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| - I wasn't expecting a lot here, but was still disappointed. My first tip-off was when I picked up a plate at the front of the buffet and it had little crumbs of wet food and water on it....got grossed out....picked up another....same thing. EWW. Now I'm used to getting wet plates at buffets...not sure why that is, but it is expected. But water AND food?! Definitely didn't get my appetite going. : (
We went to fill our plates and as we were walking back to our table from "round 1", my husband decided that our table was a little too far from all the food (he was right, it was). I agreed and he politely asked if we could be moved to another area where most of the other people were seated. The host kind of sighed and acted like this was the most difficult request in history, but moved us anyway. The new table had lots of crumbs, food scraps and grease on the booth seats, as well as on the table. YUM. But it WAS closer to the buffet! lol
Got settled in at the new table (after using all our napkins wiping it off) and started checking out the food we had chosen. Nothing that I had really stood out, but most of it was edible. They had pretty much the standard buffet fare...
-Salads (I didn't have any, but tried the hubby's seafood salad...that was surprisingly tasty)
-Sushi rolls (was scared to try at a buffet....hubby did and said they were "really good"...I took his word for it)
-Cold shrimp (passed on that too....seemed like food poisoning waiting to happen)
-A couple of hot pasta dishes (the penne pasta with cream sauce and mushrooms was good)
-Grilled salmon (YUCK... only ate one bite. Too fishy smelling/tasting...salmon isn't normally like that)
-Mashed potatoes & various sides (decent, basic stuff)
-Chinese food (eggrolls were good...fried rice and noodle dish, not so much)
-Mexican food (HELL NO)
-Fried shrimp (not bad)
-Lots of dessert (I got all excited because they had a TON of mini desserts...and I am the dessert QUEEN. ; ) Problem: none of them are really any good! BOO....)
So, we did our 2nd and 3rd rounds and tried to get as full as humanly possible to get our $19.99 worth. As I kept walking back and forth, I noticed something else...my shoes kept sticking to the floor really badly, which was a precarious situation while carrying a full plate of food. : ( It definitely gave me even more reason to think this place definitely hadn't been cleaned properly in a long time.
While the place was pretty gross and the food was mediocre at best, the kicker was sitting there watching the server dude chat it up with EVERY. SINGLE. TABLE. except for ours, refilling drinks when they were half empty, bringing more napkins, etc, etc....the works....all the while leaving us completely unattended and, towards the end, drink-less too. I finally had to flag him down to ask for a refill after waiting 10+ minutes to see if he'd get a clue. He did come grab our empty plates when we were gone at the buffet, but that was IT. I don't know if we pissed someone off by asking (very nicely) to switch tables, or if we looked young and like we wouldn't leave a tip....I have no clue. It was so odd and so blatant that it started to feel like one of those hidden camera situations or something! Weird.
All I know is that we weren't treated very well here, the food wasn't worth it and the whole place needs a good scrub down. Find another place to get your buffet on in Vegas because MORE doesn't live up to its name....
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