First off, I've been to other Makinos in Vegas and enjoyed the food...so I was disappointed by the quality of the food at this particular Makino.  The sushi was really bleh and I was really turned off by the gross amounts of imitation crab they were using.  Fortunately, after convincing the sushi chef, I brought over some tempura shrimp and he made some basic hand rolls for me.  Otherwise, of the warm dishes: the udon noodle bowls were pathetic.  In fact, I secretly took the noodles from one bowl and put them in another because one \"serving\" was essentially equal to only 2 bites.  The tempura shrimp tasted great (but how can you go wrong with tempura shrimp?) and I had some stir fried noodles.  For dessert, I got a scoop of green tea ice cream (they also offer other flavors, like chocolate, strawberry, etc.).  Overall, an ok experience but not really worth the $16/person in my opinion.  I've had better sushi buffets.  Based on my experience with other Makinos, I wouldn't write it off completely--but set your expectations low with this particular location.