Yummy Buffet - Chicago

I remember when Yummy Buffet opened years ago on Lawrence and thought what a funny name for a restaurant, we have to visit! ; but in spite of being literally minutes away from our residence (on foot), we somehow never did. So when our daughter suggested trying it out a few days ago we jumped at opportunity and walked over. I would say that the closest comparison is the one with China Buffet. Place was fairly clean and busy with ample space for individual, family and party accommodations. Prices were in line with what you would expect for a buffet with a nominal charge for our 2 year old son. The only thing I didn 't particularly care about the ambiance were repeated written warnings not to leave food on plates or incur extra charges. This kind of stuff speaks ill of the restaurants clientele and makes you wonder who frequents this place. As for the food I would say again that it was no better but also no worse from what you 'd expect from a buffet. My favorite were string beans which reminded me of homemade stuff made by my Chinese colleague. I also liked plentiful seafood choices but some of the stuff (like roasted calamari) was a bit rubbery and under spiced for my taste. I didn 't care much for the seafood soup for the same reason and was too full to try egg drop soup which is my usual choice. As I don 't partake in dessert I have to trust my daughter who was very pleased with egg custard, ice cream and a variety of other sweets. Overall I think this place provides a base experience for causal buffet goer but with a little bit of work on some of the menu items as well as on its ambiance it has decent growth potential.

I drove all the way from Gurnee to try this place with my family. $17 a person and barely any selections of food. Dirty, smelly, bad crowd not a safe neighborhood. I came to eat some Chinese food, but ended up Eating pizza and green beans the only thing that was edible. The one chicken selection they had was gelatinous. I've been to many buffets and this was the worst one yet.

I would give ZERO star for this review if Yelp let me. This buffet is the worst buffet I have ever been to. Nothing here is good, the food has no taste to it, extremely oily, food is cold not even warm. You have to self serve from drink to cleaning up the plates yourself. The buffet claim to close at 9pm however the staff will start cleaning up by 7:15pm food stop to serve. The staff were arguing in the middle of the restaurant while customer are eating. Which I thought is very unprofessional. I HIGHLy don't recommend this place. I rather just eat McDonald or other fast food place than paying $15 for this buffet. Trust me it is not WORTh it.

We did not have a good experience here. The restaurant is very shabby, looks like it has seen better days. Food was generally not hot, and laced with jalapeños, nothing was really very tasty. We were ignored when we came in while the staff argued about something. Looking around, I saw stained boxes with food in them and it did not appear very clean. Sad, we'd heard it was once a good place.

I looked at the parking lot and there was a Tesla, I thought that was a good sign. There was a Koi pond and felt that was nice. Then went to look at the food and it just bad from then on. Nothing appealing. Food looked old. Not much to choose from. Wasted time and money in this joint. Nothing yummy in this place. Trust me PLEEEEEEASE