Lin's Asian Buffee

Owned by such a lovely Chinese family. They’re very humble and hardworking. Always make my family feel like a part of theirs. The oysters are to die for, and, honestly, all you can eat for about $20 is the BEST deal in town. Don’t let the appearances fool you, the food is great. Really nice sushi selection as well.

I don't care for the food. It just didn't taste that good. Maybe, next time. However, there's a really good waitress there. She stayed busy and checked on us many times. She'd be the only reason I would return. Plus, the guy upfront taking payments. Those two made the environment happy. Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 on getting two well workers that really have customer care qualities.

The food was really good and a lot to choose from! The sushi bar could’ve been better or had better variety, but I think it was due to our 3:00 lunch time. I’ve not ever had traditional roast at an Asian buffet, so I had to try it and it was good. The peach cobbler went well with the ice cream. The kids loved the variety of ice cream flavors. The only thing we missed was dumplings.

Went for lunch on weekday it was alright. It was a slow day and end of lunch buffet so they had some empty dishes but then for dinner they did refill.. some was good and some was not good. Maybe if they have less dishes but good quality dishes would be better. Add more shrimp dishes. I had some sushi, pepper chicken and jalapeno chicken was really good. The salmon and veggie egg rolls and broccoli. There was also beef egg roll... different. And pork buns. They should do more seafood.. like crab dishes or fried fish tenders or craw fish.. probably better to go on weekends. They should put also more grilled vegetables or do baked potato or roasted potatos.. they dont have to have so many dishes.. just quality dishes and keep the food fresh. Oh yea catfish would be good too or tilapia and Swai. The desserts also.. they have fruit and ice cream. Is alright.. maybe put fresh orange slices.. or do brownies instead of cookies. Or even put just regular plain cakes, or moon cookies, sesame donuts, or the cake rolls.

Usually, I like the movies, books, and even food joints that a lot of people don't like, so I try to keep an open mind when I look at reviews to a place I'm about to try. When I was looking at the reviews for this place I saw about an average of half good half bad. First, when I got here the price was $14.99 per person. It came to $38 and some odd change with tax. Even though there was an extensive selection of food, the sushi bar and the steak area were closed. This was a busy Saturday afternoon at approximately 4:30 p.m. Next, we waited in line in the entry for 42 minutes. When we were finally seated, there was food still stuck on the table, and the back of my chair was so sticky my shirt stuck to it. But I cleaned the table myself and sat down, still trying to keep an open mind. The carpet looks like it's from the 1960s, all worn and stained. The paint is all chipped, looking like kids or toddlers had chewed on it along the edges. The ambiance was pretty, the decor was attractive. The staff was very friendly and took covid precautions with masks and gloves and seating people with social distancing in mind. Right after you pay your bill upon entry, you are given plastic gloves to wear while dishing up your food. Unfortunately, not everybody used that and it was not enforced. However, there were gloves for our use scattered throughout the buffet. Still, I proceeded to convince myself to keep an open mind. As my husband sat down with his plate, it was time for me to go. The first plate I picked up had a soggy noodle stuck to it, so I put that in the dirty rack. I picked up another plate from another pile, and rice was stuck on it, so I put that in the dirty rack too. Still, trying to keep an open mind, I managed to dig a little deeper and found a clean plate, so I proceeded. My husband tried fried rice, vegetable noodles, baked fish, and spring rolls. It was fresh, but he rated the food flavor a 6 out of 10. I was disappointed that they did not have orange chicken and that their sesame chicken did not look like sesame chicken at all. I opted for the pineapple chicken that was a 6 out of 10 for flavor as well. The chicken was extremely dry but the sauce itself was good. I then tried the fried shrimp and tried to force feed myself two of them, and couldn't do anymore. They tasted like mostly uncooked frozen shrimp. So I peeled the tails off and took it home to my dog because I knew he would eat it. The potstickers were tasty in the middle, but on the outside they were so crunchy I thought I broke a tooth. The fried rice and the noodles were delicious! They did not have soup bowls out for the entire time we were there until the last 20 minutes before we left so I decided to try the egg drop soup real quick. That was actually delicious! And the corn on the cob was good too but that's pretty hard to mess up. Basically, I ended up eating $20 worth of corn, egg drop soup, pudding, fruit, and jello. My husband is not nearly as fussy as I am on most occasions, so he ended up eating $20 of noodles and baked fish. Finally, we were the only white people in the place other than a couple employees. That's not an issue for me as far as cultural mix, I like it. But I would like to know where the "white people" go for their Asian cuisine. I haven't lived in Lubbock very long but one thing I have noticed is that there's a ton of food choices, but 95% of the food quality and flavor is lacking. Once I find my go-to of any cuisine I will be a die-hard loyal fan. I guess it goes without saying that we will not be back here. UPDATE: It's now 3 weeks after I tried Dragon Buffet. Although not a buffet, my absolute FAVE Asian place in this area is China Wok at 6302 Frankford Ave, Suite 3, Lubbock, TX 79424. NO MSG! I was looking for my go-to seafood place and found Hot & Juicy. It blows Royal away! H&J is on 50th & Frankford. I just left a review for them here on Google so I won't repeat myself. However, I was happy to find out that the owner of H&J is the parent of the owner of China Wok. HIGHLY recommend!

Love eating here with family. Anytime we go it can be 8 or will be 14 and they always find a spot for us. They have various foods but it might be old from earlier and we have to wait. The people working there are amazing. We even learned a new magic trick from our amazing waiter! Without that it would've be been a 3 star rating!