Royal City Restaurant

I've been meaning to make a review for Royal City for years now. They've been around since I was a kid, 20+ years ago, and I remember always being excited to hit their buffet or get take out. I've probably ordered here 40+ times over the years. They have excellent pricing, even during our inflation right now. The staff are always nice and welcoming as well. My recent order was fantastic. Everything had plenty of flavor and definitely gave what I was craving, some fast and flavorful Chinese food. The pricing for the combination plates was also on point. $16 for 2 big combo plates that provide, basically, a whole day's worth of food. That can't be beat anywhere. Im giving Royal City a solid 4/5. There's really nothing terribly wrong and the last time I ordered was before covid, times have changed. I just remember it tasting a lot more fresh but that doesn't mean I'll stop from ordering when I need that fix! : Thank you Royal City!

I'm a local Guelphite and Royal City has been here forever. The food is always the same quality. In my opinion it has gotten better through the pandemic. The staff are always friendly, smiling and ready to help or offer a suggestion if your not sure. Highly recommend them.Food: 5/5

My family has been going here for decades. I still order here and do an hour of driving to pick up the food now that we no longer live in Guelph. The price is reasonable and the food is amazing. No complaints, but I've never dined in so I can't comment on the "atmosphere".

I have been going to this buffet for 20+ years since I was a kid. My dad and I love this place. Small buffet, but not a bad selection of stuff. Their noodles are great! I will continue to go here for life! :

Very affordable Canadian Chinese food, decent quality! Ordered the combination plates with some friends for takeout, each plate was $10, taxes included. Lots of food! Kind of dingy interior though. They do not have a lunch or dinner buffet anymoreFood: 4/5

The worst place, it has gone so far down hill it is unbelievable. Service was bad food was NOT too far behind. Had to ask or water 3 times got 2 small pkg of soy sauce and 2 plumb sauce, when we asked for more the "waitress " just thew it in front of us. Never came back. Told her no MSG on a separate dish bc I react to it badly got MSG any way. Definitely do not recommend nor will I ever return.

Summary: Not spectacular. We visited Royal City on a Thursday night after 8PM for some takeaway. The very large restaurant was mostly empty and the buffet had already been shut down for the day. Unlike our experiences at other Chinese food restaurants here in Guelph, ordering a few small items required an explanation of veganism and explicit details about the requirement of a lack of animal products and oyster or fish sauce. After the explanation, and asking what was suitable for us, or what could be modified we were left with the impression that there was not a lot on the menu for us, and that the kitchen could not really accommodate our needs; but we did ultimately find a few items. Our order came out of the kitchen in less than 10min, and when we got home, everything seemed ok. The fortune cookies at Royal City are vegan! The Mandarin on Woodlawn has repeatedly expressed that they can accommodate vegans, and would be happy to host us, we will try and get to Royal City to see what the buffet offers, but if we do, we feel like we'd need to call first, just to make sure.

My family and I have been ordering from here for over 8 years. We have not had it for the last year or so because of covid though. We ordered tonight and I dont know what they've done different if its a new chef or owners but the quality of the food is 10x better. The chicken wings were MASSIVE , everything was crunchy not oily and soggy. Garlic and ginger were perfectly applied to everything. The food got here quick and hot. The chicken balls had more meat than bread almost more than anywhere else I've ordered, not sure what buddy is talking about in the other review. I think someone was just having a bad day. Honestly have absolutely nothing to complain about. Good job guys

Smaller buffet overall but still a good selection. I think about 20 items, plus small salad bar, soup and dessert. Overall good food. Very friendly service. They're constantly refilling items. Everything I had was fresh and hot and tasted good.

We had the special dinner for five, it was not good. The lemon so guy was over cooked and tough, the noodles were mushy. We have been dining here for many years and this is the first time it was not enjoyable at all. Will look for a new place.

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