Utilitarian outpost for all-you-can-eat Chinese classics like chow mein & fried rice. Based on 999 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.8 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery
Address:
1201 Hewitt Dr, Waco, TX 76712
Phone: (254) 776-8081
Hours
| Wednesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Monday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
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Order and Reservations
Reservations: summerpalacetx.com
Reviews
Haley Lynne
I really don’t see how this place is open, And has 4 stars at that. When we arrived we had been in the car awhile and went immediately to the bathroom. The smell of sewage hit us like a brick wall and was making my 5yr old gag non stop. then BLACK MOLD is taking over the bathroom. From then on I couldn’t help but analyze everything because if the bathroom smelled unbearable and there is mold and nastiness then what’s in the food. The food was warm but not like just cooked hot. The way soem of it looked made me think it’s being warmed over and over and put back out. but some of the food had an off taste therefore I didn’t eat any meat or seafood because I was too worried about food poisoning. The place is just really dirty. When we got home sure enough we all had messed up stomachs.
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Cory cox
Me and my wife went to eat. It’s a buffet so we made our own plates and our drink was refilled once. Food was what you would expect from a buffet quantity over quality. Waitress stood with her hand out for a tip and my wife gave her $3 and she got a very snobby look on her face as if to say “this should have been at least $10”. We will never go back. It would have been one thing if she took our order and walked our food out but she literally did almost nothing to earn $3 and it came out to almost $40 for 2 adults. Get real people, if you don’t like a $3 tip as a waitress at an overpriced Chinese buffet where you have to do very little work, then get another job.
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Veronica Hernandez
Food was ok! Staff was very disrespectful.. I pay for my ticket after they tried to charge me for an adult while I told the lady my daughter was 11 but she says “your daughter is tall” ♀️so she changes it to a child. The lady comes and says am I gonna tip her, I said “No”, she then tells another lady and they start talking in their language and while we’re walking out the lady says “their no good” I’ll never return and I hope this place gets no business with these type of greedy people in there!!!
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Sheila Birdwell
We went last night, requested a high chair, never got it, got our own food, lots of choices, but nothing to write home about. 5 adults a toddler and a baby, 2 people got a drink refill everyone else nothing. Ticket came $97.03 left a reasonable tip for less than expected service, to which waitress handed our ticket back and said not enough. We were all shocked, but handed her $10 she smiled and walked away. NEVER AGAIN WILL WE GO BACK.
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Rubalcaba
Took my brother and my family to celebrate his birthday today. And we got our food and started to eat. The food was cold and had too eat it, because price tag was not cheap. We try other foods but the food was cold. They restaurant looks sad and depressing inside. Not a good place to eat(at least for me) everything looks out dated..
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Bo Haislip
This place made my whole family sick…….. vomiting diarrhea absolutely sick DO NOT EAT HERE IDK what happened but this is the only place we all eat the same thing now we are all super super sick food poisoning 100%DO NO EAT HERE
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Jose Araoz
I have been to plenty of Chinese buffets and the Summer Palace is up there among the top three. The food was very tasty, vast variety, courteous staff. Bathrooms were cleaned.
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Karen Coronado
Food was good! Terrible service, waitress was so rude. I wish I would’ve gotten her name. Once we told the owner about the situation she didn’t even acknowledge our concern.
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Has always been my favorite place until now. The food was cold and never got a refill. Don’t believe it’s the same people running it as before in previous building. Has gone downhill since they moved.
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Danna Bautista
It was a weekday when we went I believe, im not sure if that’s why but the food was not fresh at all! The food was very much cold and lacked so much flavor. We had to eat because we were hungry but no one’s enjoyed the food that was out. It was also very limited on options.
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