There are reviews here that are completely reverse of our experience. I will eat here when in the area. Just off NY 7. Use I 88 Exit 22 westbound, exit 21 eastbound, and it is little detour for a good meal. Follow signs for Arby's, if you like. It is across the street. This is an impressive buffet. Not least in a modest size town on a Wednesday afternoon. 4 soups, 50 (!) hot items, 2 cold tables (sides and deserts) and ice cream. The food was good. The variety was outstanding. There were things I have not seen in scores of Chinese buffets across north America. I counted 50 different hot foods. This included steamed Brussel sprouts and Happy Family, a dish too expensive and fragile to be on any other buffet acce$sible to someone who drives a 16 year old van. The sushi tray looks to be brought in, but there is a nice enough selection that you could make a meal from just that. See photo. The fish is salmon, not whitefish. Did I mention that they had fifty different hot pans!? This was LUNCH! Thankfully they don't have pizza. The kids can find sweet and sour, chicken on a stick, and fries. Or you can steer them onto the good stuff. I cannot see the economic case for freshening a buffet this size at 2:30 on a weekday, but they do. The steam tables are Servesafe compliant, not running cool. Things will dry out and the only real cure would be to close from 2 to 5, or stay on it constantly. Short of inspecting the kitchen, I give this establishment high marks for cleanliness. The place is not new, but there are no crumbs, smells, or marks to attract questions. As mentioned, I witnessed no Servesafe violations, a fact that isn't as common as you might hope. The men's room and ladies room are pleasant to use. Surrounded by all types of fast food and auto parts stores, The Red Apple offers you an above average experience, buffet speed, value pricing, comfortable surroundings, a group dining room, and options. If someone is bent on chain fast food, they can cross the parking lot. I run I 88 in NY almost every year, and now I know where to stop for lunch next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Salvatore Di Novo
I'm super picky when it comes to buffet and this place wasn't that great I'll travel to United buffet or capital buffet on Wolf Rd for now on
Jessalynn d'Ghent
Went this morning for an early lunch with my fiancée. The reviews were worrying but we always like to make our own opinion. I’m glad we went! The food was hot-hot, delicious and tasted great. The pepper chicken and chicken with broccoli had the same pepper taste and the dumplings were hit or miss with how well it was wrapped but that were my only qualms!
I will add— the atmosphere could use some work. It was dead quiet and the other patrons had to whisper to each other. I wish they would play some sort of music! It was also pretty dark in some places.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
sunnydin2000
Most of the food was old and like warm. Noodles and rice were hard as if they'd been out all day with no refresh or stirring. The seafood selection was poor with some discoloration and was not chilled according to proper code. Upon touch shrimp that was on the sushi was room temperature. Would highly recommend not going.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Frank Beretz
Always a good selection of things to eat
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mrs B
Went shortly after they opened. Food on buffet was clearly from the day before, if not earlier.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Damon Hazelton
We love this place. They even have great sushi! The black pepper chicken is delicious
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Li NY
Good inexpensive buffet with hot and fresh food. For lunch costing $13 per adult it is very good. Sufficient variety of food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John LeCates
Ordered the Dragon & Pheonix meal. It came with only 3 shrimp and was filled with vegetables to make it look like it had shrimp. The chicken is not great, kind of dry and wet at the same time somehow. Tough to chew. Sauces were 'okay'. Will never go here again.
Food: 1
Jeremy Shields
This restaurant offers a range of tasty food all in all and has quite a pleasant/cozy atmosphere inside. Good choice to have lunch and dinner here.
Well for starters the food we had was soaked in oil and a lot of it was hard and not very good. And it came down to $19 and change a person I had my family with me and none of us even ate that amount of food. Not very impressed and I won't be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Michael Skiff
I honestly could not believe how bad the food was, everything was dry and old looking. Not even the ice cream was good. I wouldn't go back if I was paid to eat there
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Greg Beams
Excellent place to eat.
Food is out of this world.
There are reviews here that are completely reverse of our experience. I will eat here when in the area.
Just off NY 7. Use I 88 Exit 22 westbound, exit 21 eastbound, and it is little detour for a good meal. Follow signs for Arby's, if you like. It is across the street.
This is an impressive buffet. Not least in a modest size town on a Wednesday afternoon. 4 soups, 50 (!) hot items, 2 cold tables (sides and deserts) and ice cream. The food was good. The variety was outstanding. There were things I have not seen in scores of Chinese buffets across north America. I counted 50 different hot foods. This included steamed Brussel sprouts and Happy Family, a dish too expensive and fragile to be on any other buffet acce$sible to someone who drives a 16 year old van. The sushi tray looks to be brought in, but there is a nice enough selection that you could make a meal from just that. See photo. The fish is salmon, not whitefish. Did I mention that they had fifty different hot pans!? This was LUNCH! Thankfully they don't have pizza. The kids can find sweet and sour, chicken on a stick, and fries. Or you can steer them onto the good stuff.
I cannot see the economic case for freshening a buffet this size at 2:30 on a weekday, but they do. The steam tables are Servesafe compliant, not running cool. Things will dry out and the only real cure would be to close from 2 to 5, or stay on it constantly.
Short of inspecting the kitchen, I give this establishment high marks for cleanliness. The place is not new, but there are no crumbs, smells, or marks to attract questions. As mentioned, I witnessed no Servesafe violations, a fact that isn't as common as you might hope. The men's room and ladies room are pleasant to use.
Surrounded by all types of fast food and auto parts stores, The Red Apple offers you an above average experience, buffet speed, value pricing, comfortable surroundings, a group dining room, and options. If someone is bent on chain fast food, they can cross the parking lot. I run I 88 in NY almost every year, and now I know where to stop for lunch next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I'm super picky when it comes to buffet and this place wasn't that great I'll travel to United buffet or capital buffet on Wolf Rd for now on
Went this morning for an early lunch with my fiancée. The reviews were worrying but we always like to make our own opinion. I’m glad we went! The food was hot-hot, delicious and tasted great. The pepper chicken and chicken with broccoli had the same pepper taste and the dumplings were hit or miss with how well it was wrapped but that were my only qualms!
I will add— the atmosphere could use some work. It was dead quiet and the other patrons had to whisper to each other. I wish they would play some sort of music! It was also pretty dark in some places.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Most of the food was old and like warm. Noodles and rice were hard as if they'd been out all day with no refresh or stirring. The seafood selection was poor with some discoloration and was not chilled according to proper code. Upon touch shrimp that was on the sushi was room temperature. Would highly recommend not going.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Always a good selection of things to eat
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went shortly after they opened. Food on buffet was clearly from the day before, if not earlier.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
We love this place. They even have great sushi! The black pepper chicken is delicious
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Good inexpensive buffet with hot and fresh food. For lunch costing $13 per adult it is very good. Sufficient variety of food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered the Dragon & Pheonix meal. It came with only 3 shrimp and was filled with vegetables to make it look like it had shrimp. The chicken is not great, kind of dry and wet at the same time somehow. Tough to chew. Sauces were 'okay'. Will never go here again.
Food: 1
This restaurant offers a range of tasty food all in all and has quite a pleasant/cozy atmosphere inside. Good choice to have lunch and dinner here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
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Good food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Well for starters the food we had was soaked in oil and a lot of it was hard and not very good. And it came down to $19 and change a person I had my family with me and none of us even ate that amount of food. Not very impressed and I won't be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I honestly could not believe how bad the food was, everything was dry and old looking. Not even the ice cream was good. I wouldn't go back if I was paid to eat there
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Excellent place to eat. Food is out of this world.
Good food. Cheap. Nice service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
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