King Buffet Gives Diners Royal Treatment (Business Lunch)

We got the royal treatment at King Buffet.

The Rogers restaurant offers by far the most diverse Asian seafood selection in Northwest Arkansas.

Our party of three was amazed at the lunch spread that included schools of fresh shrimp, oysters, mussels, sushi rolls, crab legs and too many other varieties of fresh fish to list. There was also heapin’ helpings of spare ribs, General Tao’s Chicken and some of the best spicy pork with garlic sauce we’ve ever tasked.

The stuffed mushrooms and crab Rangoon were delicious finger food, too.

King Buffet charges $5.25 per adult for lunch, $3.25 for children under 10 years old and children under 3 years old eat for free. The supper buffet is $7, and an even more extensive version of the buffet is available on weekend nights for $9.

The bang for the buck is only surpassed by the quality of the food. We’ve been to the big commercialized feed troughs before where most items have been under a hot lamp so long they look like they were cooked on Venus.

But King Buffet’s selection was fresh and delicious.

One diner was surprised to taste buffet hot wings that were so good. And one lady in our party went to town on the fried chicken wings, green beans and yellow lemon Jell-O.

We had some Szechuan shrimp that was fantastic, and thought the egg rolls were good enough to rival the best we’ve had.

We were also happy to see the menu reflect that King Buffet uses no monosodium glutamate in its food, which we believed after the normal post-buffet “blahs” did not hit us in the belly.

There were tons of pastries and deserts, and a massive fresh fruit selection, too.

We would have liked the hot and sour soup to have been a little spicier, and maybe a little more attention from our server.

The restaurant itself is also fairly plain, and the ambiance could be a little warmer with softer lighting. King Buffet, with its sterile booths and minimal decor, looks at first glance like any mass-market fast-food eatery.

But that’s before stepping up to the buffet, where even the most gluttonous diner will have to marvel at the choices.