Royal Buffet
Findlay, OH
2551 Tiffin Ave, Findlay, OH 45840
A decor free-for-all that forgot it's a Chinese buffet, with really good pizza and gooey goons but hard ribs and burnt mushrooms; left at 2.6.
2.6His ratingYelp said 2.6- Rangoons Goonin'
- Pizza YesMaybe Chicago-style: a clean pull, lightly toasted, and actually really good.
- Price $16.16/person ($32.32 for 2)
Dishes
- Crab rangoonOoey-gooey and creamy: gooning (see Rangoons).03:39
- Peanut butter chickenThe chicken part is awful; the peanut butter part is pretty good.03:42
- RibsQuestionable, hard, and slathered in Sweet Baby Ray's. 'Somebody drag me out of this buffet.'02:19
- Stuffed mushroomBurnt, and awful.04:03
- Mac and cheeseSomehow the coconut shrimp coating ended up in the mac and cheese. 'Eww.'04:10
- BiscuitHard as a rock; not a fan.04:24
- Coconut shrimpDrowned in thick sauce: awful.04:33
- Stuffed shrimpSo burnt on the tray they left 'a chalk line after a murder'.03:06
Halls
What he said
“Does the Royal Buffet deserve 2.6 stars? You know what? I'm gonna leave it at 2.6 stars. The pizza here is actually really good.”
“Fun to look around. I don't think they know, you know, that this is a Chinese buffet.”
“This is no lucky lion. This is just that damn lion from Narnia drinking a lot of Red Bull cause it's got wings.”
“These are hard. Please, somebody drag me out of this buffet”
“But we got us some goons fresh off the presses here. You know what? I feel like really gooning.”
“this is the outline of all their victims here for the stuffed shrimp, you know, like a chalk line after a murder.”
Also noticed
- A decor mash-up (a winged 'Narnia lion on Red Bull', a boat, then something Egyptian), so much that he's not sure they know it's a Chinese buffet. 00:26
- Lighting that makes it feel like a prison. Self-serve drinks and even hot water. 01:33
- 10% off for seniors; he wonders if 'time traveler' counts. 00:14
- A 'budget fountain' that's kind of working, collecting coins. 00:45
- A style of buffet pizza he'd never seen in his life. 02:25