Nami Sushi Buffet — Restaurant in Newnan

It's a no for me. I was excited to find an all-you-can-eat Chinese spot in Fayetteville, since I usually drive an hour away to go to Golden Apple. So, my daughter and I arrived at Nami around 3:20 PM.

I started at the buffet. Everything I tried was cold and bland. I sampled several different items, but they were all the same—lacking in flavor and freshness. There was an empty section on the buffet for crab legs, so I asked a server about it. I was told they would come out for dinner service in about 15 minutes. I figured I’d wait and at least try to get my money’s worth.

When the crab legs finally came out, I grabbed about three clusters. But before I could even taste one, three different servers approached me, all looking at me suspiciously and telling me the crab legs were only for dinner guests and I’d need to pay the dinner price. Fine—but they really should have a clear sign stating that lunch does not roll over into dinner.

I agreed to pay the dinner price, but the crab legs were cold, dry, and just as bland as everything else—definitely not worth the wait or the extra charge.

They also had lobster at the hibachi grill with a sign stating it was for dinner only. Since I was now paying the dinner price, I figured I’d try it. But again, before I could even get back to my seat, nearly every server stopped me to confirm that I was paying for dinner. Honestly, it felt excessive and a bit offensive, but I kept my cool and let them know I had already agreed to the dinner rate.

As for the lobster—it wasn’t good. It was drizzled with some sauce that couldn’t mask the dryness. I left it on my plate.

Now, my daughter is a sushi lover and she rated their sushi an 8/10. (She’s 10, and I think they won her over with the dessert bar.) I didn’t try the desserts myself—I was over it by then.

In the end, I paid around $55 and still went home hungry. I won’t be back. I’ll gladly drive the hour to Golden Apple, where the food is always hot, flavorful, and consistent no matter what time you go—and it's much more...

Seating and service was fast, even though it was busy (7pm on a weekend). I appreciate that they had sufficient staffing to take drink orders (extra $2.99 for soda) and remove dirty plates quickly. The sushi and maki rolls selection was diverse and fresh. The wasabi actually had decent heat. The BBQ station had cooks cutting the meat fresh like at a Brazilian steakhouse, but I was disappointed that they were out of short ribs. There was a hibachi station where you build your own ingredient bowl for them to cook. Also many traditional "Chinese buffet" foods, and lots of seafood options. They refreshed the crab legs and seafood boil trays 3-4 times in an hour (as well as other items that ran low), and regularly cleaned the buffet stations. As expected, we didn't see much of anything refreshed once it got within an hour of closing, but we didn't stay all the way until close to confirm. Individual ice creams for dessert were nice, but I was surprised there weren't any fun flavors like red bean or green tea. As others mentioned, some more sauces like eel sauce, yum yum sauce, and chili oil, would be nice to have available. Overall really nice to have a quality Asian buffet in the area and we will...

The restaurant was super busy on a Sunday evening! The all you can eat quality was fantastic. But everything Lacks flavor and zest. The sushi SUCKS good selection to the eye but the taste was BAD. The sashimi selection is good, and I was impressed to see certain items. The service was good they are very polite. It is family oriented making it super loud inside taking away from the experience in a way. For it to look so upscale inside they may want to come up with an idea to limit so much chaos on the weekends. Also the Hibachi Bar has RAW chicken and RAW beef to grab at your leisure but it’s not Labeled for food safety purposes. This could be dangerous with Kids being unsupervised. Also the cross contamination of the tongs could become an issue!

Lastly, the Check out process is horrible. Just have us pay AHEAD not at the end. You literally could walk out of the restaurant and not even pay and they wouldn’t know.

For how long it took them to build the restaurant and how much it is per person I had HIGHER expectations. Sorry to come off so harsh. But there needs to be...