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Kami Buffet & Grill

Restaurant Chinese restaurant Seafood restaurant Japanese restaurant Buffet restaurant Asian fusion restaurant

One of the Most Revieweds in Rosemead


Address

909 San Gabriel Blvd, Rosemead, CA 91770

Contact

(626) 288-8775

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

3.90 (2.8K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Thursday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Friday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Saturday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Sunday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Monday: 11 AM to 9 PM
  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 9 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (16) buffet (9) service (7) family (7) sushi (7) told (6) fresh (6)
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  • 4/5 Gordon Z. 2 years ago on Google
    This Asian mixed-flavor buffet has many dishes, including Japanese food, Mexican food, and fruit salad. The light in the room is a bit dark. I don't like the carpet in the dining room. I feel that it is not hygienic. There are a lot of tables in the restaurant, a lot of guests, and the taste is pretty good.
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Stephanie 2 years ago on Google
    If I can give this place a 0 I would! The service was horrible and as I headed to the dessert area I found dead cockroaches on top of the ice cream bar. Everything had mold and was super old. The staff didn't even take action when they were informed and didn't even apologize or reimburse. It's a shame to walk into a disgusting place like this one. My family had great experiences in the past but this was the worst one seeing how old and disgusting everything looked. Please don't come eat here unless you want mold and cockroaches in your food!!!!
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ulises G. 1 year ago on Google
    This Kami restaurant is across from me, maybe at 3-5 minutes driving. The building is huge, at first we cross the double glass door. Today is Saturday, I told the lady that we are 3. She said 3 buffet = $ 89,99. Which is around 29 bucks per person including a fountain drink. The variety is phenomenal, when to every station to get some of their products. Some menú is completely special, some dishes I never see them on other buffets. The only thing that I noticed is: the lady's waitresses doing everything so fast that something ignorant when you tell them something. We stand up and when for some Matcha ice cream and a piece of cheesecake. When we return our table was sitting others persons. I told the lady and she started laughing, and provided us with other table but, in this time without beverages. Besides small embarrassing moment all went pretty much amazing. I recommend it this location. 100% cool to good for some snacks and snails 🐌 😋. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🖐🖐🖐🙏🖐🖐🖐🙏🖐
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 fengjiangli l. 2 years ago on Google
    This buffet is not very easy to find, the storefront is not obvious, and the door is not big. The quality of the meals inside is not bad. It was closed during the epidemic. Now it has been fully opened with many guests. There are Japanese-style dishes, many sashimi, and Japanese teppanyaki-style food here. I prefer it here.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 c k. 2 years ago on Google
    I wish I can give this Buffet a better review. This used to be a good buffet - great value for the food and services - "used to be" Not anymore. My family is so disappointed after this last attempt hoping that it will be better. We want Kami to improve so we will have another good buffet to go to. With that said: 1. Friday Dinner $22.99 per adult (good price for Dinner post COVID) 2. Food: stale items, low meat and seafood quality (not worth the $23). The stir fry chef has no clue how to cook it. Not his fault, I don't think they trained him - just know to put the ingredients in, add sauces and mix. Sushi area wasn't that appealing. There were flies... :-( 3. Service: Not sure why, but they are using paper plates now. The servers are not bad, at least they are better than the food. 4. If management is having a hard time with increased costs, I would prefer for them to keep the quality of the food and reduce the variety. At least, get or train for a good stir fry chef. Close the front door so the flies don't come in. Clean the place , especially the vent and ceiling so the place doesn't look dirty and run down. Change the carpet to new clean flooring. Adjust the lighting ti make the dinning experience more enjoyable.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Niccole M. 1 year ago on Google
    The waitress was rude and unfriendly then had the nerve to hand us a tip plate and ask for tip when we were leaving. When we told her we left one on the card payment, she became indignant and asked “how much?!”. I thought she was actually going to manhandle my husband with how aggressive she became! The sheer audacity, I’m glad we’ll never go back. We spent nearly $100 for two adults and three small kids. The plates were foam and the utensils were plastic, so were the cups. The women’s bathroom was gross with cobwebs on the ceiling and stained disgusting floors. The window we sat in was broken and taped over and an a/c unit cover was broken and strewn all over the grass outside. The only nice worker there was the gentleman working the grill. Save yourself the hassle and money go to Paradise Buffet. Much, much better service and similar menu.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Connie W. 11 months ago on Google
    This restaurant food was taste bad!, the Hour said Close at 9:30p, but the food already cold,,,,they pack up the food at ,8:30p, even still have customers are there, all servers disappeared, no one refill
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Larry W. 3 years ago on Google
    Very good. U can get Thai tea as a drink. But in the orange chicken i found a piece of bone. Also my shrimp had a shell fragment.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Harold G. 11 months ago on Google
    This place used to be the to go place for Asian Buffets if you wanted value and quality. After the pandemic, this place has gone down a lot, and prices have gone up. If you're going to increase prices. At least make sure your quality goes up or, for the very least, remains the same. We went with our family on Sunday and I there was nothing to rave about. Especially when you're being chased by the servers to tip. My family got up to leave while I stepped away to the restroom and was going to come back to the table, as they were getting up the servers noticed there was no tip in the table and demanded a tip from my dad to whom I had told him I would leave the tip. I'm a huge proponent of tipping generously, especially when given good service, and I can tell you this people do not provide good service and still have the guts to demand a tip. Well, this rude behaviors caused them the tip I was going to leave as this is not how you treat customers. You want a tip? Earn it, but chasing a client down is not the way.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Yoli y. 5 months ago on Google
    They have a lot of food for yourself the sushi everything was good
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Raymond C. 1 year ago on Google
    Pretty good for the price. $22/ppl . The salmon was very fatty! The walnut mayo shrimp was just okay. The handrolls, when fresh, were super loaded with eel. It was a a little dry but you can always get a whole ramekin of eel sauce at the sauce station. The roasts were waaaay overcooked, but I expected that. Definitely worth trying out! 6 of us ate our faces off for $151! The first plate of salmon sashimi was at least with $22.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jose j. 8 months ago on Google
    Really bad experience, the service was very bad, and the food not good my wife got some jello and it had metal pcs in it, we told one of the host about it and it was ignored we ask to speak to the manager of the floor and they told us that there is no manager and no one is in charge, on the picture I share you can clearly see the metal in the jello, I would said stay away from this place is unhealthy, or if you decide to go there just be careful on the food you eat there, as for my family and I we will not be going there again, I hope the health department looks into the complain from this place is very unsafe
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Nelson S. 10 months ago on Google
    😲 😱 Don't ever go to men's restroom. I'll guarantee you that you will loose appetite. Men's urine toilet was so disgusting.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 燕吴民 2 years ago on Google
    This buffet is very close to my home. I often bring my friends and family to eat. My favorite is Japanese Teppanyaki here. It is processed by chefs on site. It tastes good and fresh. In addition, fruit salad is also very popular here. There are many kinds of fruits and jam is very delicious. There are many guests here every day.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 D L. 1 year ago on Google
    Abundant selections of salad, Chinese food, sushi, and fruits. Sashimi at lunch time is a bit surprised. A down note though. The tables by the window were not as pleasant. The exterior landscape and windows need more maintenance and cleaned.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Karen G. 1 year ago on Google
    Clean place, great food, friendly staff and nice location. I really like this place. I went on a Saturday around 230pm and it was just the right amount of busy. The restaurant looked very clean even the restrooms were cleaned. The sushi bar was excellent. There were soooo many diff variations. I loved it. The seafood and warm food were good too. The cold foods and fruits were well lit and refrigerated well. The desserts could use a little improvement as there wasn't too much variety. Maybe add cookies, cake or brownies; but I liked that they were refrigerated and had the doors closed to keep them safe so that was awesome! I'm definitely coming back!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 VPofE 2 years ago on Google
    So, my first impression was that this place was really bad. Maybe that's not fair, because depending on your tastes it could maybe be a decent selection. Basically, it's a very, very traditional Asian seafood buffet, which means if you're like me, from Texas, expect a lot of items you can't identify and suspect should never be consumed by healthy human beings. I can say the non-seafood items were not tasty, and I found the place too expensive as I essentially spent $30 on jello and some banana pudding that I couldn't get my cheap plastic fork through. Well, that's not true... I guess I also had two pieces of Texas Toast. Maybe Garlic Toast. Couldn't tell. I digress. In any case, full credit for a large selection, but unless you're a true lover of that particular style of cuisine, and I'm not, you won't be happy. Now you know what to expect.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 ka fai W. 5 months ago on Google
    The sushi step better i have other Chinese buffet. Price on low side to going out eat now day

  • 5/5 Rene A. 7 months ago on Google
    This place has lots of food selection. I love the Sashimi. Clams and Mussels.

  • 4/5 w c. 5 months ago on Google
    $26 on the weekends is $10 cheaper than Shiki. Very much worthwhile with salmon and tuna sashimi. No baked or raw oysters though. Large selection of rolls, one type of hand roll, cocktail shrimp, clams. Small breaded fried shrimps in mayonnaise. Nice Mongolian grill. There is a prime rib and sausage station. Ice cream and various cakes for desserts, plus a chocolate fountain.

  • 3/5 aka a. 7 months ago on Google
    The place is okay. It offers good variety between the sushi they make in-house, the already made dishes from noodles to fried chicken, and to many seafood variety. There's also a made to order station that allows you to customize your plate, and it's made fresh in front of you. While there is plenty for you to select almost all the already made dishes like the noodles, garlic shrimp, and others were cold. If the food were to remain warm, it'd be the best place to take your family. The entrance fee is hefty but if you enjoy sushi, crab legs and more I'd say you can definitely eat more than what you pay for.

  • 1/5 Jasmine B. 10 months ago on Google
    There was an animal crawling on the wall. Got there around 7 and all the food was cold , there was food everywhere. Some of the workers give you the cold shoulder , not very welcoming. They did not bring out anything fresh , everything was just left there to be finished. It was 65 for two people . Pretty dissatisfied

  • 1/5 Andrew K. 10 months ago on Google
    King Crab 🦀 legs was horrific never would’ve came here if I knew it tasted like that that was the whole purpose of coming. Smells and taste bad wasted that whole plate, and the bath room needs a cleaning

  • 5/5 Wen L. 10 months ago on Google
    They have everything u ever want and the great affordable price. Friendly service.

  • 5/5 Darrell C. 1 year ago on Google
    First of all be careful of the prices. The ones on Google are not correct. Two for dinner on a weekday with soft drinks was $55. However, the sushi was fresh, delicious and good portions. In fact, that is all I ate. The other entrees are typical Chinese buffet offerings.

  • 2/5 Maria A. 1 year ago on Google
    Saturday night. Came at 6. Very disappointed the food wasn’t as expected. Fruits and deserts were not fresh. And no crab legs either. I would expect that weekend would be better served. Also expect styrofoam plates and plastic utensils.

  • 5/5 R S. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place and friendly service and the food is a champion with the great affordable price. The food reminds me of my home country where i was born from.


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ All you can eat
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout

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