Ombu Buffet — Restaurant in Ogden

Went in so excited! Came out quite disappointed. The food was just always so cold or barely heated. After reading several good reviews me and my partner heading in excited for our lunch date at 11:51, just an hour after opening. We paid just 33 with the added gratuity and we added 3 extra dollars leaving us at 36 for the afternoon. We were greeted and seated quickly and kindly. i have no complaints for the workers. All of the staff were kind and just as attentive as they needed to be. I saw someone cleaning and replacing the things in the buffet through the stay. However all the food was just cold. Even white rice right of the rice cooker was barely warm. My partner had some of the seafood boil and it wasn't as satisfactory as we hoped with the shrimp being cold. But the corn was good. There were no crab legs which was the main goal of ours. And the boba is ONLY DINNER. Heart struck but i'm sure it's for a reason i just wanted to be aware. i got the sushi which out of all the rolls i tried the sweetheart one was by far the best. i had to spit one roll out I was just so conflicted and it did NOT taste right. I also dappled in the fruit right next to it and that was delicious. No complaints for Kimchi but with all my food being cold and displeasing I couldn't finish my plates. it's also space themed which caught me by surprise in and very OPEN. The Chick-fil-a right across the street greater us with a smile and free samples of a new shake, which were delicious. Our tummies our...

I was charged full adult pricing, even for my child, because their pricing is based on height, not age. Since we visited during weekend lunch hours, we were charged dinner prices—yet many of the dinner options weren’t even available. If you're going to charge full price, the full selection should be offered.

The hot food wasn’t hot at all—it was lukewarm and extremely dry. The sushi tasted like a bad case of food poisoning waiting to happen and was not even edible. Drinks weren’t included in the price and the boba teas were awful. The desserts were dry, and the ice cream had a strong chemical taste.

Despite all that, I was originally going to leave a fair 3-star review because the service was decent and the staff seemed friendly. They had a spinning wheel for kids to win a small prize or coupon if you left a Google review, which I thought was a fun touch. But when I showed them my honest 3-star review, I was told my child couldn’t spin the wheel unless I changed it to 4 stars or higher. This was incredibly disappointing—especially since I had already paid full adult pricing for her meal.

I don’t mind paying full price on weekends or following an age based pricing policy, but trying to pressure guests into leaving inflated reviews in exchange for a cheap toy or $2 coupon felt shady. It made me seriously question how many of the positive reviews I read beforehand were actually real, which left a very negative final impression.

I won’t...

Tried Ombu Buffet in Ogden by Ocean Mart

Dinner was about $70 for 2. We got there about 5:30 on a Saturday and there was a line. It got longer and doubled by the time we left an hour later. I think it took us about 15 mins in line. But it’s pretty quick once you’re seated.

They’re very kind and it was good service (considering it was a buffet). The buffet is big and drinks, including boba, are included. There’s milk boba that has brown sugar in it and no caffeine. I drank water but it looked like the other drinks were juice.

It’s clean and efficient. Lots of tables.

I love crab legs and they had steamed and Cajun seasoned. Be sure to grab the cracker tool and gloves, it’s messy. People get huge plates of crab (it goes fast) but they keep it refilled.

Other favs include walnut shrimp, gyoza, mushrooms, crab salad, salmon, general soa’s chicken (spell).

I didn’t get any fruit. Most things were really fresh.

I was so full but we ate some fortune cookies and vanilla ice cream for dessert (I didn’t like it, to me it had a strange taste).

There’s kid’s food like pizza, fries, fried rice and chicken nuggets.

Came really hungry and left totally happy and full. Way better than any other Asian...