To be fair, most waiting in line here are pissed, grouchy, and hungry who refuse to wait 2+ hours for the Bacchanal buffet. Let's be humbly uber real.
We naively thought the buffet line would be reasonable during the weekend. Oops... 0_0
These poor folks are the closest restaurant that will do during lunch or early dinner (as I call "linner").
They're scrutinized big time since we cannot enter the Bacchanal. Because of that I chose to review them much later.
Now w/all that being said, I think it's par to give them 3 stars.
I agree w/most concerning the prices. There's nothing special about their food except for their convenience.
The food was edible but if you're starving, anything dead will do. My beef chow foon (same as drunken noodle) tasted as it should and his kung pao chicken was flavored properly. We looked at each other and said "3 stars".
Memorable bites were from the green onion pancakes but I'm partial to fried carbs.
Finally we give kudos to the line hostess. She asked each small group if they'd like to sit at the front bar stool section when any opened up. We took the offer to jump the line.
Lesson learned regarding the wait time for the famous Bacchanal buffet.