Grand Star Buffet

Service was decent at best. The food on the hand was just bloody cold and terrible. Never eating here again.

Well the food was cold, and looked kind of like it sat too long. asked one of the servers a question and he walked off smiling without answering me. Not many people here speak english. I don’t think I’ll be back!

First, everyone should know that most buffets are designed for QUANTITY over quality for the lowest price possible.
With that said, living and coming from an Asian community (San Gabriel Valley in SoCal), this really isn’t a Chinese buffet. It’s an all-​around buffet with Chinese-​American dishes like orange chicken, beef broccoli, and lo mein. There is even a limited selection of sushi but don’t count on being impressed.
I would say that the food is a little below average and left me saying «meh…» Dessert is extremely horrible. The almond cookies are straight from packages bought at the 99 cents store (I’ve seen it there!) and they don’t even take them out of the plastic trays. The apple pie is clearly heated from those packages you would find in the frozen section of your grocery store.
Back to the orange chicken I mentioned earlier, it was good. The stuffed jalepeños were actually really good. The lo mein was good. The green string beans were good everything else was «meh…»
BUT with all of this said… For a lunch price of just $ 6.99 and keep in mind that it’s all-​you-​can-​eat, this is a decent place for us to stop at on the way from Yosemite to LA.

When I moved to Tulare 10+ years ago we were not so impressed. I decided to give it another try and it was one of my worst decisions felt so uncomfortable the waiter watching your every move I could not find a decent thing they had to offer. Never coming back

Ok after reviewing the rating of this place I took a chance and tried it. I should have listened! Basically, it’s just food to fill u up and send you on your way. I didn’t expect much cause it’s a buffet but I’ve definately have had better! The food is basic and tastes like packaged canned food! The worst part for me was trying their clams, nasty ass clams that I swear would get me sick if I would have ingested it! It’s not fresh, tasted spoiled and really fishy taste, bad fishy taste! Service was ok even tho not once anybody offered to fill our cups. All in all, I will not be coming back or recommending this place to anybody! I don’t like to give harsh reviews but when it comes to shellfish, that shit can put you in the hospital!

Last time we ate here they were offering tacos. Avoid them. The people were nice and service was good but the food is mediocre i hate to say.

I don’t understand how this place is still open. Literally all the food is microwaved. You can tell especially on the pizza. All of the desserts are cookies from the dollar store (literally). The only good thing is the sea food. I will never come here again. 15 $ for a microwaved dinner? I’ll pass.

Honestly don’t know how this place is still i business everything taste the same! And I don’t mean that in a good way the food is just nasty and BLAH! Wish we could actually have a local Chinese buffet that serves good quality food.

Disappointed in the quality and taste of the food, service was also lacking. Had to ask several times for a drink refill. Don’t think I will return.

personally I don’t feel this place is as bad as it was reviewed. The service is averaged or buffet. And the food is good for the such low price — 9.99 for dinner.

To begin, this is a Chinese Buffet in a smallish farming town, so walk in expecting decent food, but not outstanding. My family eats here for lunch, typically, and rarely for dinner since the price difference is a little steep for adding some thin crab legs and shrimp-​in-​the-​shell. The baked salmon added is nice though. The food served with lunch, while fairly typical of Chinese buffets, is usually well circulated and hot. The waitstaff are quick with drink refills and keeping dirty plates picked up. The host/​hostess are a little confusing however, since they do not conform to any uniform like the rest of the staff. Being seated by a young woman in denim shorts, tshirt, and an earbud to her iPhone makes me have to question her professionalism a bit.
All in all, a good place for a family to eat on a budget for lunch.

Don’t think I will ever return:
·Service was good.
·Food can be much better. Much Better.

You can make an argument that this is not the greatest Chinese food ever, but what an incredible value. Many delicious choices, and I always leave full.

If I could give them a negative star I would. The food is low quality and old. The service is terrible and the workers are rude. Not worth it, don’t waste your money. We served ourselves, took a couple of bites and were disgusted. We immediately got up and complained. The lady at the counter and another worker were very rude to us. Arguing that their food was fresh and hot. Then she charged us for our drinks when we had only taken a few sips. Needless to say we left and went to a real restaurant!

good price and food in this area!

Well. when the time we travelled around there, compare to «mandarin» a famous Toronto Chinese buffet it wasn’t has too many choices but the price is so so much cheaper than we think. And the taste is nice too.

«WOULD YOU LIKE SOME PESSI??»
Being exhausted and hungry with a woman asking me that in an Asian accent made it sound over the top. Considering this place sells figurines and jewelry, I figured why not as a Happy Ending massage parlour? However, NO!!! Though it was the only part of that experience that made me smile.
This place has the worst food and service ever!!! My waitress continued to bug over taking my plate before I finished what was on my plate. Momma always told me to eat everything on my plate or else no dessert.
First, there was no baked salmon when I arrived at 7:30 pm Saturday night. They said they closed at 8:30 pm. The empty salmon sheet that was left to dry was never replaced with fresh baked salmon. Instead the salmon and whatever sauce it was baked in was left there to burn in its juices under the hot lights.
The Dragon Tail was bland with an extremely small shrimp, the seafood medley with veggies had too much of a weird sauce with every vegetable soft and no crunch; including the celery.
Must I continue to torture myself by writing this bad review for a horrible palate experience? I have been here three times and every time the food was horrendous.

Good food great price per pound.

It is what it is…
Dont expect your mouth to orgasm and explode with sensual and exotic flavors from the Orient.
Expect to leave full, bloated, over salted, and in contention of the patho-​esque service; an exciting experience for every middle aged family. Now for desert I think I’ll grab my crochet hooks and run them through my sinus cavity to cleanse the poison that has settled from the buckets of sauce and goop that I have exposed my pallet to.
So in my quest to fight my ginger-​esque self I always seem to find myself trying Asian buffets… hoping that one day, just one day I will find Mandarin Szechaun heaven. Alas I’ am convinced that such a utopia of oriental goodness does not exist.
Who TF ever said it was ok to put celery and zucchini in Kung Pao? I mean… REALLY!

This place is ok for a Chinese buffet. How ever, I have tasted better. The food is kind of bland. This place does get kind of crowded and loud. Not really a great place if you want authentic Chinese food.