Asienpalast - Weiterstadt

I like Chinese / Mongolisch AYCE Restaurants, and this by far is the best in the region, the only down point there is the expensive drinks, but aside from that everything was fine.

One of several Asian (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) restaurants in the area which offer a choice between a set-price buffet which you can return to until you are ready to burst, or self-selected dishes which are specially cooked to order, at a rather higher price. The buffet is regularly topped up with replacement items as soon as any gaps start to appear.The choice from the buffet is so wide (and good) that it's hardly necessary to pay more for the cooked-to-order items.The place can get crowded at times (it's close to lots of shops), and the sevice staff is not always particulalry helpful (or is this the fault of the rather unfriendly management?).You'll probably leave the place feeling stuffed and reasonably happy with the value-for-money ratio, though you may also have a sense of having been passed down a conveyor belt for the past hour or two.

I have eaten here a few times already and will return: the food is usually freshly prepared due to the sheer volume of customers they have but the quality is not that good. If you choose to eat from the buffet you can eat your fill for a really reasonable price. Service is usually very good with drinks arriving quickly and staff are attentive to see if you need refills. The restaurant is divided into different sections, some louder than others. Not the place to go for a quiet dinner but a good choice if you are a group of friends - you will need to reserve a table.

Typical Mongolian barbecue with a great variety of ready-to-prepare dishes, Chinese starters, main courses and deserts. Fast and friendly service; good value for money.

This restaurant just opened at the end of November 2010 and advertises itself as selling Mongolian, Japanese, Chinese and Thai food. It is a very large restaurant but nicely divided into sections and obviously caters for customers wanting to help themselves from the large selection at the buffet. You can also put together raw ingredients and they will be cooked on the grill for you and brought to your table. We were a group of 6 and we all really enjoyed the food - the buffet was replenished frequently and the food nice and hot. I think if you wanted to order from the menu you would have to wait quite a while to be served. As the restaurant is still fairly new, I don't think they have quite got the ratio of staff/customers right yet - we had to wait for someone to take our drinks orders and it took a fairly long time to bring us the bill. The waiter however was very apologetic and gave us plenty of presents to take home! There was also a baby grand piano in the middle - not sure it is the correct kind of restaurant to have live music. With the large number of customers getting up and walking to the buffet, the music cannot really be appreciated. Looking forward to our next visit!