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| - Visited GKMG for a family member's birthday dinner on a Sunday. We made reservations for 4:30pm and were promptly seated.
Service: friendly and attentive
Definitely a couple of notches better than most AYCE Asian restaurants. Servers brought extra napkins without being asked. Empty dishes were quickly cleared. Servers love kids and kept coming over to talk to our toddler. Our bill was brought over as soon as we asked for it (which seems trite but all too often we've been at hipster or fine dining places where it all falls apart at the end of service!).
Food: well-prepared, good selection
There is both the buffet area as well as the Mongolian grill area. The buffet has 3 rows including your typical Chinese buffet stuff (dim sum, general tao chicken, etc.), a cold bar (including smoked salmon, seaweed salad, shrimp) and desserts (ice cream, flan, profiteroles, etc.). The Mongolian grill is the "feature" of the restaurant, where you assemble your own ingredients and the grill-master dude cooks it on a giant circular grill. Kudos to the management for making this part fail-proof and fun. There are clear signs and a guide is there to help at any point. The ingredients were varied and plentiful. The only downside is that the final product is rather bland so I would advise anyone to put in more than the suggested 1 scoop of sauce.
Venue: nicely lit, large and clean.
Tables are well-space apart and doesn't feel crammed like some buffet joints. I'm not sure if it less busy on Sundays, but I liked the calm vibe. Ladies' WC was very clean.
Overall, a really good experience. It is a little pricey ($160 for 4 adults and 2 kids - including taxes, tips and alcohol), but worth doing for a special occasion or family outing.
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