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| - Honestly they probably deserve 2 stars, however the mean average is doing a serious disservice to anybody with taste. We drove by this place, checked the Yelp reviews on a whim, and boy have Yelper's missed the mark on this place.
One thing they have correct is that it is significantly better than Todai. However, even the hot selections and dessert buffet couldn't save this place. The fish was all chewy and old tasting, and the place was PACKED (we stopped in on Christmas Eve). Those don't add up; the plates were being constantly swapped out, there should have been some decent nigiri choices, but literally every piece of nigiri was a chore to chew and swallow. Usually, I love the fish and want to leave the rice-- but here I was tempted to leave the fish and just eat the pretty decent sushi rice. I will say the sushi is far better than any other buffet line sushi I've ever had, but the Yelper's made it seem like better quality could be expected. In the end, it's still buffet line sushi-- Sushi lovers don't be conned!
The price point is wrong too. Lunch may be a decent value, but there are far better hot asian buffets in town for the hot foods at a much cheaper price, and for the same price I can name at least a half a dozen absolutely primo quality AYCE cooked/prepared to order sushi places (actually; with this place clocking in at $25.99 most of the better places are even a few bucks less). There's really no winning stategy here-- They have decent crab legs, but if it's crab you want there are much cheaper places. And the sushi is borderline gross.
Heck, if you want crab, for a few bucks more you can ditch the snowcrab and crackers and head over to the Wynn or Bellagio where the crab is King Crab, and the work is already done for you. On the westside, headout a few more blocks until you get to Hikari, where they will beat every dish served at this buffet for roughly the same price (or less if you are a good looking lady after 11 pm). And Hikari isn't even the best alternative.
If you like sushi, don't waste your money here and go to a real sushi bar. One Yelper writes: "One of the best sushi buffet around in the west coast." The sad thing is they may be right.
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