All Style Buffet
About
Buffets
Price Range : $11-30 ($$)
Location
Adress: 4305 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60632
Phone: (773) 927-6888
Work Hours
Business info
- turned_in_notHealth Score64 out of 100
- list_altTakes ReservationsNo
- directions_carDeliveryNo
- move_to_inboxTake-outYes
- credit_cardAccepts Credit CardsYes
- thumb_upGood ForLunch, Dinner
- local_parkingParkingPrivate Lot
- directions_bikeBike ParkingYes
- accessibilityGood for KidsYes
- groupGood for GroupsYes
- insert_emoticonAmbienceCasual
- volume_upNoise LevelAverage
- local_barAlcoholNo
- transit_enterexitOutdoor SeatingNo
- tvHas TVYes
- turned_in_notWaiter ServiceNo
- fastfoodCatersNo
Reviews
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Julia L.
The only thing that keeps me coming back to this buffet is the person who actually cooks your stir fry right in front of you it's delicious and you get choose what ever you want it in for instance : shrimp, jalapeños, carrots, beans sprouts...etc.
Sushi is good. The desert however is so limited and when I say limited I'm talking about sugar coated peanuts, and dollar store confetti sprinkled brownies lol sounds harsh but hey, deserts the best part, there they lack tremendously.
Salad bar is pretty big, they alway have fresh
Cucumbers, watermelon, pineapple, romain, etc. -
Juan C.
TERRIBLE, do NOT come here. It's not clean here, their food stations has little fruit flies flying around there. And their restrooms are Horrible, this place is not clean at all and needs to get a health inspector in that place right away, that shit is Not Clean.
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Whitney O.
Don't go here!! I got food poisoning so bad from here!!
My family and I went on a Sunday night for the first (and only) time. We haven't been to a traditional buffet in a long time and thought we should try it. It was the worst decision.
I had a lot of the seafood dishes that we prepared and didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary. The following day I had massive cramps and stomach pains. I got food poisoning and couldn't go into work for days!!
Avoid this place at all costs! -
Aaron S.
Some places that are "All You Can Eat" should really be considered "All You Can Stomach".
Let me take you on a mental journey that will put you in the mindset closest to what I experienced at this place, which I have been to several times before - but never had it been this bad.
Imagine you are arriving at a luncheon being held in your honor with many guests in a fancy locale. You arrive and see the steaming catered food, the fancy decor, the eager waitstaff and smiling guests.
Then you step in something sticky, lose your balance, and hit your head, losing consciousness...
...awaking to see it is now dark outside, so many hours (days?) have passed. The guests have mostly left; a few are still milling around. The waitstaff (the few who remain) are looking at their cellphones in boredom, having not been paid to be at the venue THIS long. And you approach the food, and load up a plate.
The chafing dishes still look to be on, and there is certainly steam around the platters of food, but upon taking a bite - something is clearly not right. The food, despite the steam, is not hot at all. It is slightly warmer than room temp on the outside, yet somehow slightly cooler than room temp on the inside. You think, "Did this food get cold, and they improperly reheated it? Did nobody touch the food and it's simply been left out for an unknown length of time and this is its new state of being? Wait, should food still be out after all this time? Am I going to die??"
Congratulations. You now understand the disgust-panic racing through my mind as I ate (somehow) plate after plate of food at All Style Buffet this afternoon.
The fried shrimp, the chicken, the salmon (yes, I was that daring/stupid), the chicken nuggets, the french fries, the garlic bread, the mac-n-cheese, the meatballs, the eggrolls - ALL were at the temperature described above. There was clearly steam coming from the trays of the heating element beneath, but it somehow wasn't properly transferring that heat TO THE FOOD. And the food clearly was (or seemed to have been) quite tasty at some point - the flavor is still there, but everything about that temperature just puts you so far off that decent flavor simply cannot make up for the atrocity now occupying your mouth-space.
The sushi was also warmer than the cold temp it should have been at. (I actually spit out a piece of tuna nigiri, an act I have not done to sushi since the "toilet sushi" incident - featured in another Yelp review.) That was my first real "panic" at the prospect of food-borne illness.
The only foods I had which were at the correct temp? The wonton soup (hot, but overly salty), the pudding (chocolate, vanilla, and rice - all cold from the icy salad station), and the mashed potatoes (no idea how they were hot but no other item at that station was).
I attempted to hit up the MAGONLIAN STIR FRY (their typo, not mine) station, but nobody was there. A staff member was eating food and on his phone behind a cart, actively ignoring the world - wasn't about to try getting his attention. Nobody did. It was what should have been "lunch rush", and zero people got stir fry, either because nobody was there to make it, or nobody seemed interested enough to attempt getting it.
The only other staff member I encountered, aside from bussers taking my somehow-emptied plates from the table, was someone in casual dress (not a uniform of any kind) casually stirring/prodding food items / trays. As if hoping that would magically transfer some heat around? Seeing if there was mold growing from things left out so long despite opening only 2 hours prior for the day? It'll remain a mystery.
The last thing I'll mention is something I've known about the place for years, and hasn't changed. The bathrooms. Remember how I brought you into a fancy venue for this luncheon before you were rendered unconscious? Well, the bathroom tells a tale of what used to be something fancy (like most of the rest of the restaurant's facade), but has been covered on almost every write-able surface with graffiti upon graffiti - as if you'd been out cold for years and awoke to a post-apocalyptic world.
"Oh lord, has it really been years?
Why is the food still out??
Why are they letting me eat this???
WHYYYYYY??????"
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Kidd I.
This place isn't worth the money. The fresh food where there cook looks spoiled, and the buffet is sad. This place had no signature dish, like roasted pork, or prime rib. The fried rice was flavorless and the pan noodles was cold. The boiled shrimp was mussy. The chicken parts was cold and fries tasted like they was day old. The dessert rack was the worst. The ice cream machine didn't work, and the cones was picked through and turned over and the pastries were hard as bricks and under heated lamps. DON'T waste your time and money!!!