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| - Well I've been here several times now for the Polynesian night and I have to say that the food is good for the price. That being said, I only go when I have the two free buffets promotion (with the Silverton Rewards Club Card) and with only two people... so yeah, it's really worth it. A lot of items are hit or miss but overall I can't complain and it has actually gotten better each time I go. There usually isn't much of a wait and the food is always hot and generally fresh. If you haven't tried it in a while, wait for the promotion and try it again after all free food is better than.. well okay.. it's free food, deal with it. For the rest of the review, keep in mind that we brought two teens with us that took our price from free to just over $40 before tip. Also, this review is ONLY for the Polynesian night.
Now, for what's good. Their tuna poke seems to occupy a considerable portion of my plate each time. The giant roasted pig freaked the kids out but whatever, they think McDonalds rules the world so they don't count. The roasted pig is very good every time I have it. There was also some salt and pepper pork that seriously made an impression on everyone at the table including the grumpy, texting teens. There were a couple of soups that were really good especially the one over by the sushi that had the clear noodles. I don't remember the name but it looked so nasty that I just had to try it and to my surprise it was actually very good. The Wonton soup was very good as well. The mashed potatoes and bowtie pasta were great. I even had a couple pieces of a spicy tuna roll that didn't offend me as sushi on a buffet can often do. Also, the peel and eat shrimp was good but naturally should have been fail proof one would think. The oysters are usually decent enough except for the fact that they ran out of them by 4:45pm. We arrived at 4:30pm and they open at 4pm and I didn't even get one. Not cool. I stood there and watched as the guy in front of me filled up two plates until there were none left. I was impressed with his lack of consideration for the line of people behind him and yet jealous at the same time. The empty space was replaced with clams that had something on them that I wasn't all that impressed with. The clams were fresh but the topping just ruined it for me, not my thing I guess.
Some misses were believe it or not the macaroni and cheese. Bad enough to spit out. Same goes for the macaroni salad and popcorn shrimp. Just bad. Like take it off the buffet entirely kinda bad. No really. Now for the prime rib. Usually it is pretty good. This last time was different. It was cooked entirely rare and if anyone wanted it cooked differently it was sliced and put on a grill to be cooked to their liking. As I watched cooked slices being handed off to other customers it looked like nothing more than a bad steak. I opted for mine rare as I generally like it. Unfortunately I couldn't even eat that. I felt really bad having to leave an excellent cut of meat on my plate. It just felt wrong.
Overall, the food (on Polynesian night)was good enough to go back, when it's free (or BOGO), if you don't bring teens, just happen to be in the area and are in general just really hungry enough to not care.
You just need to find what you like and stick with that. Unfortunately this isn't the type of buffet where you walk in and love every single item that they have. I give it three stars only because I know that what is good is really good and that comprises more than half of the buffet. As for the rest of the buffet, it may be a bit blah but a person can only eat so much anyway. I just go back to the good stuff and that works for me. If I had to pay the regular price of $21.99 I probably wouldn't go. That being said, I have no doubt that I will be returning when my next promotion comes in the mail.
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