All You Can Eat Restaurants are a Nightmare

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[OC]

In Los Angeles, there are a lot of all you can eat buffets that are Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Brazilian, Mexican, and Indian. Maybe you just have bad restaurants where you live.

Buffets are great for a quick lunch next to wherever you work. Pay, grab your food, eat, leave.

[prestonknudsen]

Not gonna lie. The steak chef may be intimidating, but I swear my local Golden Coral cooked the best steak I have ever tasted

[Sotanaht]

Unless you're counting the sushi place, I noticed there's no mention of all you can eat Chinese buffets which are still pretty common in North Carolina at least. On the more premium end there's also the all you can eat restaurants where you still have to order everything through a waiter. There's Hot pot and Korean BBQ where you cook it yourself, and I recently even had an all-you-can-eat seafood including snow crab legs. Theres also the Brazilian Steakhouse style where the servers bring various cuts of meat around the room on skewers and slice off just the end of anything you want, and then take it back to the kitchen to cook a new crust.

[Solqueen]

Tips when going to one

1: go early right when it opens if you can
2: Do small portions don't load up cus you get stuffed too quickly
3:Get your meat and veg plate, get up to get a fruit plate, and get up a plate for dessert. You are helping your body to wake up and disgest more.
4: Know your favs for me at Golden C is Pork steaks, Sweet potatoes and cabbage, then the wings. Once i have those I can dip into other things as well without going overboard on something new
5: Wash your hands after, and if they have disinfect or gloves use them
6: drink lots of water or hot tea to break down that meal

[theravenone]

I miss soup plantation. 10/10 salad bar, 9/10 pastas, 8/10 pizza. Price was good, as long as they were busy enough that the food was fresh.

[Chrundleisme]

As someone who worked at Sweet Tomatoes I can confirm new food wasn't made on time because we would be understaffed, I'd have nights where I was running soups, bakery and pasta by myself, We did have time limits for when everything needed to be changed but when you're running the show only so much you can do. I guess the one upside was a lot of people always showed up when I worked because I made the best mac and cheese lol

[o.o]

The Golden Corral in our area went out of business and I miss it. Haven't been there since I was a kid but there was something special about being with your family and gorging yourself with food endlessly while the posters on the walls judged you for your entire stay.

[kendraressler]

I live in Lancaster County, PA and we have a number of independent buffets that serve good food. The most notable is Shady Maple Smorgasbord which has the destinction of being the biggest buffet in the country and it is essentially in my backyard, but need to be mindful of the crowds of tourists though.

[nightrunner]

Silverware that's extra! You had to get there early, before the busses, show-up, TX.
But they were better than the rest. Also, Hardy's, blue collar worker meal.

[WoodyTrombone]

Lots of nostalgia for the Sweet Tomatoes off Spring Forest Rd.
Pasta was watery af, but the foccacia slapped imo.

[DeadMeat]

The plastic utensils pissed me off too. You can't cut into meat with those, they almost immediately break.

[Waluigi]

In my experience, location dictates the quality of Golden Corral. Went to one in New York and it was overpriced low quality food, with very poor service. Never going back there, despite it being within walking distance of my home.

But went to a few in Florida and Texas, and it was significantly cheaper, the food quality was significantly higher, and the service was excellent (and they had metal utensils). Absolutely will go back next time I'm in Florida or Texas.

[ParallaxSound]

4:50 bacon on ice cream actually slaps

Ever had nuts on ice cream? Same idea

[Anthonybeckham]

Sweet tomatoes did great in the Tampa Bay area. Always were busy

[quantummaniac]

Wait... I grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina and I had no idea that our Golden Corral was the first.

[travismoore]

The taco salad was my go to spot at golden carroral. I just make my taco salad in a bowl and use taco shells for tortilla chips breaking them up to dip into the meat, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes and salsa for a taco dinner about as good as I could get at home.

[kritsadventures]

Its almost 2025, I'm tired of hearing about COVID, bring back the God damn buffets!

[xiongray]

AYCE were my childhood birthday parties. Especially getting waiters to sing their versions of "Happy Birthday!"

[AceMcCrank]

For pizza buffets, Cici's Pizza isn't bad. You can also request certain toppings for them to put out if you want something really fresh.

[GlitchyKittenCrew]

Before the pandemic one of the KFCs near us had a all you can eat buffet. Now just picture that KFC's food in a buffet format. That's the stuff of nightmares