Koywan Buffet

945 FL-436 #1179, Altamonte Springs - 32714
218 reviews
Asian Chinese Japanese
(407) 628-8866

Stay away from this place! I’m only giving 1 star because you can’t give zero stars. We and several friends used to eat here a lot a while back, so I thought it would be a good place to have a birthday party. The staff who helped me reserve the room were great, but on the day of the party the place just sucked. The odd assortment of sushi looked poor and tasted worse. There were flies enjoying the sushi more than I did. Creepy! And if you survived the greasy, dangerously slippery floor around the hot bars, you would find an unappealing assortment of bland, crappy food. Seriously, this was the worst dining experience I’ve had in many years. And even though I had payment arranged in advance, the server tried to hand out checks to everyone. How embarrassing for my family and guests. Jeez. What a crappy place. Must be new management or something. Find somewhere better to spend your money. Maybe Crazy Buffet on W Colonial.

Nice buffet, good section of food & fairly clean. It's an Asian buffet, so there is not much to write about. If you seen one good one, then you seen the rest. It's all typical for what is offered at these types of establishments. They have a hibachi grill for fresh cooked items and a full Sushi bar. Just note, my experience is what I seen on my visit. Others may have had other experiences, so read other reviews to come to your own conclusions.

The place is a little dated and needs some facelift to give it a more vibrant and lively atmosphere. There is not a lot of selection but at the same time, it’s enough to whet your appetite for Chinese food. The only dish I liked is their peanut chicken, it’s crispy fried and drizzled with sweet peanut sauce.

We returned because we went a couple of weeks back for lunch on the weekend. The weekend brunch includes ahi tuna and raw oysters and was much better overall. The service is always good here so please tip accordingly as the servers really bust their butts. The weekend buffet is $16.99 the weekend lunch is $10.99. We'd rather pay the extra $6 during the week for a better sampling of food. They still had a decent amount of folks dining in during the week (it was a holiday Monday).

Didn’t even get sat. Will not let you in without a mask. They must forget where we live, or the fact that you are a buffet, not an operating room. Will not support any business that wants virtue signal like this.

This is our “go to” asian food buffet. They have a great selection for sushi, meats, side and also have a hibachi grill. The price is great for the variety you get. Only about $16-17 per person. Don’t expect a Kobes quality of food, but for a buffet its pretty good. Staff is also very friendly and if you are still concerned about the virus, this place does what they can to keep if from spreading.

I used to love this place and stopped by on my way through town but never again!I can understand increasing the price or not having the best selections but shame on them for having rotten food!The sushi was visibly old and tasted terrible. So bad looking I went back only to take the photo, (Look closely at the brown avocado and cucumber).SO NOT WORTH THE $18 PAID FOR DINNER !!!The food selection was super limited and too many cheap options with items spaced far apart, also empty serving containers.Plastic cutlery and nasty Styrofoam only.

I don’t usually leave reviews, especially negative ones but feel like I need to about this buffet.. I used to go to this buffet frequently before covid, and loved it. Always a great experience. Now it is an awful experience and felt like eating at a rundown mall food court. I’m giving two stars, because the food I did eat tasted okay. Flimsy styrofoam plates, plastic cutlery, styrofoam cups and the food seemed left over from lunchtime. My wife asked for a real plate because she can’t eat off of styrofoam and they said they couldn’t because it’s dangerous for the dishwasher. So she didn’t eat. The food was okay, but the hibachi was unmanned, the sushi looked old and the food was more sparse than in the past. I ate a couple of plates of chicken and noodles and we went to pay. My meal was $22! I would have been better off eating at the mall food court, it would have been the same experience and quality in my opinion.

Very nice sushi choice! It was definitely fresh from my experience. Also one of the only Chinese buffets that I’ve been to where I didn’t eat a lot of the buffet items and just stuck to the sushi! For the price it was very good and filling! Salmon was delicious! Also the hibachi chef on 1/6/21 was amazing! He made such good food yum! Only bad thing was the spoons for the ice cream they were very flimsy. Wooden popsicle sticks might be a better option :)

Very disappointed with the place. My son and I use to go her a lot years ago but now, I will not be going here again. Price has gone up a lot for lunch and the food was really old. So the price went up and a quality went down... I don't mind paying a higher price but the quality needs to go up as well.