Do you like buffets?

[trancejeremy]

Pizza ones like CiCis. Otherwise, no.

 

[megamania]

What I have found is a buffet place has one or two dishes worth getting and the others are something of a filler or something to try to get the taste buds moving.

Pondarosa has really good chicken. However, their corn is mussy and yucky. I usually have a heaping chef salad, 20 chicken pieces, a roll, some sort of veggie then experiment with one thing each time I go (about twice a year). Buffets are good if you have kids. Son goes for chicken, mac & cheese (he loves- I hate...runny) and my daughter gets salad, rice and a small piece of chicken or ham.

Pizzahut has buffets but I find the "good" pizza must be fought for and the plainer pizzza sits until one eats it in hopes of getting a pepperroni and onion one next to replace it.

Fortune Cookie is cheap. The food is tasty but the greatest appeal is the price. But I do wonder....why are there so many "Missing Cat" memos on the bullentin board?

 

[werk]

Yeah, they're OK.

I don't seek them out nor avoid them like a plague...pretty much indifferent.

 

[buzzard]

I've been to good buffets and bad buffets. This is no different from restaurants in general. I have a good Chinese buffet near my house so I go there (and they do Mongolian BBQ, woo hoo). Other buffets I've tried I avoid.

One place where I really love buffets is Las Vegas. There are some damned sweet buffets in the casinos. The Paris Casino has an incredible buffet with excellent food. Also Bally's has an utterly amazing Sunday Brunch buffet at their steak house (expensive however, REAL expensive).

buzzard

 

[Umbran]

The concept is sound, but the implementation is easy to screw up.

The Polynesian Cultural Center on the island of Oahu, does a luau buffet that is absolutely fantastic. The hot stuff is hot, the cold stuff is cold, and the flavors are all magnificent.

The "Old Country Buffet", near my home, on the other hand, just looks like a bad idea...

 

[horacethegrey]

The best buffets are usually found in high class hotels, thus well beyond my price range.

However, on occasion me dad will have a business meeting in such places, so I never miss the chance to tag along.

 

[jaerdaph]

I love a buffet. It is one of the things I miss about upstate New York. That and Wegmans supermarket (which coincidentally also had a Chinese food buffet).

Buffet People UNITE!

 

[Agamon]

Depends. There are some horrible buffets. But there are a couple decent ones locally, which I visit once in a while when I'm out with friends.

 

[xrpsuzi]

Cold buffets (salads mostly)--yes.

Indian buffets--yes every time!

Chinese buffets--yes if the food looks like it's got a good turn around (rather than sitting there for a long time).

Buffet Palace use to have the sushi boats, which is sort of buffet-like, but the sushi was made fresh in front of you. But you paid according to what you eat, so it's more like dim sum than a buffet.

Otherwise, not interested. Occassionally, we'll go to Golden Corral when we visit family, because there is a great diversity of food to accomidate dietary restrictions/preferences but we can still all eat together.

-suzi

 

[Ranger REG]

Inspired by this thread.

Do you like buffets? Why or why not?

In the past I always liked buffets because it was a lot of food, a variety, and usually a good price. My wife hates them because the food is never hot enough for her and often is of poorer quality. In my more recent experiance she is right about the latter.

What about you?

Generally, I like buffet. You got a lot of options to put on your plate.

Not everyone is good at maintaining the buffet service. Then again, not everyone is bad at it either. I guess you'll have to look at the setup: How large are the serving pans? How do they keep the food hot? How often do they change the pan, even if they pan isn't empty?