In short, overpriced but food is good and the place is clean.
The evening buffet is £12.95 for adults which is almost the same price as somewhere like Jimmy Spices on Broad Street. For an out of town buffet restaurant with the standard of food etc that this place has, £9.95 would have been more acceptable.
The first thing we noticed when we walked in, was that the place smelled like a swimming baths.....of chlorine!! Obviously they'd just mopped, but having worked in a number of restaurants, this is exactly the reason why you finish mopping before you leave on the night before or you get in well early. It took nearly an hour for the smell to subside, which as you can imagine, made eating quite unpleasant.
The plus points about this place ar that it's very clean, not overcrowded (price may be the reason why) and the food is good (although lacking many arabian dishes). They're child friendly (£4.99 for kids under 9 and our 2 year old was free) and they have a wicked selection of desserts (mousse cake, triple choc fudge, ice cream, marshmallows, choc fountain, fruit salad for the health conscious, vermicelli....fabulous for sweet lovers.
Staff are on hand and relatively efficient at removing dirty plates and topping up the food, most of which is actually asian. You have the curries and rices and there's an open kitchen where you can get your noodles bashed in a wok with some ingredients of choice. Italian dishes are lasagne, pasta/penne and pizza. There are also some arabic/asian dishes such as kofta and kebab.
My main suggestions would be to go with an apetite and pace yourself. That way you get the most value for your money. I'd also suggest getting a jug of lassi (£4.50) or a bottle of something from them as a glass of coke is an eye popping £1.45 and with no refill either!!!
All in all we left the place satisfied that we'd eaten our fill, and of relatively well tasting food that was to our liking. Never got round to the chinese so perhaps a lunchtime trip (£6.99 until 14:30) is called for there.
My last and final comments are that the music needs to be changed as they had the same 6 tracks on repeat, the manager appears quite friendly and does a walk around to check everyone's happy, there's on site parking at the back of the restaurant and segregated seating is possible for those who desire it. read more