New China King Buffet

Been to this place a couple of times, while the food is generally decent, When I went recently, I found a splinter of wood in one of my chicken pieces. This wasn’t the chicken on a stick either. Upset, I brought it up to the waiter, who was apathetic about the situation. No compensation was made, I mean it was hard eating anything there afterwards.

This place isn’t bad, but its also not great. Has a good selection of food of different types, and its all pretty fresh. They also have sushi and stir fry which is really nice. The service was excellent and our waitress was super friendly and courteous. I’ve had better Chinese food though, and the price was way more than I expected — we ended up paying $ 30 for 2 people.

Fairly decent place.
Good selection of desserts and sushi.
Moderate selection of Chinese food and other foods.
Decent service by the staff.

My friends and I came here on move-​in day we were so hungry and thought a buffet was the way to go after not having a decent meal since 9:00 AM and it was now 9:00 PM.
The environment was very calm and quiet which we could appreciate.
We each got the egg drop soup which was good. There is also a sushi bar that had a lot of variety and were actually pretty good.
The service was not great but not bad it was average.
After trying out plenty of the foods available they were okay nothing was great EXCEPT for the coconut glazed shrimp they were AMAZING!!!

Awful flavor in the food. Both husband and I couldn’t eat it. When we decided to leave the workers couldn’t understand what I was very calmly trying to explain. Ended up to be a huge ordeal and us paying half. Never again!

I love this place! One of the best Chinese food places to eat in Denton. The food is always fresh and the staff is incredibly nice. I’m a huge Sushi fan, and have never much cared for sushi in buffet type places, but theirs is so good! Always fresh.

Great Chinese buffet with plenty of variety. Plenty of fresh vegetables, fruits and Asian fare to choose from along with a few American food items. Great sushi and dessert bar as well.

If i could give it less i would. Called the restaurant at around 5:30 and ask for buffet price for tonight. Was told 7.69 without drink. The website states lunch 7 whatever all day tuesday i got my check for almost 22.00 and we drank water for two and was informed by the waiter after explaining my quote and the ad and him talking to the manager «so sorry» and basically too bad for you. Really? Food was bland and they could care less about the customer. Never go back there again.

TERRIBLE SERVICE. And the food was awful and bland would not recommend the «waitress» was rude too. Plus it was $ 13! Totally not worth the price at all!

This is a good buffet but was better a year ago. It is starting to slide in my opinion. The sushi bar is above average for a buffet. It includes fresh spring rolls and a peanut sauce which you don’t normally see. There is an Hibachi grill and it is okay but very very average. For the regular buffet items they have most of the standards but have made some curious decisions in the last year and some things. The used to have glass noodles that were my daughters favorite and now just have lo mein. They have a chocolate fountain but dropped the strawberries — odd, right? So it is cantaloupe or marshmallows. They added pomegranates in their place recently and they sit untouched all night. On weekends they have crab legs, crawfish, clams and oysters. Sounds good right? The crab is good and the crawfish especially good. But they don’t know how to shuck and clean the clams or oysters (in particular) so there tends to be a lot of grit. There also is no horseradish for the oysters. They do have real ice cream, 6 – 8 flavors, which is not too common at a buffet.
The interior is probably the worst you will find at any buffet in town except for maybe Golden Corral. The carpet being dirty is the biggest thing.
It is really unfortunate. We have been going here for a while. My daughter liked several items and enjoyed the ice cream after dinner but they are really dropping the ball. The place needs a deep cleaning for once. But it is also the little things like oddly having the noodles and strawberries permanently gone from the buffet and some days just not having all of the other items and using terrible replacements.
I really hope they get back on track. When they first opened they appeared to have a lot of potential.

Of the chinese buffet places in Denton, this one is my favorite. The food is better than Buffet King — better vegetable and sushi choices and ice cream too, gotta have ice cream at the chinese buffet. My vegetarian girlfriend says her choices are best here, as she can just eat whole mangoes while I chow down on sweet chicken dishes.
The food is on par with Chinatown Café and the service a bit less detailed but still adequate, the price is significantly cheaper which gives it the win. This place beats Buffet King in all aspects. Additionally, I’ve never seen this place suffer from a wait before seating, which eliminates most of the «I don’t want to pick what to eat and I want it now» appeal of a buffet.

So this was one of the BEST buffets we have eaten at… ever! EVERYTHING we tried was excellent! Not sure why some gave this such bad reviews unless it’s because it was under old management. We REALLY enjoyed the food, fresh sushi, fresh hard ice cream, octopus (not that I tried it!) but really a huge place (with 6 bars plus the cooking grill for fresh stir-​fry and the ice creams).
There were 6 of us who ate here and everyone LOVED it! Wish this place was closer to home. Then again, maybe it’s a good thing it’s not as we all would eat too much, too often! LOVE this place

Extremely rude! My family went there with my parents. My husband wanted to pay the bill and asked a male employee at the front, who he assumed to be a manager, if he could go ahead and get the check to pay. The worker/​manager gave him a bad look and told my husband that he was not the waitress and that if he wanted to pay he would have to go find his waitress. We were appalled by the laziness & rude attitude. The guy was wearing the employee uniform so he obviously worked there. The very least he could have done is got our waitress for us in order to get the check.

This is the worst Chinese food in Denton, possibly in the entire DFW area. I’ve worked in food service, so I have taken the classes and know how a restaurant is supposed to be run, and this is not it.
The steam trays were not of adequate temperature to keep food hot enough to kill pathogens. The food was not fresh. It was dried out and old, including the «sushi» which I would not advise anyone to eat even one bite of.
Both my wife and I were made ill by the food even though we couldn’t bring ourselves to finish the meal. Several people have commented about how awful this place is, so I’m surprised there aren’t a hundred negative reviews already. Overpriced FOOD POISON.

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I read a management philosophy book once, so I’m going to write this review in the form of a Compliment Sandwich. That’s where you say something positive, and then you introduce a criticism, and then you finish up with another positive observation. Here goes:
New China King Buffet is conveniently located on 380 /​University, near Carroll!
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The food was cold.
Our waitress was rude.
The sushi guy told me something was a salmon roll and it was spicy tuna.
For two buffets, a water, and an iced tea the bill was 22 dollars.
Whatever wasn’t bland tasted weird.
Ever since I got home I’ve had awful shits. Seriously.
We ate there at about 8, and it is 2:30 in the morning.
I’m sitting here sweating and shivering like a hound dog trying to shit a peach pit.
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They have a deep freezer with real ice cream:
I had cookies and cream, which was pretty good!
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Score: New China King Buffet gets a 1 out of 5.