Buddha Belly

My wife had chicken with snow peas, it's her favorite dish at any Chinese restaurant but at Buddha Belly the sauce was very dark and had a burnt taste to it. I had sesame chicken the sauce was good but the breaded chicken was rubbery, not good at all. On our dishes we both got ham fried rice; this was the worse thing of our meal the rice was stale, the vegetables in it were old it was as though they cooked it a week ago and warmed it up.... gross! Service; the man gave us the menus as we walked in and told us to sit anywhere, we did. He didn't ask what drinks we wanted and just gave us water. We waited 10 minutes to order but that was because he went to the restroom. Funny thing he had the ordering tablet with him in the bathroom. The atmosphere; we were the only people there and the TV was playing CNN the volume was too high and then the man & woman was arguing about something but we didn't understand because they were speaking in another language. We will not be coming back.

I love the food and service. The food comes to table faster than fast food and tastes delicious. It is very inexpensive and the owner is very genuine. I always get a take away to take home when I dine in. Highly recommend . Sorry I didn’t take photo of food.

Review based on name. This experience did not leave me desiring to have a Buddha Belly. The fresh spring roll were deep fried and oily inside. The oily residue normally happens when either the oil is old or the spring roll was thawed soft before frying. Crispy but oily. The egg drop soup is on the bland side. Not to be desired. The fried rice and lo mein is missing a lot of expected vegetables. The rice were dry instead of soft as if it was air dried. I would wanted to see snap peas and mushrooms on my lo mein but this one was missing it. The shrimps were thin and not plump. The sauce were okay. This experience could've been better. Buddha is on a diet on this serving.

Decided to try this spot based off of all the 5 star reviews. Unfortunately we didn't love the food. The chicken in my husband's dish was on the chewy side and pretty bland (he is not picky and said it was alright). I had the orange chicken, mostly breading and again just bland, the hot and sour soup had an odd taste. Kids had the veggie lomein, which was also lacking flavor. The service was friendly and the restaurant clean.

I decided to support a local shop instead of going to Panda Express, but I think I might change my choice next time. The hot and sour soup tasted very odd--I only took one bite. The orange chicken was decent, though it had the common problem of having too much breading to not enough chicken. The lo mein was decent, and the shrimp and snow peas dish was pretty good. Service was quick and friendly. I wouldn't say avoid Buddha Belly, but it's a little hit and miss.