Ichiban Buffet
| Address: | 2185 US-1, St Augustine, FL 32086, USA |
| Phone: | +1 904-797-9918 |
| Rating: | 4 |
| Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–10:30PM 11AM–10PM |
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Yodit Stiphanos
Never Again, horrible experience! I have never wrote a bad review in my life, but I will never forget this experience. I am a vegetarian and when I asked one of the employees if the spring rolls were meatless/vegetarian, he assured me yes, I asked him a couple times just to make sure (since everything in the buffet seem to contain meat or fish), and I also informed him that I havent aint meat in about 2-3 yrs, & he told me to trust him, there was no meat. I was starving so I ate my spring rolls so fast that by the time I was on my second one, I tasted a weird...taste, I broke it open & found what I think to be pork, which is something I didnt even grow up eating when I wasnt a vegetarian. I wanted to cry, I was upset, but I didnt want to be that person. I later told the front desk host about it, & he didnt even really apologize he just said, oh yeah he was wrong......And after we , including me, had to pay for the meal with the same hostess, when I didnt even eat. I would never in my life go to this place again, Id rather get junk from Walmart seriously. Its one thing to give me wrong info about food (shoot I could have been deadly allergic to something) but to act & even look at me like you didnt care at all ! My boyfriend was upset but I didnt want him to make a scene, but I went home hungry , nauseous , & sad not only because what I ate, but how I felt from the way I was treated. By far the Worst Service Ive received in my life, specifically because of a manager who didnt care about what the customer ate, or their experience,etc. I didnt even want to give them one star, but you have to on google.
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Lori Hackney
I dont know what was wrong with service for other people, but I was here last Friday, 1/4/13 around 12:30/1PM and the parking lot was packed. We had to wait about 3 minutes for someone to leave so we could jump in. There were other cars driving around waiting as well. When we went inside, the gentlemen was fast to get us to a seat. It was crowded and pretty loud, but what do you expect in a packed buffet joint? There were quit a few buffets of food, with a good selection, especially if you like seafood. The only thing I couldnt find was General TSO chicken. Maybe I overlooked it? Anyway, our waiter kept our drinks full and our table clean of plates. Am planning on stopping here everytime I have to go over there for my doctors appointments.
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Pritty Laydee
Rushed, low quality oriental food; imitation crab with too much mayonnaise; servers with attitudes and horrible interpersonal skills; sometimes the food has been sitting too long; at night during dinner time the food tastes old and stale; hostesses are rude and even witnessed a hostess last week say to another customer to use the other door for entrance next time in a rude tone, and the customer was offended and said ummm, okay... Lastly, just wondering, does this place hire African-Americans, or is that against company policy? Just curious.............
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Linda McKibben
Horrible service (for example asked for unsweetened tea with no lemon and got the opposite). On top of that they charged my 7 year old buffet price plus additional for crab legs. When I told Tayler that he didnt eat anything else if she could just charge only me for the crab she said there was nothing she could do. I asked if I could speak to the manager she said she was the manager. I told her Im new to the area trying out different places and definitely will never return. She didnt seem to care. Talk about great customer service
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Alice McKane
There truly arent words to describe how bad the food is here...it is easily one of the worst Asian Restaurants in which we have eaten. Asian food on an open buffet in never very good but this one takes it down to the lowest point! Firstly, the food on the bar doesnt even look appetizing...it is poorly presented and poorly stocked. Egg Rolls, dumplings, noodles, crab angles and wonton was COLD and so dried out it was impossible to eat these things. If you love good, AUTHENTIC Asian food then this is NOT the place for you!
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Thomas Lewis
Very nice restaurant and atmosphere. Very high quality buffet. My first choice is the crispy fried fish with fresh squeezed lemon juice and very good tartar sauce, second is the very fresh tasting boiled shrimp with very good cocktail sauce, third is the great stuffed crab on a half shell. Then there are the mixed greens salad and great tasting thousand island and great blue cheese dressings. Also, the great tasting cole slaw in which the cabbage was not too tough. Excellent broiled salmon. Very good oranges.
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Patricia Ducher
Food choices go on and on and on, from classic Chinese , Mongolian Barbq, sushi bar, kimchee, to shellfish bar with boiled shrimp, muscles, crab, oysters, to Barbq ribs, chicken wings, bake salmon, whiting, spinach souffle, cheese pizza, full green salad bar (no Cole slaw or potatoes salad ) and full dessert bar...this place offers the greatest variety of choices in town , as much as you can eat, at under $11/person. Fill up you starving teenager or hungry work crew on a budget !
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Anthony Blas
Grill was good but the all you can eat crab legs are a scam they barely put any out me and fiance each were charged extra for the crab legs and hardly ate any of them they intentionally waited 45 min to bring any more out totally unacceptable. Then the ones they brought as we were about to leave were not fresh you could tell they were precooked then put in fridge then just reheated which definitely means they had them sitting in the back the whole time refusing to bring them out.
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Tim Farley
Your basic Asian/sushi buffet. But basic doesnt mean bad. There are many options from traditional favorites as well as crab legs and oysters and shrimp. There is also a large sushi bar with over 20 options of rolls and sashimi. 10.99 is a fantastic deal for this older era buffet. Do note that the crab legs will add more to the cost of the buffet. Over all the food is hot with lots of options , it tastes good and the place is clean. What more can u ask for from a 10.99 buffet
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Rick Murray
Unfortunate bad experience. Not often do I rate this low, but it is deserved. Walked in the main door and it smelled moldy. Could be the water fountain area is just to moist Walked into the restaurant ,and it was a different type of smell. Not sure what it was Buffet has a good selection Of the warm food options we tried, they were very salty. The other items were sort of sub-par. They seem to do a good business, but this will be the last visit we make
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Kenneth Dyal
My Fiancee and I make short work of this buffet wok! The price is dynamite, we love Lilly and a few others we recognize more by face than by name. Lunch is bargain, and dinner is worth the extra few bucks for the crablegs and sushi. We are sushi hunters, seeking out the likes of Roys and Ming Court Orlando, but for a buffet you cant beat this with a chop stick! Save room for desert, and order mowa foo!!! Huge selection, great price, good flavor, go for it!
