Clean, good food selection, fresh dishes, overall a good place to go for a buffet. I was not disappointed for the food but the flavor is a little light for my liking in Chinese food. Mostly fixed with sauces but I enjoy heavy spice.
Courtney Dougherty
My husband and I went here Saturday around 4 for dinner. The food was not good at all. We have eaten here several times before. About 5 hours after we ate I ended up at the ER with food poisoning. Do not eat here!!!!!!!!!! The seafood was old and stinky and the egg soup tasted very weird. Never again will we go back. This place should be shut down.
Cole Stafford
Some of the food was okay most of it wasn’t great, waitress was not helpful, and the cashier took a minute to look up from his phone to help with seating and cashing me out prior to eating. This place used to be quite nice and was pretty awesome. With there being so many Asian options now in Amarillo go elsewhere if you can.
Lea Stevens
empty food trays, dried out food, poor selections and rancid salad dressing. since they change owners quality has dropped to zero. after tonight's disappointment we will never eat there again
E2536PSdavidr
The chef did a great job of cooking on the grill, and buffet food was also good (worth going back multiple times). And the best fortune cookies (for what they say!) we've encountered from eating at dozens of Chinese restaurants.
Cheryl James
The meal was enjoyable. All of the food was hot& ready. The only surprising part was paying for your meal when you first walk in. The China Star in Abilene has never done this. The waitress was very attentive.
Monica Saldaña
We ate here once,3 years ago. The food was mediocre.We decided to give it another try,on 04/07/22. It was worse than before.Some stuff was soggy,like they put too much sauce on it.Most of it tasted old.Even the fruit tasted rancid or old.It wasn't even 1pm, yet the food tasted stale, as if it was leftover from the previous day/s before.Our waitress was too busy chatting with the Cashier,to check on her tables.She came to get our drink orders,and never checked on anyone, until we were about to leave.Their food wasn't and isn't worth the $25 they charge for two adult buffets.
Eddie Ascencio
The staff is friendly and the food is not amazing but will fill you up, not much flavor but what do you expect when it's prepared in large quantities. The food trays were almost empty and were sparingly refilled. It's not enough for me to stick around and for the price you're better off going to a different place to eat. It's very spacious and clean but the food is nothing to write home about.
Marissa Kibler
Worst $30 ive ever spent. Worst food I've ever had, nothing was fresh, nothing had flavor. When they did put out fresh food they dumped it on top of the old food.The only thing that was good was the coconut macaroons, I will never come back not sure how this place stays in business. My stomach started hurting instantly from trying to eat since you have to pay before you can get food other wise we would have just walked out.
Gregory Thompson
This place went downhill. It tastes like old oil was used. Many of the food items on the buffet were old and not fresh. Most of the food was out for a long time. Disappointing.
We have eaten here frequently over the last 9 years. It has really gone down hill this last year. Every time we’ve gone in the buffet has hardly any food. There’s been multiple occasions the food is not cooked fully. The service is extremely lacking. We use to love eating here but definitely won’t be eating here anymore.
Phillip Roux
Food was not very good! Was warm at best!Fried shrimp was mostly batter!Noodles had no flavor!Over all I do not recommend this restaurant as 3.5 or 4 star. Will not go back!
Mona O'Dell
We enjoy coming here normally. Tonight, we got there about 7 PM on a Friday night. Got to the table and had a lovely waitress who was super kind. We went and got the food and sat down at the table. The food was COLD. INSIDE THE RESTRAUNT WAS COLD. The waitress said she was sorry about everything being cold. She said she is always freezing when she is there. We got the manager and explained to him that we were not okay with the food being cold. His response: "Food cost is not cheap. It is very expensive."He then went on to say that they close at 8:00 and have to turn stuff off to start cleaning. To which I responded, "serving cold food and charging full price is not acceptable. Since I had no idea that the food was COLD until I sat down at the table and I notified the waitress immediately. Therefore I require a refund on my meal. My husband ate most of his food cold. We then left and got HOT food from another establishment.
Steven Denny
This is our regular place to eat on Tuesdays! They have a good variety of food and the best soups!
Melinda Cook
The place was clean and waitress was ok BUT the food was awful! It was so dry and been left on the hot plates to long and wasn’t no good! The ice cream, drinks, and dessert was only things eatable. Don’t go to eat here , you will be throwing your money away. My experience at China Star was bad.
Clean, good food selection, fresh dishes, overall a good place to go for a buffet. I was not disappointed for the food but the flavor is a little light for my liking in Chinese food. Mostly fixed with sauces but I enjoy heavy spice.
My husband and I went here Saturday around 4 for dinner. The food was not good at all. We have eaten here several times before. About 5 hours after we ate I ended up at the ER with food poisoning. Do not eat here!!!!!!!!!! The seafood was old and stinky and the egg soup tasted very weird. Never again will we go back. This place should be shut down.
Some of the food was okay most of it wasn’t great, waitress was not helpful, and the cashier took a minute to look up from his phone to help with seating and cashing me out prior to eating. This place used to be quite nice and was pretty awesome. With there being so many Asian options now in Amarillo go elsewhere if you can.
empty food trays, dried out food, poor selections and rancid salad dressing. since they change owners quality has dropped to zero. after tonight's disappointment we will never eat there again
The chef did a great job of cooking on the grill, and buffet food was also good (worth going back multiple times). And the best fortune cookies (for what they say!) we've encountered from eating at dozens of Chinese restaurants.
The meal was enjoyable. All of the food was hot& ready. The only surprising part was paying for your meal when you first walk in. The China Star in Abilene has never done this. The waitress was very attentive.
We ate here once,3 years ago. The food was mediocre.We decided to give it another try,on 04/07/22. It was worse than before.Some stuff was soggy,like they put too much sauce on it.Most of it tasted old.Even the fruit tasted rancid or old.It wasn't even 1pm, yet the food tasted stale, as if it was leftover from the previous day/s before.Our waitress was too busy chatting with the Cashier,to check on her tables.She came to get our drink orders,and never checked on anyone, until we were about to leave.Their food wasn't and isn't worth the $25 they charge for two adult buffets.
The staff is friendly and the food is not amazing but will fill you up, not much flavor but what do you expect when it's prepared in large quantities. The food trays were almost empty and were sparingly refilled. It's not enough for me to stick around and for the price you're better off going to a different place to eat. It's very spacious and clean but the food is nothing to write home about.
Worst $30 ive ever spent. Worst food I've ever had, nothing was fresh, nothing had flavor. When they did put out fresh food they dumped it on top of the old food.The only thing that was good was the coconut macaroons, I will never come back not sure how this place stays in business. My stomach started hurting instantly from trying to eat since you have to pay before you can get food other wise we would have just walked out.
This place went downhill. It tastes like old oil was used. Many of the food items on the buffet were old and not fresh. Most of the food was out for a long time. Disappointing.
Restaurantji Recommends
We have eaten here frequently over the last 9 years. It has really gone down hill this last year. Every time we’ve gone in the buffet has hardly any food. There’s been multiple occasions the food is not cooked fully. The service is extremely lacking. We use to love eating here but definitely won’t be eating here anymore.
Food was not very good! Was warm at best!Fried shrimp was mostly batter!Noodles had no flavor!Over all I do not recommend this restaurant as 3.5 or 4 star. Will not go back!
We enjoy coming here normally. Tonight, we got there about 7 PM on a Friday night. Got to the table and had a lovely waitress who was super kind. We went and got the food and sat down at the table. The food was COLD. INSIDE THE RESTRAUNT WAS COLD. The waitress said she was sorry about everything being cold. She said she is always freezing when she is there. We got the manager and explained to him that we were not okay with the food being cold. His response: "Food cost is not cheap. It is very expensive."He then went on to say that they close at 8:00 and have to turn stuff off to start cleaning. To which I responded, "serving cold food and charging full price is not acceptable. Since I had no idea that the food was COLD until I sat down at the table and I notified the waitress immediately. Therefore I require a refund on my meal. My husband ate most of his food cold. We then left and got HOT food from another establishment.
This is our regular place to eat on Tuesdays! They have a good variety of food and the best soups!
The place was clean and waitress was ok BUT the food was awful! It was so dry and been left on the hot plates to long and wasn’t no good! The ice cream, drinks, and dessert was only things eatable. Don’t go to eat here , you will be throwing your money away. My experience at China Star was bad.
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