rev:text
| - I struggled with whether to go 2.5 or three stars for this place, & I admit I was influenced by one of my two inexperienced dining companions, who sincerely felt that this was the best place he'd ever been to. For me the price and quality were just way out of whack, and the service was just barely passable.
The various meats they brought around to the table range from good to not horrible to weirdly inedible, and as far as steakhouses go, the quality of meat here is somewhat akin to the now defunct-for-a-reason Outback Steakhouse. Meat-wise, think one step above Ponderosa or M&M's, yet definitely not even up to the Keg standards. Mention Harbour 60 or Jacob and Co. in the same sentence and I will merely laugh in your general direction.
The people who give this place five stars are the same ones who think Mandarin is the epitome of real Chinese food, and who helped vote Pizza Pizza to be Ontario's favourite pizza. That said, it was a fun atmosphere with the live guitarist and occasional dancers, the unlimited steak-from-a-sword was a fun idea, a couple items from the buffet were ok, and a few of the meat cuts, (sirloin, lamb) along with the grilled cinnamon pineapple, were yummy.
If this was a typical $28 Mandarin-priced buffet, I would give it 4 stars, but at double the price, it's just simply not twice as good, and barely gets a slightly-generous 3 star rating from me.
|