Dynasty Chinese Buffet

Love a good old Chinese buffet, but this place is sad and depressing.  Not too many choices and the food looks like it's been sitting around all day.  Haven't tried the Mongolian grill, that may be your best bet for fresher pickings.

Overall, I just plan to steer clear of this place.  I don't like saying this about any place, but I can't recommend this to anyone.

It is rare that I downgrade a place.  But we definitely now have a "Meh, I've experienced better" situation here.  

The issue here is that I've had decent meals here in the past.  But this week after stopping there because I needed a quick bite on the way home at 8:30pm, I had a meal that not only just didn't even taste close to fresh, it affected me gastronomically as well.  I wasn't poisoned by any means, but let's just say my insides let me have it later.  

They have a battered tempura sushi option that I tried which I can honestly say that I had no idea what I ate.  I can tell you that it was cold, clammy, and chewy.  These are not good signs.  I decided I would go for more Americanized options after that.  I tried the barbecue chicken and it lacked flavor, but didn't lack grease.  I had wonton soup, and the wontons tasted like they had been sitting out for hours.  I even tried the pizza, and... well, actually the pizza wasn't terrible.  It was good for Chinese buffet pizza, 98% cheese and maybe 2% sauce. I needed to have some ice cream just to say I ate something pretty good.  

I didn't go for the hibachi, basically because the hibachi grill guy disappeared.  And the waitstaff... well, let's just say that you wonder when a waitress walks past your table with a water pitcher, looks right at your empty water glass, fills up someone else's water, then puts the pitcher back and walks away.  

I'll be fair and say that maybe I can chalk this up to visiting closer to 9pm.  Perhaps you'll have a better experience if you visit at a different time.

Five stars, easily. I absolutely love this place. The variety is great, the food is delicious, the seafood, in particular, is high quality. This place is legendary. Price is a little bit steep, but what do you expect for all-you-can-eat amazingness?