You are given a review about a place. You need to provide a rating from "1 star" to "5 stars" for this place.
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Question: See those two stars? They were five before. I will be going back, because this is a great establishment, but I am also writing this because I want this to continue to be a great establishment. To become an even better establishment in fact.

I work in the industry, so yes I do have higher standards than most when it comes to dining, but I usually ignore most of my critical thinking in such terms in favor of enjoying my experience. Some things however, are unacceptable.

The extent of which your patio had spider webs, under the table, on the chairs, and on the ceiling is beyond unacceptable. I understand it is outside and next to the water, making that a challenge, but it is a challenge that comes with such a space. I imagine the investment in a power washer would be wise. Especially since your patio is essentially your prime seating area. If you get nothing from reading this, get that.

In terms of service, some things need to happen. First, and more important than anything else as far as improving service at your establishment goes, is seating points. It hasn't happened every time I have eaten there, but the one time it did happen was rediculous. The server painfully, obviously, had either no regard or no idea what seating points are. EVERY dish that was delivered to our table was auctioned off. EVERY dish. Not one, not a few, not a majority. All of them. That is insane to me.

There were other little things that I am not going to get into because I don't want to sound like an anal bastard, and because I am in the industry, I feel disgusted that I have to even write this review as I do really love your place. I wasn't going to write this, or post this, because I love your place. Then I realized that is the exact reason why I need to. Because I will be coming back there again, and I hope these two glaring issues are taken care of. I don't want my next visit to be my last.

Answer: 2 stars

Question: = = = = = DAILY LUNCH BUFFET = = = = =

There's an old Chinese proverb: "Once bitten, twice shy." This place was so awful when I was here in January '09 that it took me over 4 1/2 years to get up the nerve to try it again! I'm happy to report that things were better here this time:

SOME POSITIVES:

* Both the dining room and the men's restroom looked very clean!

* The ambiance (lighting, sound (soft Chinese music playing), room temperature and booth comfort were all good. The dining room furnishings are arranged more attractively now than they were in '09, & it was a peaceful atmosphere overall. (There were 5 other customers dining.)

* My "hot tea" was hot this time, & it's free with the Buffet!

* The Egg Flower Soup was ok & much better than last time!

* All the food temperatures were right & I liked the taste of most of it.

OK, A FEW CAVILS:

* The sign outside says $5.99 but I was charged $6.55 total. It should have been $6.49 at the current tax rate of 8.3%, so right now she's charging $6.05 plus tax.

* One of the main things I always go for at an Oriental Buffet is the fried chicken. The big legs cooked up here looked great in the tray but mine seemed oily and only marginally cooked enough on the inside.

* Limited selection of 21 items including the tea.

ALL IN ALL?

Hong Kong here holds it own now against Mike Kwan's ("infamous") Golden Coin just 2 miles away. That's another place that was 1-Star & improved. The food is good there now but they have a microscopic selection of only 8 items & the bathroom is ucky.

It IS a pleasure to see a formerly disaster case Buffet like this get BETTER rather than finally closing such as East Buffet downtown, for example. Did you ever eat there? OMG! The last time I was there I was fighting over my food with this big spider. It was like a horror movie! The whole scene there was so awful (& I ate there 2 or 3 times!). Just running back across my Reviews of the place was upsetting enough that I finally deleted them completely. (Still get goosebumps when I drive by the derelict building!) :-O

Ok, so the daily Lunch Buffet here at Hong Kong Restaurant is $6.05 :-|

Answer: 2 stars

Question: We found out about this location through the owners. We were regulars at their first location and they had mentioned that they were opening up this location so we decided to go check it out the first week that they opened.

Decor is real modern. They have a Sushi Bar, Bar area, Regular seating area and they also have Korean BBQ tables, the ones with the grill in the center of your table.

We've only had sushi at this location and I like the quality of their food, it's the same attention to detail as Nagoya-1.

The only reason why I knocked off one star is because of their prices. We'd probably visit if the prices weren't as expensive as they are.

Answer:
4 stars