Saints Avenue Cafe — Restaurant in Boone

We decided to try this place while we were on vacation, and I thought to myself, "how bad could it be?" Apparently this place took that as a personal challenge. Please do not eat here. Unless you are over the age of 65 and from a small town in Iowa. Or, if you like canned, flavorless fare. Well, not totally flavorless. There was salt So. Much. Salt. Think back to the '70's. Watergate salad, Jello poke cake, Veg-All canned mixed vegetables. They had all of this and more. The one bright spot was the Carrot cake. It was actually well spiced and pretty good. I do wonder where they bought it. One other cool thing was that we spotted Sasquatch! He works there! He came wandering out of the kitchen with his very long greasy hair and full unkept beard, no hair net and no beard net, gently cradling clean silverware, snugged up close and personal to his very greasy and stained shirt. This made me so happy that we had eaten there. Despite that one hirsuit member of the staff, the staff were quite pleasant. We were greeted when we walked in by several people. However, no one explained how anything worked and no one told us what we were supposed to do, so we stood there at the door confused for about 2 minutes before someone finally help us. Cost was $35 for two buffets . We did not get our...

My friend and I were on our way back from Des Moines heading home to Carroll and we were both hungry we thought we were going to stop at Dairy Queen and then we looked over and saw this restaurant called Saints Avenue Cafe it's not just a restaurant it's a buffet you never see buffets anymore. The food was AMAZING! I must say even during these trying times when restuarants are losing business left and right due to Covid 19 Saint Avenue Cafe proved to be the right choice indeed! They had a wide variety of food that not only looked good it tasted great! They had exceptional customer service and the perfect finisher....dessert! If your ever going through Boone, Iowa and find yourself hungry and not sure what to eat I strongly recommend that you take the time to stop at Saints Avenue Cafe they have a buffet and full menu and if you don't feel comfortable staying inside and eating at the buffet you can get the buffet togo, just pay by the pound which is awesome! Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, Saints Avenue Cafe is hands down the place to go! Another Satisfied...

I was not expecting to walk in to a buffet and see a Thanksgiving dinner, think everything you would have for Thanksgiving in any tradition and its here, but not the cranberries lol it wasnt my cup of tea BUT the friendly Christian atmosphere and attentive staff who all looked to be working hard kept the buffet fully stocked and all the food looked fresh and tasted good/ok at the cost of 33+$ for 2 people i wasn't that impressed BUT i want to be clear it just wasnt my cup of tea and i would definitely recommend eating here to anyone who wants a good hot meal with that home-cooked taste i would have given them more stars but the food just wasn't on par this visit i do alot and i mean alot of restaurant reviews on here and i know a bad review can hurt a place like this so with that please let me stress that im sure this place is amazing and the customer service was excellent idk mabey its just me today as always i visit places at least 3 times before i write it off but saints is a grate place to eat and i would recommend them to anyone who wants a good...