We live in Tsawwassen and tried The Buffet first time for dinner on a Saturday night with a 2 for 1 coupon. We arrived at around 4:45pm and the line up was already a mile long. Unbeknownst to us, reservations can be made to avoid like us waiting over 1.5 hours to get a table. But, we now know better...make reservations ahead of time. The huge problem at this venue were mainly the diners themselves. Hoardes of Asians cut in the line, demanding to be seated when they are party of 6 but only tables of 2 available. The icing on the cake was an Asian gentleman who walked into the restaurant and started getting food and eating without having paid in advance!!!! Luckily, the manager and assistant managers were both on it and caught him. What a disgrace! The management were working so hard themselves, sweeping, apologizing to diners for the long wait and the rude customers getting tables on their own like free for all. Five stars go out to the people working at this restaurant. It is obvious that they are short staff so all management were hands on. For the entire restaurant, we saw only 2 servers working so hard and diners really need to recognize all their hard work and tip them!
It was a Saturday night so it was prime rib....quite tender and quite good but they were out of the rare so only med well done left unless you want to wait another 20mins for a new roast to come out. There were other proteins like butter chicken drumsticks, 5 spice spare ribs, fish with a type of curry sauce.
Salad bar was quite extensive and everything was very fresh and it was being filled quite frequently. There was penne carbonara, onion rings, egg rolls, mash potatoes and etc. Dessert had a quite a few offerings of cakes like cheesecakes, carrot cake, nanaimo bars and etc. Unlimited soft drinks, coffee, and tea.
I would not suggest returning on a day with a 2 for 1 but definitely dine on a Saturday prime rib at regular price.
Big suggestion...they should have SECURITY posted at the entrance to the restaurant so people cannot just walk in and seat themselves without paying! This is one area that needs improvement. If security card is there with the word, "security", on their clothing, it may deter these free loafers from getting a free meal and for cutting in queue seating themselves ahead of others who are in line.
Huge applause goes out to the management and servers who work so hard in maintaining a fair queue for those in line and not allowing line skippers to jump the queue. read more