Robin Garr wrote:Rich, I wonder how they're handling buffet service, considering the Delta variant. Free-for-all, or staff serving portions from the table?
We ate there last week. It was basically a free-for-all. There were plastic gloves at the hostess/cashier station, but I don't recall seeing any customers wearing them. I really don't think staff serving is feasible, considering the way their buffet stations are set up. They are too numerous and scattered at odd angles. Signs indicated they had remodeled, but unless it was the sushi/hibachi area up front, I can't tell what's different.
The last time I was at Yoki Buffet in J-town, they still provided people with one-use plastic gloves, but I don't know if that's their current policy. I never saw the employees dishing out food there, but we have only been once or twice in the past year.
Food was okay (for buffet food). The General Tso's was slightly spicier than I find on most buffets, with a bit of different seasoning than I'm used to. There certainly was plenty of seafood to justify the $14 price tag for dinner. They put out small quantities of sushi at a time, so it doesn't have the chance to sit out for hours and get sticky (and nasty). I think they had a 94 or 95 on their HD rating, so the HD is perhaps not requiring mandatory patron gloves?
We lost our Chinese buffet in Fern Creek after COVID, so if I don't feel like driving all the way to J-town, I could see us visiting Jumbo again.