By Sara Beth Williams–
After more than a year of renovation work, a new Asian buffet is now open for business on Greenback Lane.
Yummy Buffet Grill and Sushi officially opened Tuesday in the same shopping center as Sam’s Club. Manager Joyce Xie told The Sentinel things were “so far so good.” The buffet offers a variety of Japanese, Chinese, and American cuisine choices, according to staff, including salad bars and a full buffet line of various types of sushi rolls.
Renovation of the restaurant building began in the latter half of 2023, with observable signs of exterior work occurring for months into 2024. In June, a representative of the restaurant told The Sentinel that the facility initially hoped to open at the end of July. The restaurant owner was not available for comment on Tuesday.
Yummy Buffet is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The price for a buffet meal is listed as $15.99 for lunch Monday through Friday for adults, $8.99 for kids seven to 10, and $6.99 for kids three to six. Dinner buffet meals are priced higher. On weekends, the buffet costs $23.99 all day long. Seniors 65 years and older receive a senior discount of 10 percent off.
The building became vacant following the closure of Tokyo Buffet in August of 2019. The Sentinel previously reported the business closed after a kitchen fire damaged the restaurant. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Capt. Chris Vestal told The Sentinel at the time the likely cause of the fire was a general failure of the restaurant’s kitchen hood fire extinguishing system.
As previously reported, another fire damaged the vacant building in May of 2022. Owner Ling Lin told The Sentinel at the time through an interpreter that he was waiting on permits when the incident happened. The sprinkler system came on, limiting damage to the kitchen area.
Yummy Buffet Grill & Sushi is located at 7217 Greenback Ln.
