Joy East Chinese Buffet

2410 E Riverside Dr, Austin
(512) 693-8833

Recent Reviews

Ronnie Yiu

Budget buffet. You get a pretty good bang for your buck. Nothing special but overall decent experience at an affordable price

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

R Day

I think this place would benefit from charging more. Then they could do better food and spend a little smartening the place up

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 4

Bernabé Tavarez

The food is good, there just isn't much variety. The dish is 13 dollars and the soft drink is 4, but it is not a refill. (Since it is Coca Cola, the Pepsi is a refill). But stop by in case one day you are very hungry or want to try a buffet ahead.The shrimp and pizzas are delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Vianey Waterman

Literally writing this while I’m still here. The bathroom is DISGUSTING, the food is COLD and either salty or bland. Most of the seafood is overcooked and mushy… they have 3 mediocre dessert options, and the pictures are very misleading. We ate solely because we haven’t had a meal all day. Also, the playground is NOT a part of this restaurant. It’s outside the restaurant so I don’t know why they have it as a part of their photo album. So disappointed and as a family of 7… we spent a lot of money for a bad experience. ??

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Samantha Ramos

Food is delicious, service is usually great! But the only downside is the dirtiness of carpet , walls , booth seats. The major problem is the small restroom stalls. I’m pregnant and have a big belly and it was hard for me to close the door. The stalls are literally so SMALL. This place needs an upgrade ASAP!!! They already have a lot of business imagine if they were to upgrade this place would be booming!!!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 5

Service: 4

Williams Ramos

We drove 40 minutes from my house to get their at 9:00pm and said Hanna a receptionist said their were closing and not accepting peopleWhen In their page says they close at 9:30

Service: 1

Francis Daniel Ramos Vasquez

Excellent ?

Angel Deleon

Need to clean the restroom better .

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Jeanette Heiser

The service wasn't quite the waitresses fault as she was dealing with a rather messy group while I was there. My main complaints are the atmosphere is not what you would expect of an Asian buffet. The restrooms offer no privacy as the stall doors are pantry doors with the slats. The food selection was seriously lacking in the choices and was barely warm or edible. For the size of the restaurant it seems they are more concerned about sitting people than feeding them a wide variety. They certainly have the space for at least one or two more steam tables, and should probably replace the ones they have. They had 2 fruit options, melon and orange, no beef broccoli, orange chicken, super greans, anything with banana, and many other items were missing that I've come to expect from the traditional American Chinese buffet, Or Perhaps I'm spoiled by the small town buffets.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Marbella Alarcon

I have been coming here for years, I think there’s room for improvement but the food is still good!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Joseph Morin

Walking up to the entrance is just as depressing as the interior decoration. Not even sure what decade they were aiming for but it was outdated when they installed everything.If you're used to getting Chinese food with a fusion of flavors from savory to sweet to heat to sour, leave those expectations at the door when you walk in. They have 2 flavors, bland and salt, and I mean salty. How do you make pepper steak with no subtle heat? I'm not sure if they forgot but it was more like salt steak. The sesame chicken was watered down, don't ask. Egg rolls over cooked and no flavor, spring cooked perfectly but very little fillings. And the fillings seemed as if they were old and wilting or soaked in water before frying.Hot and sour soup... again expected a mild subtle heat from the pepper flakes. Tasted like they boiled the water and sautéed the veggies before adding them to the water. Soups are meant to stew or simmer for hours to build the body of flavors. I'm still not sure how you add pepper flakes to a soup and have it taste bland.There's much more I tried but it would be a short novel if I listed everything. Don't eat the sushi though. Sushi is all about the rice, bad rice means bad sushi.Best 2 things about this place. Really attractive waitress, just 1 that I saw, and the Exit door is easy to get to.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Ice Cream Cone

Crystal M

Food was hard, not very good options, seemed like the food had been sitting out since lunch…stale! Crawfish was good…. Was short 1.89 and the cashier called the cops on me… never been so humiliated in my life over 1.89…will never eat here again !!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Travis Chatfield

It's not "great" but it's pretty good for $15. Seafood, sushi, steak,dessert. none of it particularly good. But quantity has a quality all its own.Kid-friendliness: Kids runnin' all over the joint

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 3

Chad Duncan

For the price the food is good. Not the best buffet but I’d say it’s worth it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Charity Moreno

Great food ! Great customer service! Love it ! Thanks Everyone!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chow Mein, Orange Chicken

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