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| - PROS: Lots of variety, great dessert selection
CONS: Oversalted crab legs, 3-5+ hour waits during holidays
Bacchanal offers lots of dishes from a variety of different cuisines -- BBQ, seafood, Chinese, Indian, Italian, Spanish, etc. There were some hits (osso bucco, exotic fruit desserts), but many misses.
The desserts impressed me the most -- as many of the ones we tried (over 20 different items) were quite good. The sushi was mediocre, but not bad. The seafood line was long and not worth the wait. People loaded up on the crab legs, but we found those to be too salty.
Overall, the prices do feel justified. The quality of all the food was quite high, even though nothing was mind-blowing. For a buffet where you get to sample dishes from around the world, Bacchanal ranks highly, for sure.
My only complaint is that we waited almost 3 hours in line (though we went during a holiday weekend). The food was simply not good enough to justify the wait. People got impatient and hangry at the restaurant's management of the lengthy queues and some brief verbal altercations ensued.
There's probably a better system for handling waiting customers than what is currently in place, but seeing how popular the restaurant is, they probably don't really care.
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