I was satisfied coming here when it was 50% locals. For around $17, this buffet was good. BUT, for full price of a 25% discount for most locals, it's not worth it at all. \n\nThe front entrance of the buffet reminds me of a corral where cattle are herded into. There's electronic pay machines one one side, and a small booth for the human counterparts. The problem here is when you want to get a discount, which you can get $1 off with their member card, you have to line up in the human one, and that one is LONG at times.\n\nService is pretty lazy, and the layout of the buffet seating is pretty odd in places. Booths can feel broken at times, and chairs are uncomfortable. Drinks are drinks, but the alcohol service is pay by drink (others like Studio B are complimentary). \n\nThis buffet is large, but most of it is made up of \""make your own\"" stations that suck. Make your own tacos (with prepackages/easy to cut up stuff), and whatnot litter this place. \n\nThe food is basically O.K. Not amazing, but not disgusting by any means. Salad and soups are standard fare, asian sections sit around for a while (cheap sushi sits out, and certain steamed items get hard and gooy after a while). Crab legs (though I hate them) were rather thin, but people still flock to them. What I find surprising is that the previously frozen fried food was great--fried perfectly, and the deserts were pretty good (aside from the random one that looks great, but tastes horrid and is hard to eat). \n\nIf you're a visitor, go somewhere else.\nIf you're a local without their \""platinum\"" membership, go somewhere else.\nIf you have that platinum membership card, think about going.