Milpitas Buffet

Filipinos just like Chinese buffets. I don’t know why but they love to go to these places and I get dragged into it with my family. I’ve never been a huge fan of them. This time around, I came here with my bf’s family for a quick birthday lunch for my bf’s sister (you’re free on your birthday btw if you have a party of 6 adults). We arrived at 12:30 and probably had to wait about 10 minutes to be seated. There was a little conflict with our seating at first in which two of us got separated and had to share a table with another person. But after bringing the issue up to waiters they decided to implement and move tables around to avoid that problem.
This place is pretty much a smaller cramped up Newark Buffet with a little better quality food. After having one plate, you just feel sick to eat more. There’s nothing really stellar about this place. You’re better off eating somewhere else.

Went there for buffet. Nice place. Food is very good, love the shrimp, lemon chicken and their dessert. Service is really slow. They should keep more staffs just to refill water.

Let me start by saying I don’t have high standard for buffets. I don’t expect buffets to be anything above mediocre, but this place was beyond terrible. I would give this place negative stars if I could. I was seated near the restrooms and there was an annoying squeaking noise that continued squeaking throughout dinner. I have no idea what it was, but it was irritating.
Things that were edible
— Water
— Strawberries
The majority of the strawberries did not look good, but luckily I was able to find two very ripe strawberries.
— Cantaloupe
— Breaded shrimp
— Fried tofu
Tastes like the frozen ones you buy at the supermarket
— Fries
Very similar to jack in the box’s seasoned fries
— Onion rings
Exactly like burger king’s
— Custard bun
The only thing that I was actually happy to eat.
Things that were absolutely disgusting
— Baked salmon
Pieces of salmon floating in nasty clear and yellow liquid. I knew just from looking that it would not be good, but given that the other choices were not any better I decided to give it a try. It tasted like straight up water. Absolutely no flavor.
— Salmon sashimi
Oh gosh, this was the worst of the worst. I took one bite and almost threw up. It wasn’t fresh, instead it was extremely slimy and gross. After eating other things on my plate, I tried to give it another try, but almost immediately after I tasted it I had to spit it out.
— Red bean bun
I absolutely love red bean buns. I always get them at buffets, but they were not edible here. After one bite I put the rest of it back on my plate.
— Orange chicken
Just no. Tasted nothing like orange chicken. It was all goo and dry chicken.
— Lemon chicken
Goo goo goo.
— Yellow creamed filled pastry
I am a huge dessert person and I never turn down dessert, but there’s a first for everything. I don’t even know how to describe what was wrong with it. I just couldn’t eat it.
After eating here, on the way home my stomach started to hurt and as I’m typing this my stomach’s still not feeling too well. If I get food poisoning, I definitely know where I got it from. Save yourself and eat somewhere else!

You know this would have been an okay place to eat at, but no it’s horrendous. I must admit some of the food i decent. This is the only buffet I know that serves beef ribs and it’s pretty good, however I witnessed the most horrible thing ever. The waiters and waitresses were teasing and pretty much bullying their Spanish speaking coworker. From what I saw, I noticed three waiters picking him and pushing him around calling him «amigo» in the most condescending way possible. This made me so mad and to top it off their food gave me the worst stomach ache ever. I beg you all to not come here anymore! The mistreatment of workers cannot be tolerable!

I was never a fan of this place, writing this review on behalf of my mom who has been throwing up nonstop after attending a graduation lunch today. For sure this is the place that got her sick, people should avoid this plague if a restaurant. Not sure why establishments like this survive or stay open, they should be forbidden. Ridiculous…
Remember folks, quality is always over quantity!

I’ve been here a couple of times before. I went there today for a birthday gathering and I remember why this is one of my least favorite buffet spots.
Not to be TMI, but every time I visit this place, I always get a stomach ache. Quality of the food is not good and don’t forget about the appearance of the dishes. I just don’t trust it.
This is definitely my last time here.

Disgusting — place has roaches! End of review!!! Customers beware! Even IF this is remedied, I would be very cautious about the roach infestation containment plan and effectiveness.

Never have I been so mad before. I went to get a togo box for lunch today and asked the sushi worker if i can have some fish eggs on top of my seaweed salad. (usually they scoop you some since its in their prep area) but he said «NO», I said why not i always get it. He was so rude saying to leave and i felt so harassed… i was so upset and went and told the cashier that his sushi chef is rude and needs to be fired i would like to talk to the boss and he said that the sushi worker is the boss. Unbelieveable he took his workers side. I would like to get to the bottom of this and figure out who is in charge because there shouldnt be rude workers working and ruining peoples day like this. I am so upset and something needs to be resolved. I always eat here because its by my work but now i will never be back and i will also tell all my family and friends to never eat here agaiN!!!

Not my favorite food spot in the South Bay, to say the least.
First of all, we hardly have buffets in the SF area so when I attended my sister’s graduation and had to feed 25 people, we figured a buffet would be the safe choice.
Let me say this, I never expect amazing quality in buffets, but decent at least. The food here is greasy and stale tasting. Out of probably 30 dishes, I only liked 2 things: the chow mein (probably cuz it was newly cooked) and beef N broccoli (which is hard to mess up). The wontons were not crispy anymore and the sushi were disgusting.
The service was so-​so except we had a large party and everyone ordered drinks. The waitress then brought out our drinks and these pitchers of drinks. We thought, «Oh nice!» Well not really. On top of the drink charges, we were charged extra for pitchers of drinks that were still pretty full. Not so nice.
Note to self, next time eat at a KBBQ instead it ends up being the same price. Not coming back.

Only thing I have good to say about this place is the service and you can find a table right when you open the door. Food is so bad and I am never going back there.

Walking into this buffet I saw a great amount of dishes I thought would be tasty… but my expectations were soon destroyed when I began tasting the food. This buffet offers both fried rice and steamed white rice here. The fried rice was pretty salty and didn’t taste good. They have a sushi bar in the back where the nigiri (just the fish on top of rice) tasted kind of weird. The other rolls didn’t taste good at all. They have dishes like walnut shrimp that wasn’t actually half bad. This buffet has a lot of seafood options if that’s what you’re craving. The «cream puff» offered here is dry and bland.
The service here is alright; waiters and waitresses constantly took our plates away instead of letting it pile on the table. I saw one of the workers use a tong to pick up a tray from the selection tables and then use it to scoop food. Overall, I wouldn’t come here again unless I was forced to.

It’s Sunday, you know what that means! Instead of our occasional Sunday Phở (fun) Day, we had lunch with some family here.
As we walked in, it looked like we had a lot of options to choose from. From the seafood bar, sushi, fried food, and desserts it looked promising. However, I feel like the food were rushed and it showed through by the taste.
You can never go wrong with fried rice and honey shrimp right? The fried rice was too salty while the white rice was water down. The honey shrimp was the only decent dish there, sadly. The fries were soggy and didn’t have that crunch everyone loves. Clams were ok, wish there were so more seasoning. The cream puffs were dry and bland. The whipped cream was just chillin’ there and was probably inserted for presentation purposes. The servers are attentive which is good because no one wants to see all they have eaten right? They kindly ask if you’re finished before taking away your plate.
Thank goodness for self served ice cream! It made my disappointed lunch a little bit better. I don’t recommend coming to this place.

the food was decent. services was great. We went on a friday night, so it was really crowded. We were seated far corner against the wall, and the place had poor air circulation, it was very stuffy.
I’d rather spend a few more dollars for other buffet place like Kome or Tomi.

Went on a Wednesday evening around 6pm for my cousins birthday, there was no wait.
Service was friendly and assisted us immediately, made sure my cousin got a free meal (since it was his birthday). They constantly picked up our empty plates. Maybe because there wasn’t much other people to assist.
Sushi did not taste fresh, mostly California rolls with different toppings. On the bright side they have sashimi as a part of the dinner menu which I was not expecting.
Other than that the food was decent. There is a noodle station where you can pick what you want in your noodles and they’ll fry it for you! Crab legs and crawfish were delicious!
Decent food, and decent price. $ 16 for unlimited food (well for me 4 plates) isn’t that bad :)

The place inside is pretty disgusting. People drop the tongs and pick them up and just put them back. I had maybe one plate of food and stopped eating. I only came here because some family members wanted to meet there. I’m not a fan of buffets like this, its just full of people who arent really sanitary themselves. Be warned that you could get sick from eating here. Also, the food is sodium overload! And most dishes are deep fried.

Forced to share table with some stranger. The staff is rude and slow.
the sushi fish is not fresh. It tastes funny.

Will not come back

I never had standards for buffets because I imagine the food has been laying around for awhile. People touch the food and unimaginable things usually happen. I’ve had bad experiences, so walking in I had the same expectations.
It was definitely a surprise to see how fresh the food was and how great of a selection there was. Service is minimal and the facilities cleanliness could use a bit of help. But in all, I came for the food. I ate as much raw salmon as I could get. It was delicious. Price was good for the quality of food. I would definitely come back again.

This is one of our favorite buffet locations. We only come here mainly for the seafood. They have crawfish, lobster, oysters, clams, etc.
The place gets crowded on the weekends, but the weekdays not bad. They don’t have much sushi and desserts compared to other buffets.
The customer service waa great. They were very helpful picking up our empty plates and refilled our beverages.

Was craving Chinese food and my go to delivery place was closed for the day. Called them up and asked how much lunch was $ 9.99 before 3:30. I told the host I would be 5 min late and he said that it wouldn’t be a problem. Got there at 3:36 pm and he said he would have to charge me the dinner price… annoyed. I asked if there was a difference in the entrees that were put out and he said yes. Seafood is for dinner only. «If you pay the lunch price you can’t eat snow crab, oyster, sashimi, frog leg, fish.» I looked at him and was literally about to walk out, but figured I drove all the way there so I might as well eat.
Ended up paying the dinner price at 3:36 in the afternoon and gave the seafood a try. Sushi & sashimi selection were slim-​nonexistent. California rolls, spicy tuna, and a silly looking eel roll with «avocado». Wakame salad was decent. But then again they sell bomb Wakame at Costco now…
Honey walnut prawns were pretty good IMO better than my recipe. Raw oysters were definitely not fresh considering the fact that they were sitting for the entire time I was there. Steamed oysters with black bean sauce were ok, but again sat for a long time. Frog legs were cold. Bottom line: ALL DISHES WERE SITTING OUT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. ALL DISHES WERE COLD. So if you want cold Chinese food with unwelcoming host… eat here. NEVER COMING HERE AGAIN.

$ 16.50 is a decent deal for all you can eat dinner with seafood options like crab, oysters, sushi and sashimi, clams and fish. However, for $ 25 you can go to Tomi’s buffet for a ton of seafood as well with the added benefit of a nicer ambience and cleaner feel. This buffet had greasy spoons (the ones that you use to serve yourself the buffet food) that made me want to wash my hands frequently. It is also extremely stuffy inside. They could benefit from leaving the front door open for some fresh air. Another con is that they do not serve alcohol of any sort. What I thought was interesting about this buffet was how they play the happy birthday song on the intercom with your name in it if you request. It made me feel like I was at Chuckee Cheese. I thought it was cute.
Other entrees here included Mongolian stir fry noodles, korean BBQ ribs, Hawaiian skewered chicken, Texas toast, chow mein, dim sum foods, hot and sour soup, ribs, pizza, honey walnut prawns without the walnuts, broccoli beef and salad. For dessert they have vanilla or chocolate self serve soft serve ice cream, lychee and red jello (strawberry I’m guessing), fruit, palmiers, mango cake, coconut cake, egg tart, custard buns and other assortments of cakes I didn’t get to try.
They don’t take reservations for parties under 15 people. You come in and get a blue raffle ticket as a number and they call your number. On a Saturday night the wait for 5 people was around 15 minutes.