Jade Palace Buffet

i used to love going to this place,(it’s so cheap), until i found LIVE BUGS in my food, Never again.

Called to check on the price and the hours. The man that answered tone said they were open until 9:30 tonight and the price for adults (7÷17÷15) is $ 7.75 + tax. For my wife and I the bill came to $ 19.60. We had water to drink. Soda (Pepsi products) is extra.
This place is small and in a building with other businesses. The restaurant is about 30′ wide and maybe 60′ deep. Seating is at tables along the sides. The food bar runs down the center of the dining room. It is about ⁷⁰⁄₃₀ hot food and cold items (Jello, Melon, Lettuce, etc.) The left and right sides have different items. At the end of the food line along the back wall is the drink/​water machine, Coffee pot and soft serve machine (Vanilla only) In the back left corner is the restroom.
While the restroom is not sparkling it is functional. The trash was in the container. There was soap in the dispenser, seat covers and toilet paper. Some graffiti but not bad. It is unisex and is one room. Handicap usable. Lock the door when you go in.
The Food: Chicken prepared several ways, Fried, spicy, teriyaki, paper wrapped (Haven’t seen that for a long time) broccoli chicken ad a couple other kinds. There was salt & pepper fried shrimp, fried squid that was very good, Fried potatoes, French Fries also very good, Of course there was chow-​mein and fried rice. They have egg foo young that is very good but not the sauce. I used soy sauce instead. There was Salmon and Pizza. There was Sweet and Sour soup and another that I don’t remember.
Salad is nothing to write home about as it is just chopped lettuce. There was some chopped cabbage like a cole slaw but no dressing. There were four types of dressings on the serving bar. No tomatoes, no carrots, no sliced onions or any of the stuff to make a reasonable salad. I have said it before «People that do not eat salad should not set up the salad bar.»
When I went to the machine to get our water, the water did not work. A man came from the kitchen and I told him that the water did not work. He said get soda. I told him I didn’t pay for soda and he said it is ok just get soda. I did, and later there was someone that fixed the machine and I got my water.
There was one lady that was filling the food bar and later on there were two men that helped. It pays to watch so you can have hot food. The business at 5:30 was constant, almost as many to go orders as dine in. so the food was being constantly refilled.
I topped it off with a piece of hot apple pie and ice cream.
Will we go back? I am sure we will.

I love this place. When I get off work at 8;00am I head over here for my dinner. They open at 10:00 am so its perfect timing and all the food is FRESH!!! I get it to go and pile the sushi, any vegetables and orange chicken high take it home and scarf all the delicious food down. I think about this place all the time and dig this… I hate Chinese food but this place is truly my addiction. Try it… you’ll like it!!!

After seeing the reviews I was very disappointed that none of them actually reviews the food itself but instead talked about the service and the workers themselves. Although that can be a huge negative, I would have liked to see what the food itself is all about. So without further ado here’s what I thought about the food itself. The food was good, it was not excellent, or bad but for the price of nearly $ 8 (which includes the drink) it was most definitely worth it. Of all the items I really liked the Kung pao chicken, the chow mein was ok, and the teriyaki chicken was good. They also have desserts such as Apple pie which I highly recommend and the have vanilla ice cream. Near the end of our time eating they eventually brought out cheesecake. Unfortunately, I was already too full so I wasn’t able to get a taste.
The only negative I experienced which is why I rate 4 stars and not 5 is because as I continued getting multiple plates of food and finishing them one by one, they eventually stacked up on our tables. Yes, I say tables because another group of 3 people had a huge stack of dishes and they did not get picked up until they left! It didn’t bother me much to be honest but I just had to let you know that this will happen so expect your plates to stack up. UPDATE: They may or may not have seen this review but ever since it seems they are much more vigilant and pick up the plates more often then my first few visits.
All in all, for the most part this place is definitely cheap in price and the food is good. Also, another awesome thing is that the food did not make me sick which is one of my fears, so don’t worry about it. Give it a try at least once.

I was there recently and one of the pan handlers from outside came in and stood at my table which was next to where you pay for the meal and the cashier was right there all the time, the man demanded that we buy him his meal, we offered him a dollar and that was not good enough. He left and came back 2 more times and demanded the same thing from us over and over. All this time the man behind the desk watched and didn’t say anything to get this man to leave. I could not finish eating I was so upset by this and when I said to the cashier, why didn’t you stop him from harassing us he said oh I thought he was your friend… They care nothing about their customers wellbeing.

This place I uses to like not anymore their food don’t look appetizing at all gladly I won’t come back here anymore!

Been here a few times. Unremarkable food at very low prices. Owner/​Waiter was always attentive and respectful whenever my family and I ate there. Hopefully Aram B.‘s experience was an aberration.

PLEASE BOYCOTT THIS RESTAURANT.
Easily worst buffet experience ever. I was dining at this establishment recently and the cashier/​manager (Asian guy) was incredibly sexist, racist, rude, and demeaning to a young pregnant customer (African-​american) whom had come in to eat. When she attempted to pay after asking the price, he started talking cynically under his breathe, to which she then confronted him as she was standing there waiting to pay. He screamed at her hysterically (within 2 minutes of entering establishment) in front of her little children and the entire restaurant. She was innocently just coming in to eat, with money in her hand, and was just trying to get the cashier to take the $ so she could eat. He just kept on yelling in unintelligible english. By this time the woman was hurt in tears, and attempting to verbally defend herself from the unwarranted treatment from the asian shopkeeper. All the other patrons who were eating were visibly disturbed but not a single person said a word or defended the woman. It was truly sad.
PLEASE BOYCOTT THIS RESTAURANT. Unless you are getting robbed or threatened, there is no reason to ever raise your voice at a patron/​customer. A pregnant woman at that! Unless you are SEXIST or RACIST!
I know what I saw.