Hu Ke Lau

This place is great to take in dinner and a show. Service is quick, food is good, and tropical drinks are plentiful! And all of this can be brought to you during a fun night of comedy. You can also eat in the restaurant section or have drinks/dance in one of the dance floor sections.

I think this was once a fun place to eat, but our experience was really strange. From the moment I called about their hours. The person on the phone tried to get me to make reservations for the show, which we weren't interested in. When we arrived, the men at the front desk, our seater, and the waitress pressured us to see the show (we had an 18 mo. old in tow - no thanks).

As for the food - it was very "cheap buffet" quality. The pu-pu platter featured a lot of very tough, fatty terriaky and short ribs, oil saturated egg rolls, and crab rangoon with very little crab. I ordered the crispy orange duck - which came with nether orange flavor, nor crispy, but for some inexplicable reason, served on a bed of soupy beef low mien veggies. Someone else in the party ordered a shrimp dish that also came with beef sauce - who eats poultry and seafood with a beef base? Nasty! The fish and chips entree consisted of a heavily beer battered haddock filet so dry you needed a knife to cut it, and about 10 "chips" (fries). Sushi, salad bar, and drinks were good, but the price for what seemed like a lot of cheap-o, off hours, buffet food is outrageous. And all the while feeling pressured by the waitress to buy bar drinks, appetizers, salad, and other add-ons, all the way down to desert. It's on thing to offer this stuff, but another to ask repeatedly to the point of seeming desperate (I had to tell her THREE times I didn't want the salad bar. Sheesh).

Honestly, I think they're going for some type of fusion style what with all the chinese, seafood, and steak dishes on the menu, but the blends are just odd. If you're looking for good fusion/Asian food in this price range (and  little more classy atmosphere), I'd recommend driving across town to Fusion Cafe on North Main in Springfield.

I first came here in the late 90's, and it was a nearly magical place with perfect food and atmosphere....

It's gone downhill.....

I only go now when i'm in a group, and the surrounding places offer even less appetizing food....  the Mongolian Stir Fry at the buffet was pretty good last time...