A couple of my friends had attended the World Buffet on Sauchiehall Street on a lads night and were meet by raw food, mouldy fruit and not so great service, so of course we HAD to to try the Renfield Street location to compare the two and it was amazing!
I had expected a cramped, overly busy restaurant, with that "buffet smell" and as it was warm outside and the food is all cooked fresh and much of it in front of the customers I had expected it to be roasting! The place was perfect, our tables spotless and the temperature was just right. I really loved the decor and loved even more that the food majority of the food was kept in a separate room away from the seating area.
The food itself was delicious and well labelled, being a veggie I always find I'm stuck with rice, pasta and spicy veg however I completely gorged myself on sushi, a fresh salad bar, spring rolls, pizza and much more. I even got disappointed when I found out there was macaroni had over looked and I'd totally over looked it! There was never too much or too little food being made and there was none of those big metal containers like at school dinners, everything was in small bowls and was refilled regularly to keep things fresh. I also liked the cameras you could watch the chefs cooking on which was a really nice touch. The chefs were also really helpful in telling us what was in things due to allergies
The desert bar isn't in with the main meal food or near the warm food, it's out in the open but far away enough to avoid anyone brushing against or stray fluff, dirt or boogies landing in it. It also isn't all that noticeable without looking for the signs, which is great if your with kids (or myself) who'd happily bathe in the chocolate fountain without dinner first.
My one main complaint was that there didn't seem to be enough desert bowls for everyone and I felt, well actually I probably did, had to fight a army of 5 year olds to get one, they couldn't reach the skewers for the marshmallows and fruit though so I think in the end I got the last laugh! Theres also no assigned tongs for things, well there is a colour code however it's not advertised and it took me to my 2nd, 3rd maybe 4th to get it, I even went for a 5th I think just to be sure.
Over all we had a great time, with great service and really great prices and have already set another night out there just to make sure we're giving it the right review. read more