The end of October 2008 my wife and I stopped in for lunch and there was a sign on the front door ""Lunch buffet is back"". We both decided to do the buffet.\r
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Omikoshi uses the standard size stainless steel pans you see at most buffet places, but the pans here were filled with less than 10% full of food, leaving most of the pan empty. It was like they couldn't afford to fill the pan with food. The food in all the pans was cold. We had to wait until they came out to refill the pans with fresh hot food to get it hot. They had diced chicken that they called ""teriyaki chicken"" that didn't have any teriyaki sauce on it. The chicken, although fresh cooked (I hope) was all dried out or cooked super well done. Another pan had japanese noodles that were also dried out and cold.\r
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They also have sushi on the buffet bar. Each different type of sushi was on it's own plate and each plate covered by a single sheet of plastic wrap. There was probably ten different types of sushi, maybe four nigiri types and the rest rolls of some type. I tried the salmon nigiri and it was pretty tasty. The rolls seemed to have been pre-made and had set for a while and the rice was already dried out and getting crunchy.\r
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My wife, who doesn't eat sushi, complained about the food not being hot to the server. She got no response or apology. But when I went to the bar to get some of the sugar coated donut rolls, the server said ""those are supposed to be cold"". Ha! like I didn't already know that.\r
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Maybe they were having a bad day but I have ate at Omikoshi about five different times over the past few years. Each time we go back the food and the atmosphere gets worse.
Pros: they were open
Cons: dining room was cold, food was cold, service was slow
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