Friday night buffet dinner

I wrote all of this, no AI involved......

For over a year I have been getting friends to meet at an all you can eat Chinese buffet..... ( Flaming Grill Buffet, in Riverdale NJ on Rt 23 ).
there have been quite a few people joining this 'friends first' meetup group lately, so I thought I would start up some events.

FACT right up front....$20+tip each, paid directly to the management
( regular price separate checks ) . if we have 7 people or more, they include tip that raises the price to just over $23
drinks other then water ( coke, tea, coffee ) are just over $1.?? added to price

we have a steady group of 8 people and some time as much as 14.
The people who come are from very diverse backgrounds/education/work/age.... just good people.

this is NOT a 'singles event' ( a few of them are happily married but the better half does not come for various reasons ).

this is about socializing and laughing, and eating. the buffet is huge with all kinds of foods. we come during usual dinner time, so there are many customers there, which means that the food turnover is frequent and so the food is freshly cooked.

we get there around 6pm ( some arrive as late as 8:30 ) and stay talking till 10pm ( always a surprise that it is time to go, and some times even hang around outside for an other 1/2 hour to even 2 hours ( midnight) talking CAUSE ITS JUST THAT MUCH FUN ! ). there are those who come at 6pm and leave soon after 8pm.

please RSVP YES, if you think you want to go. you can make a comment to say if you are not sure, and cancel any time if you know your not coming.

I generally have to know about how many are coming so that I can get an appropriate size table or use part of the party room.

I will give out my cell number ( in personal message here ) to all that RSVP YES so they can message me if they cancel last minute or to find out where we are at the restaurant.

PLEASE DO ask questions.