Empire Buffet,

1009 Blowing Rock Blvd, Lenoir, NC 28645, United States

"Food wasn't all that great. It wasn't fresh. We also found these critters inside our ice cream. Chairs are falling apart. Not the cleanest. Not that busy"

"Dined in at the buffet. It's $14.99 per person and you have to pay first. Was a bit disappointed eating here. The food was not that great. Most of the chicken was dry or hard to chew and most, if not all, of the food looked like it had been sitting there for a while, for reference I dined here at 7pm. This place is definitely not what it was years ago."

"I like that you pay first here. Makes it easier. Clean restaurant and bathroom. So that was the start of my old review .......I save this place a five stars months ago now I am editing. $14.99 a person then pay 2.29 for drink and then tax. So price has went up. No drinks were filled up at all. Our plates were not taken away . We actually had no server. The food used to be so good. It was not fresh this time. Egg/spring rolls so hard they were dried out. Shrimp was chewy. All chicken was hard and not edible. Honestly the only good thing was the noodles. We went at 430-530 pm so food had apparently sat there from lunch. So a lot of thrown away food and wasted money. I won't be back."

"For Lenoir this would be a 5 star restaurant, except the service was a little less than stellar. My tea glass was empty through most of the meal. After our meal we waited but never got our tickets, so we told the nice lady at the register what we had ordered. The food is a bit heavy, but it feels authentic. The only negative part of the atmosphere is at the front they have a wall of shame, pictures of people who they claim walked out without paying. It feels a little like public executions have returned. I could not help but think that perhaps like my visit the absentee waitress never gave them thier bill?"