good and the place is nicely kept. I guess I'll have to keep searching for a good local Chinese! |
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By: Sar
Date: 12/11/2009
From: Palm Coast
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I am so glad that there is a perfect Chinese buffet in Palm Coast. The food is excellent, the service is very nice, everything is fantastic and especially the sanitation and the restroom, they are very very clean. They have crab legs and oysters. The chicken is really really really tasty. The service is wonderful... if I order a tea the tea cup will never be empty, they will talk to you with a smiley face always. I like this restaurant, it is my favorite!
I thought it was good. The food was fresh and hot. The Lo Mein was good and it actually had flavor. I thought the Egg Foo Young was GREAT. I would go back just for that. The sushi looked impressive although I don't eat it. My friend said the Tempura chicken were very good. Lastly, I don't see where $10.99 for dinner is such a hardship, but if you think that's too much, go to McDonald's for dinner and do Grand Hong Kong's for lunch ($6.99...all you can eat, people!)
As for me, I'll be returning to Grand Hong Kong's on a regular basis. It's the best Chinese food in Palm Coast...;) |
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By: Sarah
Date: 12/9/2009
From: Palm Coast
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Dirty business practices! I've eaten at this buffet off and on for some months... not impressed, but basically because I'd get a craving for Chinese and it was close. The food is not anything I would recommend. Adequate is probably the best adjective. Agree with previous posts about rubber sushi and lukewarm food.
But WITHOUT NOTICE they decided to charge $6.00 for a 22-month-old to eat! They neglected to mention this when we sat down. When I received the bill and stated I'd never been charged for the baby before, they pointed to a little 8" by 10" note they'd put on the grand piano near the entrance amidst plants and Christmas decorations... nothing you could see or read from the hostess stand. There is no way that I would pay this for a toddler who basically eats six pieces of shrimp and air.
The manager was nasty to me and the staff was obviously unhappy. If you want to overpay for boring food and support devious business practices, eat away. But when I have my cravings I'll either be doing take out at the King Palace or going to the Chinese buffet by the Wal-Mart in St. Augustine. |
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By: Ron
Date: 12/5/2009
From: Palm Coast
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Had dinner there the other night. Sushi bar was awful and clams are farm raised and poor quality. The rest of the food was not hot and mediocre at best. Decor is nice and restrooms clean. Wont be back. They also charge for hot tea which ought to be included. |
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By: Ralph
Date: 11/16/2009
From: Palm Coast
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The place is clean and nice looking. The staff is friendly and well dressed. I was disappointed in the warm buffet. I like my food hot. Although they lowered their
prices I probably will not return. I did eat there three times and they haven't changed. |
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By: John
Date: 10/29/2009
From: Ormond Beach
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I Like the place but they charge $7.99 for a 4 year old to eat dinner. That's just crazy! |
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By: Jeff Kuske
Date: 9/7/2009
From: Palm Coast
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We came across a coupon and decided to check out Grand Hong Buffett. We were still cautious and searched Flagler Online and the Florida health code violations website. No problems so we proceeded.
The new decor is impressive; soft instrumental music greets you in a well appointed nice dining atmosphere. They spent some money on the renovation. People seemed to dress better and act more politely then the other buffet. There is no trace of Marco Polo, a restaurant I kindly gave two stars.
The bathroom was very clean which is a rarity in Asian restaurants. This place has granite countertops, hands free towels and soap. Good idea for a buffet!
After we were seated we ordered a complimentary pot of tea as usual and headed for the sushi buffet. I found some California rolls, rice and cream cheese rolls and an assortment of fake crab meat rolls. No fresh fish. I checked and this was it. So as far as the Sushi goes, I like fresh fish, so I was disappointed.
My wife and I are not big meat eaters so we focused on the vegetables and crab legs which were fine. Bok Choy, fresh string beans, and peas were very good. There was a nice vegetarian dish. The steamed dumplings were very good. The chicken and broccoli was good. Everything else looked clean and well kept.
I had pistachio ice cream which was good.
We got our check and picked up the fortune cookies on our way out.
The tea was not complimentary, $3.80 for two. Which seemed kind of steep, no pun intended.
All in all we were pleased with the experience. Although I prefer raw sushi so I will probably stick with the other buffet unless we have friends in town who we want to take to a better atmosphere. |
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By: Oliver
Date: 6/16/2009
From: Palm Coast
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I really didn't enjoy the food here. The restaurant is very nice inside and service was good, but the food selections were very sweet and mostly flavorless. Sushi was quite good though. |
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By: Visitor
Date: 4/10/2009
From: Palm Coast
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My family and I eat here about one a week. We had eaten there about a year ago and thought we'd never go back. They have improved the food. It is a little expensive especially for the kids, but we think the food is much better than the other Chinese buffet. |
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By: bdk413
Date: 3/7/2009
From: Palm Coast
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My wife and I love this place and we eat there once or twice a week. The owner treats us like family. The food is good and hot and fresh with a good variety. Highly recommended. |
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By: Ron
Date: 3/6/2009
From: Palm Coast
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Stopped visiting Grand Honk Kong for a while so thought I'd try it again. Went for dinner and was not very impressed. Nearly everything tasted the same and was very sweet. The fish tasted old and the sushi was quite bland. At $10.99 each, I expected more. There are far more better better places to dine out in Palm Coast so this is now on my permanent ignore list! |
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By: Stefan
Date: 3/5/2009
From: Palm Coast
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I was there for lunch on Thursday. It is still the best restaurant for service and atmosphere. Everything I ate was very good. There is such a large selection of items I don't see how anyone could not find enough that they liked to be satisfied. The sushi bar, salad bar, fruit bar, dessert bar are all excellent and fresh. Personally I like more traditional sushi but most people would be happy with their emphasis on cooked sushi items. The Chinese dishes I tried were fresh and tasty. Maybe others have experienced ups and downs in quality but I was very satisfied with everything I ate. And it is a very good value with reasonable pricing. |
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By: tony
Date: 1/29/2009
From: flaglerbeach
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wow. very bad restaurant. if you like food that has been sitting out all day and perhaps reheated from the day before eat here. very gross.
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By: William
Date: 9/14/2008
From: Palm Coast
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Not too sure what the attraction of this place is. I agree that it is a nice restaurant and very clean, but with any restaurant, it's the food what matters most and the food here is really not very good. The vast majority of its buffet items were tasteless with some being sweet and sickly. Battered and fried items were hard and tasted stale. Sushi wasn't too bad though and service was attentive. I have had far better Chinese food elsewhere and for me it takes more than just presentation to get me to return. |
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By: Graham
Date: 8/13/2008
From: Palm Coast
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Inside, it is much nicer now than it used to be, but the food is not the best. Nothing tastes like I expect it to. The General Tso's Chicken, for example, tastes just like breaded chicken in a watery ketchup and nothing like General Tso's I've had elsewhere. Most of the other items all taste the same and everything has a sweetness to it. |
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By: Nancy
Date: 7/14/2008
From: Palm Coast
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My husband and I have visited the Grand Hong Kong for lunch and for dinner. We enjoyed both experiences and were amazed at so many wonderful choices of food. The warmers were always full and attended to, and the wait staff replaced plates and filled glasses as needed; we never felt rushed. The atmosphere is pleasant and spotless. Liked the soft background music, and appreciated the clean / attractive rest rooms. We are having friends visit from "up north" soon and plan to take them there for the dinner buffet. Great prices, tasty food and good service. Nice to have a restaurant like this in Palm Coast. |
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By: P.T.
Date: 7/3/2008
From: Palm Coast
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Tried this new place this past weekend with company over...Service and cleanliness was above average, waitresses very nice. Unfortunately, the food wasn't hot (at 5:30!), the chicken dishes were all tough, the lo mein was like angelhair pasta, no white rice available - only fried w/shrimp. Not much in each chafing dish, like it was leftover. Back to Lucky's for us. Sorry! |
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By: Kelly
Date: 6/23/2008
From: Palm Coast
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Great improvement since it first opened. Nice and clean with a wide range of dishes some of which I've never seen on a Chinese buffet before. Service was polite and efficient. |
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By: George B.
Date: 6/7/2008
From: Grand Haven
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I too have switched from Lucky's to Grand Hong Kong. The place has a flair of elegance with its tablecloths, padded chairs and background music and a wonderful rest room. The clientele seem to adapt to this elegance by "dressing up" for dinner and not looking like they just came off the farm to chow down. Their vegetable assortment is great. They may need to reduce the chicken variations and add another fish dish, like salmon. Not having been there before the price drop, the current price is attractive. |
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By: ANAINPC59
Date: 5/24/2008
From: Palm Coast
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My family and I just had dinner at the Grand Hong Kong and we were pleasantly surprised by the courteous hostess. We all decided on the $6.99 buffet and we all agreed that everything we tasted was delicious. They have much more variety that Luck Buffet. The servers kept coming around refilling our water glasses and hot tea & promptly would remove the dishes when we were done & had put them aside. The restaurant is very clean - including the restrooms and neatly decorated. We enjoyed great dinner at an awesome price. This buffet has won us over! :-) |
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By: Melissa
Date: 5/10/2008
From: Palm Coast
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We went there when it first opened and was very disappointed with the price and the food. We decided to try it again last night because we heard the prices went down and the food was better. The food was great. Much more variety and more food in the pans. The price definitely went down. The only problem I saw was that they offer crab legs on the buffet and I had to ask for some. They did bring them out and they were very hot and good. Will go back again. |
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By: Jenna
Date: 4/21/2008
From: Palm Coast
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I am so glad that there has a perfect Chinese buffet in palm coast. The food are excellent, the services are nice, everything are fantastic and especially the sanitation and the restroom, they are clean and beautiful.
The price is reasonable now, lunch is $6.99, dinner is $9.99 and they have crab legs and oysters. I know that many buffet had no vegetation, but this one has a lot of vegetable which I think is healthy to me. But even though there has many vegetable, there has chicken and duck and 6 types of soup, the chicken is really really really tasty. The service are wonderful to me, if I order a tea the tea cup will never be empty, they will talk to you with a smiley face always. I like this restaurant, it is my favorite! |
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By: Mini Me
Date: 4/21/2008
From: Palm Coast
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So much better than when it first opened up. I really enjoyed my meal. I wasn't expecting much and was pleasantly surprised. |
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By: Jerry
Date: 4/21/2008
From: Palm Coast
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We had heard that they have lowered the prices and the quality of food was better, so we decided to try Grand Hong Kong once more. We visited for lunch and the buffet was only $6.99. The food was plentiful with quite a broad selection of items. A few items were too sweet for my taste and a couple lacked flavor, but overall it was a great improvement and much better value. The restaurant itself is very beautiful and kept clean. |
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By: Jason
Date: 3/27/2008
From: Palm Coast
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Surprise, surprise. After all the poor reviews the management must have listened. The prices are right. The service is the best we ever had at a buffet. [every time I used my napkin it was replaced]. My hot tea was always being topped off. The variety was excellent and the quality was good. The restrooms are the cleanest and nicest in Palm Coast.[All new] All of our party was well pleased and will change our allegiance from Lucky to Grand Hong Kong. |
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By: Scarlet
Date: 3/19/2008
From: Palm Coast
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We ate here last night (Tuesday, March 18). This was our third try at this restaurant--first time too expensive, second time food not fresh. However, the buffet is now 11.99 Monday-Thursday. They had crab legs which were excellent. Many other dishes were great--delicately flavored, tender beef dishes, and many other dishes that were excellent. They had ice cream and many different desserts. We were quite pleased and satisfied. It is so nice to go to this buffet, compared to another one in Palm Coast that is not very clean; rest rooms and restaurant here is spotless and nicely decorated. We will be back again. Our server was also very friendly and attentive--she even had a smile on her face which does not happen at the other buffet. |
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By: Craig Fortmeyer
Date: 3/18/2008
From: Palm Coast
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Prices have become much more reasonable for weeday's, but their food is just not very flavorful. It all looks very good but lacks tatste. |
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By: Stefan
Date: 3/15/2008
From: Palm Coast
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I had lunch on Saturday. What a turn-around! Lower prices (6.99 lunch buffet per person). Very good selection of dishes, mainly Chinese, some Japanese, at least one Indian. Very good quality, wide variety. The decor, furniture, silverware all above average. Excellent service. Will go here again. |
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By: S. Melton
Date: 2/13/2008
From: Palm Coast
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My husband and I went to Grand Hong Kong tonight and I wish I had read the reviews first. I was shocked at the $18.99 pp buffet. I ordered from the menu, husband did the buffet. Gone are the crab legs, stuffed clams, peel and eat shrimp and round of beef. No more pork chops, or dishes with shrimp. ALL buffet food was cold. I was seated facing the door and 5 different couples/groups walked in, saw the $18.99 price and walked out.
Not sure where the owner came from, but no $18.99 buffet with lousy food is going to last in Palm Coast, no matter how nice the decor is. I miss Marco Polo. |
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By: Frank
Date: 2/12/2008
From: Palm Coast
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As soon as we were greeted they pointed out the high price as if to warn us. So, I requested we look at the buffet before accepting a table. The food on the buffet was very scarce with just a very small amount, if any, of each item. Nothing was labeled and it was difficult to know what some items were. We politely declined and left. It appears that this restaurant opened before it was ready and at the high prices they are charging, they should definitely offer a much better and more plentiful selection. |
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By: Mike
Date: 2/10/2008
From: Palm Coast
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Very expensive for the quality and quantity of food. Many things are extra! Service was OK and the new decor is very nice. |
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By: Linda
Date: 2/10/2008
From: Palm Coast
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I agree with others... they have spent a great deal of money and time on the new renovations but the food is totally terrible. All the beuatiful work is useless if the food is going to be this bad. Prices are outrageous too! |
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By: Roger
Date: 2/10/2008
From: Palm Coast
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My wife and I love Chinese food and we were really looking forward to this restaurant opening. But now we've tried it we are very disappointed and were not in the least impressed with the very tasteless food. It's a great looking restaurant with awful food. We'll just wait for another one to come along this side of town. |
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By: Kim
Date: 2/10/2008
From: Palm Coast
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The buffet was $18 and it was horrible. We were seated, walked up to the buffet and it was bare!! I couldn't of eaten $18 worth of food if I tried. They've done a lot of work on the building and now they need to do some major work on the menu and food. Lucky Buffet is not great, but it beats this place hands down! 1-star for the nice, albeit very embarrassed, server. |
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By: Melissa
Date: 2/7/2008
From: Palm Coast
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My husband and I ate there tonight and our bill came to $45.00. There was hardly any food on the buffet and the food was very cold. The food was also very dry. No ice cream or fortune cookies for desert. The place is clean, but the price is too expensive for what they give you. Will not return to this place. |
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By: Joe
Date: 2/7/2008
From: Palm Coast
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They were obviously not ready to open yet! They have spent a fortune on the decor and paid no attention to the key ingredient... the food! Very little of it. Very dry! Very expensive! Very disappointing! |
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By: George Bell
Date: 2/6/2008
From: Palm Coast
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Let me start by saying that this is a beautiful restaurant. They have done a great job at renovating the place and it's very impressive as soon as you enter. However, the food is less desirable. There were very few items on the buffet and what was there was dried out and in very small quantities. They didn't have any rice! I know restaurants are typically bad on opening nights, but at $15 I expected more. Service was very friendly though and our server seemed very embarrassed by the lack of food. |
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