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| - Wow, Pittsburgh has had its share of great buffets, including the Grand Concourse, Hokkaido, the former Misaki and Tokyo Sushi Buffets, but Grand View Buffet is at the other end. I would dare Rivers Casino managers to eat there. There are a couple edible things but many that definitely aren't. There was a pot of "mussels marinara" and each mussel was shriveled literally to the size of a pencil eraser; they had obviously been cooked too long and sat in heat and air shriveling and shriveling for hours. "Stir fry" was looking pretty gray. "Pasta" dishes looked like and probably were just frozen stuffed shells with tomato paste dumped on top. And they too sat and sat, getting crustier with each passing hour. It's really hard to find anything worth eating despite the $20 price, and that's really sad. On the carving station, the "prime rib" was ok, but overcooked. The turkey looked completely overcooked and dry, I wouldn't even sample it. So some well-done prime rib, a little cottage cheese, a little macaroni and cheese, a couple pierogis, and some gelato, and a couple pieces of very badly made sushi with gummy sticky rice pressed way to hard into a dense chewy roll. That's not much of a dinner for $20 in Pittsburgh. Do yourself a favor, eat pretty much anywhere else either before or after a visit to the casino.
Oh, side note. You can order a pound of crab legs for an additional $7. I didn't but they did actually look good, fresh and hot, unlike the other items on the buffet, but certainly no better than the crab legs at TJ Buffet that come with the $18 buffet versus this combination that Grand View will charge you $27 for.
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