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| - Note this review is regarding the Mother's Day buffet ONLY, not their true sit down dining experience.
I hadn't been here in years....it's still so very beautiful, inside and out. Last year we tried to get reservations for Mothers Day, but waited too long and could not get in. So this year I called super early (before Easter) and had no issue. They offered either the buffet or a sit down ala carte early dinner upstairs. Neither menu was posted and my mom said let's go with the buffet...it would be fine. We realize buffets can either be really good or really bad depending on the restaurant. We figured for the price ($39 pp) and for the restaurants reputation, it would be on the good side.
So me, my mom and aunt were seated, waited on quickly by a nice but odd waitress for our drink order, which were brought quickly. The buffet was very small on choices in my opinion...7 items It consisted of the following:
Salad with the choice of miso vinaigrette (excellent) and Green Goddess dressings.
Sautéed vegetables
4 cheese lasagna
Vegetable frittata
Salmon
Prime rib and ham
The salad was fine. The vegetables were a bit undercooked, and mind you, I like them still a bit crisp to the bite, but they were practically raw with little flavor. (I added salt...I NEVER add salt). The frittata was just ok, and probably would have been better had it not been held in a buffet pan, but rather cooked to order. I had two slices of prime rib, the first better than the second helping, however, I understand that every piece of meat is different. But I will say that it's one of my most favorite things to eat and I've had better at other places. I had a small piece of lasagna...meh...average. I did not have salmon or ham, however my mom had ham and said it was very good. They did have bread as well, but even that was a little disappointing. Tiny slices of a baguette type of bread, one plain and one with raisins. Some really good bread or rolls would have been great. Where we're the potatoes??? I love potatoes and there were none to be had.
Desserts...average for the most part. If you've ever been to an all inclusive resort in Mexico or the like, that's what they reminded me of. They had a chocolate liquor cake that looked divine but was a little dry. They offered a couple other cakes, one lemon, one strawberry. Then cookies and cream puffs....the puffs were very good. We also had to ask 3 people to bring plates to the dessert table and finally got them after the third request as we stood there waiting.
The service was pretty good, but the waitress came to ask us if we wanted another drink, I said no, and she proceeded to try to run off with the last third of my bloody Mary....um, I wasnt done yet and told her so. She also did not come by while we were eating dessert, but after, and asked if we'd like some coffee. I would have loved some.....WITH my dessert, not after I was done.
All in all, I'd love to go back for actual dinner, ordering off the menu. I don't doubt that it would be fantastic. But my expectations for their buffet today were let down, and I wouldn't recommend it. For a bill of $145 for 3 (3 buffets and 3 drinks) I was disappointed.
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