Nisqually Indian Community
Blue Camas Buffet

Blue Camas Buffet

12819 Yelm Hwy SE, Nisqually Red Wind Casino, Nisqually Indian Community, USA, 98513, United States

Pasta • Buffet • Seafood • American


"This buffet has gone steadily downhill over the past several years. We went yesterday (Father's Day) for the special Father's Day brunch. We have been at least 10 times on Father's Day and it just gets progressively more disappointing. Apparently other customers feel the same way; in past years we sometimes waited 30 minutes or more just to get seated and the place was packed. This year there was no wait and the place was 2/3rd empty. Since this is a holiday buffet, the price is jacked up from 25.95 a person to 32.95. I have no problem with the price if the food quality and quantity is commensurate with the amount of money spent. Not a chance! They have decided not to run the omelette station on holidays. Apparently the fresh waffle making also. Both of these are popular stations and both are eliminated on holidays while the price goes up. There were, however, a few premade waffles (hard and cold) next to some soggy looking premade and extremely pale pancakes. A lot of the hot food was not hot, or even lukewarm. The ham they put out for carving looked dried out and horrible. The scrambled eggs were absolutely tasteless and without seasoning of any kind. The overall selection of the food seemed underwhelmingly sparse and unappealing. I myself am most interested in the breakfast selections and I can get a better breakfast, hot fresh, at Jack-in-the-Box for 5.95 (the country scrambler platter). The two men in our party are seafood lovers and they were happy with the clams and Dungeness crab. However, in years past King Crab Legs were also available and have since been eliminated. The prime rib also looked decent but no one in our party had it. It appears that the seafood and the prime rib are the only items that warranted any attention to quality or preparation. Between the 2 women in our party we ate about 12.00 worth of food. This means for the 2 men we spent about 60.00 each for them to eat clams and crab. I can't think that we will be doing this again. I can find a lot of other places where 60.00 buys a really nice dining experience! Update note on this review: I was surprised to find an apology (sort of, below). What makes this interesting is that I started looking at replies to other bad reviews and this is a canned response, with just a few words changed on each one. The apologies are just like the food: tasteless, lukewarm, unsubstantial and thoroughly unsatisfying. Really, why even bother?"

Sidewalk Cafe

Sidewalk Cafe

Capitol Way North, Olympia, 98504, United States Of America, Nisqually Indian Community

Cafe • Coffee • Cheese • Ice Cream


"This is the worst experience I 've had at a restaurant in a very long time and I 'm not a picky person. Went to order, the 3 sandwiches I picked were sold out. Finally chose a ham cheese and ketchup bagel. They were out of ham so I chose roast beef (nothing else available). The coffee came out with curdled/bad cream. The bagel sandwich came out with no egg or ketchup, just roast beef and cheese. I asked the waitress about it, she let me know a new one would be coming out. A few minutes later another waitress came out to tell me they aren 't going to fix it because they can 't do roast beef and eggs . She offered me a side of ketchup instead. At this point two other nearby tables who heard the back and forth asked me if she really just offered me a side of ketchup on an incorrect order. I decided to ask for an egg to put on the sandwich. The owner/chef acted like this was the biggest inconvenience he 'd dealt with all day. I was so embarassed with how he spoke to me that I immediately said please don 't make the eggs, my family and I are leaving. The waitress brought out the eggs anyways as we were on our way out. The two customers sitting next to us (who I did not know) let me know they were shocked with how they treated me and they would not be coming back based off what just happened.I understand being busy and out of items. But when you give me a sandwich that is missing 2 out of the 4 listed ingredients, that 's a problem. I didn 't ask for a refund and was very nice to the staff. I was even willing to CONSTRUCT THE SANDWICH MYSELF if provided the eggs but apparently that request was asking for the moon.I can 't remember the last time I left a restaurant feeling embarassed AND hungry. Will not be back, and will be sure to let friends and family know not to go either. The other customers who saw what happened said the same thing to me before we left; they won 't be back and will let others know to avoid the place."