United Family Buffet in Elizabeth

Good food awesome prices and no wait love it

Nice decor inside and great menu. Variety of delicious foods.

I have NO idea how someone can name this “best in region”, that is a LIE! They do not have quality food. They only have tap water. The ice is made out of tap water, you can taste the chlorine! The waiters were all us while we ate. I understand they thought my baby was cute, but it was the most UNCOMFORTABLE experience I ever had at any buffet. They give you a friendly welcome, but they lack etiquette. Never visiting this place again.

They were very unprofessional waitresses. She came up to the table and handed me my receipt for 28.50 and I told them I only have 28.90 and that they can take the whole amount and when I signed the receipt she asked me arent u gonna give me tip ? With an attitude and I looked at her like " now no" and wrote a zero and walked out. Disgusting people

I can said that the bread that I got with sugar, is really delicious, but it had lot of sugar, good enough to send someone that dont have diabetes, to have one. The mariscos that I got really salty, and the spaguetis not good, are not the ones that I eat before. The restrooms can be more clean and better presented. The place inside is nice, but that dont cover to be a really nice place to enjoy good food and atmosphere. Is not the first time I visit this buffet, and is really inconfortable that you cant enjoy your food, for later, gate another plate because they go to charge you in few minuts later. The good thing is they are very atend if you need more drink.

the service was outstanding the the food was great Im a disabled female and they had wheelchair accessible tables and doors. This is an amazing place and I will go there again take my word for it tried to pork chops LOL

The dinning was clean and the service was great. The food was ok...didnt had flavor and by looking at the food it wasnt attractive, but for the price you couldnt expect more.

I wish that they had more of a variety of food. (How much more could ya want, right? Lolthe seafood melody is to die for. The prices are reasonable. Theyll do to go for a little extra. There is parking within the mini plaza

Its a standard asian buffet. Food is ok, the price is better. You cant expect the world from this place but you should get your moneys worth. Food is freshest for dinner at around 7pm

its my daughters birthday. we walked in 10 mins ago. all these ladies started screaming and getting angry in their language. they immediately started telling us that they will give us 10% discount to take out. I said no. we sat down and everyone was very angry. this place is trash. I cant believe the way they made us feel. SHAME!!

The food is fantastic and they have added spanish style pork which does carter to a more hispanic demographic. They have updated their menu which makes this buffet a top notch one.

Food was disgusting AS EXPECTED 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 They have a wide varietyOur taste buds might be different tho so you should check it outThe workers were pretty nice, no complaints on that part. They were able to clear out a section for my family.I recommend you mix the tea & pink lemonade.. Good mix! The tea alone is tasteLess & the Lemonade alone is tartDesserts was a huge disappointment. My kids couldnt even eat itI did enjoy the ... Lol okay.. I didnt like any of the food. Everything Tasted Fake. The Meat Was Definitely Fake ! The pizza.. Man I dont even know what that was but whatever. Regardless, I still left a big tip so, TIP THOSE LADIES!!!

people go here for food so lets start there... Average!!! Some foods were less than average. If you like seafood, there are many options though the flavor is off. This place was the first place I saw that had ham in sushi.... Less than delightful.The waitress was somewhat rude as she wasnt very pleased wit the fact I requested to be seated in a corner( which the hostess did with no problem). I gave her a 1$ tip due to her on tone questioning my seating arrangement and for having me ask multiple times for a cup of soda on a day where it wasnt busy and the house was barely full.I would go again if every other buffet in town was closed....thats it.

Love this place. Food variety & staff all excellent. Recommend to all.

My experience was awful every time I got up to make my plate they watch me kept coming by my table taking food plates were not finished an the food wasnt all good it was some old an they didnt put no fresh food out.. After I got my 3rd plate they gave me the bill but I wasnt ready to leave so I continue to enjoy my meal wen I see eyes staring at me like Im not gonna pay or something so I got me another plate. So now its one waitress on the side an back just standing there so I finished my food drink my soda and paid for my meal 🍽 they jump up quickly to get the money I walked out with out tipping

This was the first time I ate at this buffet. I brought my wife and son. I would say that the food was good. Not excellent, just good. Rice was definitely good. The boneless spare ribs were good. There were some foods I didnt like though, like the dim sum. Also, didnt like the stuffed shrimp. Didnt like the desserts. But most importantly, I was really hoping for some delicious general tsos chicken, but I was sadly and completely disappointed in their product. I am a huge fan of some general tsos chicken and I gotta have it wherever I go, but this place had some terrible general tsos chicken. I didnt even eat a second piece after I ate the first piece. As far as the service is concerned, it was all good until the end when we asked the waitress for a to-go box and she never brought it. We asked a couple of times thinking she mightve forgotten the first time, but it never got to us. I had to go grab one myself. So for these reasons they get a 3 star from me. I would recommend this place to others. It wasnt so bad that someone wouldnt enjoy it.

Great food just don’t like the fact that they watch how many times You get up to get food

Very rude waitress , tried to force us to tip more when we already spent close to a hundred dollars , we left a tip and she complained about it. Besides this the place has awesome food , but that waitress needs to learn how to treat customers better, very greedy soul smh.

Food tasteless, and one of the waitresses was pretty rude... as soon as my family and I came in she seemed like she didn’t want to be bothered and pretty annoyed... never coming back here ever again😬

Amazing food I wish they had more people there during the morning but plenty of warm, hot food and it tastes awesome. They also have a great salad bar with enough different types of vegetables to basically remake any salad.

I didn’t even want to give this place A star but google requires you too rateIf I had to give my own rating negative 👎-6 starts DISGUSTING is not the word to describe this dump I’m not a local I decided to get my money’s worth on all you can eat picture can be deceiving lolNot only did the charge me for dinner price on 2:45 on a Tuesday afternoon instead of 7.99 they charged me 10.99 what a dumpI only had 2 very small plates the bathroom is disgusting from the old toilet old sink he cheapest soap the health dept should seriously shut them down !!!Back to the nasty food everything is nasty I had a bit of Mac n cheese nasty egg roll lo mein that was hell !!! And a few pieces of variety of meat let me tell you I basically took a bite of each thing I put on my plate and left it for the rats to attscknin the back dumpsters I mean seriously it hurt my stomach to eat there

Parking is a nightmare as it is in a strip mall, so be prepared. We went on a Saturday and it was packed, but the food was all full, the wait staff was running to make sure everyone was ok and no one seemed to be complaining.

This place is disgusting. The food is horrible and overpriced. Food is always cold, and never fresh.

Its a good local buffet with its own little signature spin,Buffets all throughout Essex and Hudson county each serve food slightly different from the next none are exactly alike so its a nice little switch up👍🏾

The food was alright. Ive personally had better and there werent that many variations. The bathroom was decent and the staff were alright. Wouldnt really go there again.

People are very nice but the food disgusting really nasty then the Lady got mad because I didn’t wanna leave an tip which is not like me but already felt lik I wasted my money on the bill DONT GO ThERE order in instead

Will not eat there again. I had not even gotten up from the table and the waitress is asking for a tip. Just because i didnt put the tip on the receipt doesnt mean i was not going to leave one. I was planning on leaving cash but have never had anyone say " no tip" before.

My husband and I went because is very close to our home, even after Reading their reviews we still wanted to try it and give it a chance. I’ve regretted my decision. The most disgusting buffet I’ve ever been. All the food was cold, the shrimp looked like it was fried 2 days ago. The smell when you enter the buffet is horrible. Let’s not even talk about the bathroom. I will never recommend this place to anyone.

Service seemed like they wanted me to rush and eat my food. The pans of food werent oftenly swapped out for fresh and hot food. Lastly, the food didnt taste great. This place used to be a great place to dine in and have a good meal with friends and family but has went downhill in the past 2 years. 😞

Food was okay , I really enjoyed the vegetable lo mein, and the vegetable fried rice. I went on Mothers Day so it was really packed, and I wasnt able to get the strawberries I wanted because every time I went up they were already being taken. Customer service was okay but didnt get any drink refills at all. Seem to be rushing us out at the end and we barely even ate that much two plates.

Some of the food like the seafood was cold when it was suppose to be hot. The wait staff was to pushy for you to pay bill after they give u the check 5 sec ago when u not ready to leave. But the ice cream was good

I love eating here, is not expensive and the food taste good. Buffet i like everything they have. Service is fast and they have an option for take out instead of eating in.

I took my family yesterday an we ate the food was a little cold like I had the ribs an the BBQ was pouring off the rib like they just took the bottle an poured it on them. Also when my family was leaving we were bothered by the waitress keep asking us for a tip I the more we refuse the mad she got I felt bothered by this so be careful people can eat were they want but why spend your money an be disappointed

This place in Elizabeth, NJ was recomnended to my family so we tried it out. On the positive side it was clean, well staffed, the cost is about average to other buffets and they had a very nice food selection. On the negative side many of the hot food items were cold (at 4pm on a Wednesdayand drinks were not brought out as we requested. I hope this was an isolated oversight as I would still like to keep them on my list for now.

Good food but I was there last week and one of the workers was cleaning the glass near where Im sitting. She sprayed and proceeded to clean! Ugh! Thats not cool. I politely asked her if she can stop and she did.

Love coming here. Sometimes they do water down the ice tea but it still tastes great. The food is amazing and taste really good. Best buffet around the area...in my opinion. Good prices and friendly staff. Did I mention the large selection of food?

The food is good! But when the bill came I paid and the waitress had the nerve to ask for a tip. I told her no several times and she continued to ask for a tip saying, "Two dollars!, everyone tip two dollar". Then as I was leaving she brushed passed me mouthing off in her language. Absolutely unacceptable!

Waitress spit in my food and hit me with the F5 on the table. The disrespect. Food colder than the polar caps and drinks hotter than ZONED mixtape "See Me when You See Me".Plus it was $50 dollars per plate. Ripping off the poor man!

They water down the tea some times. The staff is friendly and helpful. The food is normally ok. The prices are really good. Not a place to take your first date.

Unfriendly, dirty bathroom, buffet not kept clean, cold food

I went there with a big appetite around 530, I lieTo you not all the food wasCold. On top of that when I asked them to heat it up the shrimp tasted rubbery as hell. The general tsos chicken tastes so rubbery and fake. At that point ILoaded up on chicken wings ate asMuch as I can then left . Terrible Ill never eat there again

The food is good but the have the worse habit that you can have if you own a restaurant. This is the 3rd time that happens. Im eating with my family and they come with the check like the are kicking you out and we havent even finish eating. Thats disrespectful and doesnt look good for your restaurant.

Excellent food. Nice and quiet and peaceful surroundings. Beautiful atmosphere. Good service. Bring your friends and family. And dont believe those other disgruntled customers. They bugging.

Most the food tasted good. But what really got me mad was that there was a homeless man, so we were walking outside and he asked for change. We didnt have any so we said come in and we can pay for your food. But when we get inside they said "He can get his food and go but he cant eat inside" so we proceeded to say how wrong that was. And then they said "He always harassed people for money" even though he only asked for 50 cents! Dont go here they just want money not even good service.😤😡

The restaurant was clean. The food was inconsistent. Some items were good and others were definitely not fresh. Like the fried sweet plantains were spoiled, chicken on the stick was hard with bad pieces on there. Some of the shrimp were bad that they couldnt be scaled. I felt that I was being watched carefully at I chose what to place on my plate. Although I understand why thats done. Also the food was not kept warm enough because mostly everything was room temp but the staff was polite and helpful.I would not eat there again because I could get better from a Chinese restaurant and I would be concerned about food safety.

This is the third time Ive eaten in this location, but the first time during a weekday. This by far was the most dissatifying experience. The lunch to dinner price hike needs to be explained by the servers to guests, prior to to the switch if they have already started their dining experience.

Keeping it a thousand with everyone. The food here wasnt all that. It was expensive for no reason. The food wasnt even hit. As I sat down my food was already cold. On top of that, what buffet DOESNT have watermelon in the fruit section ?! Highly disappointed. As we were leaving the guy didnt let us leave without giving a tip. I honestly do not recommend this place to anyone. Unless you like cold food and no watermelon. Go at your own risk !!

First and LAST time I will take my family to this establishment. The gentleman who sat us was pleasant but the food was horrible. Coconut shrimp tasted like what a wet washcloth smells like. The chicken from the chicken & broccoli was rubbery as heck. The ice cream tasted like frozen milk. Finally, we paid and were not going to leave a tip and the waiter who was cleaning up the table then proceeded to ask, "No cash?" I left $3 and will NEVER return again.

The women who works there stole my money. I dropped a few coins in the floor, she literally picked them up, put them in her pocket, and walked away as I watched in horror. I also seen food fall on the floor and one of the workers discreetly puts it back in the tray. The staff are extremely rude and the place looks like it came out of the 1950s.

its the best buffet ive ever been too, the food is oh so good. such a variety to choose from. the bathrooms do stink but the food is only 10 bucks and tastes amazing and clean. they also have a party room rental