Kelso Asian Buffet - Kelso (WA)

1 /5 krzysztof durda: WASABI IS STALE, IT SEEMS TO BE MANY DAYS OLD, LOTS OF MOISTURE IN IT FROM REFRIGERATION WEAKEST & TASTELESS WASABI PASTE WE EVER HAD. THERE IS NO KICK TO IT AT ALL EVEN IF YOU PUT A FULL SPOON OF IT ON YOUR FOOD. MUST BE LITTLE TO NONE HORSERADISH IN IT. ANY OTHER PLACE IF YOU PUT VERY TINY BIT OF IT ON YOUR FOOD IT IS VERY STRONG AND YOU GOTTA HAVE WATER OR DRINK NEARBY READY TO HAVE A SIP BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH YOUR EYES AND YOUR NOSTRALS. THIS IS MOST FAKE AND DISGUSTING WASABI WE EVER HAD. THE FOOD TRAYS ARE NOT BEING REFILLED OFTEN. EVEN NOT ENOUGH RICE IN THE POT, GOTTA ASK AND WAIT FOR MORE. WE JUST STARTED OUR FIRST PLATE AND THE LADY ALREADY PUT THE CHECK ON OUR TABLE AND WE WERE JUST WARMING UP. NOT EVEN FORTUNE COOKIE GIVEN WITH THE CHECK. ITS GIVEN IN ANY OTHER ASIAN RESTAURANT AND BUFFETT. PRICEC ALREADY WENT UP. WHY DONT YOU RAISE ANOTHER $0.10 AND GIVE OUT ONE COOKIE TO EVERYONE. SUPER KING BUFFET IN PORTLAND CHARGES ABOUT THE SAME BUT IT HAS HOT TEA INCLUDED IN THE PRICE AND IT HAS 6 TIMES MORE FOOD CHOICES PLUS THEY REFILL THE TRAYS FREQUENTLY AND THE SERVICE IS EXCELLENT. HERE THE SERVICE IS VERY UNSATISFACTORY. :(

5 /5 Paul Bishop: This is a buffet where you can actually get more than your initial drink. Staff kept checking on us and that is appreciated. The food is hot and fresh. Well worth the money!

3 /5 abc ki: NO SEEWEED SALAD OFFERED VERY LIMITED FOOD OPTIONS EVEN FOR THE DINNER, SEEMS TO BE THE SAME FEW OPTIONS ONLY LIKE FOR LUNCH NOT ENOUGH RICE, DRY LEFT OVERS ON THE BOTTOM WASABI EXTREMELY WEAK ÀND WITHOUT TASTE, SEEMS TO BE STALE AND OLD AND THE PRICES HAVE INCREASED AGAIN Price is good, one of the lowest comparing to other buffet, only $13.99 for lunch buffet. However the drink is $2.50, other places only $1 or included. So together with the drink price is comparable to other places. The service is very poor. No one even offering drink refills. No one picks up your empty plates until you totally finished eating. You barely start eating and they already bringing you the check. No fortune cookie or at least candy with the bill as other Asian buffets do. Not huge choice of food and about 30% of food is not that fresh, especially one with the low rotation like veggie sushi is dry and green wasabi which has no aroma or strength and seems like was at least couple weeks old. Good start but much room for improvement. Just my honest and fair opinion. Nothing can beat Super King Buffet on 82nd Ave in Portland OR. They got at least 4 times of selection for food plus everything is fresh and hot. The lunch price is only $16.99 and dinner $21.9, only $1 for drink with unlimited refills. When you order hot tea they bring you the whole pot of steaming hot tea and they refill it for free. Here they bring you tiny cup of hot tea and not offering refills. Thank you!

4 /5 Blake Shellabarger: Update follows this first review: This was my wife and Is first time here. We were pleasantly surprised. The attendants kept the buffet refreshed and full. We were pleasantly surprised with the quality and taste of the food. The table servers were good at keeping our drinks full. For an early Thursday evening this place was fairly busy. It was clean around the buffet area and in the dining area. The hot and sour soup was too hot for me to eat. Having white pepper in it being the source of the heat, the chef just put way too much in there. Otherwise it was good. No one dish stood out among the others they were all pretty good. Im glad to see a new upstart restaurant like this be busy. We will likely be back to see if its still good. 10/3/2024 Thursday, second visit here. Not too busy. The buffet looked full. The hot & sour soup is still atomic fire hot. There was only broccoli chicken and green beans for vegetables this time. The noodles had onions though. Too many items had chili flakes and were spicy. There wasnt as much flavor in the food this time. Some items tasted like theyd been on the buffet too long. Just not as good of quality this time.

5 /5 Christina Jay: Very nice buffet. Friendly service, great price, food was fresh. Table was clean. I really enjoyed the sushi bar, in particular. I found it hard to find updated pricing online so here’s a new photo. Would definitely come back when we’re traveling. (Don’t live near here and we were avoiding the food prices in Portland, our destination.) I have a very delicate stomach and I left there feeling totally great - you know how it is. Try it!