This is a buffet. I know you aren't looking for a newspaper column critique, so here's the long story short.
Atmosphere: Slightly dirty but not off-putting dirty
Service: Quick, efficient, not warm and friendly but not rude
Prices: OK to maybe a dollar or two too pricey for some
Variety: Above average for Madison
Taste: Slightly below average for buffets for about half their offerings, average for the other half
Trend: Slowly but noticeably getting worse since first coming here a couple years ago but still good enough for right now
Self-loathing level after eating: 50% indifference, 35% glad, 10% regret for not going to an Indian buffet instead, 5% unable to process because your brain is fighting off a food coma