Royal Buffet

Reviews

• Brian L.

  star star star star star_border 3 September 2026

  If you like Chinese buffets, this is the best one in Valdosta!
  
  Sushi, Hibachi, and good choices. Go when it's lunch time or just a few minutes after. It will be busy and you will have to deal with the average run-of-the-mill Buffet connoisseur, but you will get hot and good food. The crab legs are not all there cracked up to be, but they do have them at night along with good shrimp and mussels. Little pricey for the nighttime Buffet but lunch time is definitely worth it.
  
  Surprisingly or not my favorite thing here is the teriyaki chicken wings. Come with an appetite no doubt.

• Susan B.

  star star star star_border star_border 2 September 2026

  This is one of my favorite restaurants to go to for chinese food. Today the food did NOT meet my standards! The server was good but I can't say the same for the food, the chicken was disgusting and the broccoli was soggy. There was a weird child running around in a paw patrol hat. The crackers and the cheese wontons were stale, the egg soup was disgustingly gelatinous. Their lo-mein was old and there was barely any left when I got to it. The dessert was acceptable, the custard was nice and cold. The coffee cake was also acceptable. The drinks were good, the server made sure to keep them full. Overall, they have had better days.

• Dana D.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 25 August 2026

  Being that today was the Chinese New Year, my husband and I thought it fitting to get Chinese food. Normally, we would order from our local takeout, but we had a few errands to run at Walmart and decided to try the buffet next door. The sign out front should have been our first instinct that it wouldn't be that great, but often times a buffet seems to have half their sign lit. We walked in and were immediately sat, but next to a table with dirty dishes stacked on it. The room felt kind of drab or depressing, but we didn't care, as we normally wouldn't take note of that.. especially at a buffet.
  Personally, I love Chinese food, and I'm an even bigger fan of Chinese buffets.. but this one really had me depressed within 5 minutes being in there. Small selection, mislabeled food, and frankly, the food didn't even taste good. We tried several different things hoping that SOMETHING would taste good. Ok, maybe the bourbon chicken, but even that was pretty dry. Nothing was seasoned and it was all heavily saturated in oil. We were worried our trip to Walmart would be dashed because our stomachs were already starting to grumble.
  We couldn't leave fast enough. The thing that had us both laughing (in shock, really) is all the framed signs at the checkout counter claiming this was the best Chinese food restaurant -rated by Valdosta Daily Times -several years in a row, I might add.
  There's no way we will ever come here again. So disappointed, honestly. I so badly wanted this to be a great new find, but sadly- this is the worst place we've tried since moving to Valdosta a year ago.
  
  I will say there was one positive, and that is that our waitress was very quick to refill my husbands sweet tea.
  
  Otherwise, this was a trip we both immediately regret.

• Jeremy D.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 17 August 2026

  I would have given a higher rating considering the food is usually pretty good and relatively fresh but I just recently had an experience in which led me to a conclusion that i had rather not eat there again.  If I was ever in the mood for Chinese takeout, this was always my go to place. recently ,I visited to get a plate to go and upon returning to the counter with my full plate and ready to check out, I walk up to the cashier with his back turned and he is blowing his nose very vigorously into a kleenex. He then proceeds to start digging into his nose with the kleenex and does so for about a 30 seconds. Eventually he turns around to grab my plate and ring me up and the whole time im thinking "im about to waste $11, because there is no way I am eating this now". I guess this might be an isolated incident, but its turned me off of this place for sure.

• Rachel S.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 17 August 2026

  Let me say this first, I gave 2 stars because the waitresses are super nice. Or else it would be 1 star.
  Old run down buffet with soggy food. My son wanted to try it so we went. My daughter and I don't like buffets so we made sure they had a menu as well. My daughter is 11 and doesn't eat much so I ordered a pint of chicken and broccoli for her. I was told I could not order a pint, just a quart. I asked why there were pint prices on the menu. She said it was only for takeout orders. Well, if you can put it in a box, why can't you put it on a plate? It isn't like we weren't ordering get other food. I don't like a business that seems like they are scamming you for more money. We will not be back because there is no other draw- like good food.