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| - The service is wonderful, the food is delicious and you certainly get your money's worth. But, why the three stars, you ask? Why give this place a mediocre ranking when all signs point to something indicative of the average four star review? Well, at the end of the day, Chima is nothing more than an upscale Golden Corral. If it weren't for the ambient lighting of the expensive fixtures, the plating of the salad bar items, the tireless work of the wait staff and the dudes dressed as "gauchos" to give the place a more "authentic" feel, this would be your average, run of the mill all-you-can-eat smorgasbord for which middle America calls home one night out of the week.
This place is for people who want the gluttonous experience of a buffet but without seeming too gauche. Thus, the luxury of expensive wines and a wait staff designed to pamper in order for you to forget the fact that just because you put lipstick on a Ryan's, it's still a Ryan's. No, everything here is to make you feel like you're Bacchus or, if you've got the personality, Caligula.
In the end, was it worth it? Yes and no. Though I got to experience a perfectly cooked top sirloin, it came at the expense of eating a few other meats and feeling like I was about to be led to slaughter. The first few bites will make you feel like royalty but, by the end, you'll remember that royalty is pretty damn disgusting.
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