The Harbor Seafood Buffet is located in Phoenix Arizona. They are located in the Metro Center Parking lot by where the Metro Center Mall used to be. They offer over a hundred different food items for you to try. Prices are reasonable.
Why go to a buffet?
It’s kind of nice to stroll around picking up food to graze on just like you are at a food festival.
It’s nice that you pay a set price and all that food is ready waiting for you.
Sometimes you just need something different. Sometimes you just need that element of surprise.
Sometimes you just don’t want to spend much….You can get a few appetizers, a salad, some hot foods and dessert and then some for a low set price.
It’s squeaky shiny clean when you walk in. You almost need sunglasses.
I came in just as they opened to get the freshest experience possible.
They have lots of seating. Pictured above is only a fraction of all the seating they have.
Now lets walk around and see only some of the offerings.
On my visit I thought the best chicken dish that I tried was the teriyaki chicken. It was moist, flavorful and nicely charred. (no guarantees it’s the same three hours later or tomorrow) To the left is a ham and to the right are mussels.
I picked up the bun marked Zhong zi…..Inside was rice mixed with sweet tasting squash. I like the texture of the steamed buns. It seemed almost like meringue mixed with pizza dough but I know it isn’t. Oh and they did have pizza on the buffet too!
My husband was very brave and tried an oyster and a shrimp. He said that the oyster didn’t taste fresh and I didn’t ask about the shrimp????
Neither of us felt like pigging out on the Pig Feet.
The green beans were very fresh and tender crisp with some mild garlic. We both really liked the bok choy too. Next to the bok choy were mushrooms. These three pans were good. It’s always nice to get nicely prepared fresh vegetables with your meal.
They had corn on the cob and beef ribs. Neither of us tried but they look ok.
They brought back the typical salad bar with puddings, jello, grapes, canned and fresh fruits, mayo based salads………..
The other end of the salad bar with many sauces and dressings.
Forgot to photo the sushi and sashimi. I tried a salmon sushi, a tuna sushi and a fried sushi and a salmon sashimi. On my visit everything except the tuna was much better than I expected. The salmon was actually good and better than from some sushi restaurants. Only the tuna tasted like buffet sushi tuna…(like not good to me)….. Some of the sushi didn’t have signs naming what it was….
Off the buffet I tried some flounder with scallions that could have used some sauce or flavor but the fish seemed freshly prepared and was moist and tender. Another highlight were the chicken meatballs. They are pictured below in the upper middle pan. They were moist and flavorful today….Further down it seemed they they had a million fried offerings like onion rings, fries, chicken nuggets, fried fish, and many other things.
Thee chicken (lower left on skewers) was a little dry today. Apple pie (lower middle) had raw dough on the bottoms.
Finished up with fresh sweet strawberries. They did have some baked goods but I passed on them. Oddly next to the baked goods they had a steak to carve. I think I saw a stir fry station or Mongolian grill there too! But gosh how much food can a person eat?
That was my trip to the Harbor Seafood Super Buffet in Phoenix AZ.
I would say Harbor Seafood Super Buffet is …….
Worth a Try! *******I wouldn’t drive across town for this but on the other hand it is a good value if you pick the right pans to try.
Seoul BBQ & Sushi is located in Phoenix Arizona. They serve a variety of Korean and Asian foods. Seoul BBQ & Sushi is well known for serving Korean BBQ. They also offer Korean and Japanese appetizers, noodle dishes, hot pots, house specials, stews, sushi, all-you-can-eat dinners and more.
They do have a patio but it is not in use.
Inside is a long bar and several dinning rooms.
Today we just did take out. We took out a bibimbap (Korean mixed rice dish with egg, vegetables, beef and a chili paste called gochujang and a spicy dak bulgogi (marinated bbq chicken).
They gave us a complimentary vegetable pancake and 16 side dishes called banchan!!!!!!
Here’s a better look at the pancake.
WOW it’s mighty tasty, stuffed with veggies and is very generous in size.
Here’s a better look at the side dishes.
We got eggplant salad, fish cakes, sweet peanuts, cucumber salad, potato salad and potato noodles. All are tasty.
Here the bibimbap. Below it is rice for the other entree.
You are suppose to mix the rice, beef, egg, vegetables with kimchi (fermented cabbage) and the gochujang (chili sauce). It’s delicious!
Here’s the spicy dak bulgogi (marinated bbq chicken).
It’s delicious and so tender. The chicken is full of flavors. The sauce is spicy but not too spicy and has sweetness to it. The rice is also nicely seasoned. I think they accidentally gave us extra food here. Even half is a very large portion.
The take out we just did was a great value and Wroth a Fork!
Worth A Fork!
Here are some previous dishes we tried from Seoul BBQ & Sushi.
We have been doing a lot of take out in Metro Phoenix since the pandemic has happened. We’ve taken out a lot of Chicken Dishes so here they are in no particular order.
We are starting with the AMAZING Fried Chicken lunch from Confluence in Carefree. It’s a very large portion of chicken and it’s INSANELY Delicious chicken. It comes with this sauce that is mustardy, spicy and a little sweet but in a way that is a hundred times more delicious than I can describe. They change up the sides every few weeks but it’s always CRAZY GREAT!
The Greek Salad from Pita Kitchen tin Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide with added chicken kabob is usually very good (like 17 out of 20 times…. The chicken is usually moist and is always developed with delicious flavors. It always has a delicious kind of char taste too.
Below is the chicken fajita salad from Popo’s Fiesta Del Sol in Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide.
This salad is always a little different every time I have it but I can say for sure that it is always a large salad. I always enjoy their house made salsa with this salad.
From Taco Fusion in Glendale. I would highly recommend the mild chicken habanero taco. It’s even better with their pineapple salsa if you can get it on the day you are there. Actually all their food is very good. Even the tortillas are better than from most places. You do have to ask for the salsas here.
Bellow is the chicken cabbage salad from Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in North Phoenix.
It’s tasty and just the right size and only cost around $5.00. Next to it are their chicken potstickers. They are also really great too!
Below was the chicken family dinner from Tratto in Phoenix.
This was very good. Everything was very good. The pasta is exceptional. How could it not be? It’s by a James Beard Award Winning Chef Chris Bianco. This take out was really special.
Below is food from Chino Bandido in North Phoenix.
Chino Bandido
We got big combo pans that start at less than $10. Not all but many of the choices are chicken in a somewhat Asian, Mexican or Caribbean variety. I’ve tried maybe all their chickens and I usually get the emerald chicken because I like the moist chicken breast with that ginger scallion sauce. I think this day I got their popular red jade chicken.
Below is the chicken and goat cheese salad from Cucina Tagliani in Glendale/Arrowhead/#UppetWestSide.
The dressings are made in house and are very tasty.
Below was our take out from Mochilero Kitchen in Peoria/#UpperWestSide.
One of them is a chicken bowl.
Below is our take out from Desert Island Eatery in North Phoenix. They serve Caribbean Food and also Vegan options.
The top pan is my favorite meal there…….The curry chicken and jerk chicken combo. It’s always delicious with tender falling apart chicken. It’s also a big pan of food that I get more than one meal out of it too.
From Philla-Deli in Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide I got the chicken steak as a wrap.
Next below is the chicken kabob from Alzohour Market in Glendale. It’s a Moroccan/Middle Eastern Restaurant that also sells some baked goods, some grocery and some Islamic clothing. It just might be the best chicken kabob on this side of town.
Everything is amazing from Alzohour Market. Don’t pass on the tea there or you will be sorry.
Skewers Mediterranean Grill in Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide serves really great nice salads with chicken shawarma or-
Chicken kabob (below). The salads are crazy cheap and are only around $7.50@.
Below is the noodle bowl with chicken and egg roll from Banh Mi Vietnamese Bistro in North Phoenix.
It’s delicious and big. I know it was $10 or less and can be two meals for some people.
Below we tried a brand new restaurant called Kabob Grill and Go. The sides were all very good. The garlic sauce can make you go yip-pid-dee-WOW-wow! It might make you grow hair on your chest. It feels healthy.
The two outer boxes contained chicken. One was tenders and the other was on the bone. We ordered an extra meal because this place was highly recommended by our food critic and the prices are very low so we wanted to try. Maybe we just live too far to take out from here. Good flavors but all three meats were very dry.
This next one was very good! It’s a HUM YUM DINGER!
Here is the menu fried chicken thigh sandwich (with added Calabrian Peppers) from CHZBURGR in Glendale. This is really FORKING GREAT! Great flavors, it’s crunchy, lots of juice. Even the bun is very good and not too big so you can eat it as a sandwich. Below on the right side is a crispy boneless chicken leg special I had to try also from CHZBURGR.
Next is the chicken and strawberry salad from Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante in Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide.
The strawberries in this salad taste better than the ones I buy from the store…It’s a nice treat for a salad.
Phila-Deli in Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide offers great BIG $7.50 salads in addition to their sandwiches.
This salad is nice and big and only $7.50. Thanks Phila-Deli for filling my belly!
The Delta & The Larder is an AMAZING Restaurant. When they offer their KFC Chicken sandwich DROP EVERYTHING! RUN and GET IT! I didn’t get that sandwich recently but did get a take out special.
We took out the hot fried chicken special there.
I really like the spicy lemon chicken salad (on left) from-
Sala Thai in Peoria/#UpperWestSide.
Lower right corner is the tender and delicious chicken and dumplings from-
Twist Bistro and Gallery in North Scottsdale. The chicken was super great in this dish!
Below are the seasonal specials from Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante in Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide.
On the left is the chicken piccata. This one was very tender and very lemon-ee. The mushroom pasta was really excellent too!
On the left is the chicken from-
Fe La Cubana Cafeteria in Glendale. (little Cuban Restaurant)
On the right is the very flavorful yellow curry chicken from-
Angelina’s Pho and Grill in Glendale/#UpperWestSide.
We even went to Starlite BBQ by Old Town Scottsdale.
On the left is the hot fried chicken. It was very tasty!
Below was a Friday Night Dinner of Jerk Chicken Special for two from the Bread Fruit and Rum Bar in Down Town Phoenix. It had nice exotic flavors and came with this hot sauce that is so hot it can be used as a weapon.
Friday night jerk chicken for two special from The Breadfruit & Rum Bar in Phoenix
We went to the newly opened Nanaya Japanese Kitchen in the Arcadia Area of Phoenix.
It the right corner is part of one of the chicken ramen dishes that they offer. The plastic tub holds the liquid. Mt half looked more like this.
I have to say that chicken was really tender and developed with delicious flavors.
I heard about a spicy chicken sandwich special from Aioli Burgers in Phoenix.
Not real spicy but were tasty moist chicken sandwiches.
Below was the fried chicken special from FnB in the arts district of Scottsdale.
WoW! It was glorious! Really GREAT fried chicken and SUPER GREAT sides that were made with the best vegetables on earth.
Below is Mrs Chicken “HOT” Nashville Style dark meat on bone with mustard slaw.
WOW! It has a DELICIOUS REALLY GREAT shattering crisp exterior. It doesn’t seem so hot at first but the heat builds quickly and turns to molten heat before you know it. The interior chicken was tender and juicy moist delicious chicken.
Those were the majority of the chicken dishes we took out since March 2020.
Everything is subject to change and we hope it does change for the better.
