Fuze

[Pete]

The owners of Taste of China are bringing two huge new restaurant / buffet / bar operations to the north side, to be called Fuze. Each will be slightly more than 14,000 square feet.

Both were approved for liquor licenses and are already well under construction. The goal is to be open this fall.

The food will be buffet style and of every type imaginable: Korean, Chinese, Mongolian, Italian, Mexican, Japanese and American.

Each will have a large bar and feature a modern, higher-end design by TAP Architecture.

Lots of money invested here; the old shopping center on NW Expressway (to be completely remodeled) alone was $1.8 million and the land near Penn & Memorial was almost half a million. Looks like very ambitious plans:

[John]

Strange choice for the Quail location, with no Penn frontage, but I guess it works for them...

[Bullbear]

Hmmm the nw expressway location is where the Olive Garden use to be then was remodeled into that strip mall after OG moved to bell isle. That's towards a lot of call centers so a buffet should get some traffic. However there is a large one just west that was remodeled several years back and gets lots of business.


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[Joe Kimball]

I'm glad to see a restaurant, any restaurant, going back in. There was quite the gap there after said move.

Clearly they are placing their knight and bishop in capturing distance of China King and Hunan Wok.

[Bullbear]

I'm glad to see a restaurant, any restaurant, going back in. There was quite the gap there after said move.

Clearly they are placing their knight and bishop in capturing distance of China King and Hunan Wok.

Hunan Wok is the remode I was speaking of.. couldn't remember the name since I don't work out that way any longer. I know another buffet opened about the time hunan Wok remodeled in hopes of giving them good competition. that location is now a catfish place instead of chinese.. if its still open at all.

[Dubya61]

and Ghengis Grill.

[jn1780]

What kind of food are they serving? Its more than Chinese isn't it since its called Fuze?

[Pete]

Learned more about these two restaurants...

Both were approved for liquor licenses and are already well under construction. The goal is to be open this fall.

The food will be every type imaginable: Korean, Chinese, Mongolian, Italian, Mexican, Japanese and American.

Each will have a large bar and feature a modern, higher-end design.

[Bullbear]

I am not a huge buffet person. but the variety should make it go over well .. especially for folks grabbing a quick lunch.

[Ukulele Ike]

we haven't tried it. there are too many other restaurants on our list. maybe next month. maybe is a relative term.

[Ukulele Ike]

we haven't tried it. there are too many other restaurants on our list. maybe next month. maybe is a relative term.

went to the fuze last night. it was good, not great. very noisy! there was a live musician, very nice. too bad they kept the house music on. about the food. i did the mongolian bbq. beef, shrooms, onions and lo mien with garlic and hoisin sauce which wasn't very spicy. over all not bad but no better than what i've had in town, like lin's. i rate it a good. the sushi was good. had something with avocado. forget the name. the wasabi was extremely diluted. nose didn't run. same with the mustard. very wimpy. no general tso chicken. i like general tso chicken. had sesame and orange chicken. can't recommend the pizza. this review sounds negative but the food was as good as any buffet in town. nothing to write home about. the decor was very nice but i don't eat decor. lady love liked it very much so we'll go back. to tell the truth the chinese restaurants that deliver are just as good and cost far less.

[jn1780]

Learned more about these two restaurants...

Both were approved for liquor licenses and are already well under construction. The goal is to be open this fall.

The food will be every type imaginable: Korean, Chinese, Mongolian, Italian, Mexican, Japanese and American.

Each will have a large bar and feature a modern, higher-end design.

That's cool if its nicer than Golden Corral.

[Pete]

TAP is doing the design, so it will be nicely done.

[Dubya61]

Do you imagine this will cause them to abandon "Taste of China"?

[Pete]

Do you imagine this will cause them to abandon "Taste of China"?

No, they used to operate 4 or 5 locations simultaneously that ToC packs 'em in.

I'm sure the new restaurants are to be nicer, bigger and broader version.

[HOT ROD]

Taste of Asia might be more appropriate (vs Taste of China) since the menu will be a broad array of Eurasia.

I like tho, wish we had more buffets here in Seattle area.

[Firefly831]

Any new news on this? Im pretty excited for this concept because it reminds of the epic vegas buffets my family always went to growing up.

[Pete]

Both locations are well along and should be opening soon; the one on NW Expressway likely first.

[Firefly831]

Do they have a facebook or website yet?

[jn1780]

Drove by the Penn location today. I would say around two months before opening. Not completely walled up yet.

[urbanCOWBOY]

Pictures?

[Pete]

This is from Plutonic Panda of the location near Quail Springs:

[Plutonic Panda]

10/14/2014

[Plutonic Panda]

11/15/2014

[Mastermind]

Couldn't take a photo, but the sign is officially up on the NW Expressway location. It's red lettering, not sure if it lights up.