Having sampled most of the buffets within a 40 mile radius of New Paltz,Andy and I decided why not give this one a try as it was the last one to sample before we could come to a general consensus about how the buffets compare to each other. All I can say is, do not give this place your patronage. Everything was either par or sub par, sons the crab legs (it's pretty difficult to fuck up crab legs).
A lot of the sneeze guard was not labeled and on more than one occasion I had to ask the buffet attendant what it was i was intending to place in my mouth. Apparently this solitary glob of reddish meat was "honey chicken". I wasn't biting, literally.
I started off with some of the sushi samplings, grabbing the last tempura roll piece on the platter and something I later discerned was a Philadelphia roll. Not once in our hour plus stay was the sushi station replenished, the chef was either dead or asleep in the back.
The crab legs were being carefully consumed by a large black family. I stayed ever vigilant, my eyes locked to the buffet table, waiting tentatively while the crab legs were restocked. In a moment they were gone, a haunted memory of what could have been on my plate and in my belly. The second time I made a beeline for the crab legs as they were being replenished, carelessly knocking a small child to the ground in the process.
This time I was able to grab a few large crab legs and saunter back to my table with a self satisfied grin on my face. The crab legs were delicious, easy to crack and large portions of meat extracted with ease.
The rest of the spread was rather blase, your run of the mill Chinese/American. None of the chicken had much of a taste to it and a lot of the food was dried out, having sat under the heat lamps for way too long. The baby clams in brown sauce were pretty tasty, as was the walnut shrimp and the...well that's kind of it really.
Don't waste your money at this hellhole. Yelp was right.
(On a positive note, the food wasn't good enough to eat a large quantity of it and experience the dreaded buffet-itis.)
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