This is not my normal choice in restaurants. My parents were in town and my dad loves a good Chinese Buffet. This restaurant seems to be a seniors dream. It was a sea of white hair as I looked around. My family and I were probably the youngest patrons in the restaurant. I think they have a discount for seniors - good if you're a senior I guess! :)
I've had some bad experiences at buffets before and was a little leery. The buffet was huge and had quite an assortment Chinese food. While most of the food seemed more Americanized there were some Dim Sum favorites hiding among the aisle of deep fried goodness - pork shui mai, soup dumplings and salt & pepper squid. The food seemed to be pretty fresh and luckily hadn't been under the heat lamps too long. I guess when there's 100 seniors coming in and out for the four hour dinner period food is prepared and replaced often.
Overall, I thought The Great China Buffet was not too bad. It filled our belly's and made us happy for a couple of hours. They're doing something right to be packed during a recession!