text: Since there was only a hour wait for this buffet on Christmas night we came here in lieu of waiting hours I know that the shorter wait means the buffet is not as popular or top of the top as the others but Bayside Buffet is not the worst They have a decent amount of seafood available crab legs the warm ones at a different station are a lot juicer and better than the cold ones mussels shrimp cocktail popcorn shrimp fried calamari and this medley of seafood in tomato sauce They also have a custommadetoorder pasta station and a carving station but I was too focused on the seafood to venture there I do have to point out that the desserts were not the same as some of the other buffets I have been to The soft serve frozen yogurt came out slightly melted and because the bowls next to the machine were still pipping hot from being washed the soft serve was melted by the time I went back to my table to eat it Their toppings could be better organized such as having pumps for the hot fudge and the various syrups They were available in open containers so it was very messy trying to scoop the sauces onto your soft serve when the serving ladle was caked with hot fudge that some previous child had carelessly dripped into the strawberry sauce Even though it was Christmas Day and they advertised some Christmas specific items I did not see too many of the special items nnWe got pretty good service from our server who made sure our drinks were constantly replenished They also have the actual metal crab clamps for you to wrestle with for your crab legs different from those plastic fork looking things that other places hand you