Golden Corral Buffet and Grill

Rumors were spreading, it was all over television ads and in the newspaper. It was the talk of the town. I couldn’t believe it when I heard the news, tonight was the night. One of the greatest marvels of my generation was finally upon MY town! I had to see it for my own eyes. I tried to work faster, gossip as much as I could to make the time go by quicker, but when I looked at my watch it was only 1:45. Damn! I still had over two hours left. I pressed on as the last two hours slowly creeped by, dreaming about what wonders I would see that evening.
As I pulled into the parking lot, I saw a line of single headlights and the grunts of what had to be motorcycles. For a brief second I was terrified, I thought of all the biker gangs I’ve seen glorified on television and my heart sank a bit. I parked and carefully walked to the line that extended out the door; all the while marveling at the bright lights, hearing the excited chatter of the other patrons gathering to the door like I was. Fear resided as I realized that they were all those motorized Rascals and that noise was merely heavy respiration. I waited in line and when I got to that door my heart melted as I glanced upon Jeff Foxworthy in the window with a sign that said «Welcome to Golden Corral».
My eyes have never seen anything quite so marvelous, and the aroma! It was tantalizing! Wafting into my nostrils making my mouth water and and stomach growl! But when my eyes looked upon the hoi polloi it was a sea of rainbow Jeff Gordon jackets and John Cena t-​shirts. This was it, I was finally there. And in the middle of all the NASCAR glory was a cardboard cutout of Jeff Foxworthy with a sign telling me I could eat as much as I wanted. I went and chose the largest beverage they had, a 64 ounce Mountain Dew. All I could do to keep calm was look into Jeff Foxworthy’s eyes. His presence calmed me, assured me that this would be the greatest meal I will ever have. Because if anyone knows a fine meal, it’s Jeff Foxworthy.
Course after course, I ate with delight and kept returning for more and more until I could hardly breathe. It wasn’t until I was nearly done that I realized I hadn’t even had a single vegetable. It was clearly obvious no one else had either, but who could blame them? This is THE Golden Corral! Just when I think I could not eat one more bite, I bring myself to the dessert station. I watched with glee as children took turns holding their mouths open under the chocolate fountain while their parents held their feet. I grabbed a brimming plate of brownies and went to my seat. As I slowly ate I glanced around at all the perspiring, smiling faces I thought to myself, how could anything get better than this?

From My Experience At Golden Corral I Found The Food Pretty Good And The People Who Work Here Were Polite Also The Games There Were Alright But Some Food Taste Weird And The Parking Was Madness So I Decided To Give Golden Corral 4 Stars And Please Don’t Be Rude Peace Out.

I like this Golden Corral. This is by far the cleanest buffet restaurant I have ever seen. The selection is extremely good, even for Golden Corral standards. The food was always fresh in each of my several visits here. The service was top notch. My last time here, my waiter was Alfred and he made sure my drink was never low and kept the table clear of plates at all times. For a buffet restaurant, this place rocks.

Decided to take the family here for our thanksgiving dinner. It was packed but we were seated quickly and had a nice dinner. The food was good, prices reasonable and the staff was friendly. All in all a nice thanksgiving dinner. Best part, no dishes to clean up.

Wow! After a disappointing afternoon at the boring old Basilica of the Sacred heart I was depressed, and there is nowhere better to eat your feelings away than Golden Corral. The décor is delightful, and there are little pictures and tips all over the restaurant that help you make informed decisions about your selections (we chop vegetables in house etc). Unlike the Basilica you are allowed to talk and be merry with your friends and family here, and unlike the basilica which only offered a single baptism fountain which you aren’t supposed to drink, Golden Corral offers over 10 different beverage selections on their soda fountain.
All in all, the food was fresh and good and there weren’t a bunch of pictures of tiny naked baby boys flying around on the ceiling, which was another thing I found to be distracting at the basilica.

While the food is not all that tasty, I do want to say on a recent dinner out with my wife, our server, Andre, was very good. He was available to bring us drinks when we were ready and had our dirty plates removed very quickly. On top of this, he was very pleasant and friendly and treated us like he would like to serve us all the time. Andre, I hope your supervisors see this and let you know that you made a dinning experience for this couple a very enjoyable one. Thank you.

The server was the only reason this got one star and not zero. All the food tasted horrible, in fact an hour after we ate it my wife and i were both throwing up at the same time. I will never go there again and i dont advice anyone to go there for your own safety.

The breakfast here is great! I tried it for the first time today and loved it! Pancakes, hash brown, corned beef hash, etc. the lunch here is ok too. But dinner to me is just not worth the money. This buffet is pretty pricey compared to other buffets. I know they have steak and ribs and fresh meats but I could get seafood at a Chinese buffet for cheaper. The weekends can get pretty crazy at times especially Saturday’s! Try to avoid the rush hours otherwise you will be waiting to get your steak or some other popular item!

Went to the Golden Corral for my veterans meal after seeing it i paper, when my wife and I got there we were told it Was retracted in the paper and it would be the 17^th, I watched vets on oxygen trying to get out of their car and vets with canes hobble towards the door only to be told to come back next Monday, what a joke .i will not go there again!!!)

It’s a buffet, and I am not a fan of buffers. you wait to long inline to check out. Somewhat dirty throughout the restaurant. Not enough salad or healthy options.

I haven’t bothered to review «The Corral» because, well, it’s no secret that it is a low-​budget pig-​fest for the lower strata of the food chain.
Neither do I frequent «The Corral» for this and other reasons.
But, today I was in a hurry to catch a movie nearby and I thought «The Corral» would be quick, easy and cheap.
Here’s what happened.
First, I drive in to the parking lot and there are 5 or 6 ghetto rats standing right in the driving area wearing their best Goodwill hand-​me-​downs like they just had a wedding reception (or some other high-​level ghetto function) at «The Corral».
As I try to ease past the rats that won’t move, one of the she-​rats begins yelling and cursing at me as if I AM THE ONE WHO’S WRONG for disrupting their socializing in the middle of the driveway!
I walk in, pay my $ 11.96 (lunch price) and start looking for a table. Out of 5 empty tables in near sight, 5 were dirty. An employee finally cleaned one off and I headed towards the food bar.
At lunch time there is very little in the way of «meat» items on the buffet, mainly just lots of cheap, gut-​filling carbohydrates that keep food costs down as low as possible– and of the items THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AVAILABLE, the BBQ Chicken pan was empty, the Fried Chicken pan was empty, the Fried Fish pan was empty, the Mini Hamburgers pan was empty, etc.
I came in here today because I though it would be fast!
I said something to a Manager who was standing nearby and he just droned-​on with ready-​made excuses (as if he’s heard this all before), «We are very busy right now– We can’t keep up– I can’t limit people as to how much food they can take– We’re working on it… Blah, Blah, Blah…»
I simply said «You should know you’re going to busy on a Saturday afternoon and It’s your JOB to provide YOUR CUSTOMERS with the food they have paid for!»
The cheap eats like French Fries, Baked Potato’s and Macaroni and Cheese were all filled– but the pricier food-​stuffs, meat, chicken, fish, were all absent.
As I have pointed-​out in a previous review of «The Corral», lets look at the name of this place and take a peek inside the mind-​set of the corporation that runs this operation.
«Golden» — self explanatory, these restaurants are gold mines for the corporations that run them because of the way people are herded-​in and the cash register never stops ringing.
«Corral» — keep the register ringing and cram as many people as possible, like cattle in a corral, regardless of managements ability to provide the advertised food items or a quality dining experience.
HERD ‘EM IN AND RING ‘EM UP!!!
Today was mostly my own fault for expecting anything better @ «The Corral” — but, I guess, hope springs eternal.

I love Golden Corral!!! Unlike old country buffet they have steaks and way, way, more options. They have a great quality of food for the buffet scene. This is what an affordable buffet should be.

Weekdays 1 to 4pm, excellent service from Ricky. Not busy, and still a great selection.

We arrived less than 15 minutes after opening and the food was cold and not fresh at all. I told the waitress and she did nothing. In fact the waitress did just about nothing the entire visit. What a disappointment and a waste of money.

This was a lot better experience than my first two visits. I still can’t believe they don’t have spring greens. Pam the manager told me it was expensive and they are trying to keep the cost down for everyone. Well so isn’t sweet potatoes, spinach, the meats and most of everything else in this restaurant. Everything I mentioned is expensive as well.
I would be hard pressed working for this company when Pam stands over you yelling and screaming at you. That’s probably why this location has a very high turn over rate.
Lunch is very expensive at $ 9.19 after taxes and that doesn’t include a tip. Michael aka Mikey the waiter made my meal. If you ever visit this place ask to sit in his area and you will get excellent service. Update: I’m told Michael aka Mikey doesn’t work there any more. What a shame.
I wish they offered sugar free/​fat free soft serve ice cream. They seem to cater to a lot of fried/​fattening foods. I wish more broiled or baked foods were offered. The food taste wasn’t to bad other than the string beans and corn being over cooked and water logged.
This is not my favorite buffet place. I still prefer Old Country Buffet better.
Several places I went to get food were out of what I wanted or there were no plates. There was a long wait waiting for the food to be replaced.
I give the Restaurant 1 star and Mikey makes the experience more pleasurable other wise I would give zero stars.

Don’t know what it is about buffets, but they are always packed at the Corral. However, the food was horrible. The self serve ice cream was the only thing remotely edible as everything else was under, over, or improperly cooked.

Well to start we haven’t eaten here. However getting a table is crazy. Line is always out the door and once you get in you’re greeted with a Disney style que line. If you or your party has trouble standing for long periods of time don’t bother. Expect to be surrounded by kids screaming with no parental guidance and rude adults who bump into you constantly and try to shove past you. If you have an older person with you that has the old time mindset, you might want to pass as well because of the UN convention then awaits you inside. Also keep in mind this giant line was there even though their we’re PLENTY of four and eight top tables available.

I was so glad to discover this place in South Bend. I dunno about anyone else, but I’ll be forever a customer of Golden Corral. They closed in California, so imagine how thrilled I was to know they had one opened here! There’ve been many other restaurants that I’ve tried since moving from California, and they haven’t been up to my standards. Especially being vegetarian, the salad bar was very scrumptious and good! Plus they had mexican, asian, american, and many other stuff they offered was better in quality than other buffet places I’ve been to. The desserts they had was awesome too, I especially liked the pistachio cake and the pumpkin pies and my wife loved the cotton candy. I don’t care about what anyone else says, I’ll be forever loyal to this place! However limited options for a vegetarian or vegan.

I will be honest, I hate these type of restaurants because it seems to bring out every moron in the area. I decided to give it a try since my spouse loves buffets. We tried to go a couple of times but the line was out the door. On our 3^rd try we were able to at least make it in the doors to discover a maze to go through before even getting to the register. Then some guy at the front of the line waved to his 8 family members from the back of the line to join him. This of course ticked us all off but he ignored us and so did the staff. After getting seated I made my way to the buffet and found more lines. Standing in line several times for food I paid for doesnt appeal to me but what is worse is the overall atmosphere. Standing in those long lines gives you way too much time to people watch. I have never seen such horrific table manners. People eating off their plates in line, coughing into their hands and then grabbing food, kids sticking their fingers in the chocolate waterfall. ACK. I expected to leave with the flu. I actually found the food to be fairly decent for this type of restaurant but after making our way back to our car, we saw a vehicle with a window bashed out (clearly happened at the restaurant since there was glass all over the ground) and then witnessing a drug deal, ya… we are never going back. I see big problems at this place.