Food was good, but we asked for sweet tea and we all were given grape juice, and servers begged for minimum of 30% tip, kind of ridiculous for a tip considering it’s a self serve buffet
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Angel Montoya
FOOD IS HORRIBLE DO NOT GO THESE PEOPLE ARE HORRIBLE THERE MOLD ON WALLS AND THEY DONT REFILL DRINKS THE FOOD IS ALL GREASY I GOT FOOD POISING FOR EATING NOODLE AND TASTE HORRIBLE THEY FORCED MY FRIEND TO TIP MONEY EVEN THOUGH HE TOLD HER HE DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THIS PLACE NEED TO HE HEALTH INSPECTED THERE IS MOLD ON VENTS NASTY TABLE FLOOR IS DIRTY AND THE BATHTOOM ARE NEVER CLEANED PLEASE DO NO GO HERE UNLESS YOU WANNA GET SICK
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Junior 123
horrible food and sometimes cold and they don’t even fill your drink unless you ask, they force you to give a “good” tip for literally no service and the place looks moldy and in a corner of the restaurant there wallpaper peeling off the wall. This places need to be health inspected
Went for Sunday dinner buffet. The price just went up a dollar. It is $18.95 now. The food is ok. No oyster or sushi or crab. There was a little bit of mussels and crayfish. There were 4 dishes with shrimp. The good thing is that all the shrimp is deveined. Even the fried shrimp. The soups were not that good. Not even the hot and sour soup. The ice cream and canned Lychee for dessert were good. I'm not sure I will return. I wanted more seafood.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Chris Lino
I went there when it first opened it wasn't so bad for what it was obviously self-service buffet is not going to be a five star restaurant. Basically the food was just every normal Chinese takeout restaurant food. After not being so satisfied I actually went there for the first time in many years and nothing has changed
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Nina Colon
Once in a while treat...
Dessiray Nottage
I rarely review but i HAVE TO .If i could negative star this place i would. Hostess seemed aggravated to have interact; however the waitress was friendly. The atmosphere is really dingy and dark. MOST IMPORTANTLY THE FOOD WAS COLD, STALE, DISGUSTING. Shortly after arriving I politely paid my check and left. Not sure if it was an off day but i left with the heebeejeebes.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Jonathan Cappello
Staff was excellent! Service was excellent! Food was excellent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe Habeeb
The food was excellent. The best variety I've seen.
Nice place to have buffet. There is a lot of food. Everything is included same price. All items are unlimited you can eat as much as you want. Buffet is for lunch and dinner. This place is good for any kind of party too. So enjoy your food...............
Bob Chin
I have eaten at Tin Tin Buffet in February, March, April, July twice, and August 2025. I do appreciate when tour buses are in the parking lot because you know that the food will be plentiful and hot. But even without tour buses, the food is consistently good. This is my go to place for everyday Chinese and Chinese-American food in the Allston-Brighton area.
There are a variety of chicken dishes including Chinese American Kung Pao Chicken and/or General Tso's Chicken, sometimes salt and pepper chicken, or other breaded chicken. The American traditional Fried Chicken is very good, crispy and never greasy.
I only remember one or two beef dishes, Beef & green beans, beef with mixed vegetables.
But I am a seafood fan and I counted three or four shrimp dishes, including an amazing one with crawfish, huge mussels, and shrimp. They always will have two or more fish dishes, I had salmon, steamed whitefish with lemon, and fried battered fish.
The variety of desserts are good. sometimes they will have custard and or tapioca pudding. They will always have citrus fruits that is the traditional Asian dessert. once I spotted a day 5 gallon container of ice cream in the freezer next to the entryway to the bathrooms. but the ice cream had melted and it was more like soup. When I went in August 2025 they had no ice cream, so I think the freezer was broken.
Review from February 2025: In February 2025 I was fortunate enough to be there as 3 tour buses were pulling in which means that all the food will be very freshly cooked and not sitting around in the steamer trays for long. There was more than enough room for them and the usual crowd. They must have been expecting the buses because the food because the food was coming out fresh, fast, and furious.
I actually tried the fried chicken and it was very good, on par with KFC, not greasy at all but the pieces were small but it was a buffet so who cares? I also had the onion rings which were crunchy. I had the steamed fish, shrimp and veggies, noodles, Shanghai baby bok choy, General Tao's chicken, dumplings, and egg rolls. All very good!
I did notice the lack of seafood besides shrimp and fish. In the past they used to have steamed mussels in sauce and small clams but that was years ago, before Covid-19.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chinese Food, Shrimp with Mixed Vegetables Combo
Sam Wang
Food is pretty good for its price. Of course, don't expect to be away from MSG...
Food was good, but we asked for sweet tea and we all were given grape juice, and servers begged for minimum of 30% tip, kind of ridiculous for a tip considering it’s a self serve buffet
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
FOOD IS HORRIBLE DO NOT GO THESE PEOPLE ARE HORRIBLE THERE MOLD ON WALLS AND THEY DONT REFILL DRINKS THE FOOD IS ALL GREASY I GOT FOOD POISING FOR EATING NOODLE AND TASTE HORRIBLE THEY FORCED MY FRIEND TO TIP MONEY EVEN THOUGH HE TOLD HER HE DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THIS PLACE NEED TO HE HEALTH INSPECTED THERE IS MOLD ON VENTS NASTY TABLE FLOOR IS DIRTY AND THE BATHTOOM ARE NEVER CLEANED PLEASE DO NO GO HERE UNLESS YOU WANNA GET SICK
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
horrible food and sometimes cold and they don’t even fill your drink unless you ask, they force you to give a “good” tip for literally no service and the place looks moldy and in a corner of the restaurant there wallpaper peeling off the wall. This places need to be health inspected
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Nice Restaurant, convenience location, easy parking!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Went for Sunday dinner buffet. The price just went up a dollar. It is $18.95 now. The food is ok. No oyster or sushi or crab. There was a little bit of mussels and crayfish. There were 4 dishes with shrimp. The good thing is that all the shrimp is deveined. Even the fried shrimp. The soups were not that good. Not even the hot and sour soup. The ice cream and canned Lychee for dessert were good. I'm not sure I will return. I wanted more seafood.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
I went there when it first opened it wasn't so bad for what it was obviously self-service buffet is not going to be a five star restaurant. Basically the food was just every normal Chinese takeout restaurant food. After not being so satisfied I actually went there for the first time in many years and nothing has changed
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Once in a while treat...
I rarely review but i HAVE TO .If i could negative star this place i would. Hostess seemed aggravated to have interact; however the waitress was friendly. The atmosphere is really dingy and dark. MOST IMPORTANTLY THE FOOD WAS COLD, STALE, DISGUSTING. Shortly after arriving I politely paid my check and left. Not sure if it was an off day but i left with the heebeejeebes.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Staff was excellent! Service was excellent! Food was excellent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was excellent. The best variety I've seen.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Very rude service!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Well known eatery for varieties
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice place to have buffet. There is a lot of food. Everything is included same price. All items are unlimited you can eat as much as you want. Buffet is for lunch and dinner. This place is good for any kind of party too. So enjoy your food...............
I have eaten at Tin Tin Buffet in February, March, April, July twice, and August 2025. I do appreciate when tour buses are in the parking lot because you know that the food will be plentiful and hot. But even without tour buses, the food is consistently good. This is my go to place for everyday Chinese and Chinese-American food in the Allston-Brighton area.
There are a variety of chicken dishes including Chinese American Kung Pao Chicken and/or General Tso's Chicken, sometimes salt and pepper chicken, or other breaded chicken. The American traditional Fried Chicken is very good, crispy and never greasy.
I only remember one or two beef dishes, Beef & green beans, beef with mixed vegetables.
But I am a seafood fan and I counted three or four shrimp dishes, including an amazing one with crawfish, huge mussels, and shrimp. They always will have two or more fish dishes, I had salmon, steamed whitefish with lemon, and fried battered fish.
The variety of desserts are good. sometimes they will have custard and or tapioca pudding. They will always have citrus fruits that is the traditional Asian dessert. once I spotted a day 5 gallon container of ice cream in the freezer next to the entryway to the bathrooms. but the ice cream had melted and it was more like soup. When I went in August 2025 they had no ice cream, so I think the freezer was broken.
Review from February 2025:
In February 2025 I was fortunate enough to be there as 3 tour buses were pulling in which means that all the food will be very freshly cooked and not sitting around in the steamer trays for long. There was more than enough room for them and the usual crowd. They must have been expecting the buses because the food because the food was coming out fresh, fast, and furious.
I actually tried the fried chicken and it was very good, on par with KFC, not greasy at all but the pieces were small but it was a buffet so who cares? I also had the onion rings which were crunchy. I had the steamed fish, shrimp and veggies, noodles, Shanghai baby bok choy, General Tao's chicken, dumplings, and egg rolls. All very good!
I did notice the lack of seafood besides shrimp and fish. In the past they used to have steamed mussels in sauce and small clams but that was years ago, before Covid-19.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chinese Food, Shrimp with Mixed Vegetables Combo
Food is pretty good for its price. Of course, don't expect to be away from MSG...
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
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