Tin Tin Buffet 2236 Southeast 182nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97233

"Loved the diversity of the diners. Yesterday was my and my sister’s first visit. More choices of vegetarian, meat, and dessert dishes than we could make in a week. Unbelievable number of steaming entries: Asian, Mexican, and American, with pizza and buttered garlic bread ready for the taking just in case everything else wasn’t enough."

"It was our first time coming in I will say the hot and sour soup was good but that and fruit is all I really ate because the other food was just not what I liked the seafood was really fishy tasting yes I know seafood has a seafood taste but this was way fishy tasting I had to spit out a lot of the food in my napkin cause I just couldn't swallow it ,there wasn't much options or variety of food it was shrimp, Crab,fish, they had churros, with the seafood and dumplings, it was just different from all the other Chinese buffet we go to we are trying to find a good Chinese buffet place and we haven't really found one that is worth the money here the price is good it was 15.99 per person so not bad at price it just wasn't my place. They had Susi but not a variety the fruit was good it was fresh and sweet and juicy. We had to ask for napkins three times and had to asked four times to get our drinks refilled and they weren't very busy and had two servers and one person upfront they would stand up front and talk and be on phone and one server was sitting down and counting there tips right in front of us and we didn't know there was video poker games there so that was a surprise,the place was clean it just not a place I will be coming back to"

"I haven't been to a buffet in a long time. I worked out earlier in the day and only ate breakfast so was really hungry... So many interesting dishes. I wasn't expecting the greatest so was pleasantly surprised!!! Thank you Tin Tin Buffet!!! I will be back very soon and you won me as lifelong customer."

"Let's clear the air on something: if you're expecting restaurant servers with Chinese backgrounds to be overly-polite, you're having a cultural miscommunication. They're more likely to do their jobs without question because it's culturally appropriate for them to just know what needs to be done in that space, and being asked to do something as a server means you don't know how to do your job. Now that that's clear, a three-star rating isn't bad. For a buffet, I think that's actually pretty good. The servers are quick and polite, and will mostly keep out of your way. Some of the food is not good. Some of it is tasty. I had at least six of the fried sugar balls (don't know what they're called, but they're like mini donuts), and stuffed them with fried plantains and vanilla soft-serve ice cream. Here's what I had that I loved: - orange chicken - potstickers - small clams - calamari had good flavor but was way too chewy - onion and peppers chicken - teriyaki chicken skewers - vegetable egg rolls - sliced cucumber - buffalo wings - fried sugar balls - soft serve vanilla and chocolate ice cream - fried plantains The Cantonese-American dishes people are used to in the U.S. were pretty tasty, as was some of the seafood. I'd avoid the crab and anything with it (sushi), as I think it's imitation, or just not good. Most or the fried things are pretty tasty. My partner loves Chinese fast food, so we'll be back. I don't expect a lot from a buffet place that has to cook a lot of food quickly. If you set your expectations properly, you can have a really chill Chinese buffet experience here. Table seating is fat-friendly."

"I'm not going to argue with a single one of the 1 star reviews. The food tastes like fish. The bok choy... fish. The mushrooms... fish. It felt, edible... I don't know. There are better buffet places in town. Not worth the journey if it's not just down the street. Bathroom... Serviceable at least. The one thing, ONE THING, that really surprised me was the little tiramisu cake. It was actually good."