Jeff Cavanaugh wrote:Buffets, with the occasional exception of Indian ones, are almost always terrible. In my limited experience.
Suzi Bernert wrote:It was not at all what we expected. We arrived about 12:30, it was not crowded at all. Waited close to 10 minutes to be acknowledged. After being seated and giving our drink orders, we went to the buffet. A lot of the dishes listed on their web site were not there, no crepes, no quiche. There were signs to identify the foods. In the salad area, 4 were listed, 3 were there, no big deal, maybe refilling (it never was). Moved onto hot foods. The "casserole" pan had a couple of spoons of what appeared to be a beef dish, it looked pretty dried out. The chicken ragout was plentiful, though the taste was overwhelmingly carrot, not chicken. There were no Eggs Benedict, though when a passing chef noticed I was looking for them, made one for me that was great. The French Toast was good, made with a quality French bread, but no butter was on the buffet and the syrup in a squeeze bottle was almost empty (and never refilled while we were there). It took asking 3 people to get some butter at the table. The bacon and potatoes were good. The "bisquits" (their spelling) were hard on the bottoms and the gravy had adequate sausage, but was not creamy. The omelet station was not consistently staffed and several people had to wait until someone noticed them standing there. I did not have an omelet, but they looked good. Hubby asked for eggs over medium and said they were OK. The dessert station again had a sign posted, but several listed items were MIA. The fruit bowl was almost empty, never refilled. The chocolate mousse was not overly sweet, the cake with berries and raspberry sauce was good.
Service was friendly, but spotty. Took several trys to get requests filled and at one point, the server refilled my iced tea, but completely ignored hubby's coffee.
I know it is difficult to keep a buffet up, but it really was almost ignored here. If you are going to have buffet service, you have to keep things ON the buffet. I was expecting a better experience based on their reviews. That is probably why Richard was "Meh".
Iggy C wrote:El Camino has a buffet?
Robin Garr wrote:Iggy C wrote:El Camino has a buffet?
Oh, my bad. They have a special brunch MENU, not a buffet. This actually supports my prior assertion that one who dines at a buffet should not expect to see the restaurant at its creative best.
RichardM wrote:That said ... It's an opinion and amazingly enough everyone has one just a like everyone has a nose. My opinion is the brunch was "Meh".
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