Originally Posted by
Gaucho100K
In my experience, it is correct to avoid Buffets like the plague unless you are going to a high-end Hotel with the proper track record for Brunch/Buffet services and are willing to pay accordingly.
Even then, they are rarely excellent. They can be very good, however.
At least in the US, most / all the seafood (as someone mentioned above as being a reason to go) is usually not much better than average - snow crab legs (pre-frozen and watery), farmed shrimp, etc etc. Otherwise, the buffet would be $100+ pp.
If I go to a few buffets a year, it is a lot. 2 plates, plus dessert of some sort. There used to be a great Chinese buffet close to where I lived years ago - no, don't scream. It was a little restaurant, it was Friday only, and they were constantly bringing out small portions of freshly cooked food, and not 30 things to choose from. Then they expanded, became all buffet all the time, and xxxxxxxx, stopped going.