THE CHINA STAR BUFFETBy: Kelsey King and Kaila Baune

THE CHINA STAR BUFFET HISTORY

China Star Buffet is in Waite Park, MN

Opened in 1998

The owner has had over 20 years of experience managing Chinese restaurants Originally from Hong Kong Known for all different styles of Chinese cuisine

Cantonese, Szechuan, and Hunan

Twenty years ago, he decided to come to the United States and start his own business in New York.

CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA:YELP.COM

From the Yelp.com website it had a link to the ‘website’ for chinastarbuffetmn.com

No online menu available

There were four reviews posted: two from MN, one from CA, one from Germany

CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA:GOBY.COM

From Goby.com it had a link to the ‘website’ for the MS location

Only six reviews were posted

No online menu was available

There are only two relevant pictures: one for Rochester, MN the other is from a different website but is the Waite Park location

CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA:MINNESOTARESTAURANTSEARCH.COM

From the MNrestaurantsearch.com website it had a link to the ‘website’ for chinastarbuffetmn.com

No reviews were posted

No online menu available

The information on MNrestaurantsearch.com included an address and phone number for Waite Park, MN

CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA:URBANSPOON.COM

From the urbanspoon.com website there was no link to a website

There were no photos available

No online menu was available

Urbanspoon.com showed two locations: one being the St. Cloud/ Waite Park, MN location and the second being the Mankato, MN location.

CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA:CONCLUSION

Difficult to find any website for the Waite Park, MN location.

We would have probably gone to a different restaurant menu with descriptions photos prices delivery information

Ratings and reviews should be in the same place for easy viewing and decision-making

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OUR SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA:FACEBOOK

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SOURCES

Yelp.com Goby.com Urbanspoon.com Minnesotarestaurantsearch.com

Questions?