A few weeks ago we were shocked when Asian Buffet had a sign up saying that they were closing down. Fortunately, we later found out that they merged with China King Buffet up the street.
We checked it out Saturday afternoon on our way to see V for Vendetta. The new space seems a bit smaller, and the buffet area is definitely cramped, but I couldn’t think of any items they had on the old buffet that weren’t available here. My big concern was that they maintained the sushi, and it was still there. Unfortunately, they only had one sushi chef working, and he couldn’t keep up with the demand of a pretty crowded restaurant.
Unfortunately, my overall opinion is not favorable, although I can’t really pin down why. While I would never say that Asian Buffet is amazingly tasty, there is something to be said about being able to fill a plate with a variety of sushi for $6.95. I’m thinking I just caught them on a bad day, and they’re still working out the kinks of being in a new location. I’ll try again in a couple of weeks and reevaluate.
Asian Buffet was my favorite restaurant in Cville for the ridiculously cheap all you can eat sushi (the Chinese wasn’t worth touching) ((college student)). I too was disappointed with China King, and there is a definite downsizing of the sushi area. Sigh. (I found your blog looking for a review of Basil. Like your blog).
Now that Asian Buffet is 7.95, it truly is dead.
They seemed to have crossed the divide between “worth 7 bucks for a load of sushi”, and “not worth 8 bucks for crappy sushi”.