New Taste Buffet

We started going to the New Taste Buffet over 5 years ago and the food had been pretty decent. In the past year and a half the food and service has been going downhill. The staff that picks up the dishes always seems to have an angry look on their faces and never even say Hi. Many of the trays of food had very little in them and it seemed they weren‘t going to replace them until the last minute. We never get the mac & cheese… it‘s horrible! The fried chicken is pretty good, but we had to wait for over an hour for them to replace those last 3 dried out pieces. We stayed for awhile just to see if they would replace some trays. No, we don‘t normally hang out at buffets. We just got through fishing with a group of friends and had bragged to them that the food would be pretty good at the New Taste. I feel like we let our friends down in a big way. They use to serve peach cobbler, but that has been replaced with some cooked down apple stuff. Not very good at all, but I‘m assuming it is cheaper to serve. There are hardly any salad dressing choices… well, they have 3! YeePee The dessert choices are a joke. Cookies, a few ice cream choices, a couple of coffee cakes cut into bite size pieces. The vanilla and chocolate pudding taste like it came out of a can. They can call me and tell me if I‘m wrong about that, but I‘m not. The orange jello with marshmallows is usually a favorite of mine, but the last couple of times it has been watery. The barbecue pork ribs barely had any sauce on them and the beef back ribs were dry as dust. They need to add more vegetable varieties and add taste to the dishes they already serve. There was no fish at all when we were there, but they finally brought some shrimp out when we were preparing to leave. Bring back the cobblers, add some real cakes, a variety of vegetables (cabbage, okra, pinto beans, peas and carrots, etc,) I‘ll pay more if the food is worth it. A lot of the foods were not marked and not even the 3 salad dressings they did have… the letters had wore off. How Sad! There is no pride in food quality or service. I did complain to the cashier up front on our way out. She was defensive and could have cared less. I had to ask her 4 times for a phone number so I could call and speak to someone in charge. They most certainly are not the nice buffet we started coming to over 5 years ago and I did tell the cashier that we won‘t be back! Don‘t waste your time or money coming to New Taste Buffet.

I was going to give this place three stars until I went to the bathroom. The bathroom was one of the dirtiest I’ve been in inside a restaurant. Yuck! The food was decent, typical Chinese Buffett fare.

The food is pretty good, especially the ones that they’re constantly replacing. The Mongolian grill is great as well.
The sushi is pretty bad except for the California rolls. The fish just isn’t sashimi-​grade. It is a staffed bar however, unlike Iron Sheet across the street.
If you can see past the dirty restrooms this place isn’t bad at all.

I gave this place three stars because for a Chinese buffet, it’s not bad. You have to go into a place like this knowing you aren’t going to get world class food, especially sushi.
Having said that, for $ 3.99 it’s hard to beat. They have a hibachi grill, sushi (mediocre, but still sushi), and some things that you wouldn’t normally see at a place like this. They have wings, chicken quesadillas, and ribs on the buffet just to name a few.
The only thing I don’t like about this place is the restrooms. They are never exactly clean, which is an enormous issue for me. Had it not been for this I would have probably given this place another star. Overall though, you’re getting what you pay for and then some.

the chicken broccoli was cold and soggy.
The chicken dishes are cold, the ribs were dry, the rice is dry, the grill was good
The only thing that was good was the pop.

«New taste» would be a perfect way of describing this place. Everything I tried was either soggy or dry, there was no in between. I’m not a huge fan of Asian cuisine, but I love certain dishes when they’re done correctly. None of mine were that evening. On top of that, the staff was just plain rude. I’d recommend going elsewhere.

This place is what it is. I mean what China buffet do you go to and are like, «This is the best food I have had.»? I like their sushi but it is not high class. Put a ton of wasabi on it and blow your top. The actual food here is pretty terrible, but the sizzling chicken is pretty awesome. Mongolian grill is iffy. Not enjoyable. I usually pick the veggies out of some of the dishes and have it with fried rice or lo mein. Go on
to get the lunch buffet and drink for $ 3.99 (cash only). How can you complain for that price? It is nearly free. If you want to fill your belly and be semi satisfied, then give this a shot.

This place used to be a mediocre place to get some Chinese food. It has really gone downhill. The place is dirty and they no longer have their soft-​serve ice cream machine. They do have a Mongolian grill, but the last time I ordered something from it, it lacked taste and was saturated in oil. Gross. The staff is also rude and unfriendly. Not eating here again unless I have to.

I went here 3 years ago when I first moved to Indy & hadn’t returned until last week. Not much has changed. I was greeted by Christmas wreaths in July. There were lots of tables of people speaking Spanish noisily & children running around. I’m not sure if they were friends/​family of the staff or not as the servers usually were standing at the tables, talking to them in Spanish instead of cleaning off tables. It’s a Chinese buffet, with your standard stuff. The veggie sushi had rice, mayo, & cucumbers. Gross-​no sort of flavour or anything interesting. They did have collards, which were good, as I do love me some greens, but kind of odd to see them on the buffet. Nothing tasted fresh & everything was bland, even the sauces for the Mongolian BBQ. Gave this place another shot to see if the previous bad experience was a fluke, & am sad to say it’s not a fluke. Should’ve tried out the Vietnamese restaurant next door.