Discover new Chinese & Japanese restaurant in Bessemer

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Yoki Buffet in Bessemer opened Mother’s Day weekend 2025. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

A new Chinese/Japanese restaurant has opened in Marvel City.

Called Yoki Buffet, the Szechuan, Hunan, Cantonese style + sushi hibachi grill restaurant is located off  I-20 Exit 108 – at 5020 Academy Lane, Bessemer, Alabama 35022.

Menu with 80+ items

Opened on Mother’s Day weekend, the Sunday buffet was filled with customers, some who were waiting outside the building after 2:00PM.

In addition to daily lunch and dinner buffet specials, the eatery offers 80+ menu options, including;

  • Szechuan chicken
  • Coconut shrimp
  • Pork, beef, seafood and chicken combos with rice
  • Hibachi bar
  • 9 varieties of sushi from California to rainbow rolls

Yoki Buffet is open 7 days a week from 10:30AM to 9:00PM. They offer an affordable $8.99 lunch special and a “take out” buffet at $6.29 per pound for lunch and $7.29 per pound for dinner.

Check out their entire menu at: yokibuffetbessemer.com. You can also order via phone at 205-800-7005.

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Pat Byington
Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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