If you are hosting foreign guests who are in America for the first time and they ask, "show me what America is really like!" take them to this place. The Golden Corral is Les États-Unis at it's ugliest! And I do mean ugliest. The place is like a giant food circus. You walk in and they have two lines to pay. For some strange reason, they give you your sodas at the entry point. So when they take you to your table you are juggling a tray with all of the sodas your ordered. I am a Dad with two kids so I was holding this tray with four sodas navigating through customers getting food, and wait staff clearing tables. The food is similar to Old Country Buffet. All you can eat quality food. However, they bring you out rolls and they were very good. Nothing made me want to go back. This is one of those places that everyone should try once.
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Francine L.
The food was the quality of frozen T.V. dinners. My teenage children would not eat the food. There were flies at our table. The customers in our seating area were arguing and using very foul language loudly. I noticed senior citizens who seemed very happy though. Very inexpensive and lots of food. Just not our cup of tea.
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Zoey G.
I knew I shouldn't have given this place another try. We went here this weekend in particular because they were having a seafood special and we thought we would give it a go. Food overall is bland. Including the seafood specials. Do not (emphasis on NOT) get anything Asian there. I have never tasted anything as fowl as their fried rice. The desserts weren't too bad. The soft serve was a kid paradise and all over the floor. The chocolate fountain was a big hit too. Overall the place seemed very clean, the employees seemed happy and on top of things
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Patri Z.
Are these people kidding about a good review at this place? Do not eat here if you value a clean place and decent food. I went there for the first time with my family and I'll never go back again. First, the atmosphere is mostly black minority and white trash tattooed women with biracial kids. I didn't have a problem with this because they were civilized. The problem is that the food was not available in the bins to take, because they were empty most of the time. The cook was busy cooking steaks, for a 10 minute wait, and ribs were not ready, and when they were ready, there was one rack, and they were not cut to take. It was like waiting in a welfare relief line for food if you wanted any meat. Many of the food trays had little food in them, and were not replenished in any timely manner. The vegetables had too much sugar and salt added to them. I was surprised they had asparagus, which is in season now, but their asparagus was thinner than a string bean and of poor quality. The salad area was ok and food seemed fresh, although the meat pieces looked so artificially colored, it was scary. All I wanted was some fresh fruit, which looked water-logged, and the mixed fruit was something out of a can in over-saturated in liquid. The food plates were cracked and badly chipped on the rims. Dangerous and unsanitary. The bottoms of the windows were dirty with smeared food on them. It wouldn't surprise me if this place had several health violations. It seemed that the people there were happy shoveling any type of food into themselves. It felt like a charity place in which to eat and the food was sub-standard. I guess with the added sugar and salt on everything, the poor quality of food is masked. Who knows what else they are adding. Bottom line: scary atmosphere, unsanitary, poor food quality, unavailable food, not worth the price or health risk.
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Dante L.
After eating at the Hibachi Grill recently, Golden corral seemed 5× better. The food actually has pretty good flavor. Love the steaks. They're pretty darn tasty and tender, considering it's buffet fair. Everything I tried was piping hot unlike the Luke warm tasteless junk I found at the Hibachi Grill. The wings were great and so was the banana pudding surprisingly! I wish I lived closer to this place as it's currently on the other side of the city . The best part it's all included for the low price of $13pp+tip. I Definitely recommend this place for a good buffet dinner.
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Janissa R.
I've been here several times and I wasn't happy with there fried fish nor there bourbon chicken. I do love there fried chicken and hush puppies My daughter is obsessed with there sweet potato casserole. The desert is A+. Customer service has been very great and I hope it remains this way. P.s I love the tacos and the pot roast.
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Sunni K.
As the old saying goes , " you get what you pay for " and this location ( and I guess the chain as well ) gives you what I would call cattle food. Loads of starches and sugars but no real nutrition. Much of he menu tastes like it came out of a can or processed off shore. very similar to a bad Chinese buffet only an American version / style. If you want good food, go somewhere else
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Jessica D.
This is my second experience at a Golden Corral. I reluctantly went to Golden Corral with my boyfriend for dinner since he likes it. The layout was the same as the first one I've been to just a few minutes from Atlantic City. Very noisy here and customers aren't very friendly, and staff doesn't seem as alert or attentive. Inexpensive food. Food was mediocre. I've had better at the Golden Corral in NJ. I think the only thing I liked was their Chocolate Fountain.
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Sophia L.
I have been to many buffets, restaurants, and ayce restaurants. However, out of the many places I've gone to, I think this Golden Corral has got to be the WORST!!!!! H..O...L...Y...C...O...W this place was BAD!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe they charged so much for the garbage they put out. I have never been to a buffet and had so much trouble looking for something edible or slightly tasty to eat. The only things that I could put down were the tacos, pizza, and fries. This area seriously needs a Old Country Buffet or something. I will NEVER EVER come here again. The 1 star goes to the wait staff which were friendly, and working very hard. They need to get rid of that army of cooks they had, and get people with actual cooking talent. It's doesn't take too much to impress me, but this place was faaaaaaaar from it!
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Tara C.
Fortunately, my husband had been to a Golden Corral before. He had to explain how the billing and buffet worked because the people at the counter really didn't. I was kind of horrified when I sat down. The restaurant was mainly full of obese families with faces literally down at trays, pig-in-trough style. Not appetizing. I didn't want to become this! Since I don't eat pork or red meat, I had trouble finding something here, even at a large buffet. I ended up pigging out on desserts, most of which had some odd sort of film on them. My husband ate enough ribs to make the trip there worth it. Sitting through this means it's true love. The mac and cheese looked and tasted like plastic. Also, I felt weird about the tip situation. It's self-serve but there are servers who serve part of your meal. We ended up leaving $4 or $5, but I didn't feel like I should tip them when I served myself. Strange.
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Josh S.
Food is better than old country buffet but the patrons are hood rats,cattle or first timers who don't know any better. I went here twice when it opened but will never return. The final straw was when my buddy came back from the bathroom and told me 2 men carried there plates in with them while they.... You get the idea. I couldnt believe it either. On the way out to the car to leave this hell hole, there were piles of vomit on the ground near the exiting doors. Couldn't pay me to eat here again.
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Bonnie H.
GAGG! A friend and I came here to have "Easter Dinner" I usually don't eat at anything less than a 5-star restaurant but my friend suggested it and i went along for the ride.....Id rather eat a bowl of raisin bran than to EVER EVER EVER come to this rat hole again. Matter of fact they offer on VETs day a FREE dinner, I won't even go when its free. HURL Everything comes out of a can as they display the shit, I took about 3 bites and decided I'm pretty easy to please with dessert. Holy Batman, WRONG cakes were dried out, Ice cream was ICEY, pudding was slimy. Now after our dining experience, we come to the car to discover it's been broken into! NASTY
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Camille A.
If you like scrounging for your food, this is the place to go. A few pans were fresh. Most were empty trays. March on to salad bar area for the alternative and you find a tray of potato salad with about a quarter cup left in it. Caesar salad greens and regular salad bowls just about empty and were so even as we were leaving. Thougthts were as we left...why did we try this particular location again? We probably did so because we know how nice this chain is in Atlanta Georgia...not here!
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Mo D.
Grading system for clarity: 5: Excellent and MUST go back 4: Good and WILL be back sometime soon 3: Ok and will THINK about it 2: ONLY if desperate 1: Avoid at all cost! NEVER going back, EVER!! I am not a buffet or chain food type so I might be a little bias because I'm not sure what to really expect from a "all you can eat" joint. Nonetheless, I decided to hang with the gang for some shopping at Franklin Mills and dinner afterwards; It was 12 of us (7 adults and 5 children). 1. Food was good. Loved loved loved the FISH, popcorn shrimp, fondue machine, cotton candy, lobster ($3.99 a tail), salad bar and the fresh steak grilled upon request. Everything was ok. It's soooo much to choose from so take very very small taste tester size or your spend the next 2 weeks crying as you look at the cellulite in your legs start to form. 2. There is a machine where you can play to win an iPad or iPod ($1.00) in the lobby as you wait in what feels like the longest line of your life (we waited 45 minutes). Although it looks VERY easy, don't believe the hype! You will easily lose $20.00 on that game as you wait in line; so remember, you were warned!!! 3. This place is really great FOR KIDS KIDS KIDS!! Can't stress that enough. They have a ball and don't care about anything besides stuffing their face. 4. The seating is absolutely dreadful. When I say dreadful, I mean, DREADFUL! Look at my pics and you can see for yourself; we were crammed like a pack of sardines and the tables are day care center small as if we were toddlers preparing for our noon snack. 5. It's super cheap (bill came to $140.00 for 12 of us). Take it easy on the servers, their very stressed and look like they try their best. 6. If you really want to experience this place on good terms, avoid going on Sunday or the weekend period; it's a zoo in there! The good thing with it being packed is the food doesn't sit very long. 10mins tops and a new round of whatever is coming out. I'll probably go back in the summer with all the kids for a lazy beach day. They love it and I'll be the coolest aunty in the world =}
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Camay C.
Poorly run restaurant. You can't even tell who's who in this place. No type of direction in any way at all. Food bars weren't kept clean. Kids running around without any adult supervision. They were playing in the food, running everywhere, loud and rambunctious. Annoying. Several announcements were made across the PA system for parents to mind their children and accompany them to the food bars. I started with a salad. Had to basically scrape grated cheese from the bottom of the bowl. Salad dressing spoons were in the wrong bowls. Wilted greens and hopeless looking tomatoes. Old food stayed out way too long. Dried Mac n Cheese tray was still there on my second trip. Yuck. My server Ben was great though. Friendly and attentive. He was the saving grace. I've been to other Golden Corral restaurants with better service. This one is closer but I'll cross the bridge next time.
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My A.
I found the Golden corral on Street Road in Bensalem to be one of the worst establishment and I've eaten in many restaurants as a buffet it might as well been called a buffet as I left the establishment I almost regurgitated everything that I ate I'm going to send the pigeons for my location down that and they won't even eat it was disgusting I give this a half a star out of 10 not five
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Paul W.
A true real dive .Customers touch food and sneeze and cough all over it .This place seems to attract low class customers
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Christina S.
Make sure your health insurance premiums are paid up before partaking in the culinary delights here. Can you say intestinal distress? Added bonus: Our server clearly suffered from PMS, woe to the person that desired a drink refill. Be sure to suit up in your best bio-hazard suit, complete with respiratory mask, before visiting the rest room. Lastly, if you attempt to call the General Manager to discuss your amazing dining experience, be fully prepared for his apathetic, discourteous attitude. He further honed his customer service skills by hanging up on me. All in all a great place to go if your only other option is imminent death by starvation.
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Angie M.
I have had a fair share of buffet's in my life and if it hadn't been for the fact that my father wanted to come here for his birthday, I would've declined. The location is ridiculous to get to - Street Road is a bustling nightmare of insane drivers. Our server Mark was wonderful and polite amid the other demanding tables in his area. We tried to keep our requests for drinks to a minimum. The food here is nothing over the likes of hospital or elementary school cafeteria fare. I can honestly say, the "chinese food" they had out scared me. Much of the food looked overcooked or had been sitting out for hours. The sauteed mushrooms tasted like battery acid - bitter and overcooked. I tried to pick the freshest items but couldn't find a lot to choose from. The pork loin was decent as was the steak, though needed seasoning. The thought of multiple hands being put into the chocolate, caramel and white chocolate fountain scared me. From the looks of the machine, they may clean it once per month because the caramel was separating and runny/watery. They had a decent selection of pies and cakes, but very limited on the fruits offered. The salad (greens) looked wilted and worn and there were other foods strewn into the salad condiments (croutons, eggs, veggies, etc). The first two plates I had taken still had food stuck to them. I wanted to gag - it looked like puke. As mentioned in another review, you are pushed in like sardines. Our table was closest to the action and so, my chair back faced the line of people going to and from the buffet. I can't tell you how many times my chair got kicked, hit, pushed. I felt like I was eating on a cruise ship. The also offer cotton candy as an option. Why, I'm not sure. You find 95% of it outside littered all over the parking lot. Per a former review, I passed on using the bathroom and held it til I got home. Believe one and done is enough for my experience with Golden Corral.
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Tara M.
This place was dirty, disgusting and all in all food I wouldn't even feed the dumpster rats. I made the mistake of using restroom, should've peed outside. Buffet was sparse, empty and out and out layered with congealed grease. The food wasnt even hot. The wings were slimy n greasy. The fried chicken was so salty it was like I licked a salt shaker.the mashed potatoes and mac n cheese was lumpy n goopy. Even the desserts were eeww. Never had lumpy crunchy banana pudding in my life. Oh hell no..im done. Dont matter about the fountains everything else was inedible. Couldnt even find a clean spoon in the whole damn place. The "cleaner/server" was no where to be found gave us refills with dirty glass. Plates weren't picked up so we stacked them high. Dont even bother just keep driving...
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Loni N.
Last time I went to a buffet it was Sizzler (well and it was that time I went to a buffet in a Vegas hotel). It was ok but I have seen way better buffets. I like that the cook steak to order but its not the highest grade cut of USDA beef. But hey its steak put A-1 on it and its fine. The asain station I was not impressed with. The breaded shrimp was 90% breading and 10% shrimp. WTF? The baked potato was good but can you really go wrong with a baked potato. The dessert station was good, I like they have cotton candy, the kid in me was excited to see that. They have frozen milk as ice cream which was YUCK. Overall, I probably would not go back and choose a different place to eat.
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Daniel H.
Im reading the reviews here, so shocked at the scoring basis most people go on. Service here is great, the waiters check up on you frequently for more drinks / coffee if needed, and takes old plates. Food area is clean, many food choices aren't high in sodium - although the steak was salty but was able to get it bloody :). The food isn't grade A gourmet, but fine for the price, much better than the GC in Allentown which sucks!!!
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Marlyn V.
Meats feast....pies for the guys....salads for the....losers....I mean COME ON...this is a BUFFET! Now 1.5 stars?? Come on people. I absolutely LOVE the Golden Corral. My parents lived in North Carolina for a few years and this was our spot for food that came close to something from up north. This new PA location did not disappoint either. We got there just before the dinner rush - THANK GOD. The price is decent considering you can stuff your face into a bypass. My favorites are the Mac and Cheese, the steak, their desert bar, the macaroni salad. Oh and the waitstaff was super friendly....even shouted out my BF bc it was his birthday. The place is super clean, I don't know if maybe they were experiencing more traffic then they could keep up with a few months ago...but even with a full house at 6:30 pm, our waiter was constantly clearning our table, there was someone sweeping the floor and wiping down the stations. For the rest of you still wondering if you need a coronary artery replacement due to your visit here...you do....at least once a year.
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Harrison L.
This place should get negative five stars. I can be critical but fair, and it is very rare that I go somewhere and almost completely lose my appetite. First off, it is a depressing place. I can't explain what it is about the ambiance but it has a vibe like a government service building. Think of it like a glorified soup kitchen. I don't know if it is the layout, the color temperature of the lights, the lack of any attempt to at least make it look a like a restaurant, or something else, but it is a very depressing vibe. Even the tables themselves have a very run down, public cafeteria feeling about them. Sadly, many of the patrons looked (and smelled) the part. The section where we were seated literally smelled like stale urine. Then you go to the buffet stations, hoping to get something at least on par with the quality of an Old Country Buffet or something. You don't get it. In fact, what you do see once you reach the stations is more akin to what you'd expect in a minimum security prison than a restaurant. Try making a salad with wilted, brown lettuce and then you go to throw a few garbanzo beans on there - if you wish to scoop them out from a slime bath that is. I forced my way through the salad, trying not to let the smell of urine and the slimy garbanzo beans combine to make me truly nauseated. At least enough to get to a main course. Wading through the crowd of sweatpants-wearing, slow moving, mouth breathing knuckledraggers, I found what looked like a Tex-Mex station. I figured it couldn't hurt to make some nachos. Yeah sure, if all you expect to put on them is some scuzzy meat and some shredded cheese that will not melt. Why isn't it melting? Well, you learn that when you get to your seat and start trying to eat...it turns out the meat is room temperature. Now with an appetite all but completely gone, the last thing you want to bite into is a bit of meat that is not only scuzzy looking, but also room temperature. (In the business we call this the "danger zone." That means that bacteria can freely multiply and make you sick.) Rather than take the chance at foodbourne illness, I decided this was enough. I looked at my wife, apparently trying to saw through a piece of fried chicken and said, for the first time ever in a restaurant, "I can't eat here. We have to go." The fact that she just nodded in agreement and said, "Yeah me either," told me everything there is to know about Golden Corral. I have given a few negative restaurant reviews on here, but never have I said that you should avoid a place at all costs. My previous negative reviews have been because I simply didn't like the food or a restaurant's concept. I have never before felt compelled to tell you that it would be a serious mistake to even walk into a place. That is how awful and stomach-turning the Golden Corral really is. Please do yourself a favor and heed this warning. Even if I'm wrong, it isn't like you're missing out on some premier ritzy restaurant. It's just some crappy buffet in Bensalem. Simply avoid it, and live well.
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Jay P.
Good food i like the fried okra
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Rob K.
My family and I go out this way a couple times a year and we used to live out there. Over the last few years,, the food went downhill. It used to be good but after the last few visits, we won't be going back. I gave it 2 stars because the staff is always friendly and polite. Otherwise I would have given it 1 star.
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Bruce B.
I was decorating a wedding at Celebrations in Bensalem last Sunday, and we had a few hours to waste until the reception was over so I could reclaim my props. Instead of driving all the way back to Philly we decided to go to The Golden Corral and have a long leisurely dinner there. It was anything but that! My friend John and me are two big guys, and walking through the lot, we saw a lot a big people hanging around holding their bellies. We past a group of people from India when one of the guys said "There's no food left, go home we ate it all!" Then it dawned on me, this was an eating competition. Upon entering you are a place in a starting gate, after you pay, someone may as well shout over the PA system-" And they're off". Dozens of Adam Richman wannabes take off and start piling loads of food on to their plates. I was entranced. It was pandemonium, the skinny people were trying to stay out of the big people's way, kids waving big fluffs of cotton candy, and a smattering of food snobs looking like they were headed for a colonoscopy. I started with a plate of nachos, they had some nacho chips and ground beef and salsa right there but I had to go on a search to make it more authentic. Atop the chips, I sprinkled fresh Cheddar cheese and added the hot beef topping in order to melt the cheese. I went over to the salad bar and added chop scallions and sliced jalapeno peppers, then I found some sour cream next to the baked potatoes and I finished up with some sauteed mushrooms. When I was walking back to my table, the crowd parted way staring at my plate with envy. This went on for 3 hours. Me trying to turn ordinary food into something more edible. Our server was great, I really prefer this place over the Asian buffets in Philly. And if you work at it you can get a decent meal out of all of the ingredients provided by the Golden Corral.
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Ken H.
I'm not a fan. I have eaten here two, maybe three times. Sure, they have a large selection, but the quality is seriously lacking, and the ambience, well, it's a bit like Chuck E. Cheese had a buffet. The last time I ate I got sick afterwards, so I think the last time I ate there will be the last time I eat there. LOL
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Chris G.
I was prepared to write a good review...then I read the other reviews and realized that they are all correct. Buffet is about $10. Some of the southern food is tasty but nothing like mom used to make. The thing you have to do is judge this against your favorite buffett style restaurant. So your choices are: Old Country buffett, your local diner and maybe your college cafeteria. Is this the best? No way. The stations ARE unclean. The partrons ARE unclassy (how's that for being nice?). The food IS middle of the road. But you came here because you didn't want to pay $30 a plate. You came here to get 4 plates for $8-$10. Did you expect Prime rib? a Moet champagne fountain? a String quartet playing in the background? If you did, shame on you. This is not fine dining...its a serve yourself buffet. I've eaten here three times and have not been sick yet. I'm not recommending it. I'm saying "Clean Freaks BEWARE-eat at your own risk", "you get what you pay for" and "I've experienced better".
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Bill L.
We celebrated a kid's birthday here because he's fond of it. Nothing has changed since the last time I was here. This review won't change anything, either; people will still be coming in droves, and the lines will still be out-the-door. I knew it was going to be a hectic buffet atmosphere so ... I wasn't looking for any atmosphere. I also knew it was going to be buffet food, but I was looking for at least some decent buffet food. Forget it, though. This is bottom of the barrel. This isn't about food snobbery; again, we're talking about just wanting some basic, decent buffet food (setting the bar pretty low). This place just doesn't deliver. The best way to summarize it: a really bad mall food court chinese place that smashed into a really bad grade school cafeteria of the old days. Reminds me of the movie, City Slickers (with Billy Crystal), where the food preparer summarizes the food to Billy Crystal's character and others: "It's brown. It's hot. And there's plenty of it." There's plenty of it, but that's about it. I've been to a number of large-volume buffets, and I set my expectation appropriately. This place makes other large-volume buffets seem like culinary heaven in comparison. I just can't believe this place is not only still in business but thriving. Ok - some specifics. The pasta is tasteless and overboiled (think some huge boxes of really crappy, cheap pasta boiled in pots that you can fit a hyundai in until every last bit of any taste that they might have had is boiled out of them). The sauce is tasteless (makes Ragu seem good). The mashed potatoes are along the same lines -- boxed (!) and shoveled out with volume as the goal. The fried chicken (of all things) is bland and oily -- I mean, you can't even get some decadent, decent-tasting fried chicken skin -- it's just really bad fried chicken. The chinese food - mandarin chicken, etc. - is garbage -- the lowest quality, fattiest, crappiest 'chicken' that I had to spit out a few times because it was just unbelievably crappy. The egg rolls tasted like they were the really cheap, crappy, no-name ones that you see in bulk stores -- and then they were microwaved. Yuck. I didn't even try most of the stuff -- the vegetables looked, again, like overboiled cafeteria veggies. And to think that you literally wait on line (for at least 20 minutes) to subject yourself to this crap. Was anything good? The steak was good (and they cook it in front of you). The service - in this hectic, crowded, craziness - was very good. Some of the desserts were tasty (e.g. I had the chocolate fudge). Note: the 'ice cream' is that crappy, frozen ice stuff they serve in many chinese buffets so ... no good on that.
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Ben A.
Well I tried this place twice and my fault on second time. Very messy stations like heathens low class people slop up and know one cleans it up, stations are so far apart poor design. Lets start with salad station brown lettuce that should never happen, other salads old crusty looking, then went to steaks well it looked like steak or charcoal not sure what it was but well done, dessert well not even stocked almost empty very sloppy. so food over all in buffet style go to old country not great but better than this place. then you hear all the help complaining about hate this place, or their boyfriends yelling across the dining areas quit if you don't want to work others need jobs. Disgusting never will go back
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Stephen C.
If I could give this place negative star I would! This place is the pits! This place wasnt like this when it first opened up a few years ago. The service was good and the food was good. What the hell happened? I thought Old Country was bad, this is even worse. Where do i start? The steak was ok, the rest of the food wasnt so ok. There were alot of empty food trays, or if it wasnt empty it looked like pig slop. They used to put clean dishes on your table so you can go get your food, now they just pile it up on a dish cabinet in the middle of the resturant so you get it yourselves. When you think these plates were clean, they still had food from whoever used them last. It seems all they did was rinse off the plate and put them on the rack without properly cleaning them. Same with the silverware. Did I mention the patrons? Let me not go there! Never ever visit this place unless your looking for pig slop. Actually pig slop would probably taste better than this place. I would not step into this place ever again! Why its busy is puzzling to me! Happy Eatings!! Listen to my warning, dont stop here!!!
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April M.
I have to say, i was pleasantly surprised with Golden Corral. My friend and I wanted to meet up, we were both absolutely starving, and she had her 10 month old son, so this really seemed to fit the bill. I had never been, but did not have high expectations for a chain buffet. While the food is obviously not gourmet by any means I was surprised that it was pretty decent. It is on the level of a Perkins/Friendly's type place. The selection was great, really something for everyone, and I did really love the chocolate wonderful. Obviously there are going to be lots of kids, there are going to be messes. Go in expecting a chain buffet. And don't go on the weekends we attempted to one Saturday and the lines...just....don't. Our server was very nice and attentive. Good place for kids.
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Peter W.
Don't do it. Just walk away. It's not for you. If you're reading this, it's not for you. I don't know who it's for, but not you and not me. The food was edible. That's all I can say without being mean.
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Jackie R.
I've been here twice , once for lunch and once for dinner. When I came for lunch it wasn't so bad. I should start by saying I got there as they opened so all the food was fresh and the buffet trays were full. The service was good they came right away to clear our plates and there was no real issues other than the rude customers. I wanted to go to Texas road House right next door but they were closed so reluctently my husband and I came here b/c he wanted to try it rather than wait the 30 minutes for TRH to open. BIG MISTAKE! Even though we got there at the start of dinner service the food was not ready and the buffet trays were nearly empty from the lunch crowd. The servers were no where to be seen. There only job is to clear the plates and for some reason they couldn't even do that?!? in our area of the dining room there was maybe 3 other tables of food one of the tables started putting all their empty plates on a nearby table so thye had room on thier own table for more visits to the buffet. My husband drank all of his drink and she never came around to refill his drink. We eventually went out to my car and got him a bottle of water, which is rediculous ... Lady you have ONE job, CLEAR THE PLATES! We later saw her in another area of the restuarant chit chatting with a coworker. The other customers are filthy and rude as hell. I would never go here again my husband has nicknamed this place the nasty corral
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Michael W.
I will not be returning here. My 1 star is for the awesome server we had. The food was very bland, taste like they boil everything even the fried chicken. How do you boil fried chicken? Ask this store! The main reason i went here was for the all you can eat steak. But it wasn't all you can eat because the guy that was giving out the steak was only giving out 2-4oz pieces not to mention he didn't know the difference from well, medium, or rare. Why are you even back there? Go give out the ice cream or something and let the real cooks do that.. I'm 6'0 250lbs what the hell Ima do with that little ass piece of steak? I would've had to go back 6 times to be satisfied, we just left. They had a full house and this dude was cooking 2 10oz pieces at a time.funny thing was i wasn't the only one complaining about these Mini pieces this dude was giving out. I miss the golden corral in GA where they ask you how big a piece you want. Sorry guess you can tell I'm a steak lover. It's a good price but it really is a disappointment. And for those reviews talking about the obese families here.. so what!! Leave them alone they're entitled to eat where they want. I'm not supporting it but i definitely won't judge them..
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Andrea m g.
Finally under pressure I gave in and went to the Golden Corral that opened up last year in Bensalem. I really tried to keep a good attitude up even when I encountered a really dumb cashier who couldn't understand 2 waters and an unsweetened ice tea. We seated ourselves though I'm told on busy nights they have a host on duty.The seating is so close you can reach over with your fork and grab something off your neighbors plate. Not that I think you will be tempted. This is a little better in the food dept.than an Old Country Buffet but I prefer Old Country buffets seating . They at least have booths .You can see the steak being grilled and the chef was friendly,but dear God it was tough ,the toughest piece of meat I've ever tried to eat. I choked on my meat. The honest to God I may need the heimlich maneuver kind of choking!!!!! I chewed and chewed and not wanting to spit the sucker into my napkin I swallowed.With much gasping and airway cut off I managed to gag that sucker out..Thank goodness my youngest daughter was in the bathroom and I had only my husband to traumatize and he was! I would have given this outing a 1 but I want to be fair .The mash potatoes are real not instant and that is almost unheard of. Even my chef friends admit to using potato pearls. The cheesy herb biscuits were better than Red Lobsters and I could see many kids happily bringing back huge sundaes.Service was spotty but after my choking episode the waitstaff wouldn't leave me alone. The clientele seems rough around the edges but big deal you get what you pay for. I can see how seniors would clamour for lunch specials that were a great deal. It will take sometime for me to get over my incident but I would maybe give it another shot sans the grilled meats if my arm is twisted.
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Pat O.
I went their on last Monday I was not bad but I think the table is too tight every tables so close to another. I don't know why when I ask them cut Ham for me they gave me only one little piece even there don't had anybody behind me. I love there bread before but this time it really taste salty and heard. The dessert section it look unsavory I took one carrot cake it was so hard no taste anything on its.
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Ma-e M.
we did not understand the concept and arrangement. because of the organizational problem, there is always a long line and waiting at the table.
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Crystal M.
Went for breakfast on a Sunday. There was no wait and everything was fresh. Overall it was really yummy. I love the make your own waffles and omelet station. It is also reasonably priced.
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Banshee S.
this place was good when it first opened, however we went back and it was foul!!!!!! never again! the food was gross for what they eve had available and the wait staff were horrifying! this place should just close down it would be so much better that way! how do they pass inspection? do they pay people off. it's so dirty!!!!!
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Suzanne Z.
one of the best buffets to go to IF you have an iron clad stomach that nothing affects, dont care about cleanliness, want to feel like being in the cattle herd, can stand being surrounded by hogs and inconsiderate diners, eat tough steak, greasy chicken, sloppy side dishes, scroungy salad choices, AND rotten rude cashiers........I actually felt bad for our waitress-she was so much better than the place she was working for and deserves a better environment! hope she moved on.NEVER EVER WILL REVISIT-and thats after 3 trys--all the same result...board of health anyone??
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Janissa R.
I've been here several times and I wasn't happy with there fried fish nor there bourbon chicken. I do love there fried chicken and hush puppies My daughter is obsessed with there sweet potato casserole. The desert is A+. Customer service has been very great and I hope it remains this way. P.s I love the tacos and the pot roast.
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Dante L.
After eating at the Hibachi Grill recently, Golden corral seemed 5× better. The food actually has pretty good flavor. Love the steaks. They're pretty darn tasty and tender, considering it's buffet fair. Everything I tried was piping hot unlike the Luke warm tasteless junk I found at the Hibachi Grill. The wings were great and so was the banana pudding surprisingly! I wish I lived closer to this place as it's currently on the other side of the city . The best part it's all included for the low price of $13pp+tip. I Definitely recommend this place for a good buffet dinner.
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Zoey G.
I knew I shouldn't have given this place another try. We went here this weekend in particular because they were having a seafood special and we thought we would give it a go. Food overall is bland. Including the seafood specials. Do not (emphasis on NOT) get anything Asian there. I have never tasted anything as fowl as their fried rice. The desserts weren't too bad. The soft serve was a kid paradise and all over the floor. The chocolate fountain was a big hit too. Overall the place seemed very clean, the employees seemed happy and on top of things
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Patri Z.
Are these people kidding about a good review at this place? Do not eat here if you value a clean place and decent food. I went there for the first time with my family and I'll never go back again. First, the atmosphere is mostly black minority and white trash tattooed women with biracial kids. I didn't have a problem with this because they were civilized. The problem is that the food was not available in the bins to take, because they were empty most of the time. The cook was busy cooking steaks, for a 10 minute wait, and ribs were not ready, and when they were ready, there was one rack, and they were not cut to take. It was like waiting in a welfare relief line for food if you wanted any meat. Many of the food trays had little food in them, and were not replenished in any timely manner. The vegetables had too much sugar and salt added to them. I was surprised they had asparagus, which is in season now, but their asparagus was thinner than a string bean and of poor quality. The salad area was ok and food seemed fresh, although the meat pieces looked so artificially colored, it was scary. All I wanted was some fresh fruit, which looked water-logged, and the mixed fruit was something out of a can in over-saturated in liquid. The food plates were cracked and badly chipped on the rims. Dangerous and unsanitary. The bottoms of the windows were dirty with smeared food on them. It wouldn't surprise me if this place had several health violations. It seemed that the people there were happy shoveling any type of food into themselves. It felt like a charity place in which to eat and the food was sub-standard. I guess with the added sugar and salt on everything, the poor quality of food is masked. Who knows what else they are adding. Bottom line: scary atmosphere, unsanitary, poor food quality, unavailable food, not worth the price or health risk.
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Francine L.
The food was the quality of frozen T.V. dinners. My teenage children would not eat the food. There were flies at our table. The customers in our seating area were arguing and using very foul language loudly. I noticed senior citizens who seemed very happy though. Very inexpensive and lots of food. Just not our cup of tea.
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Sunni K.
As the old saying goes , " you get what you pay for " and this location ( and I guess the chain as well ) gives you what I would call cattle food. Loads of starches and sugars but no real nutrition. Much of he menu tastes like it came out of a can or processed off shore. very similar to a bad Chinese buffet only an American version / style. If you want good food, go somewhere else
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Jessica D.
This is my second experience at a Golden Corral. I reluctantly went to Golden Corral with my boyfriend for dinner since he likes it. The layout was the same as the first one I've been to just a few minutes from Atlantic City. Very noisy here and customers aren't very friendly, and staff doesn't seem as alert or attentive. Inexpensive food. Food was mediocre. I've had better at the Golden Corral in NJ. I think the only thing I liked was their Chocolate Fountain.
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Mo D.
Grading system for clarity: 5: Excellent and MUST go back 4: Good and WILL be back sometime soon 3: Ok and will THINK about it 2: ONLY if desperate 1: Avoid at all cost! NEVER going back, EVER!! I am not a buffet or chain food type so I might be a little bias because I'm not sure what to really expect from a "all you can eat" joint. Nonetheless, I decided to hang with the gang for some shopping at Franklin Mills and dinner afterwards; It was 12 of us (7 adults and 5 children). 1. Food was good. Loved loved loved the FISH, popcorn shrimp, fondue machine, cotton candy, lobster ($3.99 a tail), salad bar and the fresh steak grilled upon request. Everything was ok. It's soooo much to choose from so take very very small taste tester size or your spend the next 2 weeks crying as you look at the cellulite in your legs start to form. 2. There is a machine where you can play to win an iPad or iPod ($1.00) in the lobby as you wait in what feels like the longest line of your life (we waited 45 minutes). Although it looks VERY easy, don't believe the hype! You will easily lose $20.00 on that game as you wait in line; so remember, you were warned!!! 3. This place is really great FOR KIDS KIDS KIDS!! Can't stress that enough. They have a ball and don't care about anything besides stuffing their face. 4. The seating is absolutely dreadful. When I say dreadful, I mean, DREADFUL! Look at my pics and you can see for yourself; we were crammed like a pack of sardines and the tables are day care center small as if we were toddlers preparing for our noon snack. 5. It's super cheap (bill came to $140.00 for 12 of us). Take it easy on the servers, their very stressed and look like they try their best. 6. If you really want to experience this place on good terms, avoid going on Sunday or the weekend period; it's a zoo in there! The good thing with it being packed is the food doesn't sit very long. 10mins tops and a new round of whatever is coming out. I'll probably go back in the summer with all the kids for a lazy beach day. They love it and I'll be the coolest aunty in the world =}
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Camay C.
Poorly run restaurant. You can't even tell who's who in this place. No type of direction in any way at all. Food bars weren't kept clean. Kids running around without any adult supervision. They were playing in the food, running everywhere, loud and rambunctious. Annoying. Several announcements were made across the PA system for parents to mind their children and accompany them to the food bars. I started with a salad. Had to basically scrape grated cheese from the bottom of the bowl. Salad dressing spoons were in the wrong bowls. Wilted greens and hopeless looking tomatoes. Old food stayed out way too long. Dried Mac n Cheese tray was still there on my second trip. Yuck. My server Ben was great though. Friendly and attentive. He was the saving grace. I've been to other Golden Corral restaurants with better service. This one is closer but I'll cross the bridge next time.
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My A.
I found the Golden corral on Street Road in Bensalem to be one of the worst establishment and I've eaten in many restaurants as a buffet it might as well been called a buffet as I left the establishment I almost regurgitated everything that I ate I'm going to send the pigeons for my location down that and they won't even eat it was disgusting I give this a half a star out of 10 not five
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Paul W.
A true real dive .Customers touch food and sneeze and cough all over it .This place seems to attract low class customers
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Sophia L.
I have been to many buffets, restaurants, and ayce restaurants. However, out of the many places I've gone to, I think this Golden Corral has got to be the WORST!!!!! H..O...L...Y...C...O...W this place was BAD!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe they charged so much for the garbage they put out. I have never been to a buffet and had so much trouble looking for something edible or slightly tasty to eat. The only things that I could put down were the tacos, pizza, and fries. This area seriously needs a Old Country Buffet or something. I will NEVER EVER come here again. The 1 star goes to the wait staff which were friendly, and working very hard. They need to get rid of that army of cooks they had, and get people with actual cooking talent. It's doesn't take too much to impress me, but this place was faaaaaaaar from it!
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Christina S.
Make sure your health insurance premiums are paid up before partaking in the culinary delights here. Can you say intestinal distress? Added bonus: Our server clearly suffered from PMS, woe to the person that desired a drink refill. Be sure to suit up in your best bio-hazard suit, complete with respiratory mask, before visiting the rest room. Lastly, if you attempt to call the General Manager to discuss your amazing dining experience, be fully prepared for his apathetic, discourteous attitude. He further honed his customer service skills by hanging up on me. All in all a great place to go if your only other option is imminent death by starvation.
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Angie M.
I have had a fair share of buffet's in my life and if it hadn't been for the fact that my father wanted to come here for his birthday, I would've declined. The location is ridiculous to get to - Street Road is a bustling nightmare of insane drivers. Our server Mark was wonderful and polite amid the other demanding tables in his area. We tried to keep our requests for drinks to a minimum. The food here is nothing over the likes of hospital or elementary school cafeteria fare. I can honestly say, the "chinese food" they had out scared me. Much of the food looked overcooked or had been sitting out for hours. The sauteed mushrooms tasted like battery acid - bitter and overcooked. I tried to pick the freshest items but couldn't find a lot to choose from. The pork loin was decent as was the steak, though needed seasoning. The thought of multiple hands being put into the chocolate, caramel and white chocolate fountain scared me. From the looks of the machine, they may clean it once per month because the caramel was separating and runny/watery. They had a decent selection of pies and cakes, but very limited on the fruits offered. The salad (greens) looked wilted and worn and there were other foods strewn into the salad condiments (croutons, eggs, veggies, etc). The first two plates I had taken still had food stuck to them. I wanted to gag - it looked like puke. As mentioned in another review, you are pushed in like sardines. Our table was closest to the action and so, my chair back faced the line of people going to and from the buffet. I can't tell you how many times my chair got kicked, hit, pushed. I felt like I was eating on a cruise ship. The also offer cotton candy as an option. Why, I'm not sure. You find 95% of it outside littered all over the parking lot. Per a former review, I passed on using the bathroom and held it til I got home. Believe one and done is enough for my experience with Golden Corral.
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Tara M.
This place was dirty, disgusting and all in all food I wouldn't even feed the dumpster rats. I made the mistake of using restroom, should've peed outside. Buffet was sparse, empty and out and out layered with congealed grease. The food wasnt even hot. The wings were slimy n greasy. The fried chicken was so salty it was like I licked a salt shaker.the mashed potatoes and mac n cheese was lumpy n goopy. Even the desserts were eeww. Never had lumpy crunchy banana pudding in my life. Oh hell no..im done. Dont matter about the fountains everything else was inedible. Couldnt even find a clean spoon in the whole damn place. The "cleaner/server" was no where to be found gave us refills with dirty glass. Plates weren't picked up so we stacked them high. Dont even bother just keep driving...
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Loni N.
Last time I went to a buffet it was Sizzler (well and it was that time I went to a buffet in a Vegas hotel). It was ok but I have seen way better buffets. I like that the cook steak to order but its not the highest grade cut of USDA beef. But hey its steak put A-1 on it and its fine. The asain station I was not impressed with. The breaded shrimp was 90% breading and 10% shrimp. WTF? The baked potato was good but can you really go wrong with a baked potato. The dessert station was good, I like they have cotton candy, the kid in me was excited to see that. They have frozen milk as ice cream which was YUCK. Overall, I probably would not go back and choose a different place to eat.
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Daniel H.
Im reading the reviews here, so shocked at the scoring basis most people go on. Service here is great, the waiters check up on you frequently for more drinks / coffee if needed, and takes old plates. Food area is clean, many food choices aren't high in sodium - although the steak was salty but was able to get it bloody :). The food isn't grade A gourmet, but fine for the price, much better than the GC in Allentown which sucks!!!
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Marlyn V.
Meats feast....pies for the guys....salads for the....losers....I mean COME ON...this is a BUFFET! Now 1.5 stars?? Come on people. I absolutely LOVE the Golden Corral. My parents lived in North Carolina for a few years and this was our spot for food that came close to something from up north. This new PA location did not disappoint either. We got there just before the dinner rush - THANK GOD. The price is decent considering you can stuff your face into a bypass. My favorites are the Mac and Cheese, the steak, their desert bar, the macaroni salad. Oh and the waitstaff was super friendly....even shouted out my BF bc it was his birthday. The place is super clean, I don't know if maybe they were experiencing more traffic then they could keep up with a few months ago...but even with a full house at 6:30 pm, our waiter was constantly clearning our table, there was someone sweeping the floor and wiping down the stations. For the rest of you still wondering if you need a coronary artery replacement due to your visit here...you do....at least once a year.
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Harrison L.
This place should get negative five stars. I can be critical but fair, and it is very rare that I go somewhere and almost completely lose my appetite. First off, it is a depressing place. I can't explain what it is about the ambiance but it has a vibe like a government service building. Think of it like a glorified soup kitchen. I don't know if it is the layout, the color temperature of the lights, the lack of any attempt to at least make it look a like a restaurant, or something else, but it is a very depressing vibe. Even the tables themselves have a very run down, public cafeteria feeling about them. Sadly, many of the patrons looked (and smelled) the part. The section where we were seated literally smelled like stale urine. Then you go to the buffet stations, hoping to get something at least on par with the quality of an Old Country Buffet or something. You don't get it. In fact, what you do see once you reach the stations is more akin to what you'd expect in a minimum security prison than a restaurant. Try making a salad with wilted, brown lettuce and then you go to throw a few garbanzo beans on there - if you wish to scoop them out from a slime bath that is. I forced my way through the salad, trying not to let the smell of urine and the slimy garbanzo beans combine to make me truly nauseated. At least enough to get to a main course. Wading through the crowd of sweatpants-wearing, slow moving, mouth breathing knuckledraggers, I found what looked like a Tex-Mex station. I figured it couldn't hurt to make some nachos. Yeah sure, if all you expect to put on them is some scuzzy meat and some shredded cheese that will not melt. Why isn't it melting? Well, you learn that when you get to your seat and start trying to eat...it turns out the meat is room temperature. Now with an appetite all but completely gone, the last thing you want to bite into is a bit of meat that is not only scuzzy looking, but also room temperature. (In the business we call this the "danger zone." That means that bacteria can freely multiply and make you sick.) Rather than take the chance at foodbourne illness, I decided this was enough. I looked at my wife, apparently trying to saw through a piece of fried chicken and said, for the first time ever in a restaurant, "I can't eat here. We have to go." The fact that she just nodded in agreement and said, "Yeah me either," told me everything there is to know about Golden Corral. I have given a few negative restaurant reviews on here, but never have I said that you should avoid a place at all costs. My previous negative reviews have been because I simply didn't like the food or a restaurant's concept. I have never before felt compelled to tell you that it would be a serious mistake to even walk into a place. That is how awful and stomach-turning the Golden Corral really is. Please do yourself a favor and heed this warning. Even if I'm wrong, it isn't like you're missing out on some premier ritzy restaurant. It's just some crappy buffet in Bensalem. Simply avoid it, and live well.
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Jay P.
Good food i like the fried okra
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Rob K.
My family and I go out this way a couple times a year and we used to live out there. Over the last few years,, the food went downhill. It used to be good but after the last few visits, we won't be going back. I gave it 2 stars because the staff is always friendly and polite. Otherwise I would have given it 1 star.
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Bruce B.
I was decorating a wedding at Celebrations in Bensalem last Sunday, and we had a few hours to waste until the reception was over so I could reclaim my props. Instead of driving all the way back to Philly we decided to go to The Golden Corral and have a long leisurely dinner there. It was anything but that! My friend John and me are two big guys, and walking through the lot, we saw a lot a big people hanging around holding their bellies. We past a group of people from India when one of the guys said "There's no food left, go home we ate it all!" Then it dawned on me, this was an eating competition. Upon entering you are a place in a starting gate, after you pay, someone may as well shout over the PA system-" And they're off". Dozens of Adam Richman wannabes take off and start piling loads of food on to their plates. I was entranced. It was pandemonium, the skinny people were trying to stay out of the big people's way, kids waving big fluffs of cotton candy, and a smattering of food snobs looking like they were headed for a colonoscopy. I started with a plate of nachos, they had some nacho chips and ground beef and salsa right there but I had to go on a search to make it more authentic. Atop the chips, I sprinkled fresh Cheddar cheese and added the hot beef topping in order to melt the cheese. I went over to the salad bar and added chop scallions and sliced jalapeno peppers, then I found some sour cream next to the baked potatoes and I finished up with some sauteed mushrooms. When I was walking back to my table, the crowd parted way staring at my plate with envy. This went on for 3 hours. Me trying to turn ordinary food into something more edible. Our server was great, I really prefer this place over the Asian buffets in Philly. And if you work at it you can get a decent meal out of all of the ingredients provided by the Golden Corral.
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Ken H.
I'm not a fan. I have eaten here two, maybe three times. Sure, they have a large selection, but the quality is seriously lacking, and the ambience, well, it's a bit like Chuck E. Cheese had a buffet. The last time I ate I got sick afterwards, so I think the last time I ate there will be the last time I eat there. LOL
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Chris G.
I was prepared to write a good review...then I read the other reviews and realized that they are all correct. Buffet is about $10. Some of the southern food is tasty but nothing like mom used to make. The thing you have to do is judge this against your favorite buffett style restaurant. So your choices are: Old Country buffett, your local diner and maybe your college cafeteria. Is this the best? No way. The stations ARE unclean. The partrons ARE unclassy (how's that for being nice?). The food IS middle of the road. But you came here because you didn't want to pay $30 a plate. You came here to get 4 plates for $8-$10. Did you expect Prime rib? a Moet champagne fountain? a String quartet playing in the background? If you did, shame on you. This is not fine dining...its a serve yourself buffet. I've eaten here three times and have not been sick yet. I'm not recommending it. I'm saying "Clean Freaks BEWARE-eat at your own risk", "you get what you pay for" and "I've experienced better".
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Bill L.
We celebrated a kid's birthday here because he's fond of it. Nothing has changed since the last time I was here. This review won't change anything, either; people will still be coming in droves, and the lines will still be out-the-door. I knew it was going to be a hectic buffet atmosphere so ... I wasn't looking for any atmosphere. I also knew it was going to be buffet food, but I was looking for at least some decent buffet food. Forget it, though. This is bottom of the barrel. This isn't about food snobbery; again, we're talking about just wanting some basic, decent buffet food (setting the bar pretty low). This place just doesn't deliver. The best way to summarize it: a really bad mall food court chinese place that smashed into a really bad grade school cafeteria of the old days. Reminds me of the movie, City Slickers (with Billy Crystal), where the food preparer summarizes the food to Billy Crystal's character and others: "It's brown. It's hot. And there's plenty of it." There's plenty of it, but that's about it. I've been to a number of large-volume buffets, and I set my expectation appropriately. This place makes other large-volume buffets seem like culinary heaven in comparison. I just can't believe this place is not only still in business but thriving. Ok - some specifics. The pasta is tasteless and overboiled (think some huge boxes of really crappy, cheap pasta boiled in pots that you can fit a hyundai in until every last bit of any taste that they might have had is boiled out of them). The sauce is tasteless (makes Ragu seem good). The mashed potatoes are along the same lines -- boxed (!) and shoveled out with volume as the goal. The fried chicken (of all things) is bland and oily -- I mean, you can't even get some decadent, decent-tasting fried chicken skin -- it's just really bad fried chicken. The chinese food - mandarin chicken, etc. - is garbage -- the lowest quality, fattiest, crappiest 'chicken' that I had to spit out a few times because it was just unbelievably crappy. The egg rolls tasted like they were the really cheap, crappy, no-name ones that you see in bulk stores -- and then they were microwaved. Yuck. I didn't even try most of the stuff -- the vegetables looked, again, like overboiled cafeteria veggies. And to think that you literally wait on line (for at least 20 minutes) to subject yourself to this crap. Was anything good? The steak was good (and they cook it in front of you). The service - in this hectic, crowded, craziness - was very good. Some of the desserts were tasty (e.g. I had the chocolate fudge). Note: the 'ice cream' is that crappy, frozen ice stuff they serve in many chinese buffets so ... no good on that.
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Ben A.
Well I tried this place twice and my fault on second time. Very messy stations like heathens low class people slop up and know one cleans it up, stations are so far apart poor design. Lets start with salad station brown lettuce that should never happen, other salads old crusty looking, then went to steaks well it looked like steak or charcoal not sure what it was but well done, dessert well not even stocked almost empty very sloppy. so food over all in buffet style go to old country not great but better than this place. then you hear all the help complaining about hate this place, or their boyfriends yelling across the dining areas quit if you don't want to work others need jobs. Disgusting never will go back
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Stephen C.
If I could give this place negative star I would! This place is the pits! This place wasnt like this when it first opened up a few years ago. The service was good and the food was good. What the hell happened? I thought Old Country was bad, this is even worse. Where do i start? The steak was ok, the rest of the food wasnt so ok. There were alot of empty food trays, or if it wasnt empty it looked like pig slop. They used to put clean dishes on your table so you can go get your food, now they just pile it up on a dish cabinet in the middle of the resturant so you get it yourselves. When you think these plates were clean, they still had food from whoever used them last. It seems all they did was rinse off the plate and put them on the rack without properly cleaning them. Same with the silverware. Did I mention the patrons? Let me not go there! Never ever visit this place unless your looking for pig slop. Actually pig slop would probably taste better than this place. I would not step into this place ever again! Why its busy is puzzling to me! Happy Eatings!! Listen to my warning, dont stop here!!!
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April M.
I have to say, i was pleasantly surprised with Golden Corral. My friend and I wanted to meet up, we were both absolutely starving, and she had her 10 month old son, so this really seemed to fit the bill. I had never been, but did not have high expectations for a chain buffet. While the food is obviously not gourmet by any means I was surprised that it was pretty decent. It is on the level of a Perkins/Friendly's type place. The selection was great, really something for everyone, and I did really love the chocolate wonderful. Obviously there are going to be lots of kids, there are going to be messes. Go in expecting a chain buffet. And don't go on the weekends we attempted to one Saturday and the lines...just....don't. Our server was very nice and attentive. Good place for kids.
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Peter W.
Don't do it. Just walk away. It's not for you. If you're reading this, it's not for you. I don't know who it's for, but not you and not me. The food was edible. That's all I can say without being mean.
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Jackie R.
I've been here twice , once for lunch and once for dinner. When I came for lunch it wasn't so bad. I should start by saying I got there as they opened so all the food was fresh and the buffet trays were full. The service was good they came right away to clear our plates and there was no real issues other than the rude customers. I wanted to go to Texas road House right next door but they were closed so reluctently my husband and I came here b/c he wanted to try it rather than wait the 30 minutes for TRH to open. BIG MISTAKE! Even though we got there at the start of dinner service the food was not ready and the buffet trays were nearly empty from the lunch crowd. The servers were no where to be seen. There only job is to clear the plates and for some reason they couldn't even do that?!? in our area of the dining room there was maybe 3 other tables of food one of the tables started putting all their empty plates on a nearby table so thye had room on thier own table for more visits to the buffet. My husband drank all of his drink and she never came around to refill his drink. We eventually went out to my car and got him a bottle of water, which is rediculous ... Lady you have ONE job, CLEAR THE PLATES! We later saw her in another area of the restuarant chit chatting with a coworker. The other customers are filthy and rude as hell. I would never go here again my husband has nicknamed this place the nasty corral
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Tara C.
Fortunately, my husband had been to a Golden Corral before. He had to explain how the billing and buffet worked because the people at the counter really didn't. I was kind of horrified when I sat down. The restaurant was mainly full of obese families with faces literally down at trays, pig-in-trough style. Not appetizing. I didn't want to become this! Since I don't eat pork or red meat, I had trouble finding something here, even at a large buffet. I ended up pigging out on desserts, most of which had some odd sort of film on them. My husband ate enough ribs to make the trip there worth it. Sitting through this means it's true love. The mac and cheese looked and tasted like plastic. Also, I felt weird about the tip situation. It's self-serve but there are servers who serve part of your meal. We ended up leaving $4 or $5, but I didn't feel like I should tip them when I served myself. Strange.
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Josh S.
Food is better than old country buffet but the patrons are hood rats,cattle or first timers who don't know any better. I went here twice when it opened but will never return. The final straw was when my buddy came back from the bathroom and told me 2 men carried there plates in with them while they.... You get the idea. I couldnt believe it either. On the way out to the car to leave this hell hole, there were piles of vomit on the ground near the exiting doors. Couldn't pay me to eat here again.
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Bonnie H.
GAGG! A friend and I came here to have "Easter Dinner" I usually don't eat at anything less than a 5-star restaurant but my friend suggested it and i went along for the ride.....Id rather eat a bowl of raisin bran than to EVER EVER EVER come to this rat hole again. Matter of fact they offer on VETs day a FREE dinner, I won't even go when its free. HURL Everything comes out of a can as they display the shit, I took about 3 bites and decided I'm pretty easy to please with dessert. Holy Batman, WRONG cakes were dried out, Ice cream was ICEY, pudding was slimy. Now after our dining experience, we come to the car to discover it's been broken into! NASTY
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Camille A.
If you like scrounging for your food, this is the place to go. A few pans were fresh. Most were empty trays. March on to salad bar area for the alternative and you find a tray of potato salad with about a quarter cup left in it. Caesar salad greens and regular salad bowls just about empty and were so even as we were leaving. Thougthts were as we left...why did we try this particular location again? We probably did so because we know how nice this chain is in Atlanta Georgia...not here!
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Michael W.
I will not be returning here. My 1 star is for the awesome server we had. The food was very bland, taste like they boil everything even the fried chicken. How do you boil fried chicken? Ask this store! The main reason i went here was for the all you can eat steak. But it wasn't all you can eat because the guy that was giving out the steak was only giving out 2-4oz pieces not to mention he didn't know the difference from well, medium, or rare. Why are you even back there? Go give out the ice cream or something and let the real cooks do that.. I'm 6'0 250lbs what the hell Ima do with that little ass piece of steak? I would've had to go back 6 times to be satisfied, we just left. They had a full house and this dude was cooking 2 10oz pieces at a time.funny thing was i wasn't the only one complaining about these Mini pieces this dude was giving out. I miss the golden corral in GA where they ask you how big a piece you want. Sorry guess you can tell I'm a steak lover. It's a good price but it really is a disappointment. And for those reviews talking about the obese families here.. so what!! Leave them alone they're entitled to eat where they want. I'm not supporting it but i definitely won't judge them..
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Andrea m g.
Finally under pressure I gave in and went to the Golden Corral that opened up last year in Bensalem. I really tried to keep a good attitude up even when I encountered a really dumb cashier who couldn't understand 2 waters and an unsweetened ice tea. We seated ourselves though I'm told on busy nights they have a host on duty.The seating is so close you can reach over with your fork and grab something off your neighbors plate. Not that I think you will be tempted. This is a little better in the food dept.than an Old Country Buffet but I prefer Old Country buffets seating . They at least have booths .You can see the steak being grilled and the chef was friendly,but dear God it was tough ,the toughest piece of meat I've ever tried to eat. I choked on my meat. The honest to God I may need the heimlich maneuver kind of choking!!!!! I chewed and chewed and not wanting to spit the sucker into my napkin I swallowed.With much gasping and airway cut off I managed to gag that sucker out..Thank goodness my youngest daughter was in the bathroom and I had only my husband to traumatize and he was! I would have given this outing a 1 but I want to be fair .The mash potatoes are real not instant and that is almost unheard of. Even my chef friends admit to using potato pearls. The cheesy herb biscuits were better than Red Lobsters and I could see many kids happily bringing back huge sundaes.Service was spotty but after my choking episode the waitstaff wouldn't leave me alone. The clientele seems rough around the edges but big deal you get what you pay for. I can see how seniors would clamour for lunch specials that were a great deal. It will take sometime for me to get over my incident but I would maybe give it another shot sans the grilled meats if my arm is twisted.
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Tim S.
If you are hosting foreign guests who are in America for the first time and they ask, "show me what America is really like!" take them to this place. The Golden Corral is Les États-Unis at it's ugliest! And I do mean ugliest. The place is like a giant food circus. You walk in and they have two lines to pay. For some strange reason, they give you your sodas at the entry point. So when they take you to your table you are juggling a tray with all of the sodas your ordered. I am a Dad with two kids so I was holding this tray with four sodas navigating through customers getting food, and wait staff clearing tables. The food is similar to Old Country Buffet. All you can eat quality food. However, they bring you out rolls and they were very good. Nothing made me want to go back. This is one of those places that everyone should try once.
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Pat O.
I went their on last Monday I was not bad but I think the table is too tight every tables so close to another. I don't know why when I ask them cut Ham for me they gave me only one little piece even there don't had anybody behind me. I love there bread before but this time it really taste salty and heard. The dessert section it look unsavory I took one carrot cake it was so hard no taste anything on its.
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Ma-e M.
we did not understand the concept and arrangement. because of the organizational problem, there is always a long line and waiting at the table.
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Crystal M.
Went for breakfast on a Sunday. There was no wait and everything was fresh. Overall it was really yummy. I love the make your own waffles and omelet station. It is also reasonably priced.
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Banshee S.
this place was good when it first opened, however we went back and it was foul!!!!!! never again! the food was gross for what they eve had available and the wait staff were horrifying! this place should just close down it would be so much better that way! how do they pass inspection? do they pay people off. it's so dirty!!!!!
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Suzanne Z.
one of the best buffets to go to IF you have an iron clad stomach that nothing affects, dont care about cleanliness, want to feel like being in the cattle herd, can stand being surrounded by hogs and inconsiderate diners, eat tough steak, greasy chicken, sloppy side dishes, scroungy salad choices, AND rotten rude cashiers........I actually felt bad for our waitress-she was so much better than the place she was working for and deserves a better environment! hope she moved on.NEVER EVER WILL REVISIT-and thats after 3 trys--all the same result...board of health anyone??
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Tim S.
If you are hosting foreign guests who are in America for the first time and they ask, "show me what America is really like!" take them to this place. The Golden Corral is Les États-Unis at it's ugliest! And I do mean ugliest. The place is like a giant food circus. You walk in and they have two lines to pay. For some strange reason, they give you your sodas at the entry point. So when they take you to your table you are juggling a tray with all of the sodas your ordered. I am a Dad with two kids so I was holding this tray with four sodas navigating through customers getting food, and wait staff clearing tables. The food is similar to Old Country Buffet. All you can eat quality food. However, they bring you out rolls and they were very good. Nothing made me want to go back. This is one of those places that everyone should try once.
(2)Francine L.
The food was the quality of frozen T.V. dinners. My teenage children would not eat the food. There were flies at our table. The customers in our seating area were arguing and using very foul language loudly. I noticed senior citizens who seemed very happy though. Very inexpensive and lots of food. Just not our cup of tea.
(1)Zoey G.
I knew I shouldn't have given this place another try. We went here this weekend in particular because they were having a seafood special and we thought we would give it a go. Food overall is bland. Including the seafood specials. Do not (emphasis on NOT) get anything Asian there. I have never tasted anything as fowl as their fried rice. The desserts weren't too bad. The soft serve was a kid paradise and all over the floor. The chocolate fountain was a big hit too. Overall the place seemed very clean, the employees seemed happy and on top of things
(2)Patri Z.
Are these people kidding about a good review at this place? Do not eat here if you value a clean place and decent food. I went there for the first time with my family and I'll never go back again. First, the atmosphere is mostly black minority and white trash tattooed women with biracial kids. I didn't have a problem with this because they were civilized. The problem is that the food was not available in the bins to take, because they were empty most of the time. The cook was busy cooking steaks, for a 10 minute wait, and ribs were not ready, and when they were ready, there was one rack, and they were not cut to take. It was like waiting in a welfare relief line for food if you wanted any meat. Many of the food trays had little food in them, and were not replenished in any timely manner. The vegetables had too much sugar and salt added to them. I was surprised they had asparagus, which is in season now, but their asparagus was thinner than a string bean and of poor quality. The salad area was ok and food seemed fresh, although the meat pieces looked so artificially colored, it was scary. All I wanted was some fresh fruit, which looked water-logged, and the mixed fruit was something out of a can in over-saturated in liquid. The food plates were cracked and badly chipped on the rims. Dangerous and unsanitary. The bottoms of the windows were dirty with smeared food on them. It wouldn't surprise me if this place had several health violations. It seemed that the people there were happy shoveling any type of food into themselves. It felt like a charity place in which to eat and the food was sub-standard. I guess with the added sugar and salt on everything, the poor quality of food is masked. Who knows what else they are adding. Bottom line: scary atmosphere, unsanitary, poor food quality, unavailable food, not worth the price or health risk.
(1)Dante L.
After eating at the Hibachi Grill recently, Golden corral seemed 5× better. The food actually has pretty good flavor. Love the steaks. They're pretty darn tasty and tender, considering it's buffet fair. Everything I tried was piping hot unlike the Luke warm tasteless junk I found at the Hibachi Grill. The wings were great and so was the banana pudding surprisingly! I wish I lived closer to this place as it's currently on the other side of the city . The best part it's all included for the low price of $13pp+tip. I Definitely recommend this place for a good buffet dinner.
(4)Janissa R.
I've been here several times and I wasn't happy with there fried fish nor there bourbon chicken. I do love there fried chicken and hush puppies My daughter is obsessed with there sweet potato casserole. The desert is A+. Customer service has been very great and I hope it remains this way. P.s I love the tacos and the pot roast.
(4)Sunni K.
As the old saying goes , " you get what you pay for " and this location ( and I guess the chain as well ) gives you what I would call cattle food. Loads of starches and sugars but no real nutrition. Much of he menu tastes like it came out of a can or processed off shore. very similar to a bad Chinese buffet only an American version / style. If you want good food, go somewhere else
(2)Jessica D.
This is my second experience at a Golden Corral. I reluctantly went to Golden Corral with my boyfriend for dinner since he likes it. The layout was the same as the first one I've been to just a few minutes from Atlantic City. Very noisy here and customers aren't very friendly, and staff doesn't seem as alert or attentive. Inexpensive food. Food was mediocre. I've had better at the Golden Corral in NJ. I think the only thing I liked was their Chocolate Fountain.
(2)Sophia L.
I have been to many buffets, restaurants, and ayce restaurants. However, out of the many places I've gone to, I think this Golden Corral has got to be the WORST!!!!! H..O...L...Y...C...O...W this place was BAD!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe they charged so much for the garbage they put out. I have never been to a buffet and had so much trouble looking for something edible or slightly tasty to eat. The only things that I could put down were the tacos, pizza, and fries. This area seriously needs a Old Country Buffet or something. I will NEVER EVER come here again. The 1 star goes to the wait staff which were friendly, and working very hard. They need to get rid of that army of cooks they had, and get people with actual cooking talent. It's doesn't take too much to impress me, but this place was faaaaaaaar from it!
(1)Tara C.
Fortunately, my husband had been to a Golden Corral before. He had to explain how the billing and buffet worked because the people at the counter really didn't. I was kind of horrified when I sat down. The restaurant was mainly full of obese families with faces literally down at trays, pig-in-trough style. Not appetizing. I didn't want to become this! Since I don't eat pork or red meat, I had trouble finding something here, even at a large buffet. I ended up pigging out on desserts, most of which had some odd sort of film on them. My husband ate enough ribs to make the trip there worth it. Sitting through this means it's true love. The mac and cheese looked and tasted like plastic. Also, I felt weird about the tip situation. It's self-serve but there are servers who serve part of your meal. We ended up leaving $4 or $5, but I didn't feel like I should tip them when I served myself. Strange.
(1)Josh S.
Food is better than old country buffet but the patrons are hood rats,cattle or first timers who don't know any better. I went here twice when it opened but will never return. The final straw was when my buddy came back from the bathroom and told me 2 men carried there plates in with them while they.... You get the idea. I couldnt believe it either. On the way out to the car to leave this hell hole, there were piles of vomit on the ground near the exiting doors. Couldn't pay me to eat here again.
(2)Bonnie H.
GAGG! A friend and I came here to have "Easter Dinner" I usually don't eat at anything less than a 5-star restaurant but my friend suggested it and i went along for the ride.....Id rather eat a bowl of raisin bran than to EVER EVER EVER come to this rat hole again. Matter of fact they offer on VETs day a FREE dinner, I won't even go when its free. HURL Everything comes out of a can as they display the shit, I took about 3 bites and decided I'm pretty easy to please with dessert. Holy Batman, WRONG cakes were dried out, Ice cream was ICEY, pudding was slimy. Now after our dining experience, we come to the car to discover it's been broken into! NASTY
(1)Camille A.
If you like scrounging for your food, this is the place to go. A few pans were fresh. Most were empty trays. March on to salad bar area for the alternative and you find a tray of potato salad with about a quarter cup left in it. Caesar salad greens and regular salad bowls just about empty and were so even as we were leaving. Thougthts were as we left...why did we try this particular location again? We probably did so because we know how nice this chain is in Atlanta Georgia...not here!
(1)Mo D.
Grading system for clarity: 5: Excellent and MUST go back 4: Good and WILL be back sometime soon 3: Ok and will THINK about it 2: ONLY if desperate 1: Avoid at all cost! NEVER going back, EVER!! I am not a buffet or chain food type so I might be a little bias because I'm not sure what to really expect from a "all you can eat" joint. Nonetheless, I decided to hang with the gang for some shopping at Franklin Mills and dinner afterwards; It was 12 of us (7 adults and 5 children). 1. Food was good. Loved loved loved the FISH, popcorn shrimp, fondue machine, cotton candy, lobster ($3.99 a tail), salad bar and the fresh steak grilled upon request. Everything was ok. It's soooo much to choose from so take very very small taste tester size or your spend the next 2 weeks crying as you look at the cellulite in your legs start to form. 2. There is a machine where you can play to win an iPad or iPod ($1.00) in the lobby as you wait in what feels like the longest line of your life (we waited 45 minutes). Although it looks VERY easy, don't believe the hype! You will easily lose $20.00 on that game as you wait in line; so remember, you were warned!!! 3. This place is really great FOR KIDS KIDS KIDS!! Can't stress that enough. They have a ball and don't care about anything besides stuffing their face. 4. The seating is absolutely dreadful. When I say dreadful, I mean, DREADFUL! Look at my pics and you can see for yourself; we were crammed like a pack of sardines and the tables are day care center small as if we were toddlers preparing for our noon snack. 5. It's super cheap (bill came to $140.00 for 12 of us). Take it easy on the servers, their very stressed and look like they try their best. 6. If you really want to experience this place on good terms, avoid going on Sunday or the weekend period; it's a zoo in there! The good thing with it being packed is the food doesn't sit very long. 10mins tops and a new round of whatever is coming out. I'll probably go back in the summer with all the kids for a lazy beach day. They love it and I'll be the coolest aunty in the world =}
(3)Camay C.
Poorly run restaurant. You can't even tell who's who in this place. No type of direction in any way at all. Food bars weren't kept clean. Kids running around without any adult supervision. They were playing in the food, running everywhere, loud and rambunctious. Annoying. Several announcements were made across the PA system for parents to mind their children and accompany them to the food bars. I started with a salad. Had to basically scrape grated cheese from the bottom of the bowl. Salad dressing spoons were in the wrong bowls. Wilted greens and hopeless looking tomatoes. Old food stayed out way too long. Dried Mac n Cheese tray was still there on my second trip. Yuck. My server Ben was great though. Friendly and attentive. He was the saving grace. I've been to other Golden Corral restaurants with better service. This one is closer but I'll cross the bridge next time.
(2)My A.
I found the Golden corral on Street Road in Bensalem to be one of the worst establishment and I've eaten in many restaurants as a buffet it might as well been called a buffet as I left the establishment I almost regurgitated everything that I ate I'm going to send the pigeons for my location down that and they won't even eat it was disgusting I give this a half a star out of 10 not five
(1)Paul W.
A true real dive .Customers touch food and sneeze and cough all over it .This place seems to attract low class customers
(1)Christina S.
Make sure your health insurance premiums are paid up before partaking in the culinary delights here. Can you say intestinal distress? Added bonus: Our server clearly suffered from PMS, woe to the person that desired a drink refill. Be sure to suit up in your best bio-hazard suit, complete with respiratory mask, before visiting the rest room. Lastly, if you attempt to call the General Manager to discuss your amazing dining experience, be fully prepared for his apathetic, discourteous attitude. He further honed his customer service skills by hanging up on me. All in all a great place to go if your only other option is imminent death by starvation.
(1)Angie M.
I have had a fair share of buffet's in my life and if it hadn't been for the fact that my father wanted to come here for his birthday, I would've declined. The location is ridiculous to get to - Street Road is a bustling nightmare of insane drivers. Our server Mark was wonderful and polite amid the other demanding tables in his area. We tried to keep our requests for drinks to a minimum. The food here is nothing over the likes of hospital or elementary school cafeteria fare. I can honestly say, the "chinese food" they had out scared me. Much of the food looked overcooked or had been sitting out for hours. The sauteed mushrooms tasted like battery acid - bitter and overcooked. I tried to pick the freshest items but couldn't find a lot to choose from. The pork loin was decent as was the steak, though needed seasoning. The thought of multiple hands being put into the chocolate, caramel and white chocolate fountain scared me. From the looks of the machine, they may clean it once per month because the caramel was separating and runny/watery. They had a decent selection of pies and cakes, but very limited on the fruits offered. The salad (greens) looked wilted and worn and there were other foods strewn into the salad condiments (croutons, eggs, veggies, etc). The first two plates I had taken still had food stuck to them. I wanted to gag - it looked like puke. As mentioned in another review, you are pushed in like sardines. Our table was closest to the action and so, my chair back faced the line of people going to and from the buffet. I can't tell you how many times my chair got kicked, hit, pushed. I felt like I was eating on a cruise ship. The also offer cotton candy as an option. Why, I'm not sure. You find 95% of it outside littered all over the parking lot. Per a former review, I passed on using the bathroom and held it til I got home. Believe one and done is enough for my experience with Golden Corral.
(2)Tara M.
This place was dirty, disgusting and all in all food I wouldn't even feed the dumpster rats. I made the mistake of using restroom, should've peed outside. Buffet was sparse, empty and out and out layered with congealed grease. The food wasnt even hot. The wings were slimy n greasy. The fried chicken was so salty it was like I licked a salt shaker.the mashed potatoes and mac n cheese was lumpy n goopy. Even the desserts were eeww. Never had lumpy crunchy banana pudding in my life. Oh hell no..im done. Dont matter about the fountains everything else was inedible. Couldnt even find a clean spoon in the whole damn place. The "cleaner/server" was no where to be found gave us refills with dirty glass. Plates weren't picked up so we stacked them high. Dont even bother just keep driving...
(1)Loni N.
Last time I went to a buffet it was Sizzler (well and it was that time I went to a buffet in a Vegas hotel). It was ok but I have seen way better buffets. I like that the cook steak to order but its not the highest grade cut of USDA beef. But hey its steak put A-1 on it and its fine. The asain station I was not impressed with. The breaded shrimp was 90% breading and 10% shrimp. WTF? The baked potato was good but can you really go wrong with a baked potato. The dessert station was good, I like they have cotton candy, the kid in me was excited to see that. They have frozen milk as ice cream which was YUCK. Overall, I probably would not go back and choose a different place to eat.
(2)Daniel H.
Im reading the reviews here, so shocked at the scoring basis most people go on. Service here is great, the waiters check up on you frequently for more drinks / coffee if needed, and takes old plates. Food area is clean, many food choices aren't high in sodium - although the steak was salty but was able to get it bloody :). The food isn't grade A gourmet, but fine for the price, much better than the GC in Allentown which sucks!!!
(4)Marlyn V.
Meats feast....pies for the guys....salads for the....losers....I mean COME ON...this is a BUFFET! Now 1.5 stars?? Come on people. I absolutely LOVE the Golden Corral. My parents lived in North Carolina for a few years and this was our spot for food that came close to something from up north. This new PA location did not disappoint either. We got there just before the dinner rush - THANK GOD. The price is decent considering you can stuff your face into a bypass. My favorites are the Mac and Cheese, the steak, their desert bar, the macaroni salad. Oh and the waitstaff was super friendly....even shouted out my BF bc it was his birthday. The place is super clean, I don't know if maybe they were experiencing more traffic then they could keep up with a few months ago...but even with a full house at 6:30 pm, our waiter was constantly clearning our table, there was someone sweeping the floor and wiping down the stations. For the rest of you still wondering if you need a coronary artery replacement due to your visit here...you do....at least once a year.
(5)Harrison L.
This place should get negative five stars. I can be critical but fair, and it is very rare that I go somewhere and almost completely lose my appetite. First off, it is a depressing place. I can't explain what it is about the ambiance but it has a vibe like a government service building. Think of it like a glorified soup kitchen. I don't know if it is the layout, the color temperature of the lights, the lack of any attempt to at least make it look a like a restaurant, or something else, but it is a very depressing vibe. Even the tables themselves have a very run down, public cafeteria feeling about them. Sadly, many of the patrons looked (and smelled) the part. The section where we were seated literally smelled like stale urine. Then you go to the buffet stations, hoping to get something at least on par with the quality of an Old Country Buffet or something. You don't get it. In fact, what you do see once you reach the stations is more akin to what you'd expect in a minimum security prison than a restaurant. Try making a salad with wilted, brown lettuce and then you go to throw a few garbanzo beans on there - if you wish to scoop them out from a slime bath that is. I forced my way through the salad, trying not to let the smell of urine and the slimy garbanzo beans combine to make me truly nauseated. At least enough to get to a main course. Wading through the crowd of sweatpants-wearing, slow moving, mouth breathing knuckledraggers, I found what looked like a Tex-Mex station. I figured it couldn't hurt to make some nachos. Yeah sure, if all you expect to put on them is some scuzzy meat and some shredded cheese that will not melt. Why isn't it melting? Well, you learn that when you get to your seat and start trying to eat...it turns out the meat is room temperature. Now with an appetite all but completely gone, the last thing you want to bite into is a bit of meat that is not only scuzzy looking, but also room temperature. (In the business we call this the "danger zone." That means that bacteria can freely multiply and make you sick.) Rather than take the chance at foodbourne illness, I decided this was enough. I looked at my wife, apparently trying to saw through a piece of fried chicken and said, for the first time ever in a restaurant, "I can't eat here. We have to go." The fact that she just nodded in agreement and said, "Yeah me either," told me everything there is to know about Golden Corral. I have given a few negative restaurant reviews on here, but never have I said that you should avoid a place at all costs. My previous negative reviews have been because I simply didn't like the food or a restaurant's concept. I have never before felt compelled to tell you that it would be a serious mistake to even walk into a place. That is how awful and stomach-turning the Golden Corral really is. Please do yourself a favor and heed this warning. Even if I'm wrong, it isn't like you're missing out on some premier ritzy restaurant. It's just some crappy buffet in Bensalem. Simply avoid it, and live well.
(1)Jay P.
Good food i like the fried okra
(5)Rob K.
My family and I go out this way a couple times a year and we used to live out there. Over the last few years,, the food went downhill. It used to be good but after the last few visits, we won't be going back. I gave it 2 stars because the staff is always friendly and polite. Otherwise I would have given it 1 star.
(2)Bruce B.
I was decorating a wedding at Celebrations in Bensalem last Sunday, and we had a few hours to waste until the reception was over so I could reclaim my props. Instead of driving all the way back to Philly we decided to go to The Golden Corral and have a long leisurely dinner there. It was anything but that! My friend John and me are two big guys, and walking through the lot, we saw a lot a big people hanging around holding their bellies. We past a group of people from India when one of the guys said "There's no food left, go home we ate it all!" Then it dawned on me, this was an eating competition. Upon entering you are a place in a starting gate, after you pay, someone may as well shout over the PA system-" And they're off". Dozens of Adam Richman wannabes take off and start piling loads of food on to their plates. I was entranced. It was pandemonium, the skinny people were trying to stay out of the big people's way, kids waving big fluffs of cotton candy, and a smattering of food snobs looking like they were headed for a colonoscopy. I started with a plate of nachos, they had some nacho chips and ground beef and salsa right there but I had to go on a search to make it more authentic. Atop the chips, I sprinkled fresh Cheddar cheese and added the hot beef topping in order to melt the cheese. I went over to the salad bar and added chop scallions and sliced jalapeno peppers, then I found some sour cream next to the baked potatoes and I finished up with some sauteed mushrooms. When I was walking back to my table, the crowd parted way staring at my plate with envy. This went on for 3 hours. Me trying to turn ordinary food into something more edible. Our server was great, I really prefer this place over the Asian buffets in Philly. And if you work at it you can get a decent meal out of all of the ingredients provided by the Golden Corral.
(3)Ken H.
I'm not a fan. I have eaten here two, maybe three times. Sure, they have a large selection, but the quality is seriously lacking, and the ambience, well, it's a bit like Chuck E. Cheese had a buffet. The last time I ate I got sick afterwards, so I think the last time I ate there will be the last time I eat there. LOL
(1)Chris G.
I was prepared to write a good review...then I read the other reviews and realized that they are all correct. Buffet is about $10. Some of the southern food is tasty but nothing like mom used to make. The thing you have to do is judge this against your favorite buffett style restaurant. So your choices are: Old Country buffett, your local diner and maybe your college cafeteria. Is this the best? No way. The stations ARE unclean. The partrons ARE unclassy (how's that for being nice?). The food IS middle of the road. But you came here because you didn't want to pay $30 a plate. You came here to get 4 plates for $8-$10. Did you expect Prime rib? a Moet champagne fountain? a String quartet playing in the background? If you did, shame on you. This is not fine dining...its a serve yourself buffet. I've eaten here three times and have not been sick yet. I'm not recommending it. I'm saying "Clean Freaks BEWARE-eat at your own risk", "you get what you pay for" and "I've experienced better".
(2)Bill L.
We celebrated a kid's birthday here because he's fond of it. Nothing has changed since the last time I was here. This review won't change anything, either; people will still be coming in droves, and the lines will still be out-the-door. I knew it was going to be a hectic buffet atmosphere so ... I wasn't looking for any atmosphere. I also knew it was going to be buffet food, but I was looking for at least some decent buffet food. Forget it, though. This is bottom of the barrel. This isn't about food snobbery; again, we're talking about just wanting some basic, decent buffet food (setting the bar pretty low). This place just doesn't deliver. The best way to summarize it: a really bad mall food court chinese place that smashed into a really bad grade school cafeteria of the old days. Reminds me of the movie, City Slickers (with Billy Crystal), where the food preparer summarizes the food to Billy Crystal's character and others: "It's brown. It's hot. And there's plenty of it." There's plenty of it, but that's about it. I've been to a number of large-volume buffets, and I set my expectation appropriately. This place makes other large-volume buffets seem like culinary heaven in comparison. I just can't believe this place is not only still in business but thriving. Ok - some specifics. The pasta is tasteless and overboiled (think some huge boxes of really crappy, cheap pasta boiled in pots that you can fit a hyundai in until every last bit of any taste that they might have had is boiled out of them). The sauce is tasteless (makes Ragu seem good). The mashed potatoes are along the same lines -- boxed (!) and shoveled out with volume as the goal. The fried chicken (of all things) is bland and oily -- I mean, you can't even get some decadent, decent-tasting fried chicken skin -- it's just really bad fried chicken. The chinese food - mandarin chicken, etc. - is garbage -- the lowest quality, fattiest, crappiest 'chicken' that I had to spit out a few times because it was just unbelievably crappy. The egg rolls tasted like they were the really cheap, crappy, no-name ones that you see in bulk stores -- and then they were microwaved. Yuck. I didn't even try most of the stuff -- the vegetables looked, again, like overboiled cafeteria veggies. And to think that you literally wait on line (for at least 20 minutes) to subject yourself to this crap. Was anything good? The steak was good (and they cook it in front of you). The service - in this hectic, crowded, craziness - was very good. Some of the desserts were tasty (e.g. I had the chocolate fudge). Note: the 'ice cream' is that crappy, frozen ice stuff they serve in many chinese buffets so ... no good on that.
(1)Ben A.
Well I tried this place twice and my fault on second time. Very messy stations like heathens low class people slop up and know one cleans it up, stations are so far apart poor design. Lets start with salad station brown lettuce that should never happen, other salads old crusty looking, then went to steaks well it looked like steak or charcoal not sure what it was but well done, dessert well not even stocked almost empty very sloppy. so food over all in buffet style go to old country not great but better than this place. then you hear all the help complaining about hate this place, or their boyfriends yelling across the dining areas quit if you don't want to work others need jobs. Disgusting never will go back
(1)Stephen C.
If I could give this place negative star I would! This place is the pits! This place wasnt like this when it first opened up a few years ago. The service was good and the food was good. What the hell happened? I thought Old Country was bad, this is even worse. Where do i start? The steak was ok, the rest of the food wasnt so ok. There were alot of empty food trays, or if it wasnt empty it looked like pig slop. They used to put clean dishes on your table so you can go get your food, now they just pile it up on a dish cabinet in the middle of the resturant so you get it yourselves. When you think these plates were clean, they still had food from whoever used them last. It seems all they did was rinse off the plate and put them on the rack without properly cleaning them. Same with the silverware. Did I mention the patrons? Let me not go there! Never ever visit this place unless your looking for pig slop. Actually pig slop would probably taste better than this place. I would not step into this place ever again! Why its busy is puzzling to me! Happy Eatings!! Listen to my warning, dont stop here!!!
(1)April M.
I have to say, i was pleasantly surprised with Golden Corral. My friend and I wanted to meet up, we were both absolutely starving, and she had her 10 month old son, so this really seemed to fit the bill. I had never been, but did not have high expectations for a chain buffet. While the food is obviously not gourmet by any means I was surprised that it was pretty decent. It is on the level of a Perkins/Friendly's type place. The selection was great, really something for everyone, and I did really love the chocolate wonderful. Obviously there are going to be lots of kids, there are going to be messes. Go in expecting a chain buffet. And don't go on the weekends we attempted to one Saturday and the lines...just....don't. Our server was very nice and attentive. Good place for kids.
(3)Peter W.
Don't do it. Just walk away. It's not for you. If you're reading this, it's not for you. I don't know who it's for, but not you and not me. The food was edible. That's all I can say without being mean.
(1)Jackie R.
I've been here twice , once for lunch and once for dinner. When I came for lunch it wasn't so bad. I should start by saying I got there as they opened so all the food was fresh and the buffet trays were full. The service was good they came right away to clear our plates and there was no real issues other than the rude customers. I wanted to go to Texas road House right next door but they were closed so reluctently my husband and I came here b/c he wanted to try it rather than wait the 30 minutes for TRH to open. BIG MISTAKE! Even though we got there at the start of dinner service the food was not ready and the buffet trays were nearly empty from the lunch crowd. The servers were no where to be seen. There only job is to clear the plates and for some reason they couldn't even do that?!? in our area of the dining room there was maybe 3 other tables of food one of the tables started putting all their empty plates on a nearby table so thye had room on thier own table for more visits to the buffet. My husband drank all of his drink and she never came around to refill his drink. We eventually went out to my car and got him a bottle of water, which is rediculous ... Lady you have ONE job, CLEAR THE PLATES! We later saw her in another area of the restuarant chit chatting with a coworker. The other customers are filthy and rude as hell. I would never go here again my husband has nicknamed this place the nasty corral
(1)Michael W.
I will not be returning here. My 1 star is for the awesome server we had. The food was very bland, taste like they boil everything even the fried chicken. How do you boil fried chicken? Ask this store! The main reason i went here was for the all you can eat steak. But it wasn't all you can eat because the guy that was giving out the steak was only giving out 2-4oz pieces not to mention he didn't know the difference from well, medium, or rare. Why are you even back there? Go give out the ice cream or something and let the real cooks do that.. I'm 6'0 250lbs what the hell Ima do with that little ass piece of steak? I would've had to go back 6 times to be satisfied, we just left. They had a full house and this dude was cooking 2 10oz pieces at a time.funny thing was i wasn't the only one complaining about these Mini pieces this dude was giving out. I miss the golden corral in GA where they ask you how big a piece you want. Sorry guess you can tell I'm a steak lover. It's a good price but it really is a disappointment. And for those reviews talking about the obese families here.. so what!! Leave them alone they're entitled to eat where they want. I'm not supporting it but i definitely won't judge them..
(1)Andrea m g.
Finally under pressure I gave in and went to the Golden Corral that opened up last year in Bensalem. I really tried to keep a good attitude up even when I encountered a really dumb cashier who couldn't understand 2 waters and an unsweetened ice tea. We seated ourselves though I'm told on busy nights they have a host on duty.The seating is so close you can reach over with your fork and grab something off your neighbors plate. Not that I think you will be tempted. This is a little better in the food dept.than an Old Country Buffet but I prefer Old Country buffets seating . They at least have booths .You can see the steak being grilled and the chef was friendly,but dear God it was tough ,the toughest piece of meat I've ever tried to eat. I choked on my meat. The honest to God I may need the heimlich maneuver kind of choking!!!!! I chewed and chewed and not wanting to spit the sucker into my napkin I swallowed.With much gasping and airway cut off I managed to gag that sucker out..Thank goodness my youngest daughter was in the bathroom and I had only my husband to traumatize and he was! I would have given this outing a 1 but I want to be fair .The mash potatoes are real not instant and that is almost unheard of. Even my chef friends admit to using potato pearls. The cheesy herb biscuits were better than Red Lobsters and I could see many kids happily bringing back huge sundaes.Service was spotty but after my choking episode the waitstaff wouldn't leave me alone. The clientele seems rough around the edges but big deal you get what you pay for. I can see how seniors would clamour for lunch specials that were a great deal. It will take sometime for me to get over my incident but I would maybe give it another shot sans the grilled meats if my arm is twisted.
(2)Pat O.
I went their on last Monday I was not bad but I think the table is too tight every tables so close to another. I don't know why when I ask them cut Ham for me they gave me only one little piece even there don't had anybody behind me. I love there bread before but this time it really taste salty and heard. The dessert section it look unsavory I took one carrot cake it was so hard no taste anything on its.
(2)Ma-e M.
we did not understand the concept and arrangement. because of the organizational problem, there is always a long line and waiting at the table.
(3)Crystal M.
Went for breakfast on a Sunday. There was no wait and everything was fresh. Overall it was really yummy. I love the make your own waffles and omelet station. It is also reasonably priced.
(4)Banshee S.
this place was good when it first opened, however we went back and it was foul!!!!!! never again! the food was gross for what they eve had available and the wait staff were horrifying! this place should just close down it would be so much better that way! how do they pass inspection? do they pay people off. it's so dirty!!!!!
(1)Suzanne Z.
one of the best buffets to go to IF you have an iron clad stomach that nothing affects, dont care about cleanliness, want to feel like being in the cattle herd, can stand being surrounded by hogs and inconsiderate diners, eat tough steak, greasy chicken, sloppy side dishes, scroungy salad choices, AND rotten rude cashiers........I actually felt bad for our waitress-she was so much better than the place she was working for and deserves a better environment! hope she moved on.NEVER EVER WILL REVISIT-and thats after 3 trys--all the same result...board of health anyone??
(1)Janissa R.
I've been here several times and I wasn't happy with there fried fish nor there bourbon chicken. I do love there fried chicken and hush puppies My daughter is obsessed with there sweet potato casserole. The desert is A+. Customer service has been very great and I hope it remains this way. P.s I love the tacos and the pot roast.
(4)Dante L.
After eating at the Hibachi Grill recently, Golden corral seemed 5× better. The food actually has pretty good flavor. Love the steaks. They're pretty darn tasty and tender, considering it's buffet fair. Everything I tried was piping hot unlike the Luke warm tasteless junk I found at the Hibachi Grill. The wings were great and so was the banana pudding surprisingly! I wish I lived closer to this place as it's currently on the other side of the city . The best part it's all included for the low price of $13pp+tip. I Definitely recommend this place for a good buffet dinner.
(4)Zoey G.
I knew I shouldn't have given this place another try. We went here this weekend in particular because they were having a seafood special and we thought we would give it a go. Food overall is bland. Including the seafood specials. Do not (emphasis on NOT) get anything Asian there. I have never tasted anything as fowl as their fried rice. The desserts weren't too bad. The soft serve was a kid paradise and all over the floor. The chocolate fountain was a big hit too. Overall the place seemed very clean, the employees seemed happy and on top of things
(2)Patri Z.
Are these people kidding about a good review at this place? Do not eat here if you value a clean place and decent food. I went there for the first time with my family and I'll never go back again. First, the atmosphere is mostly black minority and white trash tattooed women with biracial kids. I didn't have a problem with this because they were civilized. The problem is that the food was not available in the bins to take, because they were empty most of the time. The cook was busy cooking steaks, for a 10 minute wait, and ribs were not ready, and when they were ready, there was one rack, and they were not cut to take. It was like waiting in a welfare relief line for food if you wanted any meat. Many of the food trays had little food in them, and were not replenished in any timely manner. The vegetables had too much sugar and salt added to them. I was surprised they had asparagus, which is in season now, but their asparagus was thinner than a string bean and of poor quality. The salad area was ok and food seemed fresh, although the meat pieces looked so artificially colored, it was scary. All I wanted was some fresh fruit, which looked water-logged, and the mixed fruit was something out of a can in over-saturated in liquid. The food plates were cracked and badly chipped on the rims. Dangerous and unsanitary. The bottoms of the windows were dirty with smeared food on them. It wouldn't surprise me if this place had several health violations. It seemed that the people there were happy shoveling any type of food into themselves. It felt like a charity place in which to eat and the food was sub-standard. I guess with the added sugar and salt on everything, the poor quality of food is masked. Who knows what else they are adding. Bottom line: scary atmosphere, unsanitary, poor food quality, unavailable food, not worth the price or health risk.
(1)Francine L.
The food was the quality of frozen T.V. dinners. My teenage children would not eat the food. There were flies at our table. The customers in our seating area were arguing and using very foul language loudly. I noticed senior citizens who seemed very happy though. Very inexpensive and lots of food. Just not our cup of tea.
(1)Sunni K.
As the old saying goes , " you get what you pay for " and this location ( and I guess the chain as well ) gives you what I would call cattle food. Loads of starches and sugars but no real nutrition. Much of he menu tastes like it came out of a can or processed off shore. very similar to a bad Chinese buffet only an American version / style. If you want good food, go somewhere else
(2)Jessica D.
This is my second experience at a Golden Corral. I reluctantly went to Golden Corral with my boyfriend for dinner since he likes it. The layout was the same as the first one I've been to just a few minutes from Atlantic City. Very noisy here and customers aren't very friendly, and staff doesn't seem as alert or attentive. Inexpensive food. Food was mediocre. I've had better at the Golden Corral in NJ. I think the only thing I liked was their Chocolate Fountain.
(2)Mo D.
Grading system for clarity: 5: Excellent and MUST go back 4: Good and WILL be back sometime soon 3: Ok and will THINK about it 2: ONLY if desperate 1: Avoid at all cost! NEVER going back, EVER!! I am not a buffet or chain food type so I might be a little bias because I'm not sure what to really expect from a "all you can eat" joint. Nonetheless, I decided to hang with the gang for some shopping at Franklin Mills and dinner afterwards; It was 12 of us (7 adults and 5 children). 1. Food was good. Loved loved loved the FISH, popcorn shrimp, fondue machine, cotton candy, lobster ($3.99 a tail), salad bar and the fresh steak grilled upon request. Everything was ok. It's soooo much to choose from so take very very small taste tester size or your spend the next 2 weeks crying as you look at the cellulite in your legs start to form. 2. There is a machine where you can play to win an iPad or iPod ($1.00) in the lobby as you wait in what feels like the longest line of your life (we waited 45 minutes). Although it looks VERY easy, don't believe the hype! You will easily lose $20.00 on that game as you wait in line; so remember, you were warned!!! 3. This place is really great FOR KIDS KIDS KIDS!! Can't stress that enough. They have a ball and don't care about anything besides stuffing their face. 4. The seating is absolutely dreadful. When I say dreadful, I mean, DREADFUL! Look at my pics and you can see for yourself; we were crammed like a pack of sardines and the tables are day care center small as if we were toddlers preparing for our noon snack. 5. It's super cheap (bill came to $140.00 for 12 of us). Take it easy on the servers, their very stressed and look like they try their best. 6. If you really want to experience this place on good terms, avoid going on Sunday or the weekend period; it's a zoo in there! The good thing with it being packed is the food doesn't sit very long. 10mins tops and a new round of whatever is coming out. I'll probably go back in the summer with all the kids for a lazy beach day. They love it and I'll be the coolest aunty in the world =}
(3)Camay C.
Poorly run restaurant. You can't even tell who's who in this place. No type of direction in any way at all. Food bars weren't kept clean. Kids running around without any adult supervision. They were playing in the food, running everywhere, loud and rambunctious. Annoying. Several announcements were made across the PA system for parents to mind their children and accompany them to the food bars. I started with a salad. Had to basically scrape grated cheese from the bottom of the bowl. Salad dressing spoons were in the wrong bowls. Wilted greens and hopeless looking tomatoes. Old food stayed out way too long. Dried Mac n Cheese tray was still there on my second trip. Yuck. My server Ben was great though. Friendly and attentive. He was the saving grace. I've been to other Golden Corral restaurants with better service. This one is closer but I'll cross the bridge next time.
(2)My A.
I found the Golden corral on Street Road in Bensalem to be one of the worst establishment and I've eaten in many restaurants as a buffet it might as well been called a buffet as I left the establishment I almost regurgitated everything that I ate I'm going to send the pigeons for my location down that and they won't even eat it was disgusting I give this a half a star out of 10 not five
(1)Paul W.
A true real dive .Customers touch food and sneeze and cough all over it .This place seems to attract low class customers
(1)Sophia L.
I have been to many buffets, restaurants, and ayce restaurants. However, out of the many places I've gone to, I think this Golden Corral has got to be the WORST!!!!! H..O...L...Y...C...O...W this place was BAD!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe they charged so much for the garbage they put out. I have never been to a buffet and had so much trouble looking for something edible or slightly tasty to eat. The only things that I could put down were the tacos, pizza, and fries. This area seriously needs a Old Country Buffet or something. I will NEVER EVER come here again. The 1 star goes to the wait staff which were friendly, and working very hard. They need to get rid of that army of cooks they had, and get people with actual cooking talent. It's doesn't take too much to impress me, but this place was faaaaaaaar from it!
(1)Christina S.
Make sure your health insurance premiums are paid up before partaking in the culinary delights here. Can you say intestinal distress? Added bonus: Our server clearly suffered from PMS, woe to the person that desired a drink refill. Be sure to suit up in your best bio-hazard suit, complete with respiratory mask, before visiting the rest room. Lastly, if you attempt to call the General Manager to discuss your amazing dining experience, be fully prepared for his apathetic, discourteous attitude. He further honed his customer service skills by hanging up on me. All in all a great place to go if your only other option is imminent death by starvation.
(1)Angie M.
I have had a fair share of buffet's in my life and if it hadn't been for the fact that my father wanted to come here for his birthday, I would've declined. The location is ridiculous to get to - Street Road is a bustling nightmare of insane drivers. Our server Mark was wonderful and polite amid the other demanding tables in his area. We tried to keep our requests for drinks to a minimum. The food here is nothing over the likes of hospital or elementary school cafeteria fare. I can honestly say, the "chinese food" they had out scared me. Much of the food looked overcooked or had been sitting out for hours. The sauteed mushrooms tasted like battery acid - bitter and overcooked. I tried to pick the freshest items but couldn't find a lot to choose from. The pork loin was decent as was the steak, though needed seasoning. The thought of multiple hands being put into the chocolate, caramel and white chocolate fountain scared me. From the looks of the machine, they may clean it once per month because the caramel was separating and runny/watery. They had a decent selection of pies and cakes, but very limited on the fruits offered. The salad (greens) looked wilted and worn and there were other foods strewn into the salad condiments (croutons, eggs, veggies, etc). The first two plates I had taken still had food stuck to them. I wanted to gag - it looked like puke. As mentioned in another review, you are pushed in like sardines. Our table was closest to the action and so, my chair back faced the line of people going to and from the buffet. I can't tell you how many times my chair got kicked, hit, pushed. I felt like I was eating on a cruise ship. The also offer cotton candy as an option. Why, I'm not sure. You find 95% of it outside littered all over the parking lot. Per a former review, I passed on using the bathroom and held it til I got home. Believe one and done is enough for my experience with Golden Corral.
(2)Tara M.
This place was dirty, disgusting and all in all food I wouldn't even feed the dumpster rats. I made the mistake of using restroom, should've peed outside. Buffet was sparse, empty and out and out layered with congealed grease. The food wasnt even hot. The wings were slimy n greasy. The fried chicken was so salty it was like I licked a salt shaker.the mashed potatoes and mac n cheese was lumpy n goopy. Even the desserts were eeww. Never had lumpy crunchy banana pudding in my life. Oh hell no..im done. Dont matter about the fountains everything else was inedible. Couldnt even find a clean spoon in the whole damn place. The "cleaner/server" was no where to be found gave us refills with dirty glass. Plates weren't picked up so we stacked them high. Dont even bother just keep driving...
(1)Loni N.
Last time I went to a buffet it was Sizzler (well and it was that time I went to a buffet in a Vegas hotel). It was ok but I have seen way better buffets. I like that the cook steak to order but its not the highest grade cut of USDA beef. But hey its steak put A-1 on it and its fine. The asain station I was not impressed with. The breaded shrimp was 90% breading and 10% shrimp. WTF? The baked potato was good but can you really go wrong with a baked potato. The dessert station was good, I like they have cotton candy, the kid in me was excited to see that. They have frozen milk as ice cream which was YUCK. Overall, I probably would not go back and choose a different place to eat.
(2)Daniel H.
Im reading the reviews here, so shocked at the scoring basis most people go on. Service here is great, the waiters check up on you frequently for more drinks / coffee if needed, and takes old plates. Food area is clean, many food choices aren't high in sodium - although the steak was salty but was able to get it bloody :). The food isn't grade A gourmet, but fine for the price, much better than the GC in Allentown which sucks!!!
(4)Marlyn V.
Meats feast....pies for the guys....salads for the....losers....I mean COME ON...this is a BUFFET! Now 1.5 stars?? Come on people. I absolutely LOVE the Golden Corral. My parents lived in North Carolina for a few years and this was our spot for food that came close to something from up north. This new PA location did not disappoint either. We got there just before the dinner rush - THANK GOD. The price is decent considering you can stuff your face into a bypass. My favorites are the Mac and Cheese, the steak, their desert bar, the macaroni salad. Oh and the waitstaff was super friendly....even shouted out my BF bc it was his birthday. The place is super clean, I don't know if maybe they were experiencing more traffic then they could keep up with a few months ago...but even with a full house at 6:30 pm, our waiter was constantly clearning our table, there was someone sweeping the floor and wiping down the stations. For the rest of you still wondering if you need a coronary artery replacement due to your visit here...you do....at least once a year.
(5)Harrison L.
This place should get negative five stars. I can be critical but fair, and it is very rare that I go somewhere and almost completely lose my appetite. First off, it is a depressing place. I can't explain what it is about the ambiance but it has a vibe like a government service building. Think of it like a glorified soup kitchen. I don't know if it is the layout, the color temperature of the lights, the lack of any attempt to at least make it look a like a restaurant, or something else, but it is a very depressing vibe. Even the tables themselves have a very run down, public cafeteria feeling about them. Sadly, many of the patrons looked (and smelled) the part. The section where we were seated literally smelled like stale urine. Then you go to the buffet stations, hoping to get something at least on par with the quality of an Old Country Buffet or something. You don't get it. In fact, what you do see once you reach the stations is more akin to what you'd expect in a minimum security prison than a restaurant. Try making a salad with wilted, brown lettuce and then you go to throw a few garbanzo beans on there - if you wish to scoop them out from a slime bath that is. I forced my way through the salad, trying not to let the smell of urine and the slimy garbanzo beans combine to make me truly nauseated. At least enough to get to a main course. Wading through the crowd of sweatpants-wearing, slow moving, mouth breathing knuckledraggers, I found what looked like a Tex-Mex station. I figured it couldn't hurt to make some nachos. Yeah sure, if all you expect to put on them is some scuzzy meat and some shredded cheese that will not melt. Why isn't it melting? Well, you learn that when you get to your seat and start trying to eat...it turns out the meat is room temperature. Now with an appetite all but completely gone, the last thing you want to bite into is a bit of meat that is not only scuzzy looking, but also room temperature. (In the business we call this the "danger zone." That means that bacteria can freely multiply and make you sick.) Rather than take the chance at foodbourne illness, I decided this was enough. I looked at my wife, apparently trying to saw through a piece of fried chicken and said, for the first time ever in a restaurant, "I can't eat here. We have to go." The fact that she just nodded in agreement and said, "Yeah me either," told me everything there is to know about Golden Corral. I have given a few negative restaurant reviews on here, but never have I said that you should avoid a place at all costs. My previous negative reviews have been because I simply didn't like the food or a restaurant's concept. I have never before felt compelled to tell you that it would be a serious mistake to even walk into a place. That is how awful and stomach-turning the Golden Corral really is. Please do yourself a favor and heed this warning. Even if I'm wrong, it isn't like you're missing out on some premier ritzy restaurant. It's just some crappy buffet in Bensalem. Simply avoid it, and live well.
(1)Jay P.
Good food i like the fried okra
(5)Rob K.
My family and I go out this way a couple times a year and we used to live out there. Over the last few years,, the food went downhill. It used to be good but after the last few visits, we won't be going back. I gave it 2 stars because the staff is always friendly and polite. Otherwise I would have given it 1 star.
(2)Bruce B.
I was decorating a wedding at Celebrations in Bensalem last Sunday, and we had a few hours to waste until the reception was over so I could reclaim my props. Instead of driving all the way back to Philly we decided to go to The Golden Corral and have a long leisurely dinner there. It was anything but that! My friend John and me are two big guys, and walking through the lot, we saw a lot a big people hanging around holding their bellies. We past a group of people from India when one of the guys said "There's no food left, go home we ate it all!" Then it dawned on me, this was an eating competition. Upon entering you are a place in a starting gate, after you pay, someone may as well shout over the PA system-" And they're off". Dozens of Adam Richman wannabes take off and start piling loads of food on to their plates. I was entranced. It was pandemonium, the skinny people were trying to stay out of the big people's way, kids waving big fluffs of cotton candy, and a smattering of food snobs looking like they were headed for a colonoscopy. I started with a plate of nachos, they had some nacho chips and ground beef and salsa right there but I had to go on a search to make it more authentic. Atop the chips, I sprinkled fresh Cheddar cheese and added the hot beef topping in order to melt the cheese. I went over to the salad bar and added chop scallions and sliced jalapeno peppers, then I found some sour cream next to the baked potatoes and I finished up with some sauteed mushrooms. When I was walking back to my table, the crowd parted way staring at my plate with envy. This went on for 3 hours. Me trying to turn ordinary food into something more edible. Our server was great, I really prefer this place over the Asian buffets in Philly. And if you work at it you can get a decent meal out of all of the ingredients provided by the Golden Corral.
(3)Ken H.
I'm not a fan. I have eaten here two, maybe three times. Sure, they have a large selection, but the quality is seriously lacking, and the ambience, well, it's a bit like Chuck E. Cheese had a buffet. The last time I ate I got sick afterwards, so I think the last time I ate there will be the last time I eat there. LOL
(1)Chris G.
I was prepared to write a good review...then I read the other reviews and realized that they are all correct. Buffet is about $10. Some of the southern food is tasty but nothing like mom used to make. The thing you have to do is judge this against your favorite buffett style restaurant. So your choices are: Old Country buffett, your local diner and maybe your college cafeteria. Is this the best? No way. The stations ARE unclean. The partrons ARE unclassy (how's that for being nice?). The food IS middle of the road. But you came here because you didn't want to pay $30 a plate. You came here to get 4 plates for $8-$10. Did you expect Prime rib? a Moet champagne fountain? a String quartet playing in the background? If you did, shame on you. This is not fine dining...its a serve yourself buffet. I've eaten here three times and have not been sick yet. I'm not recommending it. I'm saying "Clean Freaks BEWARE-eat at your own risk", "you get what you pay for" and "I've experienced better".
(2)Bill L.
We celebrated a kid's birthday here because he's fond of it. Nothing has changed since the last time I was here. This review won't change anything, either; people will still be coming in droves, and the lines will still be out-the-door. I knew it was going to be a hectic buffet atmosphere so ... I wasn't looking for any atmosphere. I also knew it was going to be buffet food, but I was looking for at least some decent buffet food. Forget it, though. This is bottom of the barrel. This isn't about food snobbery; again, we're talking about just wanting some basic, decent buffet food (setting the bar pretty low). This place just doesn't deliver. The best way to summarize it: a really bad mall food court chinese place that smashed into a really bad grade school cafeteria of the old days. Reminds me of the movie, City Slickers (with Billy Crystal), where the food preparer summarizes the food to Billy Crystal's character and others: "It's brown. It's hot. And there's plenty of it." There's plenty of it, but that's about it. I've been to a number of large-volume buffets, and I set my expectation appropriately. This place makes other large-volume buffets seem like culinary heaven in comparison. I just can't believe this place is not only still in business but thriving. Ok - some specifics. The pasta is tasteless and overboiled (think some huge boxes of really crappy, cheap pasta boiled in pots that you can fit a hyundai in until every last bit of any taste that they might have had is boiled out of them). The sauce is tasteless (makes Ragu seem good). The mashed potatoes are along the same lines -- boxed (!) and shoveled out with volume as the goal. The fried chicken (of all things) is bland and oily -- I mean, you can't even get some decadent, decent-tasting fried chicken skin -- it's just really bad fried chicken. The chinese food - mandarin chicken, etc. - is garbage -- the lowest quality, fattiest, crappiest 'chicken' that I had to spit out a few times because it was just unbelievably crappy. The egg rolls tasted like they were the really cheap, crappy, no-name ones that you see in bulk stores -- and then they were microwaved. Yuck. I didn't even try most of the stuff -- the vegetables looked, again, like overboiled cafeteria veggies. And to think that you literally wait on line (for at least 20 minutes) to subject yourself to this crap. Was anything good? The steak was good (and they cook it in front of you). The service - in this hectic, crowded, craziness - was very good. Some of the desserts were tasty (e.g. I had the chocolate fudge). Note: the 'ice cream' is that crappy, frozen ice stuff they serve in many chinese buffets so ... no good on that.
(1)Ben A.
Well I tried this place twice and my fault on second time. Very messy stations like heathens low class people slop up and know one cleans it up, stations are so far apart poor design. Lets start with salad station brown lettuce that should never happen, other salads old crusty looking, then went to steaks well it looked like steak or charcoal not sure what it was but well done, dessert well not even stocked almost empty very sloppy. so food over all in buffet style go to old country not great but better than this place. then you hear all the help complaining about hate this place, or their boyfriends yelling across the dining areas quit if you don't want to work others need jobs. Disgusting never will go back
(1)Stephen C.
If I could give this place negative star I would! This place is the pits! This place wasnt like this when it first opened up a few years ago. The service was good and the food was good. What the hell happened? I thought Old Country was bad, this is even worse. Where do i start? The steak was ok, the rest of the food wasnt so ok. There were alot of empty food trays, or if it wasnt empty it looked like pig slop. They used to put clean dishes on your table so you can go get your food, now they just pile it up on a dish cabinet in the middle of the resturant so you get it yourselves. When you think these plates were clean, they still had food from whoever used them last. It seems all they did was rinse off the plate and put them on the rack without properly cleaning them. Same with the silverware. Did I mention the patrons? Let me not go there! Never ever visit this place unless your looking for pig slop. Actually pig slop would probably taste better than this place. I would not step into this place ever again! Why its busy is puzzling to me! Happy Eatings!! Listen to my warning, dont stop here!!!
(1)April M.
I have to say, i was pleasantly surprised with Golden Corral. My friend and I wanted to meet up, we were both absolutely starving, and she had her 10 month old son, so this really seemed to fit the bill. I had never been, but did not have high expectations for a chain buffet. While the food is obviously not gourmet by any means I was surprised that it was pretty decent. It is on the level of a Perkins/Friendly's type place. The selection was great, really something for everyone, and I did really love the chocolate wonderful. Obviously there are going to be lots of kids, there are going to be messes. Go in expecting a chain buffet. And don't go on the weekends we attempted to one Saturday and the lines...just....don't. Our server was very nice and attentive. Good place for kids.
(3)Peter W.
Don't do it. Just walk away. It's not for you. If you're reading this, it's not for you. I don't know who it's for, but not you and not me. The food was edible. That's all I can say without being mean.
(1)Jackie R.
I've been here twice , once for lunch and once for dinner. When I came for lunch it wasn't so bad. I should start by saying I got there as they opened so all the food was fresh and the buffet trays were full. The service was good they came right away to clear our plates and there was no real issues other than the rude customers. I wanted to go to Texas road House right next door but they were closed so reluctently my husband and I came here b/c he wanted to try it rather than wait the 30 minutes for TRH to open. BIG MISTAKE! Even though we got there at the start of dinner service the food was not ready and the buffet trays were nearly empty from the lunch crowd. The servers were no where to be seen. There only job is to clear the plates and for some reason they couldn't even do that?!? in our area of the dining room there was maybe 3 other tables of food one of the tables started putting all their empty plates on a nearby table so thye had room on thier own table for more visits to the buffet. My husband drank all of his drink and she never came around to refill his drink. We eventually went out to my car and got him a bottle of water, which is rediculous ... Lady you have ONE job, CLEAR THE PLATES! We later saw her in another area of the restuarant chit chatting with a coworker. The other customers are filthy and rude as hell. I would never go here again my husband has nicknamed this place the nasty corral
(1)Tara C.
Fortunately, my husband had been to a Golden Corral before. He had to explain how the billing and buffet worked because the people at the counter really didn't. I was kind of horrified when I sat down. The restaurant was mainly full of obese families with faces literally down at trays, pig-in-trough style. Not appetizing. I didn't want to become this! Since I don't eat pork or red meat, I had trouble finding something here, even at a large buffet. I ended up pigging out on desserts, most of which had some odd sort of film on them. My husband ate enough ribs to make the trip there worth it. Sitting through this means it's true love. The mac and cheese looked and tasted like plastic. Also, I felt weird about the tip situation. It's self-serve but there are servers who serve part of your meal. We ended up leaving $4 or $5, but I didn't feel like I should tip them when I served myself. Strange.
(1)Josh S.
Food is better than old country buffet but the patrons are hood rats,cattle or first timers who don't know any better. I went here twice when it opened but will never return. The final straw was when my buddy came back from the bathroom and told me 2 men carried there plates in with them while they.... You get the idea. I couldnt believe it either. On the way out to the car to leave this hell hole, there were piles of vomit on the ground near the exiting doors. Couldn't pay me to eat here again.
(2)Bonnie H.
GAGG! A friend and I came here to have "Easter Dinner" I usually don't eat at anything less than a 5-star restaurant but my friend suggested it and i went along for the ride.....Id rather eat a bowl of raisin bran than to EVER EVER EVER come to this rat hole again. Matter of fact they offer on VETs day a FREE dinner, I won't even go when its free. HURL Everything comes out of a can as they display the shit, I took about 3 bites and decided I'm pretty easy to please with dessert. Holy Batman, WRONG cakes were dried out, Ice cream was ICEY, pudding was slimy. Now after our dining experience, we come to the car to discover it's been broken into! NASTY
(1)Camille A.
If you like scrounging for your food, this is the place to go. A few pans were fresh. Most were empty trays. March on to salad bar area for the alternative and you find a tray of potato salad with about a quarter cup left in it. Caesar salad greens and regular salad bowls just about empty and were so even as we were leaving. Thougthts were as we left...why did we try this particular location again? We probably did so because we know how nice this chain is in Atlanta Georgia...not here!
(1)Michael W.
I will not be returning here. My 1 star is for the awesome server we had. The food was very bland, taste like they boil everything even the fried chicken. How do you boil fried chicken? Ask this store! The main reason i went here was for the all you can eat steak. But it wasn't all you can eat because the guy that was giving out the steak was only giving out 2-4oz pieces not to mention he didn't know the difference from well, medium, or rare. Why are you even back there? Go give out the ice cream or something and let the real cooks do that.. I'm 6'0 250lbs what the hell Ima do with that little ass piece of steak? I would've had to go back 6 times to be satisfied, we just left. They had a full house and this dude was cooking 2 10oz pieces at a time.funny thing was i wasn't the only one complaining about these Mini pieces this dude was giving out. I miss the golden corral in GA where they ask you how big a piece you want. Sorry guess you can tell I'm a steak lover. It's a good price but it really is a disappointment. And for those reviews talking about the obese families here.. so what!! Leave them alone they're entitled to eat where they want. I'm not supporting it but i definitely won't judge them..
(1)Andrea m g.
Finally under pressure I gave in and went to the Golden Corral that opened up last year in Bensalem. I really tried to keep a good attitude up even when I encountered a really dumb cashier who couldn't understand 2 waters and an unsweetened ice tea. We seated ourselves though I'm told on busy nights they have a host on duty.The seating is so close you can reach over with your fork and grab something off your neighbors plate. Not that I think you will be tempted. This is a little better in the food dept.than an Old Country Buffet but I prefer Old Country buffets seating . They at least have booths .You can see the steak being grilled and the chef was friendly,but dear God it was tough ,the toughest piece of meat I've ever tried to eat. I choked on my meat. The honest to God I may need the heimlich maneuver kind of choking!!!!! I chewed and chewed and not wanting to spit the sucker into my napkin I swallowed.With much gasping and airway cut off I managed to gag that sucker out..Thank goodness my youngest daughter was in the bathroom and I had only my husband to traumatize and he was! I would have given this outing a 1 but I want to be fair .The mash potatoes are real not instant and that is almost unheard of. Even my chef friends admit to using potato pearls. The cheesy herb biscuits were better than Red Lobsters and I could see many kids happily bringing back huge sundaes.Service was spotty but after my choking episode the waitstaff wouldn't leave me alone. The clientele seems rough around the edges but big deal you get what you pay for. I can see how seniors would clamour for lunch specials that were a great deal. It will take sometime for me to get over my incident but I would maybe give it another shot sans the grilled meats if my arm is twisted.
(2)Tim S.
If you are hosting foreign guests who are in America for the first time and they ask, "show me what America is really like!" take them to this place. The Golden Corral is Les États-Unis at it's ugliest! And I do mean ugliest. The place is like a giant food circus. You walk in and they have two lines to pay. For some strange reason, they give you your sodas at the entry point. So when they take you to your table you are juggling a tray with all of the sodas your ordered. I am a Dad with two kids so I was holding this tray with four sodas navigating through customers getting food, and wait staff clearing tables. The food is similar to Old Country Buffet. All you can eat quality food. However, they bring you out rolls and they were very good. Nothing made me want to go back. This is one of those places that everyone should try once.
(2)Pat O.
I went their on last Monday I was not bad but I think the table is too tight every tables so close to another. I don't know why when I ask them cut Ham for me they gave me only one little piece even there don't had anybody behind me. I love there bread before but this time it really taste salty and heard. The dessert section it look unsavory I took one carrot cake it was so hard no taste anything on its.
(2)Ma-e M.
we did not understand the concept and arrangement. because of the organizational problem, there is always a long line and waiting at the table.
(3)Crystal M.
Went for breakfast on a Sunday. There was no wait and everything was fresh. Overall it was really yummy. I love the make your own waffles and omelet station. It is also reasonably priced.
(4)Banshee S.
this place was good when it first opened, however we went back and it was foul!!!!!! never again! the food was gross for what they eve had available and the wait staff were horrifying! this place should just close down it would be so much better that way! how do they pass inspection? do they pay people off. it's so dirty!!!!!
(1)Suzanne Z.
one of the best buffets to go to IF you have an iron clad stomach that nothing affects, dont care about cleanliness, want to feel like being in the cattle herd, can stand being surrounded by hogs and inconsiderate diners, eat tough steak, greasy chicken, sloppy side dishes, scroungy salad choices, AND rotten rude cashiers........I actually felt bad for our waitress-she was so much better than the place she was working for and deserves a better environment! hope she moved on.NEVER EVER WILL REVISIT-and thats after 3 trys--all the same result...board of health anyone??
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