I have been to King Buffet twice for lunch and once for dinner. I live 2 hours away. Please remember, it is Chinese food buffet and not a regular restaurant settings. Service is minimal as usual. If you want full service, do not go there. For me, for $11.95, with lots of good tasting food, is very reasonably priced. Dim sum siting on a steam table are usual practice and these are wholesales stuffs, so I do not eat them. Most local Chinese restaurants do not make their own dim sum anyway The foods are as good as any other Chinese food buffet and I like the big open spaces. Dinner at $16 also has crabs and I like them. Parking is plentiful and this is very rare in Richmond. My usual way of eating a buffet is ... eat lots of salad first, then seafood / meat dishes and then a cup of ice-cream. At 11.95, I cannot expect them to serve me a black forest cake, but their ice cream choices are good. I do not eat the Japanese food there also, as there are real, cheap all you can eat Japanese restaurants in Vancouver. But for Chinese food, King Buffet has not disappointed me and I am going back again today for dinner. For those diners who have a hard time to know what the dishes are by looking at them, I advice them to ask any Chinese customers standing next to you. Until now, I have not found King Buffet has served any strange looking food yet... The washroom is clean so far I am concern. It is not a place to sleep in it... Lastly, it is a Chinese Food Buffet restaurant and if you expect something other than Chinese food, do not go there.

I've been to many Chinese buffets and this one rates near the top. Huge variety of dishes. The largest chicken wings I have ever been served in a restaurant. Crispy, juicy, and tender. So good I ate 6 of them and only had enough stomach to sample a few more things. I was so stuffed I would guess I left half of the offerings untouched. $16 plus tax plus tip and you can count on $20.00 a head. There is also a hot pot add on but at what cost is a mystery as I neglected to inquire. Service is really terrific. Empty dishes were picked up immediately and tea was constantly topped off. Wait staff fluent in English. Bathroom is passable. I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone. Hopefully the service and the quality and variety of foods stays the same and not go the way of the Grand Buffet.

Went here for lunch today. The place had a couple of tables.

First thing that went through my mind was that they really should not have opened a buffet right in the heart of Richmond.

The food is geared more towards Westerners. I won't complain since I grew up here and having travelled back and forth to Asia and also eaten at some of the top-notch Chinese restaurants in Vancouver, I know what good Chinese food is.

For $10.99 (Lunch), the value is not bad. However quality is not exactly great, on the same level with Uncle Willie. It's is passable place, hit or miss on some dishes. If you simply want to stuff your face and get some 'fast food chinese style' King Buffet is a good choice to go.

I can't help but keep getting this feeling that if only they down-sized a bit of their restaurant, they could transfer some of that money into the food. The place is just too big.

For such a big place, the item choices were not too big - entrée remained around 12 - 15 core dishes.

One confusing aspect about them is they're trying to gear towards a Chinese Canadian crowd but sometimes they're just not getting it right. Not enough Chinese Canadians (Talking about those that have lived in Canada for decades) here in Richmond that will make you a profit. Either you go full blown Western style, or Fresh Off The Boat style (New Immigrants).

From what I mentioned before regarding quality of food, it's hit and miss for each dish. Some of the dishes seem like they've been sitting around for hours and haven't been touched, while others seem fresh. some vegetables like mushrooms had sand inside. I'm no picky eater but at least clean your food before you cook it.

Dessert was not good. Fruits were not sweet. Quality of vegetable seem to be lower end. The meat seemed to be a bit old and chewy. However, I'm not a picky eater and like I said for $10.99, I won't give them a hard time but facts are facts.

One upside, their food is not salty or over oily.

I would return not because of the quality of the food, but because of the nostalgia and taste of the food - old school North American Chinese Cuisine with a slight modern twist. Quality-wise, I would say Uncle Willie's is better even if they serve sausages.

first of ..the server told me that i should not have so much sashimi ..so nice false adverting about being an all you can eat place./.gthen the server tacks on a gratuity after being rude to me.so i complained to the manager andhe told my wife in mandarin that i had no manners and should leave some for the other customers and reluctantly removed the tip.we went again this week to try again and give it another chance but.... i had run to the washroom 3 times with an upset stomach.i think they mixed the lunch time left overs with hot food. either that or the shrimp looked not very fresh..avoid this place it is terrible.

When my husband's sister suggested going here for a spur-of-moment family meal, I must admit I was not expecting much. I pictured a Foody Goody- or Uncle Willy's- type experience and prepared for the worst, especially after reading a few reviews here and on other sites. The association with Hon's (the former occupant of the location) added to my skepticism, but I was willing to give it a chance. Besides, when the family says "let's go out to eat" you go, right? A reservation for 14 was made and off we went.

After a rather comical communication gap when we arrived, we were seated by a very pleasant and friendly young woman. I was happy to see that the restaurant appeared much cleaner and brighter than before. There are new tables and chairs, flooring, lighting and "decor". It has been renovated to accommodate the buffet area and the kitchen is now behind closed doors. Pitchers of water and tea were placed on our tables and we proceeded to check out the offerings.

There are several "stations" in the buffet area including cold appetizers, salads, 2 hot food steam tables, fruit, sushi/sashimi, dim sum & desserts and a small table near the dim sum area with a rice cooker on it for "bak fan". The salads were nothing special, so I skipped that and went straight to the hot food. There was a great variety including spareribs, fish, mussels in the shell, chicken wings, cut-your-own beef pot roast, chow mein, two kinds of fried rice, octopus, spring rolls, cracked crab, a couple of chicken dishes, spicy green beans, a broccoli dish, vegetables with shrimp, dumplings and several more. Descriptions are nowhere to be found so you just have to go by visual appeal and let me tell you it all looked pretty good! I took small helpings of many different items, thinking I would try the other dishes on my second pass, but everything was so good I just wanted more of what I had. I was very impressed with the colour and freshness of the vegetables (especially the green beans) and the abundance of protein. For instance, there were tons of large, whole shrimp in the fried rice as well as in the vegetables and the fish, crab, chicken and beef were very plentiful in spite of their popularity. All of the dishes seemed to be replenished promptly. My only complaint about the food is that the chow mein was a bit bland and dry but it improved when sauce from other things on my plate was mixed in (the joy of a buffet!). After two plates I was totally stuffed and satisfied. I didn't have room for any of the dessert items (ice cream, pastries, chinese dessert soup, etc) but had a plate of fresh fruit and mango jelly instead. The fruit was fantastic - ripe cantaloupe and honeydew melon , juicy pineapple, sweet red grapes, kiwi halves, quartered oranges, and strawberries that were sweet and full of flavour in spite of their massive size. These people know how to buy fruit!

I found the service to be very efficient - our water and tea pitchers were constantly refilled (I did have to ask the first time but after that they were right on top of it). These are not the kind of people who are going to tell you their name and do everything but sit down and eat with you, but I found them efficient, friendly and attentive. Their job is mostly clearing plates and responding to requests like more napkins and cutlery and they do it well.

I agree that the floor is dangerous - it is slippery and uneven (dark "hardwood" laminate - not the best choice of material for this application and poorly installed). Also, they need to keep their bussing area tidier. This is where they take the dirty dishes, fill water and tea jugs, etc. I noticed food and debris spilled on the floor that should have been cleaned up if only for safety's sake. They are very busy but a couple of swipes with a broom or mop would have helped, especially when it is an area that diners can see. I noticed a wet, dirty towel on the floor near one of the cold food tables, presumably there to absorb water from a leak. It wasn't a hazard or anything but was a bit off-putting. I didn't use the washroom but my daughter said it was "OK, about the same as before." which doesn't sound great.

For $16 each, I think the food was above average for quality, quantity, variety and flavour. No complaints about the service, but they could work on the safety and cleanliness. Oh, and English labels on the buffet would really help.

I went there with my family as a birthday dinner for my sister. We heard from her friend that it was a relatively good place to eat and she recommended it to us.It started off with entering the restaurant and I was pleased to see that the price of eating a buffet was pretty good. However, once I step foot in the restaurant, not only was the hardwood floor slippery, the level of the floors were really uneven. This could be a big hazard for future customers who are carrying their plate of food or kids as well. I've gave this restaurant the benefit of the doubt because the restaurant was empty but it was also on a Monday night. However, as I went to take a look at what there was to eat, it was less than impressive.The eggplants were sour, the chicken were undercooked, and many others seem to be left out for a long period of time. The only thing I thought were decent, were the fruits that were provided there. Other than that, nothing was particularly good. The service itself wasn't that pleasing either as the manager(assuming) were touching the top of our cups which seemed very unsanitary to me. The atmosphere itself wasn't that great either. I felt extremely uncomfortable and pretty disappointed at the whole restaurant.

I suggest they get a better cook and change their flooring.