Somerset Gourmet Buffet

If you’re on Unilocal and are taking the time to find a good restaurant, then do not waste your time here. I’m still shocked at the name. The Service was friendly and efficient. It is, however, a buffet, therefore the need for true service is limited at best. The food is almost indescribable. I will say my fiancé tried the ‘New York strip’ that was apparently a meatloaf or Salisbury steak concoction. The ‘sushi’ is nothing more than California roll (at best), but closer to cucumber/​avocado wrapped in seaweed & rice. There is a raw seafood area. I tried the shrimp, which was not only warm but turned to a fishy mush in my mouth. Although I spit the shrimp out, I came home and vomited. True story. The thought of having rotten fish in my system was far too much to sleep on. My fiancé remained stuck on the toilette, w/​issues on the other end, for the latter part of the evening. Please do yourself a favor, if u have 9.95 go to McDonalds, where the standards are likely higher and more controlled. I’m not hip to leaving bad reviews, although in this case I really wish I had read one.

We’ve been eating here for 16 years and the food is always good and fresh here. They have sushi now and it’s decent, though only veggie sushi. This is not a huge buffet, but what they have is consistently good and fresh. The stuffed mushrooms are delicious and the main reason I go here. The waitresses are friendly and polite and the owner is accommodating and eager to please.

So I got the buffet, obviously.
I pretty much refuse to rate a buffet higher than 3 stars. They all run across the same lines. The things that stand out are decent service, which isn’t hard at a buffet, and hot, fresh food. This place have very quick service on drink refills and they were all quite pleasant. I will give them an A for things being hot and a C for things being fresh. Overall, not so bad. I probably wouldn’t go back, but I don’t frequent buffets very often. Not bad if you are looking to load up for the afternoon or you just have a healthy appetite.

I have always had a good experience here. Good hot and fresh food. Nice variety of Chinese and American foods. Service is good and waitresses are very attentive.

It’s one of the better Chinese buffets. The food was fresh and delicious and the have a made to order hibachi chef for any specialty you might want. I like my lo mein fresh and he cooked it up on the spot. Don’t be fooled by the plain looking sign or décor, the food is great.

When Gourmet Buffet in Somerset first opened, for a buffet, the cuisine was awesome. However time has since lapsed, and thus the chefs have changed, and I am afraid to say that through standards, so has the quality. Our last visit there — which was March 19, 2011, was mediocre at best. Complaints at our table included the quality of the cuisine as well as the freshness. Ali, the service seemed to he lacking. On a night when they were moderately busy, the changeover rate for the cuisine on the buffet should have prevented the lack of freshness, and on said night the restaurant should have used better judgement in scheduling to ensure the quality of the items on the buffet were optimal. Also there were four servers, and seemed adequate fro cover business, however the wait for refill seemed endless.