Pizza & Pasta Buffet — Restaurant in Carlsbad

The kids buffet is like $14, which is the same price as a kids meal at most places around legoland. The adult buffet is like $25 or $27ish (definitely less than $30). This includes a self-serve, all-you-can-eat buffet with fountain drink, salad bar, pasta, and pizza.

The buffet and tables are a bit chaotic since it’s a free for all (you find your own table and people/kids leave a mess on the tables).

The other diners at the restaurant can be gross, like touching food and not using the buffet utensils properly. Like, a lot of the diners are kids since duh it’s legoland. But still.

If you have celiac or a food allergy, tell the host or cashier. Michael (the cook handling allergy/celiac meals) came out to discuss options with me. He was fantastic! He offered to make a gluten-free pizza (cheese, meat lovers, veggie, etc.) that takes 8 minutes. He also offered GF pasta, though it would take 30 minutes since they boil it in fresh, uncontaminated water (a good sign!).

Michael made me a delicious GF pizza—thin crust, balanced toppings, and clearly made with care. I also asked if he could make a safe salad since the salad bar is a gluten nightmare (cross-contamination everywhere). He brought out a beautiful, tasty salad and even offered a box for my leftovers.

Shout out to Michael—super kind and...

Please, save your money and go somewhere else. It was a huge disappointment. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures, but the ticket price is not worth it. For 3 adults and 1 child, we paid almost $100 for this "buffet". It consisted of maybe 4 kinds of pizza, two types of salad (one romaine lettuce, the other salad mix) and their toppings, and 2 very sad pasta dishes (the pasta shells were over cooked and fell apart in the salt-less, watery 'tomato' sauce). If it were only $12 a person I would have accepted it, but for nearly $30 per adult I expect more! However- the staff was great, we just wanted the pizza to be of equal value to...

Last visit they never stocked the salad bar. I asked every 10 minutes, and was told the girl was in the bathroom... Should she be handling food if it takes an hour in there?

The food is cheap buffet style as expected, so low flavor and not very good.

The pastas are all way overcooked and just lack flavor.

The salad bar should have fresh foods when stocked.

Also check your receipt as they often don't give you the proper pass discount.

When busy they run out of clean plates so people are fighting over them, then wait for more to come out very hot at that.

Some visits were excellent but...