First I must state I have NEVER been a fan of buffets. I come from the south: the land of the baptist church on every corner and buffet across the street. It's always the same too, where only one-tenth of the food choices interest me and they are prepared and taste badly.
Wicked Spoon was only slightly better than those southern buffets.
However, a few things I got were really good like the goat cheese panna cotta, the salads were crisp and topped with good dressings, the grilled artichokes were perfection.
But.... the stuff I didn't like tasted really awful. The Cajun shrimp (my apologies to Mississippi delta folk and lovers of Vietnamese Cajun restaurants) were terrible - overlooked and drowning in a bad sauce that was underseasoned and not spicy. The saffron rice would have been good if the rice was cooked through. The prime rib was good as long as you got the spice-rubbed end. And the desserts were all meh except for the gelato.
For $50 I'd rather have gone to a better place and had a single plate of food served to me (and not have to stand in line for it) where all the items were cooked well and tasty.