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| - Sweet baby Jesus, this place is ginormous! Talk about looks being deceiving....walking into this place was a complete shocker. Not only are there hundreds of tables and 10 buffet lines, there are hundreds of people eating!
Now, I go into a buffet with an extremely low bar for quality. When you pay under $15 and can eat enough food to make you comatose, something's gotta give....and that's typically food quality or service....or both.
A few things to warn you about off the rip. Their dishwasher needs to be fired. Like right now. I must've gone through 10 plates to find one that wasn't covered in oil. I like slip and slides....but not at a buffet. Second, their bathroom was undeniably one of the dirtiest I have seen in recent years. The smell in there reminded me of the geriatric ward of a nursing home.
I must say this place has a rather nice aesthetic. Modern and updated and definitely not your typical Asian-style buffet. Setup more like cafeteria in the table aspect for sure, but the buffet area was well lit, well stocked and generally clean. I can tell they took some effort into food presentation and everything I tried was cooked properly, warm and had good flavor at its best and mediocre at its worst.
The sushi here was the mediocre portion. Rice was hard and the ingredients were just ok. They had a huge selection of sushi and some of the raw fish had a horrible coloring to it. The hibachi grill had minimal selections and what I got wasn't cooked very well. Veggies were hard and the flavor was meh.
I enjoyed the green beans, teriyaki chicken, chicken on a stick, mei-fun noodles and their fresh fruit was very sweet and very fresh. I made my rounds by rotating those selections. I don't do bread, so that cut out pretty much everything else. Their ice cream station was messy. Since it is self serve, all the flavors were mixed into one another.
The service here was very good. They were attentive in removing plates and also refills. Not the friendliest bunch, but I have yet to experience a cheerful wait staff at any buffet....much less an Asian buffet.
Parking here is plentiful and it is easy to get to. I won't come back here on my own volition....but my friends liked it so I'll be back.
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