Crystal Garden Buffet
Chinese · Riverhead
À propos de Crystal Garden Buffet
At Crystal Garden Buffet, we invite you to experience a warm and inviting atmosphere that makes every visit a pleasure. Our restaurant offers an all-you-can-eat comfort food buffet with a diverse selection of dishes, including seafood options and sushi, making it an excellent choice for those lookin...
At Crystal Garden Buffet, we invite you to experience a warm and inviting atmosphere that makes every visit a pleasure. Our restaurant offers an all-you-can-eat comfort food buffet with a diverse selection of dishes, including seafood options and sushi, making it an excellent choice for those looking for a satisfying meal at an affordable price. The friendly and courteous staff are dedicated to ensuring your dining experience is enjoyable and hassle-free. With wheelchair accessibility features throughout the restaurant, we strive to make every guest feel welcome and included. Whether you're in the mood for a quick bite or a leisurely dinner, our hours of operation accommodate your schedule.
Ce que disent les clients de Crystal Garden Buffet
Crystal Garden Buffet is praised for its cleanliness, friendly staff, and affordable prices, especially the lunch buffet. Many appreciate the wide selection and remodeled atmosphere. Negative reviews mention cold food, pressure for tips, and issues with food freshness and timing.
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Tip: Lunch is great, dinner is great, but avoid going too close to the changeover time between lunch and dinner to avoid potential price changes or limited selection.
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Their ice cream is very good and their food is too.
By far the best buffet in Suffolk County. Everything is delicious every time we come here. The staff is so friendly and courteous.
You have to know how places work to enjoy them best. I've rea the negative reviews for this place and it puts my positive experience in perspective. My advice? Lunch is great, dinner is great. Don't come too close to that boundary. I arrived here at 2:15 pm and there were no problems. All the food was fresh. Not dry from sitting in the heat for too long. Not overcooked. I've been to buffets an hour away from dinner and all the food is old. That Isn't the case Here and I'm happy with that. All the flavors? Very well done. Tender juicy meats, every dish had a little something unexpected and delicious (except maybe the mixed vegetables which was exactly what you expect with no frills but no problems). I like the seasonings here. Don't come without salt, pepper or your favorite hot sauce if you enjoy very spicy ethnic food. That isn't what they serve here. Their dessert selection? What you'd expect and then some. They put effort into adding extra options like homemade rice crispies, and a twist to old favorites like banana pudding (nice big banana chunks and cookies) and yogurt (rainbow layers). I love the effort to set their food apart here. I say go here if you like buffets. I say it's clean, simple and has a good selection despite their smaller buffet size. I think you'll enjoy everything you try. Someone mentioned being sick with food poisoning moments after having the food. That wasn't my experience and I tried Everything. However, a quick google search informed me that it's actually not possible to experience food poisoning symptoms until at least 30 minutes after eating. I suspect that guy is saying all that in anger at being snubbed for coming at lunch and expecting dinner. I think he is correct to be offended by that behavior but that is very common with buffets. Buffets should just let that slide and let people on the edge eat dinner foods too.
At $15 for lunch buffet per person, you can't beat the price! It includes refillable drinks or hot tea! Good selection of soups, meats and desserts, although veggies are minimal.
Very clean, food was great many great options. Staff is on it cleaning up plates and keeping tables clean and drinks refilled. Would definitely visit again.
Place has been totally remodeled, it's clean,bright,the food is still very good and it is still affordable at $22. Remember it's Buffet style so you have plenty to chose from and you can always go back as much as you want! Staff is friendly and the front register guy is like a club host very friendly with a great attitude.
Great wait staff who brought us drinks and took away plates immediately, also very friendly. Food was ok-good but had good soups and noodles. Only downside was the sushi and cod which tasted a little off. But def deserves a higher rating. Host at the door was extremely nice and i saw him speaking Spanish to help customers who didn’t speak English👍
Food wasn’t great at all and peer pressured for a tip. It was expensive for tasteless cold food and not worth 45 dollars. Will not be coming back here since was given an issue why i didn’t tip the staff.
This was my first time going there and my last. The price was okay, the selection of food seem small to be a buffet. For the price there was no CRABS LEGS!!! the rice was hard and the food was cold. When ask if they could warm up my plate they did. The bathroom was clean , however, one of the ladies stall had crap in it that nasty person should have cleaned up after herself. After all no one should have to do that for you. I will not recommend this place in my opinion.
We were really excited to come to this Chinese buffet as we normally have a great experience coming here, the food was cold and selection of food is much smaller then it used to be. In my opinion, I don’t think it was worth the 45$ for two people. As we were about to leave one of the workers approached us and started asking how the service was and the food and pressured us into tipping. She said tip you need to tip us before leaving. Not to mention as I went up to the front to break a 20$ bill the workers were just staring us down the entire time and watching every move we made. You tip for good service, not because you are pressured into tipping. It felt very forced and we will not be returning.
We were hassled to leave a tip in a forceful manner. Tips are a courtesy for exceptional service not for just doing your job.
The buffet is a lot of cheap food to make. Soup looks stale. Not much flavor which might mean it is trucked in and then reheated in Microwave
They have a nasty rude worker there and I’ve had several of my family members complain about this one older lady who refills the food trays. The energy in that place is disgusting because of that worker. I used to love this place until she walks around like she is better than everyone and giving everyone dirty looks ! It’s a shame because we loved coming here but we will not return no more.
I generally prefer to share positive feedback, but I was quite disappointed with my recent experience at this buffet. The food was lukewarm at best, lacking the freshness and flavor I was expecting. To make matters worse, I noticed a fly repeatedly landing on the sushi and dessert areas, which was concerning for hygiene. When I brought this to the attention of the front desk, I was told that because the door keeps opening, flies are going to get in, and that they do pest control regularly. They also said there was nothing they could do about the fly at that moment. While I appreciate their efforts, this explanation didn’t address the issue I experienced, and it felt like little was being done in the moment. Considering the price of $45.60 for two people, I expected a much higher standard of quality and service. DO NOT GO THERE!
I do not recommend going within 1 hour of dinner time. Me and my boyfriend went around 3:15 and they told us we would have to eat within 45 minutes or they’re gunna charge us again but for dinner time prices. We understood and got to eating right away. Immediately we discovered that all the food on both of our plates were either barely warm or just cold. Never in my life have I ever had cold food at a buffet. I came to realize that we were the 1 out of 4 groups there and that they probably were not continuously cooking fresh lunch food because there wasn’t that many people to serve and that they are preparing the dinner menu. Overall we finished our plates within 20 mins and didn’t even get seconds or dessert. It was very off putting experience.
On Saturday Jan 25, 2025 I arrived at 3pm and the waiter told me that I cannot eat after 4pm because the dinner menu starts at that time. So it's not really an All You Can Eat Buffet. The food tasted good but got sick from food poisioning almost immediately. Felt weak the entire day and the next. Today is Monday and I still have the runs. It's truly the last time I'll ever eat at this buffet. I'm very optimistic about eating in restaurants, but after experiencing this one, I having second thoughts. Please be careful when eating here.
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