Originally Posted by
pseudoswede
It actually seems like most buffets raise prices while cutting costs and quality. It gets to the point where the quality (and, in turn, the word of mouth) is so bad that people stop going, and the buffet can never recover.
I've never heard of Pappadeaux serving a lunch time buffet.
Mrs. Swede now limit ourselves to a local Indian buffet maybe once a quarter, and we also do a Sunday brunch buffet somewhere about once a year.
The same Pappadeaux also has had a Sunday brunch buffet (priced somewhere in the high $30s, I think) and I believe they're keeping that one. I've never gone because of crowds. The Monday-Saturday lunchtime buffet must have been a unique thing.
Some of the Las Vegas buffets have really gone downhill, but in those cases you've got the complicating factor of how much the casino is subsidizing it. Generally they've been less willing to prop up something really good, perhaps out of fear of becoming too popular with a money-loser.