We visited Cosmo last night as a table of 5, you pay first and after seated which is totally understandable, the front lady was very nice and welcoming. We were seated and made our way after the drinks order to the buffet. For £21 each the buffet was very disappointing. The Indian side was 2 chicken dishes and 2 vegetarian, all broken popadums with no refill, and the pilau rice was so crunchy dried in oil it was left there for ages. Only scraps of the rice left and was so hard. The Chinese section was really a let down. I noticed 4 of the steel pans were just chips, salt and pepper chips which were literally fries with onions, Normal chips, sweet potato chips, hash brown triangles and hash brown balls. All just cheap potato. The Chinese section was salt and pepper pop corn chicken! Frozen deep fried popcorn with peppers and onion?! No salt and pepper chicken chunks, no salt and pepper chicken wings, no salt and pepper king prawns nothing. Just a cheap pop corn chicken tray. One diced beef dish of Mongolian beef, one chicken curry and sweet and sour chicken which is basically chicken nuggets and pour the sweet and sour sauce on yourself. No pineapple or vegetables in the sauce like authentic sweet and sour. Not much chicken and beef options at all just mainly pork. The pancakes were with shredded CHICKEN. No shredded duck. I have never had shredded chicken pancakes before. The sushi counter was just triangles of plain rice, sushi rolls with minimal fish and a few steamed prawns. No tempura prawns or any sushi rolls worth eating if you didn’t want just a lump of wet rice. There’s a hot dog counter if you want a hot dog. The Sunday dinner had no fresh veg, no roast potatoes left and only pork was available as the roast, no beef turkey or even chicken was cooked. The salad bar was the only thing I enjoyed. The deserts were dry squares of cake, the ice cream was only a few left nothing is restocked quick enough for the vast amount of people you are charging to eat. The chocolate fountain was turned off so I guess you were left to just scoop from the bottom. No mini donuts or big Marshmellos strawberries nothing to dip in. Cheap tinned fruit salad and tinned fruits available with full bananas. The puddings were banana and custard which is so cheap. Or apple crumble and custard which was no bowls or anything small all had to be on you’re huge plate. No cold plates available for any cold desserts or ice cream. The selection of food is padded out with cheap fried foods , 4 kinds of chips onion rings nuggets popcorn chicken hashbrowns pizza etc just glorified oven food. the Chinese starters were so poor no crispy chicken no crispy prawns no prawn toast no wontons just frozen spring rolls and pork ribs, crab claws made me feel sick just chewy plastic and squid rings hard. The Indian rice was empty and was left was so hard and dry. Only two chicken dishes no keema no meat dishes no on the bone dishes no lamb or beef dishes. No pakoras no chicken tikka no kebabs nothing. Just frozen tiny samosas and split popadoms. The spaghetti bolognaise was sweet and the Mac cheese was tasted like paste. The seafood is ok if you just want mussels and a piece of fish if they refill it for you and you have a chance to take some. The quality of food was very poor. The refill drinks were dirty. The ice machine was broken and Coke was room temperature. The atmosphere is very noisy and rushed unorganised and chaotic. Waitresses take a long time to clear plates so left with limited space on tables. I rarely have any bad reviews living in Manchester but that was definitely £140 down the drain. I will not return here again.