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Ok that said; let me say what was good about the place:
1) Healthier options
2) Friendly and enthusiastic staff
On to the negative stuff:
1) It's a buffet!
2) Our waiter, clearly instructed by his management, had about a 10 minute opener listing all the rules and health code regulations when using the buffet line. Overkill much?
3) The place was relatively messy. Sauces spilled everywhere, food bits hanging around on the floor, dirty tables, etc. I think this is to be expected when you have your customers doing the majority of the food service for you.
4) The barriers on the buffet line were sparse, I felt like everyone going through the line was breathing all over the food. NOT APPETIZING
5) The menu is all over the place. They offer Asian, Italian and American ingredients; these are paired with recipe cards that you are advised to follow. Way too complicated and no real cohesiveness to the theme or style of food.
6) In order to get your food you must huddle around a large grill with about 15 other patrons while they cook your food. This is a novelty that I think most people will endure once.
7) They offer a "salad" bar with the all you can eat option, the salad bar stinks. It's brown iceberg and some other random under temp veggies on ice. The soup is so ridiculous as well, obviously frozen Campbell's Select or something of the like.
So um yeah, this was far from the worst place in Pittsburgh, but I won't be going back.
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