Oh man I hate to knock off 3 stars when I truly did love this place but I discovered they changed the name because they got shut down for fixing the food out back on the ground by the dumpster. I never once had a bad experience here. But man I don't even know if we can ever go back knowing this happened and It sucks because their food really is good, see old review below.
THIS PLACE DID NOT CLOSE DOWN THEY JUST CHANGED THE NAME TO THE RIVER BUFFET. Everything is exactly the same except the sign out front has a new name. See my original review below:
Don't waste your time or $$ going to any other Asian buffets in the Charlotte area. Tokyo Buffet blows them all to smithereens. I've been to sushi only buffets that didn't have the selection this place has. Seriously it is head & shoulders above buffet sushi pretty much anywhere I've ever been aside from perhaps RuSan's (in Atlanta, have never tried RuSan's in Charlotte but I hear they also do sushi buffet lunch). They also have a really big (and separate from the sushi thank God) hibachi build it yourself grill. The actual "regular" buffet itself is like 3x bigger than anywhere else. The food is always fresh and turning over because this place is always busy. We went here right before closing one night and it was still packed. Nothing but fresh. It's clean for a buffet, I don't feel sketched out about the quality or origin of what they serve like some places. It is also blessedly not full of MSG. I couldn't eat here if it was. They always have a huge variety of stuff. My husband and I live 45 minutes away but we still would rather go here than anywhere near us because those places suck so much and cost the same or more, we don't want to be disappointed. I wish I could get this place to open another location near us, but it's ok. Be warned though: once you try Tokyo Buffet, everyone else will just be too lame to bother with.