Chow Tyme Grill Buffet

My husband and I drive almost an hour in order to eat at Chow Tyme. We’ve never been disappointed in the large selection of food they have. We will gladly go there again!

When this place first opened, the food was priceless. I was truly impressed. I came here over and over again. Then over time, the place started to go down. The food was not as fresh… as if the cooks didn’t care anymore. Not only that, but the waiters and waitresses stand there watching you and will rush you to get up and out. That is not cool. The prices go up and quality plummets downward. That is backwards.

The place LOOKS amazing. However, the food was not as impressive. I’ve been to a lot of Asian buffets in this area, and almost all of them were better than this. Not a single thing I got was hot at all. While there was a pretty huge selection, nothing tasted very good. I was severely disappointed. I would strongly prefer the little Chinese place in the mall to this food. I don’t care for writing bad reviews, but in this case, it’s warranted. Maybe the food is better on certain days, but today it was bad.

Food is great, bad service, waiter won’t stop hovering our table, and when we were asked to pay, he rushed us while we were still eating, i recommend them for the food but for peace of mind and a peaceful enjoyable meal?, if there was a rating below 0, I would give it to this place

What keith said is extremely accurate. Terrible and rude service. Expected/​demanded a tip afterward too. Tips are earned not required. And it definitely wasnt earned here.

I have been going to this place for the past three months, however, as of tonight never! again! I took my food to go and found a nasty ass roach! ok!!! disgusting. Do not go here!

I dont usually write bad reviews. The food was not at an appropriate temperature for me. The sushi bar needs more of a variety, bigger, and exciting rolls. Panda Express food has more flavor.

Gross! From the time you walk into this place I knew it was not too a be good but decided to give them a shot. Food mad edible at best, large selection as you would assume for this type of restaurant. So why one star: guy cooking the Mongolian bbq was busy picking his zits on his face and playing with his lip and cell phone while cooking your food (no gloves on ether). Next kids getting self serve ice cream puts the ice scooper in his mouth before trying to get ice cream, I tell the attendant they point to the dirty water holder then walk away. Leave it to say, it skipped on that part of the meal. Overall I had my doubts but thought I give it a shot, never again never!!!

Seriously this place is the BEST! And I have lived all around this country. The food is fresh, the staff is quick on the trigger, and the vibe is great.
Personally what makes this place particularly awesome is the price when you go on the weekdays between the hours of open till 4pm. When you go during these hours, with the $ 2 tip, this will run you about 8 bucks. For this small amount of money, you can get unlimited sushi, and I mean GREAT sushi, access to their wonderful and delicious hibachi grill, as well as all their other other totally delicious food.
The price goes drastically up after 4pm during the week and all day during the weekends, but it’s still a fantastic place to eat. Totally recommend it to anyone wanting great all you can eat food.

I got really sick eating here. The food was not good, and I thought it tasted funny. My dad thought so, too. They also never once refilled my water the entire time. Even when I asked. Poor service. Nice staff, but poor service. I don’t plan on returning.

Definitely one of the best Chinese buffets I’ve ever eaten at. Great variety and all the food was fresh and hot.

By far one of the best we’ve been to in awhile. Great salad bar fruit bar dessert bar decent choices for grilling and the included. with the buffet which has a lot of choices more than the normal. Included mac n cheese kids favorite among a few others.
Too many thing’s to say but nothing bad. Service was really good and prices are outstanding$$
6.75 lunch weekly dinner 9.95−10.95 depending on which evening
No alcohol may be the only downside for some we managed. There’s always

Best buffet in the area. Come here during lunch hours for a very affordable belly-​fill. The fresh seafood definitely makes it worth the stop.

This is the first Chinese buffet I’ve tried since moving to Pensacola and I really hope there’s better. Everything about this place was odd. It’s spacious and better decorated than most but the food was off.
Crab legs seemed like a great idea until we attempted to eat them. Frozen, old and stale. Just no.
Moving on to all the main dishes everything had something off. Coconut shrimp and honey chicken doesn’t have enough sauce, sesame chicken was just gross, pork in wonton soup was stringy. I didn’t think ice cream could be ruined but it had the consistency of whipped topping.
Highlights: Salad bar was OK, a lot of variety in mediocre sushi (too many non-​fish and cooked rolls) and more choices for hibachi seasoning than other places I’ve been. They didn’t mess up steamed rice either so that’s a plus?

This buffet is overrated. The quality of the food is very low. Everything tasted like it was left out for a couple of hours. As of matter of fact, everything looked like its been left out for hours. The sushi was tasted sour. Other foods looked very greasy. The only thing i would recommend here is the hibachi. It was questionable to how long the meat was left out so i just got the vegetables. Would NOT come here again.

I recently saw a post on FB about this place & knew I had to try it. We just moved and haven’t been able to find a buffet place anywhere !!!
1. The food was super Hott
2. The sushi is made fresh and is very very good .
3. The buffet offered a variety of things for every pallet and was very fresh & delicious
4. The restaurant itself is extremely clean & beautiful inside
5. The ice cream bar is amazing! They have best ice cream with like 12 flavors to choose from and it’s all self serve :)
This place is worth the drive to pensacola, I wish I lived closer because I’d eat here everyday if I could.

Was in town at Pensacola beach and was looking for a buffet with some crab legs. I came in after reading all the good reviews. Its a very nice quality buffet and the price of $ 11.99 with snow crab legs/​steak/​sushi is excellent. All the foods was fresh for dinner. I really enjoyed the hot/​sour soup here. Grilled salmon was delicious as well. Fruit was pretty fresh. Comparing to all the Asian buffets in ATL, is definitely up there in quality. It didn’t have a hibachi grille but that’s okay. I def will come back again when I am in town. Great service as well. And very busy so that’s why the foods was all very fresh!

Typical Chinese buffet food with nicer décor and very prompt service. I came for dinner, and the dishes I tried weren’t cold, but some of them had sauces that were too sweet compared to other buffets I’ve been to.
My soda had a very thin film of what looked like oil floating on top, so I’m not sure how well they clean their cups. The dessert bar was varied but the ice cream station was pretty messy.
If I come back, it’s probably going to be for lunch since it is pretty cheap.

Truth: the best Asian buffet in Pensacola! I have been to almost every Asian buffet restaurant in Pensacola, FWB-​Destin area. and Chow Tyme gets my best score! This place is big, lots of seats, as well as lots of food! Buffet includes all the menu from the buffet, sushi bar, salad bar, desert, soup, and hibachi. lunch is only like $ 7 so it is a good deal! Most of all, this place is clean and staff are nice, unlike some other Chinese buffet restaurants. So if you are in Pensacola and feel like Asian food (food consist mainly of Chinese, Korean (bbq), Japanese (sushi) and some American for kids) at low price, just go to Chow Tyme, instead of other buffets in town!!! You wont waste your money!
The only downside: sushi bar… they are not fresh whenever i go there. They should make it more often in small portion so it wouldnt sit on the bar for 24hrs…

This is a super cheap sushi buffet spot. Dinner on a weekday is $ 12. I would say the quality of the sushi rolls is a C+. The rice was a little too dry for me. The chinese buffet food was just ok.
It’s a nice place to go with the family since there’s a variety of food options, but I would say most items were edible but not fabulous.