Chinese Buffet

Saturday May 5th 2012, I was running errands and decided to stop at this Chinese buffet restaurant. I've been meaning to stop by for lunch and since I was in the area, I decided today would be a good day to do so. This review is for Hokkaildo Buffet. The restaurant is located at the Eastgate Center at Gratiot and 10 1/2 mile in Eastpoint. You have the choice of placing an order from their menu or sampling dishes from the buffet. Either way, you can dine in or carry out. I decided to do a carry out from the buffet. The hostess misunderstood me at first, she thought I wanted to dine in from the buffet, because she escorted me to a table, so I had to explain to her, that I wanted to do a carry out, not dine in. Once the confusion was cleared up, the hostess realized that she had to make an adjustment for the amount she charged me, once she understood what I wanted to do. Walking around the restaurant, it had a warm and inviting feel. When I arrived, it was around 11:30am. It turns out this was a good time, because there weren't alot of patrons inside because of the time of day on a Saturday. Personally, I don't like a crowed restaurant, but at the same time, I don't like an empty one either, but I have to take in consideration the time of day I arrived. I continued my tour of the restaurant, before I got my food. All the booths were in good condition and the floor looked well maintained. I made my way to the buffet and circled around all the stations, everything looked very appealing. The restaurant has a seafood, dessert, sushi and two main dish stations. It was hard to decide what I wanted, because there are so many dishes, but I managed to get a small sample of a few items. I decided to get a sample of vegetable fried rice, scallops, cheese crabmeat, teriyaki chicken, pepper steak, bourbon chicken, scallion crab and butter potatoes. I decided to get samples from the main dish stations for this visit, I wasn't in the mood for sweets. The hostess was a lovely young asian woman. She was very nice and easy to talk to. My overall experience was very enjoyable and I can say that the buffet for me did have a "WOW" factor. I would give this visit a B+ grade.