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| - Bottom line: this place is pretty gross.
We went for the $5.99 lunch buffet - well you can say: "you got what you paid for"; but in reality it was barely worth $0.99. First off, the buffet has 10 entrees, but when we went, only 3 entrees were replenished, the rest sat there empty the whole time! at 1pm! So basically I could try spring rolls, fried chicken, and rice... for the $5.99. And it was not good. At all.
The entire place is pretty damn filthy. Last time I had lunch here was in 2000, and it doesn't look like they have cleaned since. Whatever you do, don't look under the table!
The service was not good either. Not friendly or welcome, just point to a table and mutter some words. It's pretty obvious the owners also operate the place, so at least you save some money because tipping is inappropriate when the owners are also the staff (you are just giving them free money at that point).
We examined the buffet and asked, before deciding to stay, if it was going to be replenished soon. Our server just pointed at the buffet and nodded. ok? I guess that means yes. Well apparently it meant no. My friend asked her: "What are the entrees?" she points, again, and just says "5.99". Here is the convo:
"What are the entrees today?"
"5.99"
"Yes, but what will the food items be when you replenish them?"
"buffet over there"
"Yes, we see that, but what do we get for $5.99?"
"Food at buffet"
"Yes, but there is nothing there, so we don't know what we'll be eating when you bring out the food. What are you going to serve?"
"5.99"
No joke. My friend just got up and left. My other friend and I made the poor decision of staying. Well needless to say, we never found out what the other food was going to be - though I assume based on what was left in the bottom of the pans it was going to be some brown slop.
The spring roll tasted like a frozen one that was defrosted and served. The rice was so rock hard I had to spit it out. The fried chicken was just ok.
The MSG coma hit us about 20 mins after leaving. That food is really poor quality.
So.... filthy restaurant, unfriendly service, empty buffet, bad food.... $5.99 all you can eat! lol
I cannot recommend this place to anyone other than transients and trailer trash. Which brings up the next topic: the other patrons. We did get some entertainment value from the other crazy patrons. They must have some real characters wander off the street into this place. One guy came in and was yelling at himself, then yelled at the buffet food, then yelled at other patrons, then had a full meltdown and stormed out of the place. 10 mins later he comes and sits down, and apparently is friendly with the owners. LOL. and he had a mysterious animal in a kennel under his table. That was allowed. and nobody asked him to stop being weird with other customers and settle down. My assumption is that this is the norm for this place, the clientele isn't exactly.... top shelf.
Best part? they have a sign that says "2012 Best of Phoenix - Best Chinese Restaurant"..... I stared at it... it was incredulous. This must be a hoax. That made me laugh because it was just so ridiculous. You just walk into the place and you know for a fact that it is NOT best of anything. Ever.
UPDATE: within a few hours of dining there, I had horrible explosive diarrhea.
New Hong Kong is not for the faint of stomach.
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