A Garden of Variety

Located in Market Place Shopping Center on Pennsylvania Avenue in New Braunfels, the one and only Garden Buffet is the largest and best buffet restaurant in the local area. Having served the locals for 9 years, Garden Buffet enjoys a great reputation for offering flavorful delicacies with a comfortable ambience, attentive service, and high sanitation standards.

Garden Buffet astonishes customers with its gigantic array of options available on eight grand buffet bars, ranging from appetizers, soups, Chinese specialties, sushi, dessert, salad, and Mongolian B.B.Q to an American and Mexican bar. Over 150 items are offered every day. Each dish is quite popular which translates to fresh buffet offerings. “We barely have any leftovers because of how fast we change the buffet trays. Anything leftover at the end of the day is thrown out immediately,” says owner Yong Ye.  

Starting his career in the restaurant business over a decade ago, Mr. Ye has mastered how to prepare dishes so as to appeal to the local palate. The ever popular Americanized Chinese dishes including General Tso’s Chicken, Chicken with Broccoli, Mongolian Beef, Spicy Chicken, and more are quite a hit with the customers. Additionally, a bevy of seafood choices is also available, with Coconut Shrimp, Crab Rangoon, and Seafood Delight being some of the items that draw the most customers.

Even if you are not a fan of seafood, you might still want to try the Dragon Roll, California Roll, and other sushi rolls available at the sushi bar. Mexican salads are also available and are well-received by customers. The hottest spot in Garden Buffet is the Mongolian grill where you can choose what ingredients the chef uses to make your dish. Proficient in cooking different cuisines, the chef will dazzle you with his superb skills as he prepares your dish right in front of you!

Quality food must be matched with a cozy dining environment. Stepping into the restaurant, you will be glad to see that the waiting area is large and brightly lit. The dining area is big enough to accommodate over 250 people comfortably. Colorful lights and crystal pendant lamps hang on the ceiling, together with the soothing Chinese folk tunes giving the restaurant an enchanting ambience. A banquet room holding 100 people is available for customers to book for parties, and other functions.  

Service is one of the restaurant’s many strong points. Always looking out for elderly customers, the staff often helps them get their food. On top of that, customers receive a 50% discount on their birthdays, and get one free meal for every ten meals they have at the restaurant.

Garden Buffet has been covered by a local newspaper, which introduced the restaurant to area foodies in a detailed article that also praised it: “Its excellent cuisine, considerate service, and antique décor & atmosphere with traditional Chinese culture all share Yong Ye(the owner’s) culinary operations—learned and gained from his family.”

Mr. Ye still keeps on adding more new items to the already rich options and is considering opening another branch of Garden Buffet despite the economic slump. He feels sure that the new branch will be a success because like the original location, it too will offer customers fresh food, friendly service, and a soothing atmosphere.

Garden Buffet

Location: 651 Business Loop IH-35 North, Suite 1030, New Braunfels, TX 78130
Phone: 830-626-9888
Offers: Buffet
Cuisine: Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian B.B.Q., American & Mexican cuisines
Signature Dishes: Black Pepper Chicken, Dragon Roll, California Roll, Coconut Shrimp, Mexican Salad, Chicken with Broccoli, Mongolian B.B.Q.
Capacity: 250
Year of Establishment: 2002
Website: www.chinesegardenbuffet.com