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| - I have to say that I was disappointed with this buffet. This was my first time and I had heard many good things, but sadly I won't be going back.
The good:
- we went early for dinner @ 6pm so there was no wait to get in and no long lines (when we left @ 8 pm there was a decent line);
- the ambiance was nice, good floor layout for tables and easy access to the food lines;
- bottled juices - i think fresh squeezed/juiced and very tasty (my fave was guava, also had strawberry, pineapple, and two or three others)
- good variety of food to choose from, excellent carved meet selection (prime rib, rack of lamb, two types of sausage) and great seafood selections (oysters on the half shell, cold snow crab, crab claws and hot king crab), standard asian food fair, srandard pizza selection and small pasta area combined with the chef specials.
- cute finger pot holders given, but sadly there were no hot plates to use them on (all plates were cool to touch for me)
The not-so-great:
- the price @ 100 for two for dinner is steep (this is the price on a Thursday nite, Friday and Saturday the price increases $3 per person);
- while there was a lot of food to choose from the quality/taste of the food was just so-so: my wagyu burger was not warm from sitting on the line and the top burger was hard and crunchy; the dim sum was rubbery both the skins of the shrimp dumpling and the hard skin of the custard bow I had; some flavors were bland or needed more seasoning; I expected stellar food for the price and it wasn't there;
- although we went early to beat the crowds it felt like most of the food had been sitting for awhile (most plates dishes were barely warm) with exception of the seafood;
- the hot king crab was hidden in the chef special section and you had to know about and ask for it
- no explanation on the chef specials (3 small plates but were all labeled chef special and no one around to explain what it was)
- staff service was pleasant but slow (slow to get our drink order and slow to clear our plates)
- the kicker for me was towards the middle of our meal a staff was clearing the table next to us and tipped over a bowl on the way to his platter of dirty dishes pile with something that had liquid and rice in it.... the angle of the tip sprayed the rice and liquid in my direction (you could see the rice trajectory on the ground in a triangle shape - yes it was that big). it hit the arm of my chair, my cheek (this is how I was alerted of the spill) and some landed on the corner of my table. yuck. when I turned to see where this had come from, the staff just said "sorry" and continued his cleaning of the table. it was another 5 to 10 minutes before a different staff person came by to sweep the rice on the ground.
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