Palais Royal - Laval

I think we paid €16.95 (young kids cheaper) for the buffet. Visit as many times as you like. Great value. Food was good. Various Chinese dishes, sushi, salad bar, and much more. Drinks reasonably priced. Pace yourself and graze.

Arrived 19.40 Most places on buffets already full the rest where being filled. They were topped up regulary for the two hours we were there. Oysters, mussels, scallops prawns a huge selection of seafoods. Lovely faux filets, lamb chops, slices of beef, chicken with lots of veg you can have stir fried with a sauce of your choice with a choice of noodles. Sushi, dimsum, spring rolls, noodles, two different fried rice dishes, duck, chicken, squid, frogs legs, various potato dishes, nems, salads, two fridges of sorbets ice creams, fresh fruit fruit salads much much more. Microwave to heat your food if you want, childrens play room, indoor smoking room, friendly staff. It is decorated really nicely everything was very clean, great value for money at just over 16€ per head.

We decided to try this restaurant, because our neighbour (we have a house in France) told us he thought it was better than our local favourite. The food was no better than where we would normally go (Delices Wok), but the atmosphere was not as good. The tables were too close together and the staff seemed less personable. We ordered our drinks, which seemed expensive and then set about selecting our food. The selection is similar to that to which we are used, but the choice for the Wok section is less good than it could be. The price for the food is comparable but, overall, we did not think it as good value as our local favourite. There is nothing that would prevent us from returning but, given the choice, we'd always go for our local favourite which, we like better and, anyway, is about a mile closer to our house.

I came here with a big negative a priori. I had not at all liked the competitor who is a few hundred meters further towards St-Berthevin. I think it's the very concept of an Asian buffet that I like. Moreover I have always wondered about the many restaurants like this one in the same agglomeration (and often also in the same commercial area), but when I saw the world that there was this Saturday night, I understood. The place is also extremely noisy, there are so many choices that it is impossible that everything is fresh, and of good quality of surge. And seeing all the people who are building up around the service window, it's unbearable. I promise, I love Asian cuisine too much (of quality), I will no longer make infidelities to the pekin of laval.

My husband ate in this restaurant on July 12 at noon and ended an hour after the emergency with a big food poisoning. So don't!