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| - I've been meaning to check out Spoonful for a really really really really loooooooong time because I've heard of so many good things about this buffet from friends and this time I finally got to experience its food for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Bonus: they offered lobsters for weekend dinner during the month of January.
Environment:
The restaurant is absolutely gorgeous, way better than what I usually expect from a buffet restaurant. Even though there were a lot of people dining for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the food serving space was large enough that it didn't feel too crowded at all for the most part, with the exception of the line for the lobster. They section off the area for different kinds of food, there are stations for seafood, sushi/sashimi, salads, soups, rice and noodle, hot food, steaks and cooked seafood, desserts, and fruits.
For the January lobster special, they had a line for lobsters at the steaks and cooked seafood station. Let me tell you, the line was absolutely crazy!!! I got seated at around 7:20pm and I went straight to the lobster queue and there were around 10 people in front of me and it took around 15 minutes of wait. When I wanted to come back for seconds the line was literally 30 people long, it was insane. So yeah, they were serious about the "while supplies last", because every time when they have a new tray of lobsters only about 10 people can get it.
Food:
So even though there were a lot food and it was virtually impossible to try everything once, a lot of food I found wasn't very good in terms of quality. As much as I appreciate the variety there I was also expecting good quality and tasty food, but unfortunately for the most part I didn't experience that at Spoonful. Most of the items I had were either average at best or just wasn't good at all because it either tasted bad or it didn't taste fresh. Take the sashimi for example, those can't even compare to the sashimi you get at AYCE sushi restaurants, because it was so icy and watery that the sogginess ruined the fish.
Apparently the only difference between weekend/holiday dinner and regular weekday dinner are the oysters, scallops, and fresh donuts. But with $6 difference, it's absolutely not worth it. The oysters and scallops weren't very flavourful, and again they were soggy and had ice shards. As for the donuts...well trust me you wouldn't want to touch it because there are so many other better desserts available, such as the fresh Belgium and Egg Waffles, various cakes and ice creams.
Service:
The servers were great. Even though they were really overwhelmed with the large crowd on Chinese New Year Eve, they were really thoughtful and they worked hard to satisfy the requests of of the customers. A+ on the effort.
There is a social media check in offer where you can get 10% off if you mention eating at the buffet (see picture). They also offer special promo on birthday month (10% off for the table) and on the actual birthday (50% off for birthday person).
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