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| - Decided to dine here on a Saturday night with 2 friends. 38$ including tax. A table for 3 consisted of a 15 minute wait, so i thought this better be worth it.
They serve everything in mini individual portions, trying to capture the 'gourmet' feeling at a buffet. Some what successful in terms of presentation however i feel that by presenting their food in such a fashion, you receive less food than you would at a normal buffet. I attempted to try everything they had once but ended up only 'sampling' about half of the selection.
The food tasted okay, had its pros and cons. It seems they tried to get creative with the food itself too which is noted, you'll see a lot of food you wont find in a normal buffet, I thought they we're really good with some of them but some were only okay, and some were downright disgusting.... They seem to be lacking in the dessert portion of the menu, only serving a limited selection of mini sized desserts. (TBH, they all remind me of Jello with additional gimmicky decorations to attract the "ooohs and ahhhs" (gold flakes, powdered sugar, berries were nice though). Their gelato bar was sufficient as for they had good flavors. Grapefruit was really underrated in my opinion (seemed to be the least scooped from their freezer) and was my favorite in that category.
Service was the normal "5 star fancy hotel" type stuff.. nothing too special.
Pros:
Puree'd Cauliflower - remind me of a mixture of mashed potatoes/soup.
Mac n Cheese bar - some guy makes your mac n cheese like he would an omlette. Nice selection of condiments (i went with cheddar and jack, sauteed mushrooms, baby asapargus, crumbled bacon, and chili flakes)
Rhubarb/berry cobbler - since it comes in individual portions, it seemed like a mini pie you would buy at the bakery, which made it very presentable unlike cobblers at other buffets where it looks like its been ravaged through stuff.. Tasted the granola in the topping which made me happy, the filling consisted of rhubarb and berries.
Shrimp and grits - tasty shrimps, but only two shrimps a pot.
DIY strawberry shortcake section - Easy pass on the cake, Fresh strawberries with a nice dollop of freshly whipped? can't go wrong.
Cons:
General Tsao's Chicken - General Tsao would MURDER you if you served that to him.
Asian food - step it up. feels like im paying $35 to eat panda express, highlights of asian food included "cha siu pork" and "kal bi ribs", Cha siu uses a different cut of pork then the one they chose, so it was dry.. kal bi was overly greasy, to a point it was soggy with grease. crisp it up better..
Crab legs - yeah, i understand that you're going for the mini-cutesy theme here.. but in reality ive had $10 dollar buffets that had bigger crab legs then this. Its okay to serve mini portion stuff but baby sized shellfish just means you're cheap.
Limited selection of roasted meats - although i'd like to say the roasted leg of lamb was delicious.
Mashed potatos - big fail, tasted like pasty butter. they add chunks of potatoes in it but your mash is trash.
DIY strawberry shortcake section - DOES IT LOOK LIKE I WORK HERE?
Presentation - 5
Atmosphere - 5, cutesy portions attracts the 'facebook pic' crowd
Food - 4, (comparison to buffets) 2.5-3 if you compare it with restaurants
Price - 3, still felt a bit gimmicky.
Solid 4.
Would I come back? Yes.
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