Favorite buffet restaurants

[playthrough]

Nordic Lodge in the boonies in Rhode Island. Unlimited lobster, prime rib and damn well everything else you can think of. Costly, but one of those experiences that's really fun to do once.

OK, Michael, I think that would go to the top of my list, too, if I ever got there.

http://www.nordiclodge.com/index.htm

Maximum Dining 2 Hours

Two hours really is a long time at a buffet, but how does the house police that?

 

[heyabbott]

Nordic Lodge in the boonies in Rhode Island. Unlimited lobster, prime rib and damn well everything else you can think of. Costly, but one of those experiences that's really fun to do once.

OK, Michael, I think that would go to the top of my list, too, if I ever got there.

http://www.nordiclodge.com/index.htm

Maximum Dining 2 Hours

Two hours really is a long time at a buffet, but how does the house police that?

$91 pp for 2014. They have bus groups show up, the place must be enormous.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

Nordic Lodge in the boonies in Rhode Island. Unlimited lobster, prime rib and damn well everything else you can think of. Costly, but one of those experiences that's really fun to do once.

OK, Michael, I think that would go to the top of my list, too, if I ever got there.

http://www.nordiclodge.com/index.htm

Maximum Dining 2 Hours

Two hours really is a long time at a buffet, but how does the house police that?

Down here, the meter maids mark your tire with chalk if you're parked in a two-hour zone, so if they come back two hours later and they see a chalk mark, you're busted.

I kinda hope that's what they do there.

 

[terrier]

Nordic Lodge in the boonies in Rhode Island. Unlimited lobster, prime rib and damn well everything else you can think of. Costly, but one of those experiences that's really fun to do once.

OK, Michael, I think that would go to the top of my list, too, if I ever got there.

http://www.nordiclodge.com/index.htm

Maximum Dining 2 Hours

Two hours really is a long time at a buffet, but how does the house police that?

Down here, the meter maids mark your tire with chalk if you're parked in a two-hour zone, so if they come back two hours later and they see a chalk mark, you're busted.

I kinda hope that's what they do there.

Been there once - Mrs. T took me for my birthday (of course, I was on crutches that year). But I shlepped around plenty of food, and it was good. The only problem is, for the price, you feel morally compelled to overload. The closest I've ever come to going Creosote just from the amount of food intake. This was in '02, when the price was in the low fifties.

I hit Foxwoods or Mohegan Sun if I really want to get my buffet on (usually lunch, if I go with Matriarch T). Dinner is about $20-25, and even though not everything is spot on any given day, there's a great selection, and most of it's really good.

 

[SoCalDude]

We were at Disney World last week and ate at Boma, a buffet in the Animal Kingdom Lodge, three times. My daughter about cleaned them out of oatmeal and hummus.

We were there in the spring. We had the meal ticket thingee and hadn't planned on Boma. We usually avoid buffets because of the overeating factor. But one evening we hadn't made a dinner decision. We'd been dodging raindrops all day and were exhausted when we got back to Jamba House. Didn't want to get the car out an go off-site. We opted against the higher-priced restaurant and the lunch service place by the pool. That left Boma and it was excellent. The rotisserie beef was fabulous and I'd never had peanut rice before, excellent. They had just about everything you could think of, chicken, ham, beef, pasta, salads. We went back the next night, too. And, they kept seating people well after their posted closing time. The wait in the adjacent bar was good, too, after we got the bartender to put on the Stanley Cup playoffs.
It seemed that hotel had a lot of African immigrants working there. We felt that they were so happy to be there they would do anything to help you. The service throughout was great and friendly.
Also, we highly recommend Disney's meal plan, and we felt that buying the Concierge service was worth it.

 

[Here me roar]

Boma is outstanding. The African-themed buffet inside Animal Kingdom is also very good.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Chuck-a-Rama in Salt Lake City was good. But I also like Golden Corral, Ryan's, Ponderosa... aw, hell, almost any buffet will do. I'm not highbrow enough for most of you foodies.

 

[SoCalDude]

Boma is outstanding. The African-themed buffet inside Animal Kingdom is also very good.

We also did the Sunrise Safari, which ends at Animal Kingdom and includes the breakfast buffet. Also excellent with all the typical breakfast stuff, waffle and omelet bar.

 

[Versatile]

I don't often traffic touristy places, so my only buffet options mostly are really gross. How many restaurants really don't give you enough food?

 

[Jake_Taylor]

In addition to the food being great at Boma, both breakfast and dinner, the service was outstanding. My daughter has a dairy allergy so the chef came out and took my wife on a tour of the buffet pointing out everything the kid could and couldn't eat. Before we were done he came back with a gigantic bowl -- a pint and a half -- of allergen free chocolate ice cream he whipped up special.

All this for a 2-year-old who ate for free.

 

[User 1019]

All-Stars in San Antonio used to have a prime rib buffet during MNF. Don't know if they still do.

 

[JR]

I can't decide what's worse: any buffet or Olive Garden

 

[jr/shotglass]

How many restaurants really don't give you enough food?

Oh, you poor man.

More and more.

 

[Batman]

This was years ago, and I can't remember the name of it, but my aunt and uncle took me once to a seafood buffet place on the North Shore of New Orleans. It was pretty awesome. The seating was just picnic tables, and the food seemed to have every animal you've ever wanted to try but never had a reason to.
I crossed rabbit, frog (legs) and alligator off my food bucket list that night. They also had raw and fried oysters (first time I had had either of those), assorted chicken things and a couple of different kinds of shrimp. Only thing missing was rattlesnake.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

Took my wife to a wonderful French breakfast buffet this morning.
The pastries - my goodness - they were out of this world.

 

[User 1019]

The Y?

 

[Steak Snabler]

This was years ago, and I can't remember the name of it, but my aunt and uncle took me once to a seafood buffet place on the North Shore of New Orleans. It was pretty awesome. The seating was just picnic tables, and the food seemed to have every animal you've ever wanted to try but never had a reason to.
I crossed rabbit, frog (legs) and alligator off my food bucket list that night. They also had raw and fried oysters (first time I had had either of those), assorted chicken things and a couple of different kinds of shrimp. Only thing missing was rattlesnake.

Mittendorf's?

 

[jr/shotglass]

That looks like a good menu, Steak, but I don't see any buffet options.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

I received oral sex in a Ponderosa restroom stall sometime in the late '90s.
From a woman, of course.

 

[Fly]

Mrs. Fly and I twice ended up at Jo Dean's in Yankton, SD (once with Flyette). Not haute cuisine by any stretch but wasn't awful either visit. Great service, adequate food (comfort-style, decent variety, mostly was fresh and frequently replenished).

Only been in Yankton (and SD) twice...go figure.