China Palace Super Buffet
900 Bugg Ln, San Marcos
(512) 878-0886
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I am not one to leave reviews unless is necessary, but this one must be read by anyone bringing their special needs children with them to this establishment. My family has always eaten here at least twice a month. It is our go-to place whenever we're craving Chinese food because I am allergic to shellfish and thankfully, never had an allergic reaction while eating here. I am very careful not to take servings from the steam plates next to the shrimp, crab legs, crawfish, etc. and never had any issues bringing my family to this place until today. On January 3rd, 2026 at around 1:30-1:40pm, me and my family arrive at this place like always and go to the cashier to pay for the buffet. We always bring our son, who is on the autism spectrum to have lunch with us. The first time we ate there, we asked if we could bring our son with his own food instead because he has food aversion, sensory issues and shellfish allergy which makes it hard for us to eat out as a family. They assured us it was OK so, we've been doing this for many years. We even buy him a fountain drink from this place every time because we are still paying customers and we don't want to be rude bringing someone who will not consume anything there, until today. There was this new asian lady that we've never seen before, she takes our order, we tell her that our son will eat his own food (which we brought, chicken nuggets and an ice cream cone) but we'll buy him a drink, like we always do. We'll, she said "we charge $10 for him, starting right now, there's a rule we charge $10". My husband asked "Since when? Because we've been coming here for years and we've never had this issue before". It's not like he's going to eat from the buffet without paying. We even showed her his bag from McDonald's and she still wanted to charge us $10 for him. Nowhere in this restaurant there is signage of this new "rule" like she said, about this $10 charge for non-consumption ANYWHERE. The rudeness of this cashier was in no way part of a language barrier, which we all could tell, as me and my family speak two languages. How come that "rule" was starting right then and there when we showed up? This place was the only one I found that we could all eat together and me not being afraid of having an allergic reaction. Most of all, we were still paying customers, I guess not anymore. Do what's best for your children, and choose an establishment where they actually care about their returning customers, not about making more money out of special needs parents who are already struggling to make ends meet.
Reviews are not lying the food has no flavor, cold, old and there was weird residue inside my cup not clean
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
It's ok its just i feel in my opinion too pricey over $50+ i've gone to places with almost that price or cheaper and they have more to offer in food options. Also the place felt really hot too i was sweating while eating.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
i thought it was very good. Nice selection of soups, entrees, fruits and some salads, even several ice cream choices. Clean, quiet, nice atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food quality was down today. Salad dressing and sweet n’sour sauce both seemed watered down. Food wasn’t as appealing nor fresh as other times we’ve visited.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Very kind staff every waitor/waitress greeted us, quick with the refills and removing of finished plates, thank you for your hospitality and good food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious 😋
No AC, not all food out (no sushi) and still charge full price. Don’t get sick eating buffet without Air Conditioning!
This is the dirtiest restaurant I have ever visited. There is trash on the floor, brown fingerprints on the walls, and the food tastes old and stale. Additionally, the air conditioning does not function, and the tables are unclean. That is just the front; one can only imagine the state of the kitchen. A health inspection must evaluate this establishment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
There isnt much about this place to like. Majority of the staff are kind of rude. Its always dirty. The food is often old and and sometimes even unchewable. But I kept coming back anyways just for the fried crabs because they were usually pretty okay. But not on top of all the other flaws the A/C went out. The last time I was there I had to leave before I was done eating because I was drenched in sweat. Its so hot. I feel like its inhumane to even have the staff working in those conditions. I am going to the only other chinese buffet in town now. They have everything this one has except they actually have a functioning AC, friendly staff, and clean restaurant.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
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It’s Very disappointing how over the years they have lost the taste let alone I’m sitting in here writing this review I am disappointed in the quality of the food the folks over on down south can do better than this soda is watered down customer service? They probably have no clue what that is this place resembles Depression if I was a food critic for this area/state it would be a lot more worse than this simple rating
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I'll update this review next time I consider stopping in. Food was good but AC was out, this made for a terrible experience.
Restaurant DIRTY. Food mediocre.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Love it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
DO NOT EAT HERE!! VERY DIRTY!!
The filthiest restaurant I think I’ve seen in years. The dining room was disgustingly dirty there was food and garbage underneath every single table. All the tables were sticky I had to ask for someone to clean it and they did it with a napkin I had told the lady if they had some sanitizer she ignored me. It was nasty. The bathroom had black mold in all the toilets the stalls were absolutely nasty. The food was decent but if they can’t even keep the restaurant clean Lord knows how they care about cleaning in the kitchen. Never eat at a restaurant that does not care about cleanliness that’s how you get horribly sick. Disappointing for the price point. It was horribly hot and humid the AC is clearly broken they had 2 fans for the whole dining room it was a walking Petri dish! The whole place was like 85 degrees it was just a horrible, nasty, hot and very dirty. The same song played over and over on repeat it was loud and would not stop this experience was nuts. 0/10 do not recommend
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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