CHINA BUFFET

CHINA BUFFET is on the mend. The grade is a C (71/100), yet the trajectory across its recent inspections points up.

Its latest visit (January 20, 2026) logged 2 intermediate and 8 basic violations. Diners rate it 3.2 across 3,010 reviews. By health score it's safer than 9% of Orange County restaurants we grade. Menus here flag options for vegetarian, dairy-free, healthy, and pescatarian diners.

Trend: improving · C (71/100) · safer than 9% of Orange County restaurants we grade

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Restaurant details

Health grade
C (71/100)
Violations
10 total — 2 intermediate, 8 basic
Address
8255 INTERNATIONAL DR STE 124, Orlando, FL
Cuisine
Chinese
Categories
Buffet restaurant, American restaurant, Asian restaurant, Chinese restaurant, Sushi restaurant
Price
$20–30
Rating
3.2 stars (3010 reviews)
Seats
125
Phone
(407) 352-0881
Website
Official website
Photo of CHINA BUFFET
Photo: Mei Asian Buffet

Community Rating

Reviews via Google
3.2 Community-sourced rating 3,010 reviews
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What diners say — our read

Sorted by date, these 24 reviews trend upward. When price comes up here it is usually a criticism, and the ratings attached average 2.6. After that, whether food comes out hot appears most often — 25% of the corpus, averaging 1.3.

If you had to pick one number to represent this corpus it would be 1, the most frequently given rating (12 reviews). 9 of 24 rated reviews are four stars or higher; 13 are two or lower. A third strand, how clean the place looks, appears in 21% of them at 1.0 stars.

The inspection lands in between as well: DBPR graded this kitchen a C (71/100), citing 2 intermediate and 8 basic violations. DBPR last walked in on January 20, 2026. Its inspection trajectory is upward over the records we hold. That puts it ahead of 9% of graded kitchens in Orange County. The citations behind that grade include cross-contamination and wiping cloths.

Neither signal is decisive on its own here, which is why both are shown. The individual reviews are below, newest first, if you want the raw material.

Our own analysis of 24 reviews for this restaurant, set against its Florida DBPR inspection record. How we calculate grades →

  • June 28, 2026

    The Best buffet That I Never, Been Every Food has really good and different testy

  • June 28, 2026

    La comida estaba fría y el sabor horrible, el lugar es viejo y no está muy limpio.

  • June 21, 2026

    Went there on father’s 𝚍𝚊𝚢 for first and last time around 4pm & , not only ωαs not happy with the food but the food ωαs cold and dry like if it hadn’t been changed since noon, don’t let the pictures fool you and on top of that they charge α automatically percentage gratitude fee like what , that did 𐌉𐌕 for me , I ʟᴏsᴛ my mind not worth 𐌉𐌕 only reason I went there cause every other place around 𐌉𐌕 ωαs full due to being fathers 𝚍𝚊𝚢 like I should’ve known if i̶t̶’s̶ empty i̶t̶’s̶ for α reason I would rather eat Panda Express

  • June 18, 2026

    El mejor de los mejores

  • June 11, 2026

    1st time going here. Food was okay. A bit too pricey!

  • June 10, 2026

    We took our family of 6 at 6:30 on a Wednesday night. After being here for about 15 minutes a family completely walked out after asking multiple times for them to cook fresh food. She left without paying. Our family didn’t have anything that was worth eating. Everything was cold and we had to ask them to cook fresh food multiple times. It was 22$ per person and the service was very mediocre at best. It cost our family 150$ and she added 15% gratuity on top of it. She tipped herself 30$. My father’s only words were shut it down. Definitely would not recommend and will we be returning. Staff wasn’t friendly and the bathroom wasn’t in the slightest bit clean. We have had better experiences in Mexico eating at buffets.

  • June 10, 2026

    It's a good option for the day that you don't want to cook

  • June 9, 2026

    Very good

  • June 8, 2026

    Excellent

  • June 7, 2026

    First and last time we are gonna be going in there, most of the food was hard or cold, then they never came to our table to refill our drinks, we even asked for a second seafood cracker, and they told me that they only have one in the whole restaurant so we had to share it, the price isn’t as bad since it was $20.95 per person + $3.25 for the soda + 6.5% for taxes + 15% tip minimum obligatory, which it’s 29.64 per person, honestly we wanted to leave 10% tip because the whole place only had like 4 families eating and nobody was able to refill our drinks, but then when I tried to explain that to the lady at the cashier, she started yelling at me that the minimum was 15% obligatory and she keep on yelling that I must paid whatever it said on the ticket with the tip already included, at the end I ended up paying whatever she wanted me to pay since the whole thing was really embarrassing.

  • June 4, 2026

    Don't waste your money here! No flavor. Boooooooo.

  • June 4, 2026

    Price was good but food was not; service was nonexistent.

  • June 3, 2026

    This is the first one-star review I’ve ever left, and unfortunately it was deserved. The restaurant was dirty, the atmosphere was disappointing, and the food was bland and forgettable — especially for such a prime location in Orlando. The worst part of the experience was the gentleman who seated me. The body odor coming from him was overwhelming and honestly made me feel sick while trying to eat. The service didn’t improve after that. After finishing my plate, I waited a long time for a drink refill that never came. Overall, it was a very disappointing experience from start to finish.

  • June 3, 2026

    Read all of the negative reviews and this is exactly! What it is the positive ones theres no way they are real reviews, the place is older everything sticky floors tables the boba menu, we went about 4pm my son picked it, i would have eaten anywhere else. The food was sitting since at least noon shrimp tasted like water, I’ve never seen a pan fried dumpling so swollen and soggy from the hot steam it produces under, was scared to even try any more seafood. Charged us 140$ 13 year old(adult) 3 adults, 2 year old and 7 year old, you could spend that anywhere else! We barely cleared 2 plates as a whole they ate a lot of fruit! And they did nothing about it the front man told me the food was fresh since 3pm when i tell you hour old food verses what this was not comparable. Just DONT do it. No one was there when we arrived should have took that as a sign

  • June 3, 2026

    Essen war gut. Alles sauber. Bedienung freundlich. Gerne wieder

  • June 2, 2026

    Si queres comer rico a un buen precio visita este restaurante

  • June 2, 2026

    I am not coming here anymore, services and the food terrible.

  • June 1, 2026

    The food was cold, and they put a mandatory tip when I went to ask for it to be removed the lady got angry that because we didn't give tip, we give tip voluntarily and in places with hot food and good attention, it's not this shitty buffet

  • May 31, 2026

    Great place! Great price!!!

  • May 29, 2026

    Horrible

  • May 26, 2026

    Bad food uncooked rice three grained corn and two piece of carrot the place look dirty… NO GOOD PLACE NEVER AGAIN COME BACK TO THIS PLACE.

  • May 25, 2026

    Good food, and very worth the money

  • May 22, 2026

    Poor performance of the waitress. Restroom dirty, food temperature ok

  • May 19, 2026

    Came at dinner food was cold and look like it was up their for awhile . 🤔Didn't know till I paid that they but there own gratuity of 15 percent on to ur check 🤦 keep that in mind cause I didn't know that and I left a tip on table so they made 50 percent tip off me 🤦🤔

Overall Score

52 / 100

  • Health inspection grade 20/40
    Grade C
  • Dietary transparency 13/20
    4 options listed
  • Community rating 13/20
    3.2★ average
  • Hidden-gem status 0/10
    Not flagged
  • Track record 6/10
    Improving, 0% clean

Composite score from health grade, dietary options, ratings, and inspection record — distinct from the state-derived health grade.

Opening hours

Monday
11:30 AM to 10 PM
Tuesday
11:30 AM to 10 PM
Wednesday
11:30 AM to 10 PM
Thursday
11:30 AM to 10 PM
Friday
11:30 AM to 10 PM
Saturday
11:30 AM to 10 PM
Sunday
11:30 AM to 10 PM

Inspection history

The following records are from Florida DBPR public inspection records, most recent first.

  1. January 20, 2026 · Routine - Food

    Inspection Completed - No Further Action

    0 high-priority · 2 intermediate · 8 basic

    • 08 — Cross-contamination: raw foods separated; food protected during prep/storage
    • 21 — Wiping cloths; clean & soiled linens; laundry
    • 22 — Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized (×3)
    • 23 — Nonfood-contact surfaces clean (×2)
    • 29 — Plumbing installed & maintained; mop sink; backflow prevention
    • 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation
    • 41 — Chemicals / toxic substances properly stored & used
  2. December 1, 2025 · Complaint Full

    Call Back - Complied

    0 high-priority · 2 intermediate · 4 basic

    • 22 — Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • 35 — Insects/rodents/pests; outer openings protected against pests
    • 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation (×3)
    • 53 — Food manager certification; employee food-safety training
  3. November 20, 2025 · Complaint Full

    Emergency Order Callback Time Extension

    2 high-priority · 5 intermediate · 12 basic

    • 02 — Consumer advisory, date-marking & labeling of ready-to-eat foods (×2)
    • 08 — Cross-contamination: raw foods separated; food protected during prep/storage (×2)
    • 22 — Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • 23 — Nonfood-contact surfaces clean (×2)
    • 27 — Water source safe; hot and cold water under pressure
    • 29 — Plumbing installed & maintained; mop sink; backflow prevention
    • 35 — Insects/rodents/pests; outer openings protected against pests
    • 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation (×6)
    • 41 — Chemicals / toxic substances properly stored & used (×2)
    • 53 — Food manager certification; employee food-safety training
  4. November 20, 2025 · Complaint Full

    Emergency order recommended

    6 high-priority · 7 intermediate · 18 basic

    • 01 — Food from approved source; safe, unadulterated, sound condition (×2)
    • 02 — Consumer advisory, date-marking & labeling of ready-to-eat foods (×2)
    • 08 — Cross-contamination: raw foods separated; food protected during prep/storage (×3)
    • 10 — In-use food dispensing utensils properly stored (×3)
    • 12 — Handwashing; employee eating/drinking/smoking practices
    • 14 — Food-contact & nonfood-contact surfaces properly designed/maintained
    • 22 — Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • 23 — Nonfood-contact surfaces clean (×2)
    • 27 — Water source safe; hot and cold water under pressure
    • 29 — Plumbing installed & maintained; mop sink; backflow prevention
    • 31 — Handwash sinks accessible; handwashing supplies & sign provided (×2)
    • 35 — Insects/rodents/pests; outer openings protected against pests (×3)
    • 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation (×6)
    • 41 — Chemicals / toxic substances properly stored & used (×2)
    • 53 — Food manager certification; employee food-safety training

Safer options nearby

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This grade is calculated by us from Florida DBPR public inspection records — Florida does not issue official grades. How we calculate it →

Data last updated: January 20, 2026