Originally Posted by
Badenoch
I've found the same at Indian restaurants. Dishes ordered from the menu are better than whatever slop is ladled into the trays on the steam tables.
Down here they tend to use the lunch buffet to showcase the menu, excluding premium items like lamb kabobs, as a way of expanding diners' familiarity and thereby driving dinner sales. Often they'll even feature dishes on the buffet that are nowhere on either menu.
If the quality of an Indian buffet isn't good, I certainly wouldn't go back for dinner there.