Song's Buffet restaurant in Chelmsford

Quite disappointed if i’m honest i go here alot with my partner we arrived at 6pm to say that if we haven’t booked a table we have to sit on the tables by the bar. We said we didn’t want to sit here only to then see other people after us sitting in other areas which is where we requested and apparently it was fully booked.

Came for lunch a few weeks back. For the price this was ridiculously good especially as it is all you can eat. Will come back for the dinner selection at some point.

Great tasting but limited selecting for lunch. Price affordable but dont expect any seafood

Severe food poisoning from this restaurant!! We used to go very often and once we called the restaurant to tell them they gave us food poisoning they WOULD NOT TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY!! AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE. The mananger called Joey should be replaced as he can’t do his job properly and investigate!!!

The restaurant has a clean, friendly service atmosphere. Delicious food, big selection. A friend of your family.

Food was good but the drinks 🤢 absolutely vile tasted like sewage water do not waste ur money on refillable drinks the food was absolutely amazing tho just the drinks that hopefully gets sorted

Nice restaurant friendly staff But what let's it down is the temperature of the food just about warm we was there at 7pm restaurant was busy so food should have been hot

Really good food, was surprised considering the quantity! Definitely return

Plenty to choose from and infinite quantity. The clientele spoil some of the dishes.

A wide & varied selection of delicious food, staff were attentive and polite, we were a large group of 11 (5 children) we needed wheelchair accessibility for our grandson and staff were very helpful, also the disabled lift was great. Overall a very pleasant experience and we will definitely be going again.

The best Chinese I’ve ever had in my entire life

We had lunch here today, and while we understand it was busy due to half-term and close to closing time, we were disappointed by the attitude of one of the chefs. My boyfriend, who is plus-sized, was treated unfairly when he requested food. Instead of honestly informing us that they were no longer making more, the chef made an inappropriate remark: "You don't need it." This was unacceptable and made our experience uncomfortable. The manager was kind and apologetic, but this situation was not his fault. Unfortunately, this left a negative impression, and despite it being our first visit, we won’t be returning or recommending this restaurant. Unless you like baked beans!

Songs Is a beautiful place to go to with family or friends, food is so good you have so many choices and they cater for everyone. My children love it, staff are very friendly and the restaurant is very clean.

been here a few times early like 6pm & late around 8.45 foods ok but pretty much stone cold every time . staff are friendly drinks are fairly priced

Amazing restaurant right in the city centre. I really enjoyed the food.

Very worth a visit if you want a wide choice of reasonable food, surrounded by shops. Lots of Chinese take-away style dishes and done quite well. Very good value for money!

Everyone in Essex must visit this absolutely fantastic restaurant,first of all I must highlight the epic customer service,the moment you walk in,you are greeted with friendly smiling faces,you are welcomed in and it's so refreshing to be treated so warmly..the variety of food is truly brilliant,I personally go to songs for Chinese food,which is extremely tasty and perfectly cooked,i have tried the other dishes from all the countries that songs provides food from,and they are all perfectly cooked,and well recommended.I would give songs a 10 out of 10 rating for there restaurant, I can't find a single fault with anything they do,,they clearly pride themselves on expert customer care,which is a attribute to be so proud off..xx

Very tasty. Affordable. Be prepared to be entertained.

I loved the experience. Lots of variety. Delicious food.

If you like chicken nugggets, fish fingers, chips, beans and cocktail sausages as your Chinese Buffet treat, then this is the place for you! This place was much better when it first opened, what's happened?

Average Asian buffet with ok selection. Including pizza and kebab meat???? Expensive for what ot is.

Really not good. Slightly dodgy clientele, poor food, blimey, soggy and generally not very nice. It was our first time, but we certainly won't be returning.

The food was absolutely vile. Sweet and sour chicken looked like jelly and tasted awful. Some bits looked pink but could've just been the "jelly" which is considered a sauce there. The refillable drinks need sorting out ASAP. I think it's very poor that their serving Orange Crush instead of Fanta. Staff is quite friendly but atmosphere is dead af. The price speaks for itself. Save your money and AVOID this place at all costs!

Great range of food which makes it perfect with kids. Very expensive though.

Great customer service. 1st time coming here after being told about it. Brought my daughters and 2 mates for her birthday. They asked if it was a special occasion and told them her birthday was few days ago, they wrote her a card out and said let them know and they will bring a cake over free of charge. Lovely offer. Food was lovely and staff excellent. Will be back again soon 😊

Great place to go for a feast kids love it too may be the chocolate fountain 🤣

So many people have raved about this plave but 3 times in the last 5-6 months I've visited here and oh my the food is AWFUL, eveeytime islve visted chips like cardboard half the desserts are still frozen the sweet and sour tastes...well not nice 🤢 the staff was lovely but the food is disgusting would not recommend

Great Buffet Restaurant with very good selection of oriental and world foods!

Oh no, looks like they have started using Reconstituted (MSM) Chicken. I know their Chicken in Black Bean sauce has always been chicken flavoured sausage-meat balls but at least their Chicken Curry was previously made from real chicken meat, however that no longer appears to be the case; today the Chicken Curry was made from MSM chicken, not real meat.

I really like the calm, laid-back atmosphere and it makes me feel less poor and almost rich for once in my life. The staff are very welcoming and do so much work to make the place run smoothly. I shall come back soon. Sadly, I've not a clue why, but the food just disappointed me a bit. It's always hot and fresh, but not nearly as flavoursome as places of late such as Izumi's used to. In particular, the spare ribs holds very soft bone that I almost choked on, so that's a thing that could be done better. I'd like to make it clear that this is just me being strange, and I really do recommend it highly. The desserts and curries, in particular the Thai fish curry, are top notch! Pay it a visit someone if you read this!

Great food and service and plenty to choose from

Visited at noon last Sunday 15th Dec.Fabulous food. Very tasty. Staff were friendly. Will go again.

Modern clean building with superb choice of food spotless restaurant & very polite & friendly staff what more could you ask with a competitive price.

Songs buffet restaurant is perfect for any occasion like birthdays, meet ups, brunch or supper, and it is great for everyone of all ages. The food is tasty and flavourful you can’t go wrong anyway, as there are many different options to choose from. Drinks are refillable too.

This place was amazing and I have been here many times and I am never disappointed. The only thing is that crepes are not on all the time and so is the pizza.

Loads of food but it's all gone cold. It would be good if they could serve hot food. Didn't enjoy as I like my food hot. Some nice dishes but didn't enjoy anything as too cold. They like to cram you in two the smallest tables when not that busy

We went for buffet lunch during a shopping trip in Chelmsford and we weren't disappointed. Great value and lots of food choices.

Good selection of food and kept clean despite fast turnover of customers. Take care to select food on offer if you have allergies as not labelled. Tasty food.

The food at this restaurant is absolutely disgusting. I don’t know where they’ve got all the five star reviews from but I can honestly that food in this restaurant really needs looking into the food is absolutely with no taste undercooked and very sloppy please if you don’t want food poisoning keep out if you don’t wanna listen to my review, you’re gonna be wasting your money with the bellyache the next day

We visited here today and was asked if it was anyones birthday to which it was my sons 14th birthday, the manager went above and beyond to give a card and a cake for everyone to then sing to my son, it was very kind and so thoughtful. The service was great the only thing we can say that the hot desserts could have been slighly warmer but was all tasty.

Really enjoyed coming here. Went with my partner for my birthday for the first time and we both enjoyed it! The buffet was such reasonably priced and there was so much selection to choose from - all hot and tasty. I went specifically for Chinese food and all of that was excellent. The cocktails were a very good price too. Overall I’d recommend coming here for a celebration, special occasion or even if you just find yourself hungry in Chelmsford and looking for a buffet!

First time going to song’s and was completely shocked my twin girls had heard about it and really wanted to go they are 10 years old. One is slightly taller than the other so one was slightly higher than 1.5 inches high meant I’m paying £9.99 for one 10 year old daughter and £19.99 for the other 10 year old daughter how this is justifiable is beyond me they both are 10 years old but they refused me paying same for both as one comes under an adult how on earth a 10 year old girl can eat the same as a full grown adult. she is literally 2 cms above the 1.5 can clearly see she is a small child and is tall for her age which she is already insecure about! If it says a child price should be a child price night should not come into it when you clearly can see they are a child I’m guessing that if your a very small adult under 1.5 you can pay 9.99 this has put me off going there again would of been happy to go back many more times but you hat now has made me angry and also the fact the plates being taken off you as the last thing on your plate hits your mouth makes you feel like your being watched the whole time your eating!

What makes this restaurant really special is the amazing staff. Every member of the team seemed to be working incredibly hard to give us the best possible experience. Our email beforehand was swiftly answered, the ‘meet and greet’ on our arrival was friendly and efficient ( I was asked if there was a special occasion and when I said we were celebrating our son’s 21st, they took his name then a birthday card and cake arrived to our table with singing!) and the waiting staff constantly circulated, clearing our dirty dishes as soon as we finished so we could go up for seconds with clean plates. Every member of staff we saw throughout our time there was working so hard to make everything easy and enjoyable for us. The food was perfect for what we wanted. We were a group ranging from 19 to 86 in age so it was lovely for each of us to be able to pick and choose exactly what took our fancy from the huge choice of food, and eat as much or as little of it as we wanted! The salmon and the steak cooked to order was raved about in our family group. It really was cooked nicely and it tasted so good! This was our first visit and we are very pleased to have discovered a lovely restaurant that caters for such a variety of different tastes.

This is an amazing places and the service is the best I have ever found we visited for two birthdays in a large group they wanted to know the names of the birthday boys and we arrived to find a card for each of them from the restaurant on our table they also brought out a free birthday cake at the end of our meal and helped us sing happy birthday this is what I call CUSTOMER SERVICE Thank you

Our table was one seat short as we had an extra guest join us at short notice. We moved a chair from an empty table beside us. One of the waiting staff replaced the chair by banging it really hard on the floor. So loud, even in a noisy restaurant, made me jump. This was so rude. This person obviously needs a lesson in manners and customer support. However, one young lady was very pleasant and moved us to a bigger table. There is no table service for drinks, which is not the end of the world but detracts from the experience. The food was average and some were barely warm. I'm sorry to say I won't return.

I really enjoyed myself here, with the variety of dishes. It was a nice feast.

A lovely place to eat, very impressed with the selection of food on offer & the quality. Highly recommend, I will be returning.

Brilliant restaurant, lovely food and staff. 10/10

I have been their a number of times and the food has always been ok for what you pay, but this evening we went for one of my teams birthday party, 15 of us in total and we have all agreed that this was the worst buffet we have ever had, only a few of the dishes were ok the rest of it was not good at all as well as the selection which was nit satisfactory as so many empty containers, they definitely need to up their game as it will be a lot quieter than what tonight was in the future, feel like we have wasted what was almost £500 with drinks which were ok

Nice food. Very busy but it was a Saturday night.

Brilliant time and a wonderful meal for all

Great diversity in foods and drinks, very lovely atmosphere.

Food ok, just crowded at buffet area.

Food is amazing great value for money

Very busy on Saturday night service, lot of the food stations were empty

Great...evening , food ,staff, outstanding...value for money...

10/10 experience Food never ran out, it tasted good and there was a lot of variety

The worst seating in any restaurant I have ever been in.

Good price , food is not terrible but nothing especial

The sink in Songs had a little ‘boo boo’. 🥺 But... The food was great for a buffet.

Good buffet selection and friendly staff. The teppanyaki station is the best. They serve made to order steak salmon and squid. They have a good selection of clearly labelled vegetarian options.

An absolute gem for those who love a wide variety of international cuisines! The buffet offers a fantastic selection, from Chinese classics to sushi and other delicious dishes like pasta, salads, pizza, Indian food and Everything was fresh, and the flavours were spot on. The staff were welcoming and attentive, ensuring that our plates were cleared quickly and drinks were refilled without delay. The atmosphere is lively yet comfortable, making it perfect for both family outings and casual get-togethers with friends. Definitely worth every penny, and I can’t wait to come back for another round!

The guy on the front desk was excellent tonight… very busy, but still managed to seat 5 of us👍… food was good despite being packed… great place for the kids 👏🏻

Quite a long wait to get booked in (even though we'd booked in advance) but food and service great

The food at this place is garbage and lack proper seasoning and is extremely dry and gross. I don’t know how you can make soy sauce bad and bitter. On another note, the child policy (height, not age) that they have is a money hungry means of extortion. Are they aware that tall children exist? My sister is 10 and she had to pay an adult price because she’s a bit “tall”. They also don’t measure by shoulder but by head and how tall the measurement is, is insane. What a joke. The plates and cutlery are dirty and tawdry. And on top of meal price, you have to pay extra for drinks. A absolute joke.

Cannot recommend songs enough, Lift was broken so staff took me round the back and up the trade elevator. The food is excellent and the staff are absolutely brilliant..

Way over priced. Paid £70 for 2 adults and 1 child for buffet and soft drinks. Rock hard prawn toast sat there under heater for hours it seems. Noodles empty and not replaced. Rice had gone cold. Other dishes greasy and tasteless. Sticky floors. Kids had started a food fight. Kids were putting their fingers in the chocolate fountain. No parental supervision.

Good, but kept on heating for too long. This makes some dishes mushy

Very happy with our experience today. Went for a birthday dinner. The team gave a birthday card, a chocolate cake and sang happy birthday. Enjoyed the buffet selection including the fish cooking station. The food was replenished frequently so was hot. Thank you to all the team for a pleasant evening. We are sure to dine here again.

Been here several times, never any issues

For a buffet at 5pm on a Saturday costing £20 , there was so much NOT there.empty pots that were still empty 20mins later on second attempt. Chow mein that had more juice than chow mein in the container, and when has special fried rice never had ANY meat in it. No chicken/beef or shrimp etc currys. And deserts very lame. Never again for me.

Not sure why such high reviews on this place, maybe the food is better in the evening. Went there for the lunch menu. The noodles etc were ok but not sure what any of the meat was. My partner had sweet and sour chicken and it was the weirdest looking and tasting “chicken”. The music played in the place was very depressing

Lovely food, really friendly staff and fantastic value for money. We really enjoyed our lunch here, great value

You get what you pay for, fast food.

It was my first time visiting Songs and I was pleasently surprised, the food was great, and there was so much choice. What stood out for me was how welcoming and polite all the staff were. I will definitely be back and will be recommending to others. Thank you for a lovely evening 😀

A bit claustrophobic and the toilets need a bit of a sprucing up but other than that I had a good time. I'm always skeptical of buffets but I did enjoy the food, the staff were all polite and helpful also.

Excellent value for money buffet. A tad disappointed there was no chow mein but there was noodle options. Curry and tandoori chicken were also on the buffet if that's your liking. Staff were friendly and I left with a very full belly!!

City center, friendly, welcoming buffet, good food and very varied.

The food was awful, the worst Chinese I've ever had, the worst Indian I've ever had. It wasn't cheap, we tried a few different plates, they were all horrible so left and went and got food elsewhere.

Lovely place, pukka food very good service

Found a lot of the dishes needed refilling and a few of the labels didn't correspond with what was in the trays. In my opinion mainly chinese type food. Having said that good value for money and I would use again.

Good food and relished quickly during peak time we are their

The place is OK. I done the lunch menu at £10 an adult is really good value and plenty of food and deserts to select from. Children are £5. I always end up eating too much at these type of places so feel terrible lol but it is a nice place to go.

This food had a toe nail in side it was disgusting

We had an early dinner at Song's because we had been visiting Chelmsford for the day. There is always a good selection of food on offer which is fresh and piping hot!

Lovely place for a nice buffet meal. Excellent for large groups.

Very tasty will definitely visit again.

We have been here twice now. The staff are friendly and polite. The food is good with plenty of choice. The drinks are not so good value but not unreasonable. Parking can be a challenge at peak times, there are more parking spaces near Ninja Warrior which is a couple of minutes walk. Definitely worth a visit.

Lunch time food is ok not much choice in beer. But price at lunchtime is ok

Great buffet. Lots if options, everything I had I enjoyed, drinks are a very fair price and a staff member kindly bought me some plain rice as I don't like egg fried. I will definately go back next time I'm in Chelmsford.

Very crammed in and hot in there. No air con and we were sat nxt to a really loud group of men who were talking so loud we could not talk to each other as were being talked over so i asked to move to another small table and was met by a very rude young waitress who just said il clear that spare table last and proceeded to do anything other than wipe the table over and then when finally doing it she walked away staring at me giving dirty looks the whole time we were there leaving us to move ourselves.

DO NOT EAT HERE MY WIFE OPENED LAIDES TOLIET CUPBOARD AND FOUND WATER DAMDGE AND MAGGOTS/WOODLICE WASTE OF MONEY!!!!!

Very delicious food melts in your mouth. Buffet. You eat as much as you want, whatever you want for £12 per person, very cheap, large restaurant, clean, very nice, smiling staff, I recommend it

Overall, it was a great experience. Food was nice tasting and good quality, considering its buffet. Good enough selection of starters, mains, and desserts, even freshly grilled items, including steak, prawns, and salmon. Sushi and pizza are also available. Improvements I would suggest would be how fried food is stored as it makes the food soggy such as chips and nuggets. Lastly would be the smell of the men's toilet which really should be improved.

It was different with years before,not much Asian food to choose but still not bad.

Thus must be the best value in town, huge variety in food including desserts all included. Pleasant decor, friendly and efficient staff.

Nice building, food terrible just a load of mush. Might be alright to take a group of kids for a Birthday type thing

How can you not like an eat as much as you can Lunch for £9,50.ahead ..all sorts of Food on show ..help urself to what you Fancy..not a fine dining experience. ..but for £9.50.....really enjoyed all that we chose ..loverly

Good food. Fun watching people pile as much one plate as they can. Handy tip. You can use more than one plate. Try it. Starter one plate. Main another. Crispy duck another and pudding on another. Funny seeing a creme brulee on top of crispy noodles🤣

Excellent service and tasty food, I’m visiting them frequently since first discovered them 2 years ago ☺️