JRC-Global Buffet

Disappointed. The staff were miserable, rude and very pushy for our group to leave. Only have 1 hour 30 to eat don’t really understand why. At near enough £20 entry you would expect better. This has been my 2^nd visit to JRC and definitely my last, I refuse to ever go back. Also had the joy of finding prawn legs in my steak as the steak chef didn’t change or even clean cooking materials when cooking the fish and meat together…

My family booked a table for my birthday meal. Being a Saturday night, it was very busy and very noisy.
Yes, you’re escorted to your table after you’ve paid — the waiter raced off up the restaurant like he was in a race to the finish. I don’t walk that fast, my husband walks with two sticks and my daughter and her husband had both granddaughters who slow them down so he stood at «our» table looking like a complete lemon waiting for us to catch up. I did feel it was a bit rude to assume that we were going to fall into his speed in order to keep up with him and he didn’t even bother to check that we were behind him just sailed off into the distance!
I was a bit nonplussed by the area marked «starters» which (from memory) seemed just to offer potato waffles, chips, potato noisettes, potato letters, mushrooms in batter, samosas, spring rolls, sesame bread and fish fingers. Starters? These items are accompaniments to main meals! Starters to me are salads, soups and the like.
There’s a reasonable selection of food, but not so much choice for me, though, when I only eat vegetarian when I’m out. But the food I had was tasty and I was pleased that the food was hot (some buffet restaurants don’t keep the food hot enough!).
I can understand the attraction of this restaurant for those who eat anything and have a huge appetite. Frankly for me it wouldn’t have been good value, aside from the fact that, as the birthday girl (had to give proof of my date of birth) I didn’t pay for my meal. I was pleased to see a list with the dessert section advising the ingredients of each of the choices — some had gelatine in some didn’t although surely putting the widely-​recognised V on the food label would have been easier? (Yes I know those with allergies need the full information but for those like me marking the food labels accordingly would have made my food choice much quicker.
Although the premises are fully accessible, for anyone with mobility issues like my husband, it’s a huge venue. The food stations are spread on either side of the seating area in such a way that you have to do a lot of walking and one area was the other end of the restaurant from where we’d been seated. So it’s not an ideal location for anyone with mobility issues unless they’re happy for family to go and choose their food for them.
On the plus side (kind of) I tried the vegetarian sushi for the very first time and now know that it’s not really for me — I’ll stick to veggie indian!

Masses amounts to choose from from all parts of the world. Free soft drinks, cheap alcohol and under £20 per person.

I went with my husband and 7 year old daughter on a Friday night. Even though it was a Friday night we did not make a reservation and there we so many tables that we did not need to wait to be seated. The tiled décor was very elegant. My husband eats meat but both my daughter and I are vegetarian. There is a range of cuisines but the majority of dishes had an oriental or Thai influence. There was a Italian and Indian section but they were quite basic. On the whole this place is good if you eat meat, or if you are with kids and happy to give them pizza or pasta. I would not recommend it for veggies which is a shame as the range of cuisines could have made for a great choice. Some of the staff serving don’t speak English very well making it a bit fiddly to ask questions about a dish. Dishes are labelled ‘veg’ or ‘non-​veg’ which is very helpful. The unlimited soft drinks/​juice bar and choice of desserts went down very well also. Not my favourite spot to eat, food ok, but definitely worth a visit at least once for the novelty factor.

Went for the first time and we was not disappointed, £18.99 per adult £9.50 per child (under 150cm) children under 90 cm eat for free. First impressions are its very posh, you sign in and pay first then someone escorts you to a table, very nicely decorated. The tables are too close together for my liking. There is a lot to choose from, many dishes from all over the world that are nicely presented, it would have been nice to have some sort of communication as to what some of the dishes are and how you eat them as not everyone knows all the different dishes from around the globe. Unlimited soft drinks are a great addition. All in all a lovely place to eat with plenty for everyone, although we did not drink the alcoholic beverages are a good price with lagers from £2 a pint. We were not hurried along and were left to eat at our leisure — we were here just under 3 hours. Will definitely go back again.