The
first time I went to The Ark was in 1979--I remember a big wheel of
cheese on the salad bar--I loved their Lion Cut of Prime Ribs--32 ounces
on the bone--shortly after they started serving the bones as an early
bird special!!!

I
don't remember when they switched from an excellent menu to a
buffet--"The Captain's Table"--but I had my "Sweet 16" Leap Year party
there in 2000 and everything went well--I went there twice after and
that was it.

Using
one of those "Pay $25 get $50 of food" coupons on the Internet  I
decided to give it a try--even though the total including tip came to
$45 I was really disappointed in how far downhill The Ark has come--the
buffet, at $24.99, is sad looking and tasting.
Knowing I HATE thin
slices of roast beef I asked for a thick slice and was told, very
rudely, by the woman slicing the beef that I would have to come back, so
I did-- 3 times!  The pizza was dry, the shrimp loaded with breading,
the fish on a stick inedible and the other dishes weren't much to talk
about. The banana bread was disappointing though they still have the
walnut and strawberry butter.

Don't
know what to say about the desserts---I took one of each and there was a
lot of variety but most were left on my plate--not that I couldn't eat
them because of not being hungry but because they were tasteless. The
rice pudding, flan, chocolate cake, cookies define bland. Luckily the
ice cream--like the rest of the food--came from an outside dealer so it
was okay.