Yoki Buffet

On South Quintard Avenue in Oxford, Alabama, Yoki Buffet serves an all-you-can-eat spread of Szechuan, Hunan, and Cantonese-style dishes alongside a sushi and hibachi section, positioning itself as one of the more comprehensive Asian buffet options in the city. The restaurant’s own site states plainly that it is “dedicated to serve the finest and freshest foods,” a claim reflected in a menu that rotates through a wide range of proteins, noodle dishes, and sushi rolls throughout service. Beyond the buffet line itself, the restaurant also offers a full printed menu structured around Lunch Special, Combo Platter, Sushi Roll, Appetizer, Soup, Fried Rice, Chow Mai Fun, Lo Mein, Chicken, Pork, Beef, Seafood, Vegetable, Chef’s Special, and Drink sections, giving dine-in and take-out guests a way to order individual items rather than the buffet.

The buffet draws from several regional Chinese cooking traditions rather than sticking to a single style, mixing Szechuan and Hunan dishes, which tend to run spicier and bolder, with milder Cantonese preparations, plus a hibachi and sushi station for guests who want something closer to a Japanese-style meal within the same visit. That range makes it a practical choice for groups with different tastes, letting one diner load a plate with spicy Szechuan-style entrees while another sticks to sushi rolls from the same buffet line. The restaurant explicitly supports both take-out and dine-in service, and guests who would rather order ahead can do so through a dedicated online ordering site rather than calling in an order.

Yoki Buffet keeps a fairly consistent weekly schedule, open every day of the week from 10:30 a.m., closing at 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Sunday, and extending to 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. That schedule covers both lunch and dinner buffet service without a midday closure, letting guests walk in at almost any point in the afternoon or evening and find the buffet fully stocked. The restaurant’s website is organized around a simple set of sections, home, an about page, online ordering, a photo gallery, and a contact page, keeping the online presence focused on getting diners in the door rather than a lengthy company history.

The restaurant occupies a suite on South Quintard Avenue, one of Oxford’s busier commercial corridors and home to a mix of independent restaurants and national chains, giving Yoki Buffet a fairly visible, easy-to-find location for anyone driving the corridor near Quintard Mall. Its buffet format sets it apart from the plated, made-to-order Chinese and Japanese restaurants found elsewhere in the city, appealing to diners who want to sample a wide variety of dishes in a single visit rather than committing to one or two entrees off a printed menu.

Guests who want to place an order without calling can do so through the restaurant’s dedicated online ordering address at order.yokibuffetoxford.com, a separate system from the main informational site, which itself runs on the Honorpos platform. The photo gallery on the main site is built around images of the buffet spread and the sushi and hibachi station, giving prospective diners a preview of what is typically on the line before they visit.

For families and larger groups in particular, the buffet setup removes some of the friction of ordering for a table with varied preferences, since everyone can build their own plate from the same spread rather than waiting on separate orders from the kitchen. The combination of Chinese regional cooking styles with a hibachi and sushi component in one buffet line remains relatively distinctive within Oxford’s broader restaurant landscape, and the presence of a full a la carte menu alongside the buffet gives repeat visitors a reason to come back even if they are not in the mood for an all-you-can-eat meal.

For diners in Oxford looking for an all-you-can-eat Asian dining option along the Quintard Avenue corridor, Yoki Buffet offers a locally run alternative that spans several culinary traditions under a single buffet format, distinct from both the city’s plated Chinese and Japanese restaurants and its national chain competitors nearby.