emerald coast

Trying Emerald Coast for the 1st time, I knew what I was up against. I've tried other Chinese buffet restaurants, only to find cold, and stale and soggy food. Not this restaurant...Everything was served hot, and it was good. Not Excellent, and certainly not the "best food I've ever eaten", but was satisfying. For the most part, I got my moneys worth on the sushi bar. That's where I filled up first. Then over to the hot bar, and tried a spare rib, a spoonful of shrimp w/ lobster sauce, and some eggplant. I also loaded up on some stone crab which I would've enjoyed much more, if I could've tasted the meat. They need to provide fish forks, otherwise you're out of luck! It was just too much work for me to sit there to get a morsel of crab meat to savor. I left just a little room for dessert, only enough to stuff down a marshmallow and a strawberry at the fondue fountain. I'd definitely go back, and I'll bring my own fish fork.

I love this place! They have such a wide variety of delicious foods. My favorite is the ribs. Yummy nummers! Yes they do charge $11.99 for adults, but definately bring your appetite and you will definately get your money's worth.

My boyfriend and I ate here on Saturday because we were in the mood for Asian food and he had been here before and liked it. For me personally, it was not worth the price. This place features an all-you-can-eat buffet (although you can order off of the regular menu) for $11.99 per person on the weekends. There was a variety of typical Chinese dishes (orange chicken, beef and broccoli, fried rice, pot stickers, dumplings, sweet and sour chicken, low mein, etc.), a couple Thai dishes, some sushi, a salad bar, soup, peel and eat shrimp, raw oysters and a dessert bar. It's definitely a lot of food, but most of it was just so-so. For $12 we could've gone to a nicer restaurant, ordered 1 meal each that was tasty and split a dessert. I wouldn't recommend it. The place was clean and it has a nice ambience, but it's overpriced for the quality of the food.

PROS: expensive
CONS: food sitting out