I have been a regular at Firudo for years now. The food has always been great but I don’t know what happened with the service today. I felt like I was rushed out the second I was done eating. It’s 3:45pm on a Wednesday and no one is here. I understand, I didn’t order a second round of the buffet but I would have like time to finish my drink at least. My food had been done for a few minutes and was not very hot when I received it. 😕

Always a really great experience at Firudo. I love the fact you can not just get all you can eat sushi but they have a whole host of other great food. Will definitely continue to go back.

This is such a cute restaurant. Extremely clean, organized, and welcoming inside. The employees are very kind and patient. There is a large variety of food to try from sushi burritos, to poke bowls (you fill out a little card with all the options/toppings, found at the register), to pork buns, ramen and more. The drinks are also great! Not too sweet, but not plain either and there are several options to add more sugar or boba pearls to your liking. If you don’t like boba or tea they also have delicious smoothies! Prices are fair. I will be returning!

I recently visited Mitsuba Ramen in Syracuse with a friend and had a disappointing experience. We ordered Tokyo Shoyu Ramen, the noodles felt undercooked, affecting the overall taste and texture. Unfortunately, after we got home, both of us experienced severe stomach pain and digestive issues, which makes me question the food quality and hygiene standards. The ambiance was decent, and the service was okay, but the food quality really needs improvement. I hope the restaurant takes food safety more seriously to prevent similar experiences for other customers. Would not recommend based on this visit.

Excellent Chinese restaurant. We ordered a bunch of plates, and everything was good. The cumin beef was very spicy, which is great. The dumplings are tasty. Good portion sizes, perfect for sharing. Very efficient service, we got our food in a blink of an eye. Funky decor. It was really cold outside so they needed space heaters everywhere.

The best authentic Chinese restaurant in Syracuse. We’ve been here at least 4 times and every time the food is excellent

I’ve visited this place twice. While the food is decent, the service leaves much to be desired. When they get busy, it feels like customers are often ignored. That said, the food tastes great and is definitely worth a try. The cuisine originates from northern China, making it quite different from the more common southern or Fuzhounese-style Chinese food found in the U.S. If you’re here just for the food, this spot is worth a visit.

Outstanding experience. Food was absolutely delicious, many choices and styles to pick from, also not too spicy, the peach soju was a good addition to the meal as well. Lots to choose from and I will be going back again!

This was a nice place. The prices were reasonable. It appeared clean. Service was a little cold but professional. Interior was an odd mix of a 1980's Red Lobster meets Japanese Cherry Blossum Festival. Not sure what they were going for, but I wasn't feeling it. The server was professional and checked in on us regularly, but she seemed a little cold and detached if that makes sense. Not bad. Just not inviting or warm. The food was good, and the menu was huge and had some great options. I got the sweet and sour deep-fried pork pedals. They were okay if not a little tough and lacking in flavor. We got the beef and scallion pan cakes as an appetizer. Those were amazing! It's not a bad place. But not awesome, either. Some of the items on the menu looked intriguing, so we might try it again or not.

First time being here and it was pretty good service and good food. The food prices vary depending on what you get. My mom and I ordered the pork soup dumplings and Beef scallion pancakes. They were so good! Especially the pancake. Then had the seafood pineapple fried rice and fried sweet and sour pork in scoop. Both were so good! Especially the pork. It was so crunchy! Glad we tried this place.

Slightly cold, bring a sweat shirt or sweater. Wait staff is very attentive and service is quick. They have a separate menu for Half-Priced sushi on Monday and Wednesday. I had the spicy shrimp and salmon roll, Ebi roll and Masago (smelt roe). I also had the Miso soup and I ginger ale. I highly recommend this place as it seems like I am in Japan having sushi...

I only go when it’s half off sushi and it’s really delicious especially the beef dumplings and firecracker roll. You’ll either wait 40 mins or 5 minutes for your food to come out but it’s worth it for the price. :)

Hello, I’m visiting family here in Syracuse and decided to try out some Thai food from this restaurant. I ordered the Thai spring rolls and Shrimp Pad Thai. The spring rolls were decent. It came with a vinegar/sugar/water dipping sauce. It was different but good. I still requested peanut sauce and the combination of the sauces was good! Now for the pad Thai…it wasn’t very good. It was really sweet, goopy and only 6 shrimp in the entire dish. I had to add extra lemon to cut the sweetness of the sauce and it was still too sweet. I’ve been to Thailand and ate pad Thai there and it still wasn’t as sweet! The customer service was blah. Soon as I entered the restaurant to pick up my order, the one server was kinda surly and told me to “go over there” to pick up my order. I was tempted to just leave based on her attitude alone. While, I get it’s 45 minutes before closing, but between the service and the food, I definitely do not recommend this Thai restaurant…

Super kind staff, with very quick results. Had our food ready to pickup in less time quoted. Fresh and healthy sized servings. Sausage in the fried rice was out of this world. The Thai fried rice was one of the best I’ve ever had and I get TFR in every city and town I visit. Wife’s tofu curry was also full of flavor with the tofu being actually tasty!

Large dining area, great service, food is 7/10 fresh and rarely looks like it's been sitting for hours. Very attentive staff who are always coming out and checking the food. Sometimes they switch up some ingredients. For instance I love the baked spinach and cheese dish. More than a few times it seems their spinach was dark and brownish, long and very stringy. Other times it's very green and bright and tastes like it was fresh spinach. I always leave full off one plate and some soup.

I have been to Empire Buffet many times. I am a return Customer because I totally enjoy the variety of foods that are prepared that are always steaming hot and very tasty. The staff seems very friendly and the prices seem to be reasonable for Buffet prices that are out in the market now. One of the highlights of this Buffet is there dessert bar. They have a great variety of great selection of fruits and cookies and pastries puddings pies lots of really great dessert offerings

I love, and I mean love Asian cuisine. This being my only experience with this resteraunt, i hope it was just an off day for them. With that said, i ordered general tso and fried rice, and 2 other platters. The food was cold, literrally cold, soggy and absolutely tastless. The sauce on the general tso chicken tasted like ketchup. The fried rice was white rice with a couple onions in it. Literally steamed white rice with a couple onions. The hot and spicy chicken was as hot as ice water. The sweet and sour chicken was popcorn chicken with watery sauce. I will probably not give a second try.

This is my favorite Asian food in the city. Good value for the price, affordable but when you get the right things here it’s great!! Every single time I get the same thing and it’s perfect every time: the pork fried rice is perfectly cooked, and I always get bourbon chicken and boneless spare ribs. I’d love to see more pictures of the actual food because I’d like to try new things here but I want to see what it’s actually going to look like. $43 with a $5 tip from DoorDash.