Paradise Buffet

Apr 10th, 2024

Apr 7th, 2024

The food has no flavor and the waitresses are on top of what you eat
Apr 7th, 2024

I didnt feel like there was alot of options. The sushi didn't taste all too good.
Apr 6th, 2024

$15 lunch $19 dinner AYCE Asian / American buffet aimed for Mexican taste. The place is nice, clean, spacious, about 60% occupied on Friday at 3PM, so it's popular. You pay on entrance, given plastic cups for free sodas, and choose your own tables. This set up reduces the number of workers required to operate the front desk efficiently, only 1 cashier and 3 cleaning crew were working to keep everything tidy. By employing fewer workers they may survive, even make a good business in the cut throat Asian buffet market They play Rock and Mexican Banda music fairly loud. I wish they lower the volume a bit The food is surprisingly good with very good varieties, cooked to Mexican taste. Fill your own sodas , included. Very good salad bar with large varieties. Sushi station is small, tastes ok, but with no sashimi people would just take proteins off sushis for themselves. The beef pot roast is tender and the very tasty. This dish alone with fried chicken pay for the meal IMHO. Fried chicken is fairly salty. Could use less salt and more clove or Cummins. Couple indistinct fried / braised pork to crisp, tasteless. There were Cajun shrimp and large crawfish, delish, people were eating large plates of them. Soups were good, clam chowder uses cream of corn, not dairy cream, smells a little like corn tortillas. Pepper shrimp was good. Unfortunately all stir fried veggies are overcooked to a mush for Mexican taste. The Mongolian station let you choose frozen proteins and veggies with your own sauce. I told the Mexican cook to do rare red beef, emphasized to him again, but he still way overcooked meat and veggies to tough and tasteless, again per Mexican taste . Very good desert station with cheesecake, cream pie, various cakes, soft ice cream, but very few fruits. Food is fresh and tasty, not over spiced or loaded with sugar or MSG. We were happy with the quality of our meal for this low price, very good value, even free meals on birthdays. This place seems successful with good attendance and low operating cost. Left a good tip at table for the cheerful cleaning woman. My partner now says food at Kumo is seasoned and cooked more like authentic chinese. It's her favorite Asian buffet in OC, has not changed.
Apr 5th, 2024