Medley Buffet was one of our family's favorite restaurants to visit inside Okada over the years. It seems that they have moved from its original location in the Pearl Wing to the 3rd floor if the Coral Wing. But the marketing posters proudly boasting "Unlimited Lobsters" gave us more incentive to take the walk.

The atmosphere, the hostess, and the folks helping us make the reservation were all great as usual. However, once we entered our smiles quickly became frowns. The lobsters were not only very small, but the lobster meat was dry and stubbornly attached to the lobster shell that we had to scrape the dry meat with our teeth.

The waiters/waitresses were very skilled at avoiding eye contact with us and very slow to collect used dishes from our table as my son and I even tried to guess how many used dishes would be stacked before being collected by the waiting staff (the record set was 2 piles of 3 and 4 dishes; we were tempted to make a single pile of 7 dishes but the parent inside me rejected the idea). The folks who worked at Medley in the Pearl Wing pre-Covid days were friendlier, and more courteous whereas Coral Wing staff were acting busy (some staff would walk to enter the bar while avoiding eye contact, circle around the bar, the exit the bar to go to another area of the restaurant). Just to get a straw for my son's Coke, i had to go to the bar, wait for 2 other gusts to be helped, then when it was my turn, the waiter pointed to the jar of straws with his chin for me to take them myself. We left the restaurant when my son, who only after tasting 4 different food but many more dessert, started falling asleep. As we were exiting, the hostess noticed my son walking in a zombie-like state, offered to call a golf cart to take us back to the Pearl Wing, which was much appreciated.

Anyhow, overall, some gave us great service (hostess, reservation staff and some cooks) but others did not. The quality of food seemed to have worsened perhaps due to the quality of ingredients. And even the variety of food seemed narrower than before. We stayed for about 1 hour not because we were enjoying our dining experience but because of slow service and our conversations of what has not improved compared to before.