Cafe East 8
Asian · Houston
About Cafe East 8
En Café East 8, te invitamos a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria única donde la fusión de sabores asiáticos y americanos cobra vida en un buffet libre irresistible. Desde el emblemático pollo a la naranja hasta nuestras deliciosas alitas, encontrarás una variedad de platos para satisfacer todos...
En Café East 8, te invitamos a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria única donde la fusión de sabores asiáticos y americanos cobra vida en un buffet libre irresistible. Desde el emblemático pollo a la naranja hasta nuestras deliciosas alitas, encontrarás una variedad de platos para satisfacer todos los gustos. Ubicados en Houston, te esperamos con los brazos abiertos para que descubras por qué somos un lugar especial con una valoración de 4 estrellas.
What Customers Say About Cafe East 8
Cafe East 8 is a popular buffet with many options. Customers praise the fresh food, attentive service, and variety, especially the seafood. Some recent reviews mention issues with cold food, mold, and restroom cleanliness.
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Cafe East 8 Houston Reviews
The food was fresh and plentiful! I had stuffed crab and it was delicious!
The food here was great! It was hot and fresh and it was definitely a popular spot. My kids loved the food so much! Definitely recommend!
We had a lunch , it was very nice . I think they should add the drinks along with it.
This location is great. Kind and attentive service. Food is great! Always fresh. I highly recommend it.
We don't visit too many buffets, but we always come here at least once or twice a month to get our Chinese food fix. We specifically come here for the delicious salted crabs, clam, shrimp, crawfish and glazed spare ribs. Pretty much everything here is great including the soups. Staff is always friendly and we always leave with a smile and a full stomach!
Food is fresh, most of the chicken is incredibly tender. The ribs were tender but not very sticky with sweet glaze. Kung pao chicken was great, ditto Gerneal Tzou's chicken, loved the sauteed mushrooms, hot and sour soup and the chocolate icream was more flaverful than most soft serve. Service was friendly, place very clean as were the restrooms.
I disagree with the previous reviews about this place. It’s a buffet and that says it’s going to be a steam bar system. The food we had today was hot and tasted fresh. Everything was clean and we were greeted with a friendly staff member that sat us quickly and with a smile. I would recommend. New Year’s Day 2026.
I've been coming here as a kid. Very tasty food. Many options to choose from.
Very clean, and bigger than expected on the inside. The flavor of the food is delicious for most dishes, but overcooked on all. The salt and pepper shrimp was crumbling in my fingers. Tho, two of the three delicious were quite delicious There’s a variety of dishes, but it’s still the typical Chinese Buffet. Staff is very polite and attentive.
The place is quiet and clean. The food was very flavorful. The bread was a little dry and the fried rice lacked a little flavor but other than that it was a very delicious meal. The food was always stocked and full. The parking lot is a nightmare. 11/12/19 Went back again today and it was slow but the service was lacking this time. The server didn’t refill our drinks or check on us. Another server had to go look for him and he still made us wait longer for a refill.
Its pretty good, js the food and the price is mid
Food was cold and not good overall, the drinks did not taste right, the staff members and service was great. The price is cheap.
Food wise, not the best. Service was good, loved the waiters. The atmosphere, very scary due the amount of mold the whole entire place has. I changed my granddaughter’s diaper and the diaper changer was all covered in mold. They need to do better with that. Major health hazard. Too bad I did not carry my phone to get pictures to prove
This was our first time there and will not be back again. Food was ok since we only tried 4/5 items and we were super hungry but the behavior from the Asian lady waitress was embarrassing. We paid and left the receipt on the table while eating our dessert while the lady came to my husband and started pointing on the receipt and telling him “you need to put tip, you have to give me tip” she keep pointing there and said that 3 times. It was so awkward like bro WTH! FYI she wasn’t even on our table the whole time. It was a guy from the beginning, she just came last to give us the bill and DEMANDED TIPS! Didn’t feel welcomed at all!
The buffet is shockingly limited. The food was clearly old you could tell it had been sitting out far too long. Vegetable options? Practically nonexistent. But here's what truly horrified me: the dessert had mold growing on top of it. When we informed management, do you know what they did? They sent the waitstaff to scrape off the mold instead of throwing the entire dessert away. Let that sink in. They thought removing visible mold made it acceptable to serve. If the dessert had mold, what else is being kept at improper temperatures? What else is out of date or spoiled? This isn't just poor quality this is a serious health hazard. We trusted this establishment with our safety, and they failed us completely. No one should have to wonder if their meal will make them sick. This is unacceptable.
Horrible…Terrible…Will never eat here again. Then you have mold on the food, yuck! I see why the crowd was minimal here! Makes me wonder what I might have ingested with the other items on my plate. Let’s hope my child doesn’t get sick from this…or my family from anything else we are here. Save your money honey!
My family and I visited Cafe East for dinner today, and unfortunately, it was a disappointing experience that has left us unlikely to return. While we've dined here over the years, the quality has noticeably declined. The biggest issue was the food temperature. Many dishes on the buffet line were cold, including the chicken and some of the beef entrées. Several pieces of sushi also tasted and felt like they had been sitting out for too long. For a buffet, having food at the correct temperature is a basic expectation, and this was not met. My family spit out so many foods . Best thing was ice cream.
The service is excellent, and it has always been professional the two times I have visited. Unfortunately, the food was cold, as if it had just been taken out of the refrigerator, and not fresh. The produce (onions/broccoli) was spoiled! I would not recommend eating here unless you want to risk getting food poisoning! Luckily, the sushi and egg rolls were fine; it's just unfortunate that was all I could eat.
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6771 S Texas 6, Houston, TX 77083
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