The place looks a little tired, have to admit the carpet could use a vacuum. However the food, though not authentic or high end was fresh and tasted good. I took more than my share (suffered for it :) But it was very good. I don't expect uber service in these places so for it's use. I will return when I visit Kingston
I have went a few times to the restaurant and thought it was ok. However, I have know changed my thoughts due to the recent hairs I found in the food and inadequate responsibility of the staff members. When I encountered the hair in the food the staff took on no responsibility for the incident. They were purposing to give me only 10% off one adult meal. This meant that they took the incident lightly, no responsibilty for the hair. In most cases staff and management would take on the responsibility and be willing to offer you a few different options to rectify the problem. They either take 50 to 100% off the one meal or take your name and the next time you visit the one meal would be free. I give this restaurant a BIG THUMBS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All in all, very average buffet, although they do have a pretty good selection. I feel the quality could be better on some dishes, ie to much breading on the chicken balls, some of the fried, breaded dishes could be crispier etc. I'm going to have to check out other restraunts before i consider coming back...
Was horrible food. Had flies all around and the food had obviously been sitting there a while. Not very good selection. I am sorry to even give this place any star.
This review is for early December 2010. Group of about 12 people for lunch buffet on a weekday. I believe the total cost with a pop was about $14 each including tip and tax so that was great.
As in my other review, we felt like Kingston had no decent Chinese until Panda Garden came along. We've had buffet there several times as party of two but this was the first bigger group. We had called ahead for a table, which was smart as the place was full for lunch.
The buffet for Panda Garden was always impressive for variety and regular turnover/top-ups of the hot dishes but they expanded a couple of years ago to try some basic Thai and sushi dishes. The Thai and sushi are not the world's greatest but they are fine and nice for variety and that's ok because Kingston has so many other specialty restaurants for that if you want it.
The variety of ice cream and desserts, as mentioned in other reviews, is impressive though we rarely make space for it in our multiple tours around the hot and cold stuff.
What we enjoy about the buffet are:
- wonton soup with green onions on the side if you like to add them
- egg rolls
- sweet and sour chicken balls
- General Tao chicken
- other beef and vegetable dishes depending on what's there that day
We find going in around 4:30-4:45pm on weekdays when the dinner service is getting started is ideal. Everything is fresh and hot and not as crowded as it is at 5:00pm or later. We haven't had a problem with food sitting around but then we don't try to go for buffet at mid-afternoon either.
We have always found the buffet servers to be pleasant and efficient with taking away dirty plates, topping up soft drinks and preparing the bill. Atmosphere is clean and pleasant with ample space to walk around with plates of food.
