China Palace Restaurant

2905 Washtenaw Ave, Ypsilanti
(734) 829-0999

Recent Reviews

Leia S

Definitely not coming to this place again although I have to admit about half of the dishes we ordered tasted great. But the lettuce in the Yang Chow fried rice clearly had two different colors. Half of the lettuce looked really dark, apparently from leftovers being recooked (maybe over and over). I talked to someone working there about it, but was told the dark color was from the soy source used. Come on! I do cook, too -soy source won’t color the lettuce this way! The service was terrible. One of the servants brought me the soup without a spoon. I asked her to please give me a spoon. But she replied very impatiently asking me to wait while she was busy. Later she brought more dishes when our table was almost full, I tried to give her two empty trays/plates, hoping to help her, but she almost yelled at me “put it down!” I wouldn’t give her more than 10% tip for this type of service, but they imposed 15% tip in the bill.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Liyuan S.

Definitely not coming to this place again although I have to admit that most of the dishes we ordered tasted great. But the lettuce in the Yang Chow fried rice we ordered clearly had two different colors. Half of the lettuce looked really dark, apparently from leftovers being recooked. I talked to someone working there about it, but was told the dark color was from the soy source used. Come on! I do cook, too! Soy source won't color the lettuce this way. The service was terrible. One of the servants brought me the soup without a spoon. I asked her to please give me a spoon. But she replied very impatiently asking me to wait while she is busy. Later she brought more dishes when our table was almost full, I tried to give her two empty trays/plates, hoping to help her, but she almost yelled at me "put it down!" I wouldn't give her more than 10% tip for this type of service, but they imposed 15% tip in the bill.

KnightInd

There were some reviews that had made me leery but there were others highly praising the place. Decided to give it a try. Keep in mind, we arrived right before dinner rush on a Wednesday. There were a few other folks here and a couple families.The bars were clean. Tables eh. But most of that falls on customers and being heathens when they go out.Food was well temped and tasty. The hot tea - jasmine tea (my personal favorite) actually had flavor. I did brave the sushi bc I had seen the guy make it fresh and it was good. I eat the raw sushi so typically picky and never touch it at buffets unless it’s made to order.Pretty much your standard fair w some tasty extras: dim sum, cabbage!!!!!!!!, and a large variety of seafood.There are several items for children or those who want a more basic meal (think chicken nuggets, pizza, etc).I will say the parking lot was the odd part. Park along the side. The front row is parallel parking but not?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dim Sum, Soup, Seafood

Christine Turner

I highly suggest not even trying. Everything was mediocre and not very hot. I like to try different Chinese buffets and honestly…. Save your money…. Like forreal no need to try. The sushi was beyond basic, the steak dishes were terrible and everything seemed to be sitting in water. If you just want dessert you may be ok. Wouldn’t come back and may only suggest to someone I despise

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Brian Warner

My friends and I were supposed to go to another restaurant.Unfortunately, our first choice was totally booked and we ended up here.I had vowed never to come back but reluctantly agreed.Ok. It's two years later, perhaps, they turned their game around.Nope.They are still schlepping the same American-Chinese Sub-quality food that is poorly cooked.Among numerous offerings, the only thing that I ate was Salmon, green beans, and a broccoli chicken stir fry.The rest of the buffet was a disaster.There was too much of a dependency on previously frozen, heavy-breaded items.We spent $48 for the three of us.I left full but not content.Will I be going back ? No.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Ice P

Nice variety and surprisingly good buffet style food. If you love buffet style dining you should enjoy China Palace. The food turnover is pretty good and minimizes the usual issues with buffet style dining. I did not see a hibachi option but they do have a hot pot buffet (trying that next visit).

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Michele Ireland

This is my go to for dim sum. I drive an hour for this place. Friendly staff. Amazing food. They also offer buffet for those who want something oth r than dim sum.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dim Sum

Brian W.

My friends and I were supposed to go to another restaurant. Unfortunately, our first choice was totally booked and we ended up here. I had vowed never to come back but reluctantly agreed. Ok. It's two years later, perhaps, they turned their game around. Nope. They are still schlepping the same American-Chinese Sub-quality food that is poorly cooked. Among numerous offerings, the only thing that I ate was Salmon, green beans, and a broccoli chicken stir fry. The rest of the buffet was a disaster. There was too much of a dependency on previously frozen, heavy-breaded items. We spent $48 for the three of us. I left full but not content. Will I be going back ? No.

Shelly P.

Visited on a Saturday early afternoon, it's not a cart dimsum service, but will fix your dimsum fix. We read mixed reviews about poor service but we don't typically expect 5 star service at dim sum but everyone was pleasant and kept coming around to check in on us and ensure everything was great. It's very spacious with decor that you don't typically see in the area which was nice and appreciated. Our favourite was the custard bun! Overall we felt the dough (egg tart pastry, Chung fun rice wrap, bun doughs) were very thick.

Brent Hursey

One of the better buffets I've eaten

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Tr Pham

Good food, good atmosphere ?‍❤️‍?…Thank you for our

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katy

The food was dirty and not tasty. I could cook better than them. My throat hurt after eating, probably because they used the dirty oil. These Chinese people just don’t know how to do the right thing. Did you think people wouldn’t know your foods are dirty?

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Wan

The food was dirty and not tasty. I could cook better than them. My throat hurt after eating, probably because they used the dirty oil. These Chinese people just don’t know how to do the right thing. Did you think people wouldn’t know your foods are dirty?

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Tiff

Everytime I've gotten food (dim sum or buffet) from here for the last 3 years it made my stomach hurt.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3

Sara Yi

Came in with my little one. Im also pregnant and first generation. Never got checked on and never got refills or anything for the 1:30 hrs we were there. My daughter had spilt her drink everywhere and all they did was watch me struggle. My jacket was drenched. And even after “I” had to clean everything up myself still no one came to clean up the piles of napkins left. Waste of my money! Didn’t even get a chance to eat it, because it was so gross I got sick 3 times. I paid for an empty stomach! Also as I cashed out, The waitress held onto my card while she ran another card in front of me. She was running my card and then stopped the process to take someone else while holding my card hostage. This is the most uncultured, nastiest Asian place in the world. I will definitely be letting my whole family know to never come here. Definitely never go here ever.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

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