Ranking All-You-Can Eat Chain Buffets From Worst To First
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- Can’t decide where to go eat, or just don’t feel like throwing down a lot of money for a small meal? A buffet is your answer.
By paying just once, you get to fill your plates with as much food as you want as many times as you want, without getting any dirty looks from the staff. Not to mention, when you compare the cost of a buffet to a meal at your favorite fast food place, it’s much more economical to go for the buffet.
However, not all buffets are created equal. To help you get the most food for your buck, check out this ranking of all-you-can-eat buffet chains from worst to first.
#Buffets #Rankings #Food
Cicis | 0:00
Souper Salad | 0:43
Shoney's | 1:38
Pizza Ranch | 2:16
HomeTown/Old Country Buffet | 2:19
Western Sizzlin' | 2:52
Pizza Hut | 3:13
Sweet Tomatoes/Souplantation | 3:40
Sirloin Stockade | 4:14
Shakey's Pizza | 4:43
Sizzler | 5:14
HuHot Mongolian Grill | 5:52
Golden Corral | 6:17
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Which is the best buffet in your opinion?
Sizzler's so far.
Not tried Golden Corral or Sweet Tomatoes yet
All you can eat buffet don't exist
@@jkledis they are talking about a Buffet What are you talking about ?
@@real_Pinoy THEY HAD PIZZA RANCH IN IT
None of the aforementioned!
Golden Corral is hit or miss depending on the location. It’s either great or terrible but nothing in the middle
@michael perry i grew upnin new Hampshire. There was a ponderosa in fitchburg mass it was the only location near us and they were really good
@michael perry different suppliers probably. Even if they're in the same city, they can have different suppliers! Since they depend on fresh ingredients to make it (unlike McDonald's who sends their stuff in pre-made frozen), they have to have suppliers bring the food, and no two are the same because of that.
A few years ago I went to the Golden Corral in Tifton, Ga. on a Sunday. The line was out the door and most were African Americans coming from church. With all of them there I knew the food had to be good. OMG, I liked to have killed myself with food. I have never had better food anywhere. Now my hometown Golden Corral has stepped up their game and the food there is just about as good. The prices have gone up there but my town is growing and most places charge $15 or more for a meal.
Golden Corral is a highly successful restaurant concept. Lots of folks seem to know something YOU don't know.
@@robertsimpson5136 We always go back to Golden Corral. It's all good.
You don’t go to Shoney’s for lunch/dinner buffet.
Shoney’s is for the breakfast buffet.
Facts!!!
True facts
Not anymore.
jim p we still have one here that is open and still does the breakfast buffet and it is still a magnificent beast.
Food is overly processed with salt as flavor.
Holy Cow! That was the longest Golden Corral commercial I've ever seen.
That was biased.
Lol
Golden Corral is the Worst Ever
@@leinad543211
Not while I was there.
BURY ME IN GOLDEN CORRAL🙏🏽
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Me: CiCi’s is at the bottom??
Also me: GoLDeN cOrAL iS aT tHE tOP?!
Also Also me: hasn’t heard of 95% of these
Sanitation usually follows "check average". CiCi's has a very low check average and LOTS of children......and.....a mostly unskilled staff (would YOU want to work there?). CiCi's is BARGAIN BASEMENT KID's PIZZA Buffet. It is the only Kid's Night Out event MANY people can afford.....and so I'm glad it's out there for them. I have 7 grandchildren....and they'll never go there if I have a say about it. I do take them to good Golden Corral restaurants....but never at PEAK hours.
I like cici and not for the pizza alone
I dont like golden coral at $14 I like country buffet as a senior citizen special $15 for two people with a $5 tip . Total $20
I like cicis there's a desert pizza that is so good
Cicis is that place where you can somehow pull off eating 25 slices of pizza, but when you order a pizza, you only actually eat 2-6 slices
My senior aged Parents and I regularly dine at the Golden Corral in Goodyear Az, an upscale Western suburb of Phoenix. The price is affordable and the food is delicious ! The chicken breasts are huge and hot with the perfect amount of crispness. The mash potatoes and gravy taste home made. The seafood is consistently good. Too bad so many unlucky people had bad dining experiences in their local GC. Ours is Fantastic, come to sunny Arizona and try it for yourself !
When Arizona has snow and the temperatures stays under 70 i will
@@jamesTBurke Showlow AZ.
upscale suburb? really.
That one is a good one. I would go there for breakfast on the weekends. The one in N Phoenix is pretty good too.
If you're constipated go to Golden Corral they'll clean everything out inside of 30 minutes
Cockroaches are even included in the price! Serious, there were cockroaches over a local one, crawling all over the food! They offered refunds, but the place is still in business!
I go there for that reason.
@@gerald4027 Good comment, dude! LMAO!
@@jackson5116 Real talk, that's probably going on at the majority of restaurants. Most are good at hiding it.
Stir-fried roaches? yum Yum Dim Sum!
When I was a kid we had a buffet call (I'm pretty sure) Duff's. It had a big carousel you stood in one spot and the food went past slowly. As a kid I loved that!
I remember Duff's here in Colorado!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Went to it all of the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are all gone now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My dad was so sad and mad when they went out of business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duff's was the bomb!!!!!
Lucky it sounds so cool
Duff's was the best. Miss it a lot!
It's the nostalgia of these places bringing us back to simple times as kids still having parents healthy or alive. Nice to see people still appreciate how it was.
Old Country buffet was so good i remember in 06 i Used to eat There all the time
You will love Golden Corral if you find the right one, some I have been to we’re not very good but if you find the right one, you will be in heaven
Running a Buffet....keeping everything stocked and clean is a BIG job. Some units do a better job than others on certain days. But.....one helluva deal.
GoldenCorral in Rogers Ar. is one of the best anywhere !
Going at the right times is also very important for Buffets. Buffet foods will be placed on the steam lines slightly undercooked....because they will continue to cook under hot enough temperatures to satisfy the health department. If its a slow day or if one item just doesn't appeal....those pans of food will soon be OVER COOKED. Any buffet will be geared for "perfection" at the peak of meal times. You go early or late...."It is what it is".
Ive worked in 2 golden corrals.. will ever eat there again...
Sweet Tomatoes is the best. Their food always tasted great and I have a lot of good memories there. Sad that the one local to me closed down :(
sweet tomatoes was amazing but went out of business but god help me that awful home town buffet is some how still kicking!
My all time fav
Souplantation hands down was the best on the list. When I worked there in highschool I could eat there as an employee for only 2 dollars even with a drink.
I loved Sweet Tomatoes, but sadly the one near me closed.
After the two HomeTown Buffet locations near us closed up, we tried the Golden Corral. The first time we went to the Golden Corral the food was good but not as good as the HomeTown Buffet. The next visit the food was average. The third trip the food there was horrible! We refuse to eat at the Golden Corral ever again. The nearest Home TownBuffet is over an hour away. Before closing its doors, the nearest location was only 10-15 minutes away. And I don't understand why they closed it because it was always busy. Boy do we miss the HomeTown Buffet!
Absolutely no way Golden Corral beats Sweet Tomatoes - you've lost your minds
their steak is better.
The food quality is higher at Sweet Tomatoes, though Golden Corral has a lot more variety.
@@jasonmcdaniel345 no, they don't. Their options have gotten smaller.
Never heard of Sweet Tomatoes..
Travis Tucker For sure! Golden Corral should be dead last.
Really miss having a Shakeys around. Great pizza and yes those mojo potatoes
2 years into Covid there’s a lot that I miss that’s gone out of business
I’d go to Cici’s over Golden Coral
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Cici's all went out here in Columbus Ohio.
Both make lots of money serving millions of people....without you.
Lmao
At least in Texas, Cici’s had this really cool play area with air hockey, and I loved going there for their buffalo chicken pizza, none of which I’d ever seen at golden corral
Back in the day Sizzlers was a good choice,now they are very hard to find...
@Steve Guard LOL,I heard there are some in Milwaukee..
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I grew up on sizzlers in Brooklyn ny
@@aliciamack9323 Heyyy,i loved the salad bar....
@@aliciamack9323 harlem is... And will always be better than brooklyn. Everyone knows this. Manhattan forever. Amen. Your little jay z is from brooklyn and he is an occultist.
Our golden corral is awesome! Great food and its clean. The employees are really nice too. Maybe your just in a crappy area?? There are towns around here we dont go to based on the folks who work there. Some towns have zero work ethic and dont care about any part of their jobs. Sad but true.
it ultimately depends. Golden corral is a hit or miss
Willow Sverge same!
I am sorry but u r insane. Golden carrol is a crazy disappointment. I've ate at a few different locations too.
Es que ese man vive en el ghetto Goldin Corral
I live in historical Punta Gorda, Florida, the second oldest city in Florida. The Golden Corral here is really awful to say the least! Either the food is over-cooked or under-cooked and over priced! If you are visiting Punta Gorda, Florida, I would highly suggest that you save your money and do not consider this inferior eatery.
The best place to eat at is home!
Trueee
Agree!
Yos
True
This man spitting straight facts
This could be more dependant on local management. The last time I was at Golden Corral, I went to the meat station and asked for rare. The non english speaking cook dropped a tiny piece of charcoal on my plate then stood there smiling at me. The way back to my table was blocked by a gang of kids crawling all over the desert table under the sneeze shield. Of course the parents all thought it was cute.
How many restaurants that you like to go to.....have a value concept that encourages poor and illiterate people.....and puts YOUR potential food within reach of poorly behaved children......and had all the food ready to eat while you are parking your car? Now....what could go wrong with that? The problem is not with management.....the problem is with the behavior of the people in your town. The concept works GREAT some places......total disaster in other places. Rather than single out a very good "concept" for a negative review.....why not a short diatribe about modern parenting. You hinted at it....but that really is the problem, don't you think?
@@robertsimpson5136 I used to go to the Golden Corral in Marysville, Washington. Always a good experience there. A lot of it depends on the people in the community.
Being somewhat of a “foodie” I was highly impressed with Golden Coral! I’ve only eaten there once but still crave it years later. Unfortunately, the closest GC near me is an hours drive away 😔
If you consider yourself a "foodie", you would never even consider frequenting a fast food buffet.
Jonathan Davimes I ate at Golden Corral once and for being what it is, I was impressed. It definitely wasn’t Chinois, Spago, Strand House or Arthur J. Again, for what GC is, I enjoyed it…
U should do a roadtrip
I enjoy their breakfast
I miss Ryan's Buffet in my arena. Best fried chicken I ever had.
My area had a Homestyle Buffet that was always packed. People came to work one day and it had been boarded up during the night, no warning to anyone, and they they refused to give refunds to anyone that had bought gift cards.
@@richardbidinger2577 happen to me. I worked at the Ryan's. Came in at noon sunday for my shift only to see trucks loading up everything. Manager was there telling us all that we shut down and even they didn't know till an hour before.
@@lightdragoon88 now that is really bad. LOL
Ryans was really great in their hay-day.
@floyd rothacre oh god...those honey buns too.
Golden Corral's bourbon chicken is pretty good too, i get 2 serving of it with white rice everytime i go there
Hey, I happen to like Cici's.
And Shoney's.
And Pizza Hut.
And Golden Corral.
How all you can eat restaurants make money
I'll eat anything that doesn't eat me first. Except Brussel sprouts!
The Mac and cheese pizza is legit the only reason I eat at cicis as I am a Mac and cheese addict
Tuxedo cici’s the worst in any aspect of dining. Pizza, really ! I’m from ny and the closest they get to pizza is a cardboard box with garbage splatter in a dumpster.
Cici's is right up there with Little Caesar's. Yuck.
Worked in the kitchens at our local Golden Corral, Shoney's, and Ryan's in my youth. Wife worked at CiCi's. Of the four, Golden Corral had the least amount of pre-processed food and was the cleanest/best maintained. You actually learned recipes for making all the buffet items. I liked when they finally went with their open kitchen concept. You can view most of the food prep and kitchen from the dining area if you so choose. (I guess CiCi's has that too, lol) The Ryan's I worked at was almost 100's pre-processed frozen food. Almost everything came off a truck frozen. Shoney's was for breakfast or to order off the grill. Their lunch/dinner buffet was an add-on to an entree at best unless it was seafood night. Breakfast was good though, at least until the local Golden Corral started their breakfast buffet up.
Of the four restaraunts, only one is still open twenty years later. It's the Golden Corral. And I still eat there on occasion.
All I want is an all day breakfast buffet 😭
@Oh No - I, too, want all-day breakfast buffet. And I would love to be in Vegas right now.
This whole time i thought Shoneys was a made up resturaunt for Rick and Morty. I had no idea it existed
We have it in the mall an its very good
It was my favorite breakfast buffet as a kid. My family would go before church on Sundays and I would put away plates and plates of bacon. 😂
Unfortunately, they're a little harder to find these days. Many of their locations have closed down.
No wonder i havent seen them, they closed their California locations back in the 90s, i wanted to try it but oh well
SouthCalifas619 I thought the exact same thing 😂💀
I first heard about it on King of the Hill
I was at a Shoney's in Newport News, VA a few years ago before a flight to Atlanta. The manager was telling the wait staff to stir the gravy every few hours so it didn't get a "skin" on top of it. They were incredibly kind there but the food made me nervous
That location became a car wash shortly after your visit. IDK when they went out of business, but I never ate there.
The Newport News Shoney's used to do a fairly decent breakfast buffet in the 2000s, although we still frequented the Golden Corral in Williamsburg for breakfast because it was closer and just better overall back then. The Shoney's closed in 2015.
I miss Souplantation, they were amazing. It’s so sad that they were unable to reopen after the 2020 lockdowns.
Golden Corral used to be good but they suck now days.The food quaility has went way down and price up.No more for me.
I remember having like 6 or7 plates 😂😂😂 going to Golden Corral when I was a kid
We call it heave and leave, or scarf and barf😩🤣
seranadesongs lmaooooo halarious
Oh please, when I was a kid to middle school, I smuggled a napkin filled with desserts before leaving
@@GbrJose
I'm calling the FBI.
@@shawbros Enough with the "I'm calling the FBI" jokes, its getting real annoying
There's this local pizza buffet called Gatti-Land(now known as Gatti-Town) that also doubles as an arcade. I remember the pizzas there being good and their salads being alright. I fondly remember them serving chocolate pizzas around night they were so good
Glad to see Golden Corral in 1st place !!! That is the only buffet I have eaten at in years !!!!
Eating at Golden Corral is like eating at walmart
If you're eating at Walmart your opinion doesn't count.
like eating off the floor of WalMart!
@@michaelb866 😂🤣
Walmart food is waaay better.
And way better than eating at YOUR house....:)
I really like Golden Corral ……. The one in Fort Gratiot Michigan has always been pretty good …….. breakfast menu is a real bargain on a Sunday
Best deal you'll ever find on a breakfast buffet....IF.....you are on a budget. Shoney's is the gold standard for budget breakfast buffets. Golden Corrals is not bad. Both are a very good deal......if you care about price.
Michigan gang!!!!
You're talking about the one near Port Huron, Michigan, haven't been able to get back there, but used to go every time I worked in the Port Huron area.
I miss the old school buffets that were actually good! Through the 90's they were everywhere! Ryan's, Shoney's, Duffy's, Pancho's, Pizza Hutt, Pizza Inn.....etc. The food was on a completely other level!
I miss Pizza Inn and Panchos was pretty good too.
@@jackb348 yeah I loved pizza inn, do you remember or ever eaten at ponderosa, bonanza
pizza hut opened their buffet.
My worst buffets are these;
Golden Corral
Wyatt's Cafeteria (this location in my town closed down literally overnight without prior warning to the restaurant staff) back in early 1993.
Chinese Buffet- again like the rest this closed down pretty much after having been in business for only 3 months due to multiple health code violations and the fact that employees were chopping vegetables on the floor in the kitchen area and the restaurant itself wasn't clean at all.
KFC had a buffet in a town where I used to live out of state years ago. The buffet was standard re-heated leftovers and the employees frowned on people going thru a second time. It was quickly taken out and the location went under in 2012.
The best buffets I ever dined at in the 80's were Western Sizzlin and Bonanza, both of which are long since defunct.
Actually there are a few Bonanza's/Ponderosa's around the eastern US.
The Sizzler in Murrieta, California is 5 Star every time you go. I know the owner and she works hard to keep it that way.
To get the feeling this is a compensated recommendation. Contradictory on a matter of in a few videos
They don't have to be logical, they just need to go VIRAL for that AdSense money.
I have not been in Wilmington Ohio in years, but they had an excellent Golden Corral there that was very reasonable. I went there several times a week
When I was in Tokyo I used to splurge on Sizzler every once in a while because they had piles of pineapple slices at the salad bar. Pineapple used to be hideously expensive in Japan and I always got my money's worth....
Yes, I Like Golden Corral...,we here in Ohio, Dont hae many of the others..
We used to have Hometown Buffet but they all closed
The best all i can eat buffet i ever had is surprisingly my college dorm dining hall. They always had 4 types of pizzas (chesse, pepperoni, vegetarian special and non vegetarian special, an outstanding salad bar, the special entree for the day (vegetarian version and non-vegetarian) from the world cusine, choice of burger (including black bean) with side of sweet potato or potato fries, asian inspired section (with entrees like kung pao tofu, General Tso’s tempeh etc.) and a weekly sushi bar! Also open is a salad bar with fresh vegetables, meats and cold pastas, 2 different hot soups, and an always open (my favorite) yogurt bar. Breakfast stands for waffles/toasts/cereals (including vegan milk options) were always open. dessert bar usually included the best ever Mojo cookies, two special deserts (including to-die-for nuetella crepes with fresh strawberries), and fresh cut fruits. And dont forget the soft serve. All this for under $15/ all you can eat.
Man, UofM Ann Arbor spoiled me badly.
Love Ann Arbor! Haven't been there in many years.
Most university cafeterias operate at a loss to keep prices low and are subsidized by the university. They are a FABULOUS deal.
gorl reddress
I remember when the first Golden Corral open in Minnesota. The line was 2 block long. I finally tried it 3 months after. I can say it put all of the Old Country Buffet to shame.
Omg I was so excited to see Huhot on here! My grandparents and most of my family lives in Appleton WI and they have a Huhot there and I tried it my first time when I was there about a year ago and it was AMAZING.
I would pay so much money per visit if they opened up some places in Maryland.
They also had a pizza ranch there so my family and I tried that as well. It should be higher on the list. I was kinda shocked how good the pizza was there! It was awesome!
Why does Wisconsin get all the great places?
Have you seen us? Maybe its not such a good thing.
Two of my favorite chains here in Texas are Dimassi's, which is Middle Eastern food, about $15 for lunch, and Chama Gaucha, which is a Brazilian steakhouse with a dozen high quality grilled meats, about $40 for lunch.
Whoo 40 and 15😱
$40 for lunch is a bit steep.
Stfu mate u sound dumb spending $40 on lunch
Chama Gaucha is legit!
Jon Velas well. It’s a high end steakhouse. Premium quality food and they have a number of wines to choose from. You get what you pay for. High quality ain’t cheap 🤷🏻♂️
Shoney's breakfast buffet is wonderful!
A new GC opened here a few years ago and was fantastic. They are slipping fast now. Their fried chicken is still my favorite anywhere.
Cicis pizza is slept on. I go with my co worker on lunch at least once a week. For 8 dollars I get a drink and a buffet of any pizza you can imagine, a salad bar, and pasta bar. One of my favorites for sure.
Shoney's makes me immediately think of Scott Steiner
lol me too, never been to Shoney's dinner buffet but I always enjoyed their breakfast buffet. But man there is no shortage of buffets here, I mean we got most of the standards but we also have a lot of local family owned buffets, love those kinda places.
Makes me think of Rick and Morty lol
Big Poppa Pump!
Either way, Shoney's has a great breakfast buffet. My second thought was Rick and Morty.
@@spcfl1461 yeah me too
Shoneys is much better than most places on this list
Old Country Buffet moved out a couple years ago in 2015, and their next closest location I liked closed just a month ago. I liked them years ago but I guess their issues were too much. Luckily a Golden Corral opened nearby. However, I luckily live in Southeast Pennsylvania, home of Shady Maple, the biggest buffet in the country... If you havent been to Shady Maple Smorgasbord in New Holland, get there. It's amazing.
My hubby and 3 daughters have traveled all over USA on family trips since the beginning of our marriage till today, as 2 daughters are grownups and our baby is now in high school, we sometimes would theme our dinner stops, and one trip between Indiana and Florida we stopped at 4 golden corrals, one location in either Tennessee or Georgia, was THE BEST EVER, it had so many good options for meat, and i tasted each one, or tried too, lol 14 different kinds, and it had good southern sides. It was very clean, huge, well managed and we had so many good foods there, it was like A 5 star, compared to at best a 1.5 to 2 stars at all the others, its been a good 10 years since that trip but i never forget how wonderful it was,
Golden Corral #1?..... Barf, Hurl! Gag!
Eating at Golden Corral is like eating with the people of Walmart...or at least it is at the ones here in the Upstate of SC.
It's the same here in south Texas, nobody likes Walmart
@@justyouraveragefluff2298.TX to.
Snobs lol
Dude the Hometown buffet one hits me right in the feels. I remember a really good one when I was a kid. I went to one now on that breakfast to lunch time and I can't complain about the experience but yeah I really hope they do something to stay in the game.
For real I used to go there so often as a kid and now they are all closing down
Hometown Buffet excellent 👌
Same, I remember going there, sadly they closed it down and replaced it with Golden Corral
it was the only american style buffet where i lived, they didn't replace it with anything and is now abandoned. We only have Asian buffets now, which are good but its not always the buffet food wanted.
The last time I was at Golden Corral, the carpet was so filthy it was sticky, most of the salad dressings were empty, the ice cream machine never stopped beeping, and there was a full diaper in the parking lot. 🤮
Dude stop making fake accounts we know it’s you so stop making these fake bullshit comments
Mona S. Well it’s because it’s in a different area when I went there it was sweet!! The quality of the food was good it wasn’t dirty it was like it got cleaned a lot of times even when I went to the restroom it was clean there was no crap or piss on the floor it was nice and smooth and the parking lot didn’t have anything wrong so you must be high
You should consider doing a Canadian version of this video! I'd love to see how you would rank Mandarin and Frankie Tomatto's!
I have to agree. Sadly it looks like Canada isn't in Mashed's wheelhouse. Also the Mandarin is kind of overrated.
@@Jigglysaint They were ranking buffets from worst to first.
OMG there's a real Shakey's Pizza? God I love South Park LOL
Shakey's Pizza were pizza restaurants mostly, with some of their menu all you can eat. The last time I was in a Shakey's was in the early '80's after a high school football game. I was in the marching band, and the band director took us all out to Shakey's for pizza.
@@amb2745 I remember that restaurant when I was young. Besides pizza, they also showed old movies of Laurel & Hardy, The Three Stooges, The Little Rascals, Charlie Chaplin, The Keystone Kops.
There hasn't been a Souper Salad in my town in 20+ years, but back when there was, it was awesome! They had the best fresh baked bread & rolls, and their Sausage & Rice soup, Beef Stew, and Gumbo were all excellent. Maybe I just got lucky with the location I went to, but I do miss it!
They were the Leader in that concept in some parts of the country. Unlike then....EVERY restaurant chain now has a variety of BIG SALADS that are reasonably well done at about the same price point of Souper Salad's buffet concept. Salad Eaters are not Gluttens. Bisquit and Gravy Eaters are Gluttens. Jason't Deli is sort of an evolution of the Super Salad thing, bringing in many items that appeal to more people.
@@robertsimpson5136 Sweet Tomato is still outstanding...
At each of this places someone goes to bathroom, doesn't wash their hands and then goes out and touches the serving spoons, I've seen it happen and that's the reason why I haven't been to a buffet in at least 20 years.
The hometown buffet I used to go to closed down and they’re putting a Korean bbq in it’s place .
Keep a eye on the cat and dog population around town.I at some small ribs before and they was not from a cow or goat.Tured out to be dog ribs from a animal clinic across the street.
Gerald Nordahl I’m sure a place that served dog ribs would shut down. Anyway there’s no animal clinics,the restaurant is in a shopping plaza so I think it will be fine .
Um. . .Okayyy?
I miss Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes...
I went there with my family when I was six or 7 that was like 5 years ago and it was amazing
Thanks to Golden corral a lot of elderly people get to eat a good meal and they help a lot of military so on that note thanks golden corral keeping your practice low and helping the elderly people in the community👍
Folks on a budget who have the brains to choose whole, healthy foods.....can eat like Kings there.
I liked Pizza Hut when you could buy a lunchtime pizza and have a salad buffet. It was such a good deal that I think that's why they stopped it.
You can ask to have any kind of pizza made during the buffet at Pizza Hut .
You can ask, but. . .
Golden corral was absolutely filthy the past few times I've been and they got rid of the honey butter rolls. Pizza ranch is the best place on this list.
There is operational messy.....and there is unsanitary. PEOPLE are PIGS and will trash ANY buffet line...anywhere in ten minutes when full. I consider a "filthy" place one that doesn't get spotlessly cleaned several times daily. HUGE difference between the "people mess" and being "unsanitary".
I suppose it may vary by location, but I took a friend to one for Christmas and the experience was very nice.
All “Sweet Tomatoes“ are closed and won’t reopen.
It's good to see that Pizza Ranch's infamy has reached a national level. lol
As someone from Montana, I’m really glad they included HuHot! I know the family that started it personally(amazing people!) and I hope that they start opening more nationwide! Or at least in Houston since I moved here.
#MontanaRestaurants
The Legends of The Falls has HuHot for the first time recently, hope it spreads nationwide
Sanskar Wagley What all did you get in your bowl?
No Huhot around here but Mongolian Bbq is always great.
I love their shrimp + chinese noodles
Montana Mike’s was a buffet
Listen people don’t go to these chain buffets for the quality. You go for a ton of food for ten dollars
the Golden Corral where I live shut down in 2020 at the beginning of COVID-19 and never reopened. Although its desert section lost some of its quality since it first opened, it was still my favorite place to eat before it shut down. It even had cooked-to-order stakes at times. Now the closest Golden Corral is about 25 miles away. I really miss it.
Last time I had Golden Corral outside of the south, I didn't know what end to put over the toilet... Breakfast on the weekends is really good. Love the breakfast.
You probably BINGED on processed crap and sweets.....THAT is what wrecked your gut for few days. Had you stuck to meat, bread, salad and vegetables....none of that would have happened.
@@robertsimpson5136 Nope. I ate meat, veggies and a little fruit. As far as my "BINGE", went I had 1 plate and a half. I would hardly call that a binge, but whatever. I find it funny you have no idea what I ate yet YOU are going to TRY and SPECULATE what I ATE. Trust me, I know Golden Corral up in my more northern state doesn't have the best food. I could eat Golden Corral in the south no problem, but not here.
Shoney's breakfast buffet is wonderful! Love Sweet Tomatoes...was sorry our local ones closed for good during Covid.
They are all good to me all the one known restaurant chains in the area I live around the state of North Carolina. They need to bring back Shoney's and Ci Ci's and Popeye's and a few more that left like Jack and The Box!
I wasnt born when Golden Corral was in long Island
But one day we went to North Carolina and we went there
It was amazing and now I want it
The best chain buffet I ever went to was a combined Pizza Hut & Kentucky Fried Chicken. I wonder if they have any around anymore ?
I went to Golden Corral in Lake George NY. It's always an adventure there. Everytime we went there was a fire. I feel bad because they work 24/7 getting out food and food. :(
Golden coral was so good cuz they rolls were so fluffy and buttery
The Yeast Rolls are awesome and are there to fill you up and to keep you away from taking higher food-cost items. But hey.....you can take all you want of everything in sight if you want.
A golden corral at my small City closed down a while ago.
Half of all restaurants that open in the U.S. close within 3 years. No other business type has a failure rate like that.
Ever since corona Golden Corral sucks. After they reopened it just ain’t been the same. I do miss shoneys a lot. I used to love getting their biscuits and grits with sausage gravy on them with their breakfast potatoes. After the 2000s they started breaking bad which was so sad
I have a GC where I am in Michigan that used to be a Old Country,GC took over, better food, better service, little pricey, but I like the variety the GC has. In fact the best food I like here is the meatloaf and the Spanish/Mexican rice, just got the right spice to it.
I haven't heard of most of these places.
Golden Corral is fantastic! I just wish we didn't have to drive 2 hours just to get to one.☹
You have to sufrir for gozar
Thinking of ordering Chinese take out? Think again. I drove taxi in Toronto on Friday and Saturday nights while attending college. Received a radio call to pick up at take out order at a Chinese restaurant on Danforth Avenue. While waiting at the side kitchen door for the order, I saw two kitchen workers using a pail, situated right beside a crate of vegetable, as a urinal. Lot's of "splashing" onto the crate of vegetables. When done, they just "gave it a couple of shakes," zipped up and went back to cooking without hand washing. I left without the order and contacted my dispatcher who called the customer. I found out the following week that she was grateful that I did not get the order. True story.
I'm okay with all of the places mentioned. I've had bad experiences with most of them but it didn't stop me from going back.
"They got them sneeze guards over the buffet for our health. If they cared about our health, there'd be a daggum electric fence around it" - Larry The Cable Guy
Larry is talking about Food Addiction....not quality.
It wouldn't stop some of the customers....:)
My mom told me, that buffets were all better 20, 30 years ago...
There are certainly fewer of them. 35 years ago we went to Pipers in Walnut Creek, Ca. That place was really good with a large selection of baked goods, breads and muffins mostly. Closed now. An hour wait was not uncommon.
Yes, they certainly were better.
Your mom was right. I remember a place called Horn and Horn, great food.
If you want to go to the Sizzler, in Mesa Az,
all the food is WELL DONE! Place burned
down, about 6 weeks ago.
Golden Corral, (Golden Hog trough) has
breakfast here, from 7 AM to 10:30 AM.
If you get in at about 10:00, or a bit earlier,
the menu switches from breakfast to lunch,
and you don't have to pay again. (Breakfast
comes with free drinks and refills, after that,
you have to pay. But, if you have an empty
glass, refills are STILL free.)
steve
Golden Corral in Delaware has awesome dinner rolls! You're probably thinking who cares about dinner rolls? Well for me I love them so much I treat them as dessert!!
I like eating at the Y
We tried Golden Corral once, and we are not going back!
LOL that's what I said. When I saw the cook on the other side of the steam table spitting and talking over the food!!!
I don't blame you
So you are better than millions of regular customers there.....after one visit?
When Traveling to The Florida Panhandle we stop for Breakfast at the Shoney’s in Clanton, Alabama. This place is Awesome. The Restaurant Staff, Customers and Food are Great. Clean, Friendly, & Good Tasting Buffet. This Restaurant is Managed Well.
Royal Hibachi Buffet , Saddle Brook N.J. , privately owned by a chef with 40 + experience ...uses real olive oil and everything is always fresh ....always changing things up and making new dishes ....he took over 2 years ago , prior to that it wasn't that good .....ask for Mo the owner and say Brian sent you . He's really friendly and a good host , they love my mom over there ....the staff always gives her a hug .
I must admit, Golden Corral is pretty good. Food is good but restaurant smells funny. I recommend you go about an hour before lunch. You get to eat breakfast and lunch for the price of one.👍👍👍
If it smells funny...it's probably old. Restaurants don't age well.
I can't trust a source that says yummy one thousand times when describing food
I’m a Californian🤙🏽
I’ve been to Golden corral “once”.
on the beach now,
I gather the kids around
and
tell tales, of the Golden Corral.
around the bonfire!
My favorites for salad is Ruby Tuesdays. I recently found out they are struggling and closing many locations though :(
To tourists who don't know, how to put weight on while in America...
Everyone on earth knows what Carbs and Sugar are. You choose what you eat. No place ANYWHERE shoves carbs and sugar down your throat.
Ponderosa is the best POINT BLANK PERIOD
PERIOD!!
Bonanza!!
I miss Ponderosa
Yuck are you kidding? Ponderosa steaks are a joke...both size and quality. Their buffet is mainly frozen food heated up. I know someone who worked there. Mostly overly salty sodium overload frozen heated up food. A few decent things like their chili and chicken noodle soup.
One thing you have to understand when people go at a buffet they are not looking for five star quality food they are looking to get full for the cheap
Budget yes.....but it is very much a Family "Reward/Celebration" night for many of their customers. Other restaurants only DREAM of becoming a family "nostalgia" destination like GC is for many Americans.
Top notch review