Buffet Star

They have a big variety of (very Americanized) east Asian food and some country-style American food. For buffet food it's pretty good. The food mostly tastes relatively fresh, save for a few items (seaweed salad, mushroom salad, glazed banana) that tasted like they'd been sitting for a while, but nothing was bad. I tend to avoid the fruit bar, though - it seems like most of the fruit comes out of a can, and the pudding is pretty bland. Their basic sushi can be a little underwhelming, but the more complex rolls are good, and honestly all are better sushi than I'd expect from a buffet. From this visit, the dishes that I really enjoyed were the flounder with crab meat, shrimp cocktail, Japanese-style tofu, and egg custard. The staff is nice and they're very attentive with refilling drinks and taking away plates that you're done with. Some of them don't seem to speak English super well which might present a little bit of a language barrier, but nothing serious - someone I was with tried to order a drink that they didn't have and confused our waitress who didn't know what he was saying, but she called over another waitress who could understand and they sorted it out. I saw a few bowls with scrapes of food still in the corners at the buffet, and while the overall cleanliness of the place (besides the bowls) this time was okay, I've seen it looking a little dingy before. The interior design of the place is very cool - they've got a waterfall into a small koi pond, pagoda-like canopies over the salad station, a lighted floor in places, and the ceiling is painted to look like the sky. There are some elements of it that are very strange to me, though, like the glass (or plastic?) dividers that are filled with what looked like just crumpled paper, and the fish tank with absolutely nothing in it besides fish, not even pebbles in the bottom - it looked clean, but are you really supposed to keep fish in a bare tank like that? I also wish they'd do a better job of labelling the food at the buffet. Most items are labelled correctly, but there were a few with no labels or that were mixed up, or just confusing to figure out which label corresponded to which item. Anyone with any sort of dietary restriction can tell you what a headache it is to try and guess!

Stopped in and stood at the hostess stand for about 2 minutes while being ignored by numerous employees. They were busy but no excuse not to inquire have I been taken care of or not. I grabbed an employee to be seated and I was seated immediately. The restaurant was clean and not crowded, just busy. The food here is ok at best which is par for the course when it comes to buffet style restaurants... I found the food here to be unnecessarily greasy. Some of it was super dry or way too salty After 1 plate, my stomach was already bothering me so I waved the white flag.

My favorite asian buffet ever. I really used to visit this place several times during my stay at Binghamton. They have an awesome live counter, and I love the mei fun they have there. They have a various selection of desserts, cakes, puddings, salads, ice creams and they have nearly 10 varieties of chicken starters. Soup tastes delicious. There are several vegetarian options for the vegetarians too. Price is around 13$ per person with soda. They even have student discounts. The only thing is that the plates are little bit untidy.

My family and I went here for the Valentine’s Day dinner and it was horrible. Food was either undercooked or overcooked, you had to clean your own plate because there wasn’t a clean one in the restaurant. Several people complaining about it. A few bites of food and we couldn’t even do it. We decided to leave and find something else to eat. Oh and to make it much better my bill for 2 adults and 3 kids was $125. Definitely save your money this place needs an health department inspection!

This one is EASY! Very good buffet house. I started out to say 'excellent', but there's always room for improvement. My focus was sushi 🍣. It's listed as a main course. I love sushi! The Buffet Star's sushi offering was like buying sushi from Wegman's. There was no soul. No love. It wasn't fake, not gross (not the worst I've had), just missing something I can't identify. Be aware, we will go back here, just not for only sushi. They do serve hot saki, not bad either. Mrs King absolutely LOVED the rest of the buffet offering. With exception of the rice noodles, which were a few minutes short of al dente, this cuisine is to be applauded. The table service, excellent and friendly. We will return to the Buffet Star. I recommend it when you're in the mood for Asian delights!