Cafe Sierra at Hilton Universal City

12/22/11

Cafe Sierra at Hilton Universal City

by Oggie Oggie at Citysearch

First time I ate here a few years back, I thought it was pretty good. But every time I came back after that, I wasn't too impressed with the food. The best thing here is probably the deserts. They have chocolate fountain with fruits next to it. Also ice-cream (haagen dazs) little cups in the freezer, regular soft-serve ice cream, cakes, puddings, etc. There are a lot of food like lobsters, crabs, oysters, prime ribs, asian food (shark fin soup, dim sum, Korean BBQ, sushi stations), steak, and BBQ stuff.

If you are throwing a party, this place is not bad since there are many different types of food and everyone can have whatever they want.

I threw a party here last time and there were way too many people. If you want throw a quiet and private party, don't do it here. I came here too many times within the past couple of years, it will be a while until I go back to this place.

09/25/11

Great Buffet

by patriciajameson16 at Citysearch

I'm always excited staying in hotels, but I'm more looking forward to eating buffets with my husband. We see to it that we do that every time we check in a hotel. When we saw the buffet here, we were quite impressed. It's a lot. The presentation was great too. We didn't know where to start actually. Since I'm more of a seafood girl and my husband is more of a steak guy, we went our separate ways. I got shrimps, lobsters, crabs and the works. I was so afraid I'll have stomach ache. They were all good. I'm not sure of the oysters though. It seems not that fresh but I'm really not good at knowing that. My husband enjoyed his steak but it could be more tender. We ended with desserts. It was okay, nothing special. But as a whole, we got our money's worth.

03/07/11

Way Over-rated! Sorry!

by Bob3660 at Citysearch

We stayed at the Hilton in Universal City this past weekend, and after reading the (overall) "rave reviews" about their prime rib & seafood buffet, we were excited to try it. My wife and I are lovers of prime rib & crab, and she's also very much into oysters, muscles and things like that.

We met my son and his family there (we had all gone to Universal Studios together) and were really looking forward to a fantastic meal, but we were all extremely disappointed, and none of us are really all that hard to please when it comes right down to it.

On the PLUS side of our dining experience, all of the food was very nicely presented and there was a nice variety. The service was EXCELLENT, and their desserts were fantastic.

On the more REALISTIC (aka: NEGATIVE) side however, all I can honestly say is "Buyer Beware." It's way over-rated and not even close to the $44 per person price tag. A more realistic price for the buffet would be in the range of $14 - $24.

There was nothing memorable about their prime rib. It tasted good, but was more on the "dry & chewy" side in the opinion of all of us. My wife and daughter-in-law both agreed that the muscles & oysters were NOT fresh, and all of us agreed that their Alaskan king crab legs had ZERO TASTE to them. If we had all be blindfolded, the only way that we would have known it was crab would have been by the texture. It was as though the crab was either very, very old, or was kept in ice water for a few months which would have completely removed all of the flavor from the legs.

The lobster thermador was nothing to get over excited about either. I'd have to rate it as "just okay," and nothing more than that.

I also tried their Yorkshire pudding. For anyone who has eaten Yorkshire pudding before, they know that the outer crust should be slightly firm and the inside should be fairly moist and soft on the inside. My experience was that the inside and outside was burnt to a crisp and was similar to that of eating a thick and hard ruffled potato chip! The rest of the food was "just okay," and nothing more.

I'm truly not sure WHY it's rated as "the best buffet in LA by some other reviewers! But trust me when I tell you that the buffet as a whole leaves much to be desired!

12/06/09

this place f in sucks

by newguy at Citysearch

I got major food poisoning from this place. I spent the last 2 days in my bed vomiting and with major diareha. I would never go back to this place ever again

• Cons: I got major food poisoning

04/14/08

BEST BRUNCH IN SOUTHERN CALI

by LDBROADY at Citysearch

GREAT FOOD SERVICE WAS GREAT. I ENJOYED THE SEAFOOD AND THE LEG OF LAMB. THE FRUIT WAS FRESH AND THE PLACE IS VERY CLEAN