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Golden Corral buffet

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waggy said:
running out of hot water don't bother me. long as they are useing the chemicals they are supposed to. IF they are washing plates and such by hand do you really think they are getting the water hot enough to kill something anyway?

At the GC we go to i have only seen a kid do something gross once. he stuck his hand in teh chocolate fountain licked his hand and did it again. i complained to management. They didn't do anything (was there 20 min) i complained to management again and told them i will be calling the health department.
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Exactly the reason why I would NEVER did into that chocolate fountain. Whoever thought that was a good idea is a moron.
 
I ate at our local GC a few times in the last couple years and it was ok, not great, not bad, but ok. It was fairly new too (5 years or less).

I haven't eat at other national buffet places such as Ryan or Bainhill to compare.
 
clamum said:
lulz. There's usually a fatty family or two in there but it's not like every customer is a sweating hulk stuffing their faces mercilessly, LOL.
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Indeed. I went there yesterday and saw a hot fashionable chick that looked like she was from some Eastern European country. The accent fit my preconceived notion. She seemed to be there by herself too (I took my aging mother). This shattered my preconceived notion that only bigger than normal fat-asses go there alone. I and everyone else was a fat-ass though.

I missed GC for the three years I spent in San Diego. Hometown Buffet was terrible.
 
I am not a foodie, but my wife is (all 5' 100lbs of her)...she will eat for like an hour there.

It's decent, but the clientele leaves a lot to be desired.
 
I've seen ads but I've never dared enter. Haven't been to a buffet style restaurant in a while (except Mongolian barbeques, those places are awesome).

They should rename it the Golden Trough.
 
AstroManLuca said:
I've seen ads but I've never dared enter. Haven't been to a buffet style restaurant in a while (except Mongolian barbeques, those places are awesome).

They should rename it the Golden Trough.
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hmm mongolian BBQ. there was one in Rockford but it was shut down within 6 months. i was sad.

$8 for a single bowl or $11 for all you can eat. did the all you can eat 2-3 times to figure out what was good then the single bowl was far more then enough.

I wish there was another one that was not a 40+minute drive



AstroManLuca said:
I've seen ads but I've never dared enter. Haven't been to a buffet style restaurant in a while (except Mongolian barbeques, those places are awesome).

They should rename it the Golden Trough.
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All buffets can be named something like that. I enjoy them t hough. i get 2-3 small servings of different things And its usually stuff we don't make at home or in combo's we don't make. Even then i still eat far more then i usually do. I think its the fact i paid for all i can eat so i gotta get my money's worth.


edit: for some reason had bowel in stead of bowl..
 
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except Mongolian barbeques
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HERE HERE!

There was exactly 1 near where I live in America's Wang. And that was *4 hours* away in Tampa - AND it burned down to the ground LOL. They have chinese/japanese/asian/fusion buffets with a "hibachi" but it isn't the same at all. A hibachi is a little window where you can tell the guy what you want. The Mongolian BBQ lets you pick out of a huge selection of veg and meat and sauces and keep going back. There IS a place called Stir Crazy that is kinda between the 2, you pay once and choose a meat from the waiter, he brings you your bowl and you go pick veg and sauce. Howevere it isn't on a mongolian table, its just a guy with a wok cooking it. And its really expensive an dyou only get 1 shot.
 
waggy said:
$8 for a single bowel or $11 for all you can eat. did the all you can eat 2-3 times to figure out what was good then the single bowel was far more then enough.
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D:

bobdole369 said:
HERE HERE!

There was exactly 1 near where I live in America's Wang. And that was *4 hours* away in Tampa - AND it burned down to the ground LOL. They have chinese/japanese/asian/fusion buffets with a "hibachi" but it isn't the same at all. A hibachi is a little window where you can tell the guy what you want. The Mongolian BBQ lets you pick out of a huge selection of veg and meat and sauces and keep going back. There IS a place called Stir Crazy that is kinda between the 2, you pay once and choose a meat from the waiter, he brings you your bowl and you go pick veg and sauce. Howevere it isn't on a mongolian table, its just a guy with a wok cooking it. And its really expensive an dyou only get 1 shot.
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Weird, there are plenty of them in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I remember going to Khan's in Roseville like 20 years ago, and in recent years new ones have shown up all over the place. There are several different places in the Twin Cities, there's one in St. Cloud, and there's one out in Appleton by my in-laws too.
 
I've never been to a GC...but I've been to some buffets in Vegas and a few mongolian bbq places around here as there are tons. We hit up lunch sometimes at one right around the corner from where I work. It's $7.99 all-you-can-eat, but I have a hard time finishing one plate.
 
I haven't been in about 5 years.

Last time I was in there, it was so packed full of fat people I had difficulty navigating around all of them.

Should nuke that shithole during rush hour.
 
I visit a GC or Ryan's maybe once a year. The quality always varies wildly depending on location and staff. Sometimes good, sometimes bad...

Not really worth the price, IMO. I usually just get a salad and one plate and then MAYBE a little bit extra. It's always like $15 with a drink.
 
i absolutely abhor buffets. poor quality food that is either just fried or cooked poorly. "service" is just handing you a reciept for the over-priced, shitty, food and a cup. they cater to the lowest common denominator, fatties that are just trying to get the most "food" for their dollar.

i've been to a few different buffets. Ryan's, GC, various chinese buffets, and one in vegas. it is amazing that they all have the same food. same slimy look, same bad taste, and same after affects. the only difference was that the chinese places usually had things spelled wrong, "chicken nudgets".
 
amish said:
i absolutely abhor buffets. poor quality food that is either just fried or cooked poorly. "service" is just handing you a reciept for the over-priced, shitty, food and a cup. they cater to the lowest common denominator, fatties that are just trying to get the most "food" for their dollar.

i've been to a few different buffets. Ryan's, GC, various chinese buffets, and one in vegas. it is amazing that they all have the same food. same slimy look, same bad taste, and same after affects. the only difference was that the chinese places usually had things spelled wrong, "chicken nudgets".
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I LOVE American Chinese buffets. MMMMMMMmmm. Nowhere can you get unlimited snow crab legs ($$$ at 'white' places).

<-- Korean.
 
Zeze said:
I LOVE American Chinese buffets. MMMMMMMmmm. Nowhere can you get unlimited snow crab legs ($$$ at 'white' places).

<-- Korean.
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a local place is a all you can eat Chinese buffet. it has a ton of diffrent food, wich include crab legs and sushi. the cost is only $7 for lunch and #$9 for dinner.
 
waggy said:
a local place is a all you can eat Chinese buffet. it has a ton of diffrent food, wich include crab legs and sushi. the cost is only $7 for lunch and #$9 for dinner.
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if there were one for $7 here i'd probably go more often. the one near me is like $13 after tax and tea, and i'd much rather pay the $7 at the regular restaurant and get better quality food.
 
Golden Corral...The one in my local city not so good. The food is bland and taste pretty much tasteless. Anyway just noticed the other day they have changed their name..LOL. There was article in the paper on how dirty the place is...bacteria on serving spoons etc. now they are the Iron Kettle..Must of been kicked from the franchise..
 
is this the mongolian bbq you guys are talking about?

http://www.gomongo.com/

if so that place rocked! there was one in boulder but closed. dont know why because that place was always packed. probably didn't pay taxes or something stupid.
 
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