This was a self-service buffet, although after you have chosen your food the waiters are quite eager to bring it to the table. The theme tonight was Mediterranean Seafood.

To round out a table-filling dinner, not much more is needed besides the hot appetizer sampler ($14). Ours was sensational despite the fact that the kitchen had yet again run out of a component ...

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But it’s not what I go to a Mediterranean buffet for. If I’m going to overeat, it will begin with the za’atar-topped pizza, which is closer to a cracker than an Italian pizza.