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| - I was so happy when I had learned a buffet opened inside of a place that I considered a good place for buffet Chinese food. RIP China One.
U-Like a good buffet. I found out that it's a chain buffet, albeit with a bad name, U-Like? Hmm... as a 35 year old man, I'm just not digging the name.
While it does look cool inside... the cost for a dinner buffet was quite unbalanced to what other places offer. On the east side, The Journey offers more sushi, hibachi, and a larger selection of "Chinese" offerings, for $3 less per person. It's $15 per person for dinner, for less variety of the same quality of things that I can get elsewhere. -1 star
So, on to the food: I had the dumplings from the buffet - they were not freshly made, but weren't the cheap frozen ones, and they were cooked properly. +1 star
The sushi was laid out nicely, and had nigiri & sashimi offerings. However, the rice (which I consider to be the most important) was bland, and tasteless. -1 star
The hibachi was behind glass, with an area of about 6" to push a plate through. However, the chef could not reach it, so I had to push my arm through, grab the plate, pick it up and give it to the chef. I'm a tall guy, and my arms aren't 6" tall at my shoulder. -1 star
Also - at the hibachi, I had to pick beef... the pork and the chicken were frozen solid to the pan. -1 star
They have been open 2 weeks, and I don't know if it's because it's a chain place, or if it's because they're just new... but I'll go back in a few months once they've settled in.
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