Oriental Buffet - Chinese restaurant in Arcata - 5000 Valley W Blvd, USA

We came on Christmas Eve and enjoyed the wide variety of options to sample from. My favorite was the sushi and the coconut shrimp. The staff was very friendly and attentive. The food was much better since they reopened from being closed a few years ago. Price per adult was $19.99. Will definitely come back when we want to stuff our faces full.

Not high expectations based on the outside, but it was great! Super clean inside, great food, although I wish all the dishes had labels. This was the first place that actually has good soft ice cream! Super creamy, no gritty texture at all, which has been all I've ever found. Very happy with our visit and would definitely return.

As I’m rating this it’s not against all restaurants but against other Chinese buffets. And in that category it’s a solid American style Chinese food. The sushi was solid, as well as the Hot and Sour soup. Good fruit selection and the dumplings were good. The mai fun was poor. It did have an ice cream machine and the service was good

This was my first visit to Oriental Buffet since it fully reopened "after" the Covid-19 PHE. I went semi-regularly before and they do seem to have improved quality slightly, which is good because the price has gone up some five dollars, to $20 per person. I found the dishes which were supposed to be crispy to be more consistently so, for example. Otherwise the experience was generally identical to how it used to be, with mostly the same items on the menu. The variety remains excellent, and the food is very tasty across the board. If I have a complaint it is that the sushi rice is too sticky, though that does seem slightly petty given the still reasonable price. Overall I still recommend it, although at this price I am less likely to go out of my way.

We dined in just before 7pm on a Sunday. Almost everything we tried was absolutely delicious, hot and fresh. The peanut chicken was the best I have ever had and I got some on every trip back to the buffet, the orange chicken a close second. The sushi, which we normally avoid at buffets, was actually really good. The ice cream was pretty tasty as well, and actually creamy, not the weird watery stuff some other places usually have. We had multiple people make sure our drinks were full throughout the meal and our empty plates were always gone by the time we got back, excellent and friendly service all around. If we lived in the area we would definitely be back many times.

I think they have really stepped it up since reopening. Im super happy to eat here again. Thank you

Green beans, salmon, mussels, peanut chicken, fried shrimp. Dr Pepper. Green beans were crisp, salmon moist, mussels tender, peanut chicken juicy. The Dr pepper was ice cold. Great value for your restaurant dollar

It's pretty good. The food is fresh regularly because lots of people come here. It's pretty clean and the sushi is fresh. I like it alot. It's much more affordable.