King Buffet

The food isn‘t really that great, so they could make up for that with customer service--but they don‘t. You are hearded in there like cattle. A waitress basically yells "how many" to you and you say and then you run behind her. I can take bad food with good service or good food with poor service, but this place has neither. All they have going for them is that is is in fact all you can eat.

I eat here couple times a month. I like their orange chicken.

If you are not a fan of seafood, then stay away. That‘s pretty much all they had to offer. Their other entrees were disgusting, and the crab rangoons were saturated in grease (more than normal). The service was also awful, but what do expect for a "you‘re in, you‘re out" sloppy buffet?

I have had the worst experience eating at this restaurant. The servers are rude and they do not take care of their customers very well. I am a server myself so I realize what happens when a restaurant becomes busy. There is really no excuse for bad service like the service I received when going there- and I‘ve been there more than three times. On one occassion I was splashed with water from dirty glasses thrown in a bin behind me. The servers also grab your glass along with other tables glasses and refill them at the same time. This is very unsanitary and I know as a server it would be difficult at times to be sure you give the correct glass back to the same customer-(along with the fact that the top of the glasses touch eachother). The servers are also very impolite and curt to their customers. They never smile or seem even remotely happy that you have come to their establishment. Personally, I say eat at another chinese restaurant.

The people who gave this place poor reviews are obviously basing their experience on the fact that they couldn‘t keep it in their stomachs... So if you can handle Chinese food without blowing chunks, go here. It‘s not busy at all on weekday afternoons, and the buffet is $7 for lunch M-Sat instead of $10 for dinner. It IS American Chinese food, so if you want authentic you should look somewhere else, but you‘ll be hard-pressed to find something within 25 miles.

I have eaten here a few times. It was only because I wanted crab legs, the rest of the menu really is not good. And as far as the crab legs go, they only put out so many per hr. Basically you have to fight for them and I won‘t be doing that anymore!! I felt like an animal!!

this has to be the best chinese ever! i dont care if its not authentic..it‘s delicious and has the best crab rangoons anyone could ask for.

I was forced there by my granddaughter this is the worst place I have ever eaten. After arriving back home I became very sick. I vomited for hours and could not eat all the next day. Now I cant stand to drive by the place makes my stomach churn...BEWARE!

It‘s a buffet what do you expect?!? It‘s good for what it is. Probably the best buffet in town...not the best Asian food though.

I don‘t care if I get food poisoning ten times from this place. It is the best Chinese buffet I‘ve ever been to. The service is speedy your drink is never emty and your table is always tidy. Also they have a great selection of food and rarely ever run low on anything.

I would give this place ZERO stars if that was an option. I got the worst case of food poisoning I have ever had when I ate there. Within 5 minutes of getting back to my house I became nauseated, and got a violent headache and then proceeded to spend the next 4 hours vomiting profusely. I called the restaurant the next day and was treated like I had stolen something over the phone. Needless to say I‘ll never return and always advise against going.

Being over from England recently our freinds took us to King Buffet.I have been to loads of places like this in England and have a few in my hometown of Reading but this being the USA I thought it would be something different .Now my wife and I enjoyed the food and I would have give it 3 stars at least but the service..The most miserable people we met in America during our stay and the only place we did not leave a tip.

swear to god ive had food poisioning like twice from this place....should of learned the first round i guess.

This Place has a monopoly on bad food. i have never experienced such a high price for something so awful. would not reccomend for taking a dog to a buffet. enough said

The service is harried, as the place is busy, WAY busy on a weekend eve. The atmosphere is spartan. The price is a bit high.

But all that said, fine Chinese dining is not easily found in Ames, Iowa. This is "American"-style Chinese, like Pizza Hut instead of Pizzaria Uno, or Carlos O‘Kelly‘s instead of authentic Mexican. And in that genre, the food is unusually good.

I have eaten at Chinese buffets from Des Moines to Mason City and half-a-dozen places far flung from major Oriental populations. This is one of the best such buffets. If you just want to chow on some tasty food, if you‘re not the type who is too stuck up to actually enjoy McDonald‘s or Pizza Hut, then the King Buffet will be very satisfying. If it‘s gourmet or no way...what the heck are you doing eating at a Chinese buffet anyway?

If you want appendicitis, a spleen removal or sure fire liver failure, eat here. Otherwise, I‘d take a skip on this 0 star F- restaurant. I mean, come on.

Rush, rush, rush without a smile.
It would make things better, if the girls smiled once in a while and if they only take half the amount of drinks into their hand so they dont have to touch the top where I put my mouth.

Great people and good food! Also lots of places to sit.

Simply a C, compared to any other Chinese Buffet I‘ve been to. Food selection is pretty good, it tastes so-so. If you want to do Chinese buffet, probably the best in Ames. That is not saying a whole lot tho...

This place is horrible. In the middle of my meal an employee handed me mustard packets and gestured me to refill the empty table holder. What a joke! Also, very expensive for luke warm food.

Service is terrible, way too expensive!!!!!!

Food is nasty.... Worst buffet I‘ve ever had. F-

Its not awful, but to be honest the food is rarely ever more than luke-warm. There is better Chinese food to be had and unless you‘re planning on pigging out, it is one of the more expensive places to go.

Best bang for the buck in ames. Great service for a buffet. I have never been anything but satisfied with the food. I go with an entire group of friends weekly. It is well worth the try. I would disregard the heavy critics, walk in and check it out for yourself. You will not be dissapointed.

pretty good.

It is fine if you just want a quick meal but it is nasty

check out the health code violations... you dont really wanna eat there. Unless of course if you like spending a whole day in the toilet the next day. Thats what happened to me.

I love this place! Much better if you get a little "elevated" before hand. ;-)

A good spot for a nasty quick fix of Chinese food when you know you need it bad. However, not a great place for that guy who always wants to tell you about what the food was like on his trip to Beijing back in 1986. They could keep more crab legs up on their night buffet though. Not for my sake. The people I roll with sit there and wait and wait and wait for them to put out more crab legs and then they pounce. It just slows down my personal experience and I find myself nursing a plate of Mongolian Beef just so I‘m not spent 30 minutes before they are. Stupid crab legs!!!

I think your resturaunt is very great. Your food is really good! My favorite thing to eat here is the..... o‘wait....everything!!haha. There is some stuff there that looks grose, but I am sure it is good stuff. I am just to afraid to try any of that stuff. But anywho, your restraunt is one of the best.

Big quantity of nasty bland food... someone said it right, quantity and a serious case of bad quality.

Screaming children, Lots of people, Too noisy to even bother talking, and a rip off since you could microwave better out of the Hy-Vee or Sam‘s Club freezer sections!

gross. so many health code violations, this place is nasty. expect to see a lot of white trash with piles of crab legs.

the service isnt very good but its not as important as the quality of food since its a buffet place. The selection is really good and delicious!

Expect quantity, not quality here. They have your standard chinese food plus a huge dessert bar which is almost worth going for alone. Sugared strawberries, fried sugar donuts, pudding and torte await you, plus all the other deep fried chinese goodies they have. 10$ buffet, comes with soda, always packed, expect a wait and the people who run the place treat you like cattle.