Ming Dynasty - Santa Clara

We went to dinner today. The place was quiet, but the service was great. There was so much food and everything was hot and delicious. The bar was full of food, everything was in stock. Thank you. Price was excellent not expensive.

There are so many great things to say about Ming Dynasty that I could run out of room here!!! I have been going here since the day they opened!!! Best Chinese food EVER!!! Everything is delicious!!! The dinner buffet is out of this World!!! Try the garlic string beans, it's life changing!!! Hot and Sour soup is so good, it might make you cry for more in the morning!!! Once you have the buffet, you will want it again the next day!!!

Great buffet and menu selection's! It was all really fresh, and the flavor's were all spot on! Our service was also excellent, especially the server, Desiree... who went out of her way and made our experience even better!

I've discovered Santa Maria's freshest, best tasting, Chinese food buffet! Tucked in a small shopping mall you might miss it, but it's well worth finding! First of all, the food just looks plain good. Colorful, fresh looking and steaming hot in smaller bowls that are refilled every few minutes. The servers were busy bringing food in and out of the busy kitchen. First things I dove into was super bright, salt and peppered green beans. These by themselves were so delicious I could have eaten a plate pile high with just these. Secondly, I piled a plate of sauteed, baby mushrooms. Finally, I had a crispy side of fresh sauteed cabbage with slivered carrots and bamboo shoots. For the meat, there was great looking and tasting beef and broccoli (the beef was plump, tender, and juicy)! The I had very good Kung Pao chicken and some crispy breaded orange beef. There are numerous seafood dishes including very fresh tasting shrimp prepared in various ways including sauteed with vegetables, fried, and tempura battered. There was a bowl of good looking snow crab legs that I saw several people partake in. I enjoyed the butterflied tempura shrimp! I also had a good serving of the chow mein and found it was light and fresh. There is a table of Chinese soups and rice dishes and a pretty unmolested looking salad bar also. There is a small, but nice looking desert bar with very good Chinese style fruit and coffee flavored Spong cake. It was so light and mildly sweet, I had to have 4 pieces! .there is also a soft serve machine and melted chocolate fountain that was fun to look at watch kids go up check out. The servers were nice and came by to see if I liked the food and told me to get more! Overall, so surprising to stumble upon such good tasting Chinese food! It's my new favorite place for Chinese food!

Great options for food on the buffet lots of different meat veggie dishes. Decent price for a buffet $17 for dinner). There's also the option to order off of the menu. The staff are all very nice. Plus they pour nicely sized glasses of wine.....