Chan’s Buffet

Good Chinese buffet restaurant. Food is fresher and better quality than most in this category. Very clean and service is awesome. My second time visiting, I will be back.

Worse Chinese buffet experience ever. Food was horrible. Burnt, over cooked, dried out, not fresh and cheaply made even for a buffet. Very disappointing. Was not like this before. Must have hit at a bad time or different staff.

First time there during Halloween weekend and it wasn’t busy at all which was very surprising. Everything I chose was hot and delicious, especially the lo-​mein. Will most likely come back as I have a thing for Chinese food, but then again, who doesn’t?

Had dinner, 1^st time there, tonite & was warmly greeted, takin’ care of by my server with great care & professionalism. Food was good, presented in a good manner & there was plenty. Will return again & again as well would recommended Chan’s to any & all. (Nice to have a tasty replacement to Mongolians after it hit the skids.) P. S. Nice to hear traditional Asian music @ an Asian eatery— neither loud nor overpowering. Pretty peaceful atmosphere.

Having been to this restaurant since it first opened when I was 9 years old, it’s the best Chinese buffet restaurant in the Blue Water area.
Stopping in for New Years Day dining, I found a lot of the food kept hot and delicious. The pan-​fried dumplings with soy sauce is fantastic and spot-​on. The sesame chicken and other chicken selections were well-​cooked and the sauce was comfortably hot, temperature-​wise. Chan’s did an incredible job with the shrimp, but the Salt and Pepper Shrimp has the black line on the bottom. If you see a black line in the shrimp, it’s not deveined. Shrimp has got to be cooked better if you devein them.
Other than that, it is nice for the restaurant to offer wi-​fi, as well as free tea of any kind with the buffet. Service was very good. I will come back here again, since I’m less than a mile from the restaurant.

The wontons and dumplings are generously filled. The hot n sour soup is nice and tangy with generous amounts of tofu and mushrooms. Egg drop soup is nicely thick and flavorful with a nice glossy look. Rangoon is sooo good with lots of filling! The dumplings and stuffed mushrooms could be warmer though.

being a vegetarian in port huron was hard, chans was always there for me and it hasnt changed a bit, however i agree that now that the mongolian grille has opened down the street chans is not really worth visiting. my family still loves it though and we go often when i’m in town. the sushi is so pathetic if youre from a city at all it will hurt your soul, but the stuffed mushrooms are excellent here and stuffed only with potato and though that sounds boring they are so flavorful its almost hard to believe. they also make these breaded zucchini things i have never had any where else and love very much. i also think chans has the best chinese donuts i’ve ever had. the staff is always very nice and accommodating, they thoroughly helped me identify everything with meat (especially chicken broth) on the bar. i love it that i can eat the rice here (a lot of chinese food places put chicken broth in their rice), it is much better here than at mongolian grille, the breaded shrimp is also better here. as a vegetarian there are quiet a few options here. i absolutely love the buddah near the door on the way out, i feel like he tells me to have a good day every time i leave!

HORRIBLE customer service! HORRiBLE Manager-​woman from HELL – really ICK! My husband was eating his late lunch, we all were still nibbling and he was eating some shrimp, about 15 on a little plate and the woman came and took his plate – saying «you not pay for this!!» We were appalled! WOW! Besides, there have been times the space has been dirty… ick, again.
We will never go back and we tell all we know. Not everyone eats lunch at 12 noon – some of us eat later and if that is during a restaurant’s change over time from lunch from dinner, then so be it. They need to let people EAT – especially since it is a buffet!
We will NEVER go back… WE GO TO MONGOLIAN BUFFET – it’s just wonderful – great customer service, great food and CLEAN.

I am adding a star to Chan’s Buffet.
I really love the garlic green beans at Chan’s Buffet. They are to die for. Their vegetable lo-​mein too. Oh YUM! I live in Chicago and every Chinese take-​out joint uses spaghetti noodles, not wheat flour noodles like Chan’s Buffet does. There’s egg drop soup, a decent salad bar, fresh fruit, and enough dessert to pack on the calories. I don’t go hungry here.
My boyfriend’s family eats incredibly well here too. They love the seafood, especially the shrimp, crab legs and the chicken dishes. They rave about the green beans too. It’s their favorite place for unlimited Chinese food in Port Huron.
It’s now mine, too.

I really like this place. The one item that gives it an edge on almost any other chinese buffet is this cheesy cabbage casserole, its awesome.
The other items are pretty standard, but the thoughts of the cabbage casserole are what pull me in here over the extremely close mongolian buffet. I feared for my precious casserole when the mongolian joint first opened but thankfully it remains.
The service is friendly, if somewhat challenged by the english language. It is pretty clean. Offers soups, a nice dessert spread with ice cream. Egg rolls, crab stuffed rangoon, sesame chicken etc. The green beans are tasty.
Don’t touch the stuffed clam shells, I think they reuse the shells.
This is a buffet, so an automatic star off for that, if buffets don’t make you cringe a little, then add a star on to my review.

I’ve eaten at Chan’s many times over the last 4 or 5 years… but ever since the Mongolian Buffet has opened up right down the street (In the «Old Country Buffet» location), I don’t see much point in going here anymore.
I tried eating at Chan’s again recently just to be able to compare the two places. There’s nothing wrong with the food here… it’s good. But, they certainly don’t have the «selection» that the Mongolian has. Plus, the Mongolian has the «Mongolian BBQ» along with all the other Chinese dishes. Then, to add insult to injury, I believe the Mongolian is actually CHEAPER in price than eating at Chan’s. (Although, one place might include the drink in the price, and the other might not… I’m not sure on that). What I AM sure of… is WHY would you choose to eat at Chan’s when both places are about the same price and the Mongolian offers the bigger selection?
Ya… I would imagine that there are some people out there that are going to say that Chan’s food tastes better (and some people that will say that the Mongolian has the better food). But, really… they are both fine.
Chan’s does offer a Take-​Out Menu with many different dishes that you can order to go. The Mongolian doesn’t necessarily have that, but they do let you go in and fill up a to-​go box with food and take it with you (they charge you by the weight).
When it comes right down to it… I’ll probably NEVER go to Chan’s Buffet again. And I don’t really understand why anyone else would either… as long as the Mongolian Buffet & Grill is open practically right next door (they’re within walking distance to one another, easily).

As far as buffets go (I usually stay as far away from buffets as possible) this one gets an A+. It had the usual stuff you find everywhere (honey chicken, sesame, veggie delight, eggrolls, ice cream, ect.) But it also had delicious crab legs, fantastic stuffed clam (I know, I couldn’t even believe I tried it– but I’m glad I did!), stuffed mushrooms to die for, and so many more choices that were surprising as well as delicious. The trays of food were constantly being switched out and the food was obviously fresh. The only complaint I have was the hot tea. It tasted like Lipton’s or something.