Buffets

@dfollin (25343)
United States
January 9, 2009 1:59pm CST
What is your favorite buffet? In the area that I live in most of the buffet restaurants have gone out of business.There is a chinese restaurant nearby that has a great buffet,but thats a little costly for us to eat at a lot.But,closer to where we live and more to our budget.The restaurant is CiCi's.It is a pizza buffet. The menu on the bar is salad,spaghetti,both tomato and alfredo sauce,garlic and cheese bread,many different pizza's,brownies,cinnamon buns,apple pizza.The only bummer is that they do not have hot drinks only soda's and water.As far as juice they have Hi C. They restaurant is very clean and the staff is very nice and accomodating.There is a game room.They do catering and you can order whole pizza's to eat there or to go as well as buffalo chicken.
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@kareng (61152)
• United States
10 Jan 09
When CiCi's first opened here the price was $2.99 for the buffet and drink. It was one of the kid's favorite places to go. I like pizza too and found this chain to offer decent pizza. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst either and very much worth the cost. I think they are up to $4.99 now? We don't have one close to work or home so I haven't been there since the kids were all at home. We do go to a chinese buffet pretty often that is 6.99 for lunch and I believe 8.99 or 9.99 for dinner. It's huge and has anything under the sun you could want. They even have a sushi bar, but I don't eat sushi. American foods are also offered there. They have a huge business and the place is full just about anytime you go. Service is awesome too. My other favorite buffet is Mr. Gatti's. For $4.99 you get the same offerings at CiCi's only I find the pizza better. They also have game rooms for the kids.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
11 Jan 09
Yeah but $4.99 is still not a bad price.Your lucky that you found an alternative place to go.
@youless (112561)
• Guangzhou, China
10 Jan 09
Actually I like different kinds of buffets. But usually here the buffets restaurants usually offer you different foods at the same time. Such as Chinese food, salads, pizzas, BBQ etc. Or there will be a hotpot buffet and it's interesting, too. But I personally think I will be full easily to have a hotpot buffet:) I love China
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
11 Jan 09
What's a hotpot?
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
10 Jan 09
I used to love to go to Ryan's and eat food from their buffet. They have since went downhill and the food is not so good anymore.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
11 Jan 09
That's too bad.Have you found another place to eat at?
@missbdoll (1165)
• Australia
10 Jan 09
We donn't seem to have many buffet restaurants here Sydney, Australia) anymore.I think there may still be one "sizzler" still going. They do have some really great buffets in some of the really upmarket hotels thou, even seafood ones, and some seafood restaurants do that too.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
11 Jan 09
That is not good.Wonder why they don't have them anymore?,hmmmm!
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 09
I love buffets, either Japanese or international. International is where they serve western as well as local food, which I enjoy very much like roast lamb, salads, cream soups, bread puddings, jellies and cheesecakes plus local delights. For Japanese buffets, I usually target at the teppanyaki and sushi corners.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
10 Jan 09
Wow,sounds yummy!I love roast lamb and my mom makes great bread pudding.Cheescake is wonderful too.
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• India
10 Jan 09
Buffets are supposed to be a cheap alternative to a menu based meal where you cna get a lot of variety without having to order individual items and you cna eat anything that is laid out. The thought of the different pizzas on your menu is making my mouth water. ummm I can feel the taste. yummy. Hey i better go and have a pizza right now. Bye.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
11 Jan 09
Lol, Enjoy your pizza!
@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I love Buffets, but I always eat too much. Picking a favorite would be too hard to do.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
9 Jan 09
I know I eat too much too!
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@slickcut (8141)
• United States
19 Jan 09
I have been to CiCi's several times...Its reasonable in price & its good...Most buffets are chinese here and we have a few good ones..I really like those ,even better than CiCi's ,unless i am in the mood for pizza that is...they have one here that is called "China Bear" thats my favorite chinese buffet..We also have a mexican Buffet called "Pancho's" and it is very good too...
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
19 Jan 09
Many of the chinese restaurants have buffets,but they cost more then Cici's.
• United States
11 Jan 09
Never been to CiCi's but would like to. I like Hometown Buffet. They have a variety of foods. From cornbread to tacos and a bunch of stuff in between! I also like chinese buffets cause it is a good way of trying new foods without having to buy a whole order of it.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
11 Jan 09
You can go to www.cicis.com to find out if there is one near you.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
9 Jan 09
i have enjoyed the chinese buffets that i have gone to as well as a few homestyle buffets that i have gone to as well but i would have to say the favourite of mine was when my mom and i went out for lunch at pizza hut and had their pizza and pasta buffet. it was quite good.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
9 Jan 09
Pizza Hut buffet is good.But the local Pizza Hut closed about 6 months ago.The nearest open one is about 20 miles a way.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
10 Jan 09
My favorite kind of buffet is a Chinese buffet. I always have a hard time deciding what to order when I just order take out Chinese. I like being able to get a little bit of a bunch of things.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
10 Jan 09
Usually when we order chinese I get fried dumplings,egg drop soup and Happy Family.Happy Family gives you a variety of meats.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
9 Jan 09
my favorite one is the one that has a real good salad bar. i can mkae a meal off the salad bar. all of them are costly i think. i very seldom eat out.
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@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
10 Jan 09
Hello dfollin! We rarely go to buffet restaurant. We usually went there every special occassions. My favorite buffet restaurant is "Kuya Ed" (kuya means brother). I love the cooking their. I love their desserts. Almost all kinds of foods that I want are there.
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• United States
9 Jan 09
O.o that sounds like a good one XD I'm pretty partial to Old country buffet (Chain Restaurant) Which they don't have out here, and Ponderosa (Also a chain restaurant they don't have our here.) They do have a Golden Corral (Is it just me or do I like chains?) We don't go often but I do love going, its not that hard to eat 2 days worth of calories in one sitting :P good food.
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@dfollin (25343)
• United States
9 Jan 09
CiCi's is a chain,,they are all over the country.Go to www.cicis.com to see if there is one near you. We had 3 Old Country Buffet's here till last year.They were good.Ponderosa has not been around here for years and when they were here they did not have a buffet.We do have a Golden Correl,which is great! But,it's about 18 miles away and I do not have a car.
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• United States
15 Jan 09
we really don't have buffet's local..they'd go broke.. but i do like the sound of a pizza buffet. one for seafood would be nice,but not likely as it's expensive. like an all you can eat clam cakes?
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@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
10 Jan 09
Chinese Steamboat - A typical Chinese steamboat meal. Look at all those fresh, succulent, delicious ingredients. Simply mouth watering isn't it?

Bon appetit!!
dfollin, Where I come from, my country is a renowned food paradise and we have all types of food. So, our buffets comes in many styles and themes e.g. International buffets, Asian Hawker Delights, Continental buffets, Sichuan Steamboat buffets, Seafood buffets, Hongkong Tim Sum buffets and many others. For my favorite will be the Chinese steamboat buffets, where we will have a open pot with 2 types of soup base hot and spicy on one side and bland on the other. Diners will then help themselves to the fresh prawns, crabs, scallops, vegetables, noodles, sausages, beef, pork, chicken, mutton and other varieties to the table and cook it. There will be cooked items available like fried rice, steam dumplings and hot and cold desserts to compliment the meal. It is good for family and social gathering and you can be assured that the food is fresh. Do try it if you come visiting to my part of the country. Cheers.
@CharRay7 (1549)
• United States
11 Jan 09
Hi my friend, We just came home from one of my favorite buffets, Hometown Buffet and I'm stuffed. I also like the Chinese buffet restaurant we have in town. Lots of selection and tons of food! Happy MyLotting! Char
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@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
10 Jan 09
I love Filipino buffet.. but it isn't practical to go on buffet restaurants these days.. with all the inflation rates and financial recessions, we shouldn't spend our money on not so important things..
@camomom (7535)
• United States
13 Jan 09
My favorite buffet is Hoss's. We have a few different restaraunts in our area that have buffets but Hoss's is my favorite.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
11 Jan 09
I live in Las Vegas and there is a Buffet in every Casino. We also have a lot of Chinese Buffets in Town.
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