Shiki Buffet & Hibachi Grill - Kedzie — Restaurant in Lake Township

Decent food for grand opening week. Went on Friday at around 6pm, had to wait about 5 minutes for a table. The line got longer around 630pm so go early but it might just be busy due to grand opening week. They offered a 15% discount if you mentioned their Facebook post for grand opening week.

The food options were decent for the $18.99 dinner. They had lots of seafood to choose from. There were some "bad" pieces here and there. A couple cheese mussels I got was spoiled and a few pieces of crab. The shrimps were fresh and didn't stick to the skin so that's nice. Their clams were nice and steamed fish was great. They refilled the food in a timely manner. The sushi options were small but good for buffet quality. They had a habachi grill in the back where you can stir fry some freshly cooked food.

They had the usual fried food section with nuggets fries crab rangoon and pizza. The fruit section and desserts were standard buffet items.

Drinks are self served and they had soft served ice cream. As well. The seating area is decently sized and spacious, not too cramped. The small parking lot was a bit full for grand opening week so it's a bit hard to...

The environment is nice. My family and I ate on a Saturday afternoon.

The kids went for the fried food (nuggets, fries) and pizza. Not too bad. My wife had some of the mac and cheese which tasted good but it was not hot at all. Green beans and chicken wings were good.

I ate some seafood - fried and sautéed shrimp were both flavorful and not overcooked. Maki rolls and other sushi had mushy rice with not much seasoning. Baby octopus were flavorful but a bit tough which is a trade off for the good price. Same with some of the beef - tough to chew. My biggest disappointment was the salmon. If you’re gonna spend the money as a business on salmon, at least a touch of seasoning. It was broiled, not overcooked, which is great, but absolutely no salt. Good thing they provide some at the table.

Desert was okay. The best thing was a cinnamon crumble cake - delicious. The ice cream was probably frozen custard because of the texture. They do have some drip coffee which is always nice after a meal, personally.

Overall, a decent experience, but I’m not sure we’ll return because...

Food was really delicious and a diverse assortment of goods, and the areas were well maintained. However only downside that was really annoying was that after we were finished eating and ready to get home, the server that was cleaning our table judged how much we left her of a tip (we weren’t even done collecting the group tips to give to our server) and was forcefully begging us to give her more openly. It was extremely embarrassing and honestly, disrespectful behavior coming from a worker. I do recommend the buffet but please teach your servers to be a bit more...