Flaming Grill Buffet (malden Location)

Food is not bad for the price. Good service. Lots of things I have not seen for awhile such as steak for a hibachi grill. Sushi is really meh though. The raw fish looked dried up. The spare ribs were good and lots of desserts. Overall, can’t beat this price for a buffet.

I basically never write reviews but there weren't many shown here so I figured I might as well. I went there with some family and a lot of friends (Like 10 people minimum) and I thought the food was okay but most of my family said it was terrible. I took 2 plates of food and the only things I didn't like were the spinach and cheese thing (At least that's what I thought it was, unlike a buffet place I frequented there were no labels), onion rings (Which didn't even look appetizing) and maybe the mozzarella sticks. Apparently, the sushi was legit rotten and the fried foods were just taken from frozen bags and not fresh at all. When we got ice cream, they were Hershey's branded and my mint chocolate ice cream was decently good but my sister's cookies and creme sandwich legit had weird yellow or brown stuff on it as if it was expired and rotten and she ate cake instead. Alongside the okay to bad food, the plates and forks were also dirty and had food and water on them. At least I saw employees restocking food tho. This is not worth 10 minutes of driving and most definitely not worth over an hour of driving for but apparently the majority of people in this state think otherwise as it's packed and the busyness and rush are probably the reason for how horrid this place was.

The food was solid, especially for the price, but the real standout was the surprisingly attentive and cordial service: Thank you Nana!The only food item we didn't enjoy was the steak from the teppanyaki. It was a big slab of tough meat: it should have been sliced against the grain in strips to make it edible. I'm a guy that will force any food down as long as it is edible, but I simply couldn't chew through the meat. Every single other dish we tried was solid. Big steamed clams, cheesy stuffed mussels, salt and pepper shrimp, hot and sour soup, chicken skewers: all very fresh and well cooked. Nothing was the wrong temp or poorly seasoned.Again though, the standout was the service. We saw Nana going above and beyond for every table in our section. She noticed a birthday party that hadn't informed her of the event, consistently checked on empty plates, refills, and the enjoyment of food. She made the meal so much better than just decent food at a good price. My wife and I genuinely want to come back, when we're in the area, specifically when she's there. She handled non tipping tables with grace and turned around and was entirely personable and professional with us the next second. She's an asset and the restaurant should genuinely be proud to have her taking care of their guests.Tl;Dr come for the food, come back for the surprisingly great service

No thrill, ready to eat, all-day buffet.Different prices for lunch, dinner or weekends, check the website for details $13-$19/pers. You can get take out boxes by the pound.Lunch prices end at 3.30pm and if you check in at 3pm you may have less choices during the transition time. Looks like the freshly steamed crawfish gets delivered at 3.45pm. I was scared of eating seafood in this setting but still haven't gotten sick even eating the baled mussels. Cakes are hit and miss, don't load up and cut a smaller piece first if you can. On-demand grill station at back will go a quick cooking for you w your assortment. Cash tips welcome.Our favorites are the red bean sesame balls, beignets, sweet plantains, sushi bar and seaweed (gone by 3pm), tiramisu mousse and fresh fruits!

This was my first visit here. I was disappointed in the food. I thought that some of my selections were dry and tasteless. Although we had great service, we were very put off with the hibachi grill.The food prep guy was not wearing food gloves at first and was cutting and handling the food. Then he put gloves on after 5 mins and we watched him constantly rub his nose and push his ear bud in his ear with the gloves and then handling food.I am not writing this just to blast this restaurant this is very unsanitary.I should have said something to the restaurant but I did not.We never got anything from the hibachi area after seeing that.This is a warning for restaurant goers.Service at our table was great no complaints about that.Buyers beware