Crystal Garden Chinese Buffet

We don’t go here for the all you can eat buffet. We order take out from here and it is really good. Even with the trip home, the food is flaming when we take it out of the bag. They throw in free stuff for orders over certain dollar amounts. We tend to like the standards, General Tso, Chicken & Broccoli, Beef & Mushroom in Oyster sauce, Shrimp Lo Mein, Salt & Pepper Shrimp, Mu Shu Pork — all very tasty and not too salty. I like the Shrimp & Green beans, but you have to check if they have green beans that day. The shrimp rolls and cheese won tons are good too. The menu prices are good, the buffet prices seem a little steep, but they are always packed, so I guess it doesn’t deter folks from coming.
My only suggestions for take out food is please pack anything liquid/​greasy a little better. No one likes grease on the car seat. Also, please stop throwing enormous handfuls of sauces, napkins, and plastic ware in the bag. I don’t like throwing them out and I don’t like having huge zip lock bags of sauce cluttering up the pantry.

I tried coming here with friends for a delightful end of the day meal. I couldn’t decide if I should pay to eat or see if the food is any good first. I ended up trying some off my friends plate when I was abruptly SCREAMED at by one of the people behind one of the counters. Ever since this event took place, they’ve been staring me down. Even now, as I am writing this review, they are staring at me. I don’t feel comfortable coming here EVER again. I would not come here under any circumstances if I were you.

They are getting better now that all the business have moved out of that shopping center. Wal Mart was the biggest one to draw crowds. With King Kullen closing doors in November who knows who will going there.
The food here used to be excellent, for an all you can eat buffet. Then it got really bad and they got stingy with some items. However, recently when I went with my parents after a hard manual labor day, I was surprised how good it was.

Above average Chinese food buffet with standard options. Contrary to previous reviews, the food was served at a good temperature and the host said goodbye upon our departure.
They have a sushi counter, Chinese counters, and American food counters with seafood if you’re the daring type. Also have a desert counter.
Could refill waters with more haste.
⁴⁄₅ would recommend.

crystal garden buffet, the food is good, lo mein. egg foo young. salt with pepper shrimp. general tso’s chicken. very good，everything i like

This one was my favorite. When I was a Stony Brook student, I often dined there. Price was so low and food was mediocre.

This is definitely a typical American style Chinese Buffet. Most dishes was either dry or greasy. I think the price is quite pricey for that kind of food they served.

Stopped in for lunch. What a nice surprise food was very good. Lots of differ. Choices too.

Save your time and money don’t come the food is cold and not that many choices 32 $ for 2 people

I’ve been to many buffets on the island and this place is def not one of the best. Some of the food like the sesame chicken is really good, better than most buffets. The problem is the food isn’t hot and some of it is tastes chilled because they are too cheap to keep the buffet table hot or the tables don’t work. The plates have a chill to them and when you put food that’s room temp or just above them on them the food is cold when you eat it.
The sad part is the food seemed to be good but pure scumbagary of the owner is what makes the place bad. If the food the was hot it probably would have been good! The cheap ass owner keeping the temp of the buffet tables to save a few bucks made the food cold and ruined it. I won’t eat below temp food because «going right through you» is the best bet and food poisoning is the worst.
The service is horrible! You have to pay before you eat as we did and the wait staff didn’t deal with us again. I don’t know if we were ignored it they just neglected to get me another Pepsi. After eating s full plate with an empty soda I decided to go and get my own. A group of waiters were standing around and didn’t say anything. I sit down, take a big sip & it’s mostly seltzer… I almost threw up between the cold food and pure co2 water and left.
On the way out the owner doesn’t say good bye or make eye contact act he turns his back on you and says nothing as you leave! I could only imagine you don’t call him on the cold food or crappy service!

I had stopped here for a late lunch/​early dinner with some friends after targeting the outlets. the food is good, hot and they have quite a selection of chinese, sushi and other types of food [pizza, chicken, etc] It is somewhat cheaper to eat at lunch than dinner [eating before 3P is less expensive] If you are in the area, it is a good meal and the selection is substantial. They have a dessert area and ice cream but no toppings for the ice cream. I would recommend and return.

Had lunch here today. The taste of the food was not aweful. It was tasty. However, there are greater issues than the taste of the food. The ladies room is gross. The white rice steamer is very dirty on the outside and has mold on the inside. The serving utensils are old, cracked and in need of replacement. The dining room is dark and dingy. The food was not hot, but barely warm. I would not go again unless major changes were done. Sorry.

I ate dinner there on 1÷18÷14. Most of the food off the steam tables was warm at best, not hot. The variety is fairly good but only worth one star when one considers that dinner for two costs $ 31.50. I will not be returning.