Sakura Grill & Buffet — Restaurant in Rancho Cordova

This is a buffet. No buffet is perfect. Let's start with that...

That being said, I had hoped that this one would be at least a half star better than most, especially after waiting so long for it to open. Sadly, it's not. They have a wide selection of foods, which is good. My fiance and I arrived in the 11-o-clock hour, not long after they opened. Some of the items I tasted were bland or strange-tasting, particularly the stuffed mushrooms (how on earth does one mess that up?!). The items I did like/love were the coconut shrimp, fried banana (I know them as plaintains), and chicken and broccoli. But I also tried the stuffed mushrooms (bland), crawdads (these were fine, I just never tried them before and decided I'm not a fan), salt and pepper shrimp (strange fishy aftertaste, like they weren't made fresh), yeast buns (also fine, but the one I grabbed was just a big air bubble and was a little tough in some parts), crab rangoon (total barf, like the cream cheese had turned or something), house eggrolls (extreme barf, I can't even describe this monstrosity), and garlic shrimp (tasted fine, but was a little spicy). Even the sweet and sour sauce was a little off, like it was watered down.

My fiance tried several items I wouldn't dare ever eat at a buffet, like the mac and cheese. He took one bite and started to throw up in his mouth. But I warned him not to eat it. So, basically, eat at your own risk when coming to this buffet. It's very possible that every batch could come out...

We use to really like this place the food was good and the employees were nice. We stopped going months ago but because we were at the movie theaters we decided to get some food. Now food and service is bad. My sisters family was 3 and my family was 4 the young lady at the front was so rude and had a bad attitude. My sister wanted to pay for herself and the lady was rolling her eyes and pointing at a sign that said gratuity of 10% then the guy had to come over to help he said if you are worried about the gratuity you can pay separate but if you sit together it's going to be a 10% gratuity at this time I then realized she had an attitude because she thought we were trying to get over on the gratuity that was the last of my worries we were simply trying to pay we really did not even think about that as my husband and I work in the restaurant and we always leave a tip I did not have a problem with that and told him to please just add us all on 1 check I will get the money from my sister for her family later the attitude of these workers is so bad I really wanted to leave and did not enjoy the stares like really if I was worried about how much money I spend why would I eat out they really acted like we were trying to scam them this will be the last time we come here there are better places in taste and manners people who hate dealing with customers should really not work in the...

The food is good, there are lots of options but the service is okay. Mediocre. The servers are inconsistent, some are on top of picking up plates and refilling your cups while at times I find myself looking for them because the table is full of plates or cups are empty.

They definitely need to get that customer service in sync because it could make a great dinner/ lunch not enjoyable, even frustrating. During the lunch period, they keep everything stocked but around the last hour or two before closing, they slack off a lot. High demand buffet items like their fried crab and shrimp trays are empty. They almost appear obvious with rushing you to leave by either telling you they're closing soon or start bringing you fortune cookie trays to your table before you've even got dessert. I find that slightly rude. They never ask if you are enjoying your food or if you need anything too, just fyi. You will always get your money's worth but you'll find yourself being slightly rushed through some of their passive aggressiveness.

I would still recommend this place but you won't know if it's for you until you've been here yourself for the experience. Also, they have a hibachi grill, sushi bar, lots of fruit, dessert and ice cream cup with a few flavors to pick from, the...