Krazy Buffet — Restaurant in Spring Valley

This is challenging for me to rate. Food flavors were polarizing to me. More below. We arrived and they had about 20 people in a loose line outside. We found parking easily even though they were at capacity. We took a number and asked if they could call rather than us stand around outside. We waited in the car. Wait time was longer than promised but about 30 minutes, and we were able to wait in the car.

Food here was hit and miss. My wife said that she liked it but only ate a surprisingly little for a buffet but said she was full. When I asked her again the next morning she said it was good except the orange chicken was small and dry

I had some crab legs. It was a bit difficult to get them as they would dissappear quickly, but by swinging by I was able to get them when they brought out more, and I did get to have all that I wanted. They were whole legs, individual, and not cut, i didn't see any utensils to help, but I did not ask and managed even the claws with a fork. They did have better than average flavor so worth the work.

I tried the salt and pepper crab. Creamy with salt ouside on the shell made for salty fingers was a nice surprise. Small crab and you have to work a little but new to me and delicious.

I started with speaking to those two things that I really liked because they were what saved the food experience for me, but I don't know if I would go back

I typically like to try a bite or two each of several things then go back for more if good. This also helped me get the crab legs when I saw them bring them out.

Foods that seemed normal to me. Vegetarian low mein normal, pot sticker flavorful, calamari very light breading, octopus salad (spicy), clams in heavy asian sauce.

I'm trying to remember if there was anything else that I liked. My other goto favorites at Chinese restaurants seemed off to downright awful. But nothing tasted bad until after the miso.

Orange chicken, teriyaki chicken, even the sushi, which looked great but I only had one piece of each of 3 types but didn't get more because they just didn't seem good to me even favorites like salmon and yellowtail.

Maybe miso had killed my appetite. The miso soup tasted like dishwater but my wife said it was just weak. I kept retasting it from my bowl, hoping, as I really like miso, but I just couldn't get it to taste good.

So perhaps that affected me but nothing else tasted good enough to get more than a sample. I tried to reset with jello, banana in sweet red sauce but my dessert favorites just tasted off, so I gave up.

So two nice things to praise the crab was surprisingly good, likely because it was whole leg not cut and not too tiny.

We did the weekend dinner...

Appropriately named, this Krazy Buffet is Kaaaaaraaazy! Dropped in for lunch on this Friday afternoon for lunch. Restaurant opens at 11am and the parking lot is very full of cars. (I guess that's a good sign 🤔)? It was just me, but still had to take a number and wait. About 10 minutes and I'm in. Ordered a drink and went to harvest. Very crowded line and not sure if others there were rude or just not aware of their surroundings. Above average aggressive "harvesters" that instead of waiting their turn, they dive in if a small gap presents itself. Above average selection of dishes, but many are unlabeled. Sushi is towards the left rear of the restaurant, nothing special here. Wasabi is old and dried up, stale. Only 2 tongs which slows things down because a choosy person in front of me holds onto the tongs just for herself and you're left standing there waiting for her to finish her selections. What does she do when completing her choices? Of course, she drops it on top of some cut rolls which isn't sanitary and now the tongs are sticky with sauce. I finish my selections and sit down to try my lunch. The table right behind me has their cell phone on maximum volume as the do some kind of video call. So noisy! I turn around and think maybe they will at least turn the volume down, but they are in their own world. Zero consideration for anyone else. Food is ok in some aspects and others are overcooked or possibly reheated leftovers. I was expecting at least a few good dishes, but nothing stood out as really good. Pizza? Tried a slice and couldn't eat my first bite. It was crust with a inch of cheese on top. Blah!! Overall just no good, although the vast majority of diners seem to be consuming in mass quantities. Good service, drink was refilled promptly and table cleared quickly. I handed the lady a cash tip, but no acknowledgement or thank you. Didn't try dessert, I just paid and left. This is surely a Kraaaazy buffet, maybe non Friday's or non weekends is better? Krazy...

The food was okay my biggest issue was how they where "changing out the dishes" all they did was throw new food on top of the old food which is probably why people are getting food poisoning at this restaurant. I did take a bite of some of the crab and it tasted like ammonia which means it was bad seafood and immediately stopped eating the crab. I had my gallbladder removed last October and after eating I had to run back inside the restaurant to use the restroom which told me the food is high in oils and fats. The restroom didn't seem as unsanitary as many other reviews have stated and even had a sign asking customers if there is a issue with the restroom to notify staff. The staff was friendly and immediately helped by bringing us a highchair and didnt seem to mind that my son was messy during dinner which i appreciated. The staff seemed overly attentive yet forgetfull and scattered. It seemed like they where endlessly running around we felt like servers where just watching us eat egarly waiting to take our dirty plates but when we needed or asked for a refill they forgot that we needed drinks resulting in us not having drinks and asking multiple servers for our drinks. The sushi rice is a little strange it wasn't very fluffy or light like I'd expect. My husband loved the coconut shrimp and the house beef. I loved the chicken skewers and cocktail shrimp. I'm a big fan of muscles but they where slightly chewy but still tasted good. The whole shrimp was good but i wished they would clean out the intestines. We also wish there was more of a salad bar my dad's salad only consisted of iceberg lettuce and tomatoes because theres really nothing out to make a nice salad. Overall I think it was well worth 18$ even though some of the food textures where not perfect and I'd skip the crab if it isnt tasting very fresh there are plenty of options to chose from including some tasty ice cream to finish...