I was a fan of those budget Japanese Buffet restaurant but once you have tried the premium ones you will realized that how bad their quality actually is.

I'd stay away from those Japanese buffet, it's just a channel for those high end restaurant to sell off the lousy parts.

I was Miyako (was inside of Sheraton Subang), when the chef told me about Japanese buffets. I sat at the sushi bar & chat up with the head chef who happened to be there. He even gave me samples of different parts to try, and I can really taste the difference between the good part & the lousy part.

If you do some maths, actually going ala carte could probably be cheaper.