Q. Cumbers — Restaurant in Edina

Sharing my experience for those that look at reviews (like me) before going someplace new. I thought the workers were amazing- super friendly and helpful young staff members. Now, the food 👎. The hot bar offered a lot of rice, potatoes and vegetarian options which was a bummer because nothing looked or sounded appetizing. The chicken was dry and the red potatoes with herbs were gross, the herbs tasted almost burnt flavored? The pizza bar was awful. Cold, hard cheese on top and followed with a poor quality taste after one bite. Honestly, worse than school pizza, hands down. The mashed potatoes and gravy was really good as well as the salad bar though. Little disappointed the biggest food selection was a freaking salad bar. I paid $40 for two adults to fill up on a dumb salad bar 😕 because the hot food bar selection was limited, the pizza was trash, as stated above. The whole lay out of the food stations is a giant jumbled mess. The hot bar is cramped into the smallest corner, which is not smart considering thats the most popular. So everyone was bumping into each other and spilling trying to get out of the way when they were finished at that station. Poor design by far for a buffet.... But hey you have a huge @ss double lined salad bar though if you feel like chomping on some salad 🙄. I do love me some salads, eat them every week, many times a week. But if I go to a buffet I don't want a fricken salad bar as my main option. Ice cream bar was ok. Dishes were coming out hot so the ice cream melted right away. Maybe supple cool dishes 🤯? The fruit is DEFINITELY out of season, not sure why you even spend money on it currently. It was all hard with no flavor or super tart if it did have flavor. I wonder if the manager of the place actually try the food because anyone with tastebuds can tell you to stay away from this place if you want good, quality food for that price. Overall, disappointed and won't go back or...

I just read and agree with the complaints in these reviews. Yesterday, Mickey, the owner, was literally furious at me and my children over accidental spilled food. His face was slightly red, big eyed, and scary, in all seriousness. He loudly complained about the spilled food and he was too close for comfort. He had no respect for my children's personal space. I felt scared, I had to calm Mickey down, and keep my kids from being scared. He didn't bother to hear or listen to me, He continued to yell at me like I was a child. Mickey is tall, so he towered over us, an even worse experience for my kids. A worker came over and they both complained and grumbled about us. All of this in front my kids and everyone around us. It was awful, extremely embarrassing and scary. I couldn't eat after that, because I was so shaken. I had my children eat quick and leave after we used the restroom. Before we got up to use the restroom to leave, Sophia, our waitress, was openly irritated of us and for a quick second, tried to look for someone to complain to when having to clean our table. The mess wasn't that bad, I had already cleaned a bit of the mess before she came. She went off picking up the food instead of just sweeping it up, giving herself more work and being upset with us about it infront of others. I honestly hope Mickey doesn't reply back to my review. I'm scared of him and I don't want to hear of his response to this awful, frightening, and embarrassing experience. I'll never go to this restaurant again. My heart is beating fast thinking back on this and I'm slightly shaking writing this experience. I'm saying this in love: please be warn, others have had bad and embarrassing experiences here too, read...

I loved nearly everything I had here at this fresh items buffet. All ingredients are fresh! No cans or boxes. Even the fresh butters are clearly made from scratch. Absolutely the best Pozole soup I’ve ever had. The rice pilaf was not great, but some people prefer bland rice. Fresh breads, wonderful salad bar! I will definitely return! Pay cash and save the cc usage fee. One problem I saw happen 3 times on the hour we were there: the tables are not marked and 2 other couples, including my spouse and I, either sat at someone else’s table, or wandered to find where we were. A simple item, such as a table number or unique image on the sign that is already on the table, would eliminate that hassle. One other room for improvement comment: the intake person did not explain where anything is, what the procedure for using sanitizer and gloves is nor other general instructions even though I told her it was our first time there. A gentleman came rushing over to us after we had dished up a few salad items and said to put on gloves. ( we had o my used the sanitizer and missed the gloves). Do not ever assume that small signage is the best practice. (I didn’t see the signs and my husband speaks other languages). A courtesy would have been to provide needed direction as we were being seated. - Update: returned after several months, and was not as impressed… the pozole was very salty and was just not the same. Other items were also lacking the professional touch as experienced previously. The carrots were half done- half raw, the brisket was dry and even the chocolate chip cookies were doughy and not done. It seems that the chef/s on duty make a big...