China Red in Edinburgh, City of

This restaurant is big! It has several aisles of food, a dessert area, a sushi area, and a hibachi area. If you have a large appetite, you will do well. If you are a picky eater, perhaps you won't. My husband really enjoyed the sushi. I don't eat sushi. I found there were a lot of very similar items on the buffet. Even if they had different names, the tastes were quite similar. Things you might be tempted to eat a lot of, like the prawns, always seemed to have something to discourage that. The prawns were coated with a sandy seasoning and by the time I'd eaten 2 of them I practically needed a bath. There were also many not so Chinese dishes - pizza for example. I found enough to eat but felt the price was high for what I consumed. My husband was content. Our service was good and our server kept busy. We had come soon after it opened, but it was quite busy by the time we left.

not been to this place for a while but when i walked in i thought.....its a bit dingy , unfortunately it didnt get any better as the food wasnt the best , most of it was cold or dried out , the chicken was a bit rubbery, and i didnt find that thre was a lot of options compared to Beijing Banquet or the likes

Great selection of food really enjoyed our food would definitely go back . Waitress Kelly was amazing 😍 she really made our visit special as it was our Anniversary 🍰💕🍰💕 Thankyou !!

This is a fantastic restaurant offering a wide variety of delicious dishes with plenty of choice for vegetarians. One of the best I've tried and also recommended by locals. The staff couldn't be nicer.

Top All you can eat place in Edinburgh! Great food and great staff!

Though it was a little on the pricey side, it was worth it. All the food was fresh and the place was very clean. The staff were friendly and very attentive. The overall vibe was perfect, dimmed lights created a more intimate setting as well as the harsh glare from bright lights were no longer a problem. If you are in the area China Red is definitely worth it.

A self-service buffet with a large choice of Chinese and sushi dishes. Welcoming staff explained how to serve ourselves. The Chinese starters and mains were excellent, but the deserts were poor, and mostly not chinese.

Very nice food, super busy, Irish lady who waited our table was fantastic 😀 👌

Food was fresh, staff were very tentative and generally a great atmosphere. Definitely the best buffet restaurant in Edinburgh

A convenient place for food before a concert at the adjacent Usher Hall. Great selection of food at all courses. Friendly helpful staff.

Great place to go with the family.

Good food, variety of products…. At night it includes more service than at noon

Good usual high standard. Great for fast food buffet lunch or a more relaxed 'taster' experience.

Have visited once before and the food was decent. Tonight I could not taste anything due to the level of salt in everything……I mean everything. 3 people, 3 different choices and all with the same conclusion. AWFUL.

disgusting food, doesn’t worth the price. Choices are very limited for lunch, no seafood except for prawn. Drink is more than 4 pounds for each person. Nearly no fresh fruit, only canned fruit. At same price you can eat very well at other restaurants.

I was craving dumplings a lot so I tried this restaurant but for some reason they wasnt making them that day. So I looked around and there was much more and I was Happy anyways.

This buffet is not one of the best I tried. The food was not warm enough, usually dry and some typical food was missing such as nems, spring rolls, samosas, caramelized pork skewers, chinese raviolis and dumplings.

This buffet is not one of the best I tried. The food was not warm enough, usually dry and some typical food was missing such as nems, spring rolls, samosas, caramelized pork skewers, chinese raviolis and dumplings.

Visiting Edinburgh from Liverpool, love Edinburgh and its community. Decided to try and find a good Chinese restaurant, googled and chose China Red because of its reviews. Went in not too busy, was approached very quickly and sat at a table, ordered a bottle of Pinot Grigio which was very nice and well priced. First tried the chicken and sweet corn soup, not very tasty and luke warm. Couldn’t eat it as it was, first impressions as they say. I told the waitress who tasted it and said it wasn’t cold, well I know cold soup when I taste it but she continued to tell me otherwise. Spring rolls nice but just warm, chicken satay like it had been kept warm all day like cardboard. My husband made me a duck pancake which was nice and he said the ribs were fantastic. Had some noodles rice and fine beans, again all just luke warm. Not impressed, would not recommend unless you are going in for a nice Pinot Grigio. Don’t normally do reviews but had to air my frustration.

The best buffet I've ever been. From service to food quality , everything was more than impressive. I would highly recommend the place to everyone that loves good food and service combined with a clean and modern interior.

Not impressed distinct lack of mains choices curry sauces were like dishwater

Myself and my partner visited this weekend while in Edinburgh and the service was second to none. The waitress was a lovely Northern Irish Lady, I'm sorry I can't remember her name. We were initially sat in the main dining area, she came over and asked if we wanted to move somewhere a little more intimate which we agreed to. She talked and chatted to us all night even suggesting food and taking the liberty to go up and get a spicy pork bun for me to try. It was my birthday eve and she made sure to make it special by bringing out a cookie on a plate with my name and a happy birthday message. Embarrassing yes, but so sweet too. She finished work part way through our visit and made the effort to come over to say goodbye and wish me a happy birthday again. She then went to other tables to do say goodnight and thank the customers. Her warmth and customer service are to be praised. I've been in Retail, Sales and Customer Service Management for almost 15 years and she was one of the best I've seen. Hats off to her. The food was also great but her service was what made me come on here to comment. Amazing. Thanks again.

I do recommend this restaurant ! Good atmosphere and excellent buffet ! Price very reasonable !

Great friendly staff. Huge selection of fresh food. Worth the money for the choices you can get here.

Literally just got back from eating here. Two forty year olds and a six year old. The staff were friendly and helpful. The restaurant was nicely laid out and modern. The food was clearly labelled and kept being replenished. The food choice was vast...there was all the usuals, a teppanyaki station, a savoury pancake station, steamed buns and a street food part. The food was delicious and included king prawns, mussells, sushi, and crispy duck with pancakes. There was a vast dessert section, cakes, fruit, jelly and ice cream. There was also a sweet pancake stand, popcorn and freshly made bubble waffles that were incredible. This is probably the best all you can eat Chinese we have eaten at, having previously eaten at different ones in Manchester and London. It was great value for money and next time we are in Edinburgh we will definitely return.

Great food, well stocked buffet. Really good value for your money. Very busy so make sure to book. There was a large queue of walk ins.

Lots of choices, and very tasty. Busy place. Everything what you can expect from all you can eat spot.

Absolute gem of a place. Food was incredible, great variety and well laid out. Definitely give this place a go.

There are so many Chinese dishes to try, although they are not so authentic. They can make up for my lack of Chinese food.

Typically "all you can eat" you get what you pay for. The restaurant was full and the service was good. There is everything your heart desires. 3 soups, vegetable side dishes, noodles and rice in all variations. Meat from pork, beef, chicken... breaded, natural, in sauce or baked. There is also a salad buffet, dessert buffet and a corner for freshly fried fish. Between the two of us we paid 54 euros with 2 drinks. Price performance is okay, if you value quality and service, you're better off elsewhere and you'll pay almost twice as much.

Overall it's pretty good, the price has increased a bit in the past two years.

We visited yesterday and ended up with mild food poisoning. Me and my friends all felt ill with nausea and I was sick all night. It is absolutely unacceptable. I will never visit again.

Food was very good. Lots of choice. Great value for money. Will definitely go back again

Everything was fantastic thanks

Nice place, good food! Maximum 90 mins stay so we couldn't hang around or take our time, But that was long enough ! Waffles are hand made Infront of you if your dessert bar lover!

Lovely welcoming staff, food selection amazing and all great quality. I love a Chinese buffet and this is the best one I have ever been to! Thank you so much for a great night and food xxx

Great place, will be going again soon when I'm back in Scotland.

An absolutely fantastic place for lunch with friends or family. There is something for everyone. Food delicious, beer available. Good atmosphere and friendly staff. Highly recommended. 10/10

One of the best Chinese Restaurants with a great menu and an extremely excellent buffet service in the Edinburgh region and maybe even one of the best in England.

Found a lot of the dishes were at best lukewarm,and restaurant was cold judging by the number of diners with coats on including me and my wife

Nice variety of dishes, one tastier than the other! Will come back to try some more that wasnt able to!

Food was beautiful staff were lovely best buffet place in Edinburgh

Been here before always nice to have a lunch or dinner here. Has the usual spread of Chinese food for a buffet and sushi too. The staff have settle since my last visit seem to know more about what they have to do. Food is nice lots of choice and for vegetarians too, although people may say loads of salt which I sort of agree with but you done have to eat all the fried foods. They have a few authentic Chinese dishes such as stewed beef, tofu and aubergines try these if you visit you won't find them on a buffet anywhere else in the city.

Si mangia benissimo e quanto vuoi, per essere in Scozia il prezzo è competitivo

Not the 1st time visiting ,the choice is brilliant and refilled constantly Well recommended

Love, love, love this place. Food top quality for a buffet. Every type you can think of. Sushi excellent, loads of starters from usual ribs, soup, prawn toasts etc. Chef will even cook fresh prawns and squid. Waffle boys for dessert huge hit too. Refillable soft drinks too so makes excellent value for money if you love to eat.

Great food, good choice, reasonable price.

Never tasted food like it was disgusting. Food was tasteless, the curry sauce was like water and food was not hot. £50 wasted !!!

Best Chinese I've had, will definitely go back. Great staff who work hard to make your dining a wonderful time

Absolutely fantastic place to eat.Food is fresh,with loads of variety and plentiful.Also the fresh- cooked seafood bar is amazing.I have been to several Chinese buffets,but this is the best one by far.Thoroughly recommend!!!

Was surprised how good the selection of food was, soon good, will be back.

Excellent value for money here. So much choice for food including mains, sushi, and several desserts. Trays always topped up with food so there is no shortage

非常好的一次用餐体验，这些味道即使放在中国也算是不错的味道。是我来到英国吃过的最好吃的中餐！很推荐

So visited after a long day shopping in Edinburgh. Superb service, thank you Kelly. Food was great too.

Overpriced and poor quality.. Waited in queue for over an hour for this disappointing meal. Won't be coming back.

Amazing place, and delicious food

Food is excellent non greasy and place is clean , service from Irish girl is first class (kelly) but as leaving guy behind bar berating the staff over a petty thing heard it all , manager I'm sure . Deffo be back as staff are great 👍

Four of us turned up in a Friday at 8.30pm and sat down to what we hoped would be a nice buffet .. The food was mainly luke warm at best .. In the time we where their I didn’t see anything getting topped up .. The was probably 50 percent of the dishes missing . I have been here before a few times and never experienced this terrible Food … If you’re are charging for a full buffet , then you should ensure that there is plenty of hot food available .. Very very dissatisfied Won’t be back

Lots of choice great value for money would recommend

Amazing food sooo delicious and many different dishes. Price is good.

Brilliant selection of food reasonably priced and staff where very helpful.

Food was great, lots of variety . Very clean.

Honestly the best buffet Chinese I've ever been to.

Food was not very warm at all when I went early in the evening.

Great food! Loads of choosing! Everything fresh. Good customer service.

We visited on a Saturday at 6:30pm. The place was busy, with just a few empty tables. The food was all really well presented at the buffet table, and my two kids enjoyed trying various dishes. I particularly enjoyed the freshly cooked chicken, prepared right in front of me by a friendly chef. There appeared to be just one waitress looking after the entire restaurant, and despite being run off her feet, she was very friendly, although she did carry my bottle of beer to the table in her armpit, as her hands were full. We enjoyed the mousse desserts, which were rich and creamy. I think I paid £20.99 for myself, and £10.99 for each of the kids.

Broke students, don’t walk here, run. This is so scran and theres so many things. From popcorn to sushi to literally every kind of chicken. And it’s so cheap. It looks and tastes posh and theres even an ice cream bar. It’s too good to be true, but so far nothing bad has happened. Would sell my soul to eat here again 10/10

Food was gorgeous highly.recommended

We visited lunchtime today and we had the best time. Our server was so friendly and competent without being overbearing. Empty plates were swiftly removed and the food was so full of flavour and fresh. We will definitely return next time we visit Edinburgh

As people who have read my reviews before will know me and my wife love a good all-you-can-eat Chinese. We were staying in Edinburgh and decided to visit China Red, near Edinburgh Castle. The service was awesome, Kelly our waitress was very attentive and we had no longer finished 1 plate then it was taken away. Although we were just drinking water once we'd finished 1 carafe it was replaced immediately without even having to ask. The food was fantastic but found it strange that all the lids of the servery containers were left open so the food got cold quicker. Despite this it was regularly replenished while we were there. The only thing I didn't give 5 stars was fact that a lot of the menu eg Dim Sum etc were on evenings only. I know it is usually standard at all you can eats but website didn't inform of this. In spite of this I would still highly recommend going and giving China Red a try if you're visiting Edinburgh

Very good as always, but noticed it was very quiet. Not a problem for us at lunchtime food plentiful and fresh. Prices increased.

When we first walked in we were greeted with smiles and gestures to our table. Throughout the night the food tasted amazing and a wide range to choose from and the desserts were just as good. But the main highlight was our waiter Kelly as it was my mother's 50th, Kelly made her day and the rest of the family's as well. She was such a joy to chat too and made our first experience the best. We will be back again to have another wonderful experience.

Top place x loved it, and staff wh where amazing to, nothing was to much, 💯 recommend this place 👌 I'm definitely going back.

This is our first time in Edinburgh and were looking for a Chinese Buffet Style Restaurant, we found China Red and we were not disappointed. There's loads of choice of food all of which is amazing. The staff and service are brilliant. We'll come back to Edinburgh even if it only to come back here.

环境好，食物种类很多，价格实惠，完全符合我们的中国胃，吃了铁板烧，鸡蛋仔，煎饼果子，烤鸭，感觉一秒回国，很值得的就餐体验！

it was amazing and all the food was banging and the price was good as well i would highly recommend to anyone

Waitress we really friendly and welcoming, The buffet food selection was amazing.. we were overall happy with the food and staff at china red.. we will most definitely comeback for more very soon... Thanks again for making our visit a good experience... Wishing my daughter a happy birthday was a lovely touch ❤️

This restaurant has all the flavours and foods of Cosmo without the prices and crowding! There was a good selection and our waitress was very friendly, which always makes a meal feel extra special (we didn't get her name unfortunately). Would especially recommend the chicken and pork dishes!

Nice food for a buffet and good selection.

Lovely place with very nice and friendly staff

Buffet style restaurant with a wide choice of food available. Generally good experience and tasty food. Pretty good value for money - more so if you have a huge appetite. Particularly liked the vegetable dishes. Would I go back? Probably not but the staff we great.

I love China Red, but yesterday they went over and above, my Son was in Edinburgh for his 23rd Birthday, first a visit to Dynamic Earth then for lunch buffet at China Red, befor eating he had a rest out of his wheelchair, the he had chow mein, and tasted different puddings, he was so happy when the guys made it a lot more special bring out a plate with Happy Birthday in chocole sauce, a candle and a cake, they had Happy Birthday music on, and I think the whole place started singing Happy Birthday, his face tells it all, he was happy and surprised, thank you China Red we will be back, food choices amazing, clean, staff very happy and helpful, nothing to much for them A+++++(

Visited on a Saturday night and had high hopes after reading the reviews. There was plenty of choice but the mini spring rolls, ribs, garlic bread and fried rice and curry sauce were all luke warm at best, the chips were cold and hard and not as much choice as other Chinese buffets we have visited. Not quite sure what the corn on the cob were lying in but it looked like milk🤮We were given 2 empty glasses when we asked for coke and had to ask again where got the drinks from. Each time we went up to the buffet leaving our empty plates on the table we came back and the were still lying on the table so we had to stack them up at the side. Dinner for 2 with 2 drinks was £51.48 and definitely not worth it.

Does what it says on the tin. Party of 6 and all happy 😊 with the selection of food available. Waitress Kelly was extremely busy and was very good with customers. It's VFM when you are in the mood for that type of eat. Amazing what you see. A kid eating an ice cream cone and trying to eat chips from a plate at the same time walking back to her table. Didn't work. Staff cleared up her mess.

Nice and cosy Chinese all you can eat buffet with lots of choices of food.

1 star to offset the rating because it is too high, service is almost excellent other than how often they refill the food. Other than that the food itself was super disappointing as I was excited to try this place out for the first time. foods are chewy and for example the sweet and sour sauce tastes very off and isn’t balanced enough. The staff almost make up for it but a satisfied stomach always beats good service.

Great restaurant, great location. Went here for something to eat, before a Deacon Blue concert. Plenty of choices, and good quality of food. Service was excellent, our waitress, who was from Ulster, was fantastically friendly, her interaction and banter was on our level of humour. An absolute credit to the restaurant, are are the rest of the staff.

I have eaten here on many occasions b'coz the food is very good, it is self-service and it is possible to eat as much as one can !!!

There are definitely better Chinese places in Edinburgh. The food (meat mostly) here is really salty, need-to-chug-down-1L-of-water-after-eating salty. The highlight for me was the braised beef and the vegan section. Not a fan of the interior design or the atmosphere either.

Amazing food and customer service 👌

Went in lunch time, service excellent however food was warm not hot, slow to fill food containers when food was running low in quantity, overall I was not impressed.

Over all, very delicious and very fun

Really pleased with our last minute choice, will happily return at some point.

A good buffet with LOTS of food. Good price also.

Loved this place, food was good & hot. The service was spot on, Kelli our waitress was the best!! She was on top of everything, GREAT SERVICE, we absolutely loved her, we will be back!

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Everything was excellent, will come again

All can you eat a 15/16 £ . Ottimo per varietà di cibo e assortimento di pietanze. Acqua compresa nel prezzo

Went here Edinburgh back in January, and came here to eat, by far the best Chinese buffet I've ever been to. We loved it that much we came here on our last day. 10/10

Stunning restaurant. Welcoming staff. Food was hot which is not always the case at this type of restaurant. Excellent choice of food including salads, sushi and various puddings. A great little find!