Jumbo Chinese Buffet, Sheffield

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firstly, about a week before we planned to go i reserved a table for 20 people, Got there on the day and they'd given the table i reserved to another group, so we had to sit on two separate tables... more

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55 of 55 Ciao users found the following review helpful

micksheff

Member since 18/07/2003

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Mumbo Jumbo Or Just Plain Good Value? 14/03/2006

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Advantages Good Selection Of Food, Value For Money
Disadvantages Not A Lot For Vegetarians

The last few years have seen a trend of "All you can eat" style Buffet Restaurants appearing in Sheffield where I live and to my knowledge there are now at least three Chinese and one Indian within the city centre. The Jumbo is a large Chinese Buffet and it was the also the first of the bunch to appear about three years ago. It is in direct competition with another Chinese Buffet nearby called No.1 which is larger. I have been to the No.1 a couple of times but I much prefer the Jumbo which I have visited many times, the most recent of these visits being just a couple of weeks ago. THE LAYOUT ... more
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Quick review of Jumbo Chinese Buffet, Sheffield by hungrydiner 08/12/2008

Unfortunately we had a really bad experience - the waiter told us we could use our loyalty card to have a free meal for 1 but when we came to pay, the staff became aggressive and we were accused of lying! We were told that we were all mistaken and they denied what the waiter had told us, then they CALLED THE POLICE over a £5.99 meal! When we were finally forced to pay they refused to 'stamp' my loyalty card (despite their promises) and we were told not to come back! My advice is to avoid at all costs. P.S. ... more
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RH123

NEVER EVER AGAIN. WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE IT 1 STAR. 23/01/2011

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Advantages NONE.
Disadvantages EVERYTHING.

firstly, about a week before we planned to go i reserved a table for 20 people, Got there on the day and they'd given the table i reserved to another group, so we had to sit on two separate tables or all squash onto 1 then when i asked to move, they pretended they couldnt understand me. then they were all speaking in chinese so we couldnt understand them and started pointing at us, which was very rude. The quality and variety of food has declined considerably, since we last went and the food was cold, and really not worth 11 pounds. The drinks were very highly priced, 2.4o for a pint of coke ... more