Happy Buffet

So we came here for a birthday party… that’s where the story ends. The food is average and there is really nothing special about this place. Quick tips: go for the seafood and nothing else. Don’t waste your stomach on the rice, soup, and the other MSG ridden things. Go at lunch time and if there is a line, I’d go to Black Bear dinner.

A LOT of MSG on everything.
Food is okay. Nothing spectacular. You can find better options else where

I love this place. It’s the best buffet both price– && quality– wise.
Plenty of parking outside && tables inside.
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HOT && SOUR SOUP (4 stars): Mmmmm YOMMERZ.
CUSTARD BUN (4.5 stars): If I ever became diabetic, this would be why.
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All of the asian courses here are good or decent @ worst. American selection? Not a fan, but who the hell goes to an asian buffet for american food.
It’s only $ 7 or $ 8 bucks for lunch =)
but twice as much for dinner && weekends =[

My first time to go here was when my co-​workers brought me to celebrate my birthday in 2008. It was crowded during lunch because it was a cheap buffet cost. We were able to get a long table after a 10-​minute wait. Their buffet entrees were quite diverse and we were stuffed. I didn’t have a bad experience eating here and I couldn’t complain as well since I had a free meal from my co-​workers as a birthday gift. The place was quite big and parking was not difficult. Seating is a bit tricky. You have to get there early or you will wait for a long time. I was not really overwhelmed with greatness as I have had better buffets in the past.

I would have to say that the food quality here is a much better then it’s former predecessor Happy Buffet. First off, there are no fruit flies flying around the salad bar. Second, they added TVs. And Lasty, they added more sushi options and their sushi isn’t frozen.
Also, their ventilation was pretty decent. Unlike Happy Buffet where they had absolutely no ventilation. You can tell it was bad because you can see all the windows had condensation and the moment you walked in it was like you were walking into a sauna.
Service was good when I was there didn’t have to wait long for my tea refill or my plates being picked up.
Not too shabby for the price.

Decent food paired with terrible service. I got my fill, especially for $ 8 during lunch! Thank goodness I was serving myself. We ended up estimating our bill and leaving it on the table.

Formerly Happy Buffet. Place was remodeled a bit. Food slightly better (didn’t give me the squirts), less greasy, and price was slightly cheaper. Must say some of the shrimp dishes were great.
They needed to refill the food trays faster during busy times. Best time to go is M-​TH when not so busy.

I think they are re-​modelling. But! You come here for a quick, cheap lunch? and it’s just fine.
I have always enjoyed the place, the wait staff has never been anything but friendly to me.
It is in regular rotation among my co-​worker-​lunch-​bunch
Sure, the food is not the absolute best gournet, blah blah
but? they have a very wide buffet of available items you rarely see. Sushi, mongolian BBQ, standard fare and wild stuff.
I like it. and once the finish the remodel? I will be going right back

May be this place should be Take that Stick out of your Ass buffet.
Food: The food sucks but what do you expect from a place that lets you eat all that you want for only 13.99 $ at dinner. The clams are pretty good and the other seafood that are slathered with some kind of mayo concoction is tasty.
Service: Damnnn I’ve never seen such a pissed person in my life. While waiting for the «Sushi» chef to prepare our «Mongolian» noodles I heard him mumble «MA FAN» which means annoyance or something like that in cantonese. I tried smiling and saying thank you to him but nothing. Guess you can’t kill them with kindness. But wowza he is the oxymoron of Happy Buffet’s name.
Price: Come here if you are broke and hungry.
Overall: Even tho I hated the service from the one guy and the food isn’t all that spectacular I know I’ll be back.
Btw. My friend got the runs after we ate here, but I on the other hand was fine and I usually have a glass stomach.
Live, Laugh, and Lunch
Patty

3 stars for the food
Minus 1 star for giving me diarrhea
plus 1 star for making me lose weight.

This place was not very good at all.
Good:
potstickers
beef intestine dish in the dim sum cart
hot and sour soup
steam pork bun
french fries
chocolate cake
rice krispies treat
Bad:
everything else
fruit was sour, bad, or not fresh
broken frozen yogurt machine
My fiancé dragged me here because his parents said it was good for the price, which it was, but I am never going back. The place looked run down and had peeling tables and chairs. I sampled almost everything and hated most of it. I can’t believe the fruit was even bad. Let’s just say I did not get my fill that day.

I came in here for lunch, and I don’t think I’ll ever come here again. Can’t complain about the price, $ 6.99 for all you can eat, where can you beat that?
But the food quality is really pushing it, they are always oily and greasy. The sushi selection is limited, and they only served cheap rolls. The rest of the food looked cold, been there for a while… Oh ya, and their dim sums was awful, DO NOT EVEN try that.
If you want to spend 7 dollars eating all you can eat shitty food, why don’t you just get 7 Mc’Doubles? To me it is the same thing.
Quantity (greater than) Quality — no bueno…

WHY GOD WHY???
i need a midget, i think I’ve mentioned this before, but I need a midget. I need a strong midget that can kick my ass every time i say «OKAY, SURE» to the question: «i know a new buffet place, wanna check it out?»
Why do I say «OKAY?» The only thing good about this place was… the Broccoli. Yah, back off Sonny, the broccoli was good. okay and the chicken on a stick from the not-​so-​happy BBQ person.
STAY AWAY, I repeat STAY AWAY from anything else that would remotely look like food. They have these crab claws, those aren’t crab claws. Those are crab claws filled with nasty Death mush that is injected after the owners sucked out all the good crab meat. The mush then invades your mouth in a effort to gain control of your brain. It’s gross. Where’s my midget?
They should rename the place NASTY BUFFET.
if you do happen to get tricked into «eating» here, eat 3 things:
1. the Broccoli, no mind control crap there… as far as I know.
2. the BBQ guy’s freshly BBQed chicken on a stick.
3. the napkins, excellent source of fiber.
Don’t even drink the water… okay, you can, but it tastes a little funny.
I DO understand the Quantity vs. Quality, but if you are given a delicious slice of steak vs. a pile of $H&T, which would you choose?
Crap, I think I put down one star too many… What, I can’t go negative? that bites!
AVOID, save yourselves… I’m gonna start staying away from these buffets damnit… Where’s my midget?

Again, when it comes to buffets, especially Asian ones, you have to note that it’s all about quantity and not quality.
This is especially true for this location. This size of this place is really unlike any other around the San Jose-​Milpitas region. Having a good gluttonous meal at this place revolves on you making the right selections.
First of all, you have to eat here at dinner time. People have said that the roast beef is dry and salty, but roast beef is always dry and salty. The hunk of meat is self-​serve, so why not just slice from where it actually looks good? If you take the time to be picky about your serving, it really wouldn’t be a problem.
The best items on their menu is probably their Mongolian beef, the mushroom chicken, and their seaweed salad. The generic cream puffs are pretty good too.
As for the sushi, it’s really bland and uninspired. Then again, I’m a sashimi guy who doesn’t really care about rolls.
As for this place’s huge problem? People are right. The food doesn’t taste that great. Hell, now that I think about it, every time I come here – this place gets notably worse. Like all Asian buffets, each place has its prime, and Happy Buffet has already lived through its glory days. I used to like this place, but now it’s «eh» to me, and I only go when my parents insist.

I hate seafood.
There. So I wasn’t happy.
Though a lot of my family and friends like seafood and food that has been left out in room temperature.
So this might be your kind of place.
Especially if you don’t mind your rice krispie treats placed right next to the Kim-​chi.
BTW– what is the deal with these «oriental» buffets mainly concentrating on seafood and having descriptors for their names opening up locally? (i.e., Happy Buffet, Crazy Buffet)

Happy buffet? More like SAD, PATHETIC BUFFET!!!
Here is my opinion:
My friends and I decided to go against Unilocal’s 2 stars, and boy did we get what we deserved. The roast beef was literally charred, with no moisture on it at all. Picture a black log served in a platter of grease. mmm. The sushi was very poorly made, and far from authentic. The only thing edible here were the frozen strawberries.
The only thing happy about this buffet is the feeling you get when you leave and eat somewhere else!

I’m usually a big fan of ethnic buffets, but this Chinese place reeked.
I was so psyched to go here… and then so disappointed once I was.
As another reviewer said, a lot of the items weren’t labeled and you didn’t really know what they were.
There wasn’t as much selection as I would’ve expected.
And the quality of the food I did try was piss-​poor.
Instead of this place, just go to Panda Express or a sushi house.
Or you could even splurge a little on Todai’s buffet.
You won’t regret it. This isn’t a place you want to try for yourself.

As my friend puts it, «…stay away from the seafood… and everything else.»
Happy Buffet is a rather large place that can accommodate large groups easily. They have booth seating as well as chair seating. The walls are nicely painted with murals. After we walking past the stone fountain you’ll soon realize that there is no air conditioning. Even if it’s a normal 75 degree day, the inside of this hall will stifle your senses. The vague background music doesn’t help either.
The food is hit or miss; rather, it’s a dart board with maybe one or two hits. It’s actually surprising when you eat something decent. Most of the food is really greasy, foul, or poorly constructed. The only area they don’t really mess up on is the fruit bar. Don’t touch the sushi or seafood. I’m sure you will get some kind of indigestion with any of dishes.
There is an area with a hand crafted sign stating, «you pick, cook it for you». However there was nobody there! I don’t even know what that station was for anyways.
For a ten dollar lunch buffet, this place really isn’t that bad. But it’s kinda like going to 7 – 11 for lunch instead of a In-​N-​Out. It’s not a bad choice, just a stupid one when there’s so many other competitively priced places to go.

this place is decent. i came here like twice with my family. Its pretty much the same every time i come here. the only thing i really like is the mayo stuffed crab shells and orange chicken. The sushi sucks here, its not even worth trying! there’s no sashimi and the rolls aren’t made from those good ingredients. i didn’t try most of the desserts because they didn’t look appetizing. the fruits were ok though. There is a lot of chinese food here like dim sum. There is also seafood like crawfish and fish. its okay here. I don’t really like buffets anyways. I’ll only come back if my family wants to eat here again.

This is a pretty standard buffet of Asian fare. I probably came on a good day because everything was hot, plentiful and filled me up. I’m not a huge buffet person to begin with, but this would be a good one to bring family to because there is something for everybody. I don’t know how much it cost because I didn’t actually pay for anything (hooray for family parties), but I got my 3 ½ plates worth.
Only thing I really have to complain about is the dessert table. I felt that considering how many different types of food there were, their dessert selection was a tad inadequate in comparison.