I have had a lot of bad eating experiences before, but this one takes the cake. When I saw the signs that China Gate was re-opening I was excited, I have always liked this buffet. Then yesterday I saw the sign; Now Open. I made the call to my wife and she instantly agreed to meet me there for lunch. We went in and instantly noticed the more prominent change; they closed down their second dining area and put another buffet right were the wall use to be; it looks nice. We went and sat down at our table and it took us no time to realize how much trouble we were in. We were the only people here. I dismissed this since it was 11:30. We noticed the Christmas decorations up in the dining areas and I knew exactly how old they were. You see, China Gate closed well over a year ago and has sat closed the entire time; they only opened about a week ago. This means that the decorations have been up there for a long time. That’s not the only thing that sat for over a year; the salt and pepper! This might seem petty to some, but it was very obvious that they haven’t once been touched since the restaurant reopened. They had that filthy layer of grease, dirt and ick on it that just sickens a person upon touching them. I think they did wipe off the table before we sat there, but it wasn’t much better. We went and began to look for something to eat, and we looked, and we looked and then we eventually found something that looked somewhat appealing. This had to be the worse Chinese Buffet selection I have ever seen. We eventually made a plate of food worth eating and began to dig in. The food was cold and tasteless and had lacked the flare that we have come accustom too. The items marked hot, my two year old could have eaten. It was funny for us to watch the waitress and manager come by and ask how old our daughter was (2) and then walk off arguing over whether to charge us for her plate or not. They didn’t, but I still found it funny that they would allow that to be seen. We never once got a refill on our water and it took them 15 minutes to get us our check. Meanwhile, we are still the only ones here. We left right at noon thirty and someone did show up has we were leaving, but I seriously doubt there experience was any better than ours.

If the system would allow for less than a Star, that’s exactly what I would give them, but it can’t so they get one Star. My recommendation: don’t waste your money here; you work too hard for it to waste it.