oh...there's plenty-I am unaware of any Chinese buffets in Chicago.
Octarine wrote:Royal Buffet in Hoffman Estates is pretty much the only good Chinese buffet left in Chicago. it's very good, lots of seafood and lobster on Wed and Fri.
31 Golf Center, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
NOTE!!! There is a place in Downers Grove that calls itself Royal Buffet and has a VERY similar logo but it sucks so bad I would rather go to New China Buffet and just eat the leftovers off other peoples plates.
dodger wrote:Oops! Sorry I guess the title of your post should have been a clue on the location.
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Vital Information wrote:Octarine wrote:Royal Buffet in Hoffman Estates is pretty much the only good Chinese buffet left in Chicago. it's very good, lots of seafood and lobster on Wed and Fri.
31 Golf Center, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
NOTE!!! There is a place in Downers Grove that calls itself Royal Buffet and has a VERY similar logo but it sucks so bad I would rather go to New China Buffet and just eat the leftovers off other peoples plates.
Should I admit this, but I love Royal Buffet. We found it once after a very good lunch at another very good buffet in that area, i.e., Godavari. We've gone several times now, and we've introduced others, who've all liked too.
Is it the best cooking in the world or the best sushi.
But it's all you can eat.
Also, they make the stuff in small(ish) batches, so it has that over Panda Express.
And, it's really interesting. My wife gets the chance to eat about five lobsters (you have to do it, one half of lobster at a time), and I eat spicy tripe (actually pretty good) and that cold jellied beef shank I always want to order but can't and kimchee and dumplings and fried calamari, and pig's feet, and a few variations of spicy fish, and then when I've totally pigged out, there's a few desserts I like and a few I really like.
The market for this place is not Trump's America, and like I say, if you ever wanted to try chicken feet and snails and whelk and radish mutton soup; if you want to dip into a big bowl of stew that includes tripe and tendon and brisket, you can do all that and more. If something is gross or doesn't work, just move along. I mean my wife won't eat shu mai, and I'd love to gorge on some here, but they really make awful ones. I'll just try something else.
Hombre de Acero wrote:oh...there's plenty-I am unaware of any Chinese buffets in Chicago.
they live amongst us.
For example, across from the Belmont Blue Line is a Chinese Buffet on the NorthSide of the street (just before Kimball/on the way to Jung Boo Market!)
in Logan Square. Many are in strip malls, too.
My issue is the quality- never beats the quantity/$$ ration.
"Best" + "Buffet" is- IMHO- an oxymoron.
Please take your friend to a great neighborhood place like- "Northern City" on 31st in Bridgeport for their weekday Lunch Special Menu.
For an amazingly affordable $6.95- you will eat fresh, well presented N.E. Chinese food (Dongbei region) that will blow the socks off of any all-you-can-eat place.
EggRoll & Soup & Rice & Fortune Cookie are included as well.
Pluss- if Jack-the-Owner- is asked nicely- he'll turn ya on to
his house-made- (w/ small slices of apple) -KIMCHI!
Octarine wrote:Royal Buffet in Hoffman Estates is pretty much the only good Chinese buffet left in Chicago. it's very good, lots of seafood and lobster on Wed and Fri.
31 Golf Center, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
NOTE!!! There is a place in Downers Grove that calls itself Royal Buffet and has a VERY similar logo but it sucks so bad I would rather go to New China Buffet and just eat the leftovers off other peoples plates.
Octarine wrote:NOTE!!! There is a place in Downers Grove that calls itself Royal Buffet and has a VERY similar logo but it sucks so bad I would rather go to New China Buffet and just eat the leftovers off other peoples plates.
Octarine wrote:Royal Buffet in Hoffman Estates is pretty much the only good Chinese buffet left in Chicago. it's very good, lots of seafood and lobster on Wed and Fri.
31 Golf Center, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
eating while walking wrote:New China Buffet, 3246 W Addison St