Golden Buffet

As a first time guest having dinner on a Friday at 5pm here are my personal pros and cons; Pros: Staff; Friendly & Hospitable. Pros: Price; woohoo! I believe you get a good selection of food for $9.99. Drinks, additional for $1.98. I had water (free) & my husband had hot tea, which he enjoyed. Pros: Chop Sticks; are available if requested, which is part of the experience, always ask for them, they are fun to use. Pros: Temperature; Hot food was hot & cold food is cold. Pros & Cons: Food; I kept to the basic food items, after hearing other reviews of others loving the food & some having tummy troubles. We enjoyed the fried rice, low mein, sweet/sour chicken, chicken kabobs, sausage, beef broccoli, ribs, potatoes, spring rolls, salad & cucumber salad. The salad choices, well you have none, it's just lettuce and dressing, no toppings. I did not like the peppered chicken or orange chicken. The chicken tasted off. It wasn't the seasoning, it was the chicken itself. So I spit it into my napkin. I know better, if my tongue says no...my body is screaming don't swallow. For me, better to be safe than sorry & have tummy troubles or worse. Bad past experiences at other restaurants have taught me when to wave a red flag. We did not try the seafood so I cannot comment. Pros & Cons: Cleaniness; The womans restroom was clean overall, but I had no hot water to wash my hands. Areas around the food is clean. For me the dining area & entrance need a deep cleaning. The windows & blinds are dirty/dusty. Con: Interior Decor/Environment; is out dated and needs a facelift. The lighting is off with different colored bulbs, which makes the place feel dark. The blinds are broken and I want to look outside, but can't. My experience eating at the Golden Buffet was ok, which is why I gave it a 3 star. Not horrible, but not amazing. Change up the decor, brighten the lights, cook fresher chicken, offer salad toppings and I may have to come back and give it a 5 star, but for today, 3 stars is fair. I hope my review helps those looking for truth, give me a thumbs up, if I have helped you today.👍Enjoy your food, drive safe, & God...

-1 star price hiking. -2 stars dinner time food is luke warm / cold. I've been there 3 times so far over the past month. 1st time for lunch it cost $11.79, The second time for lunch it cost $13.79, and The third time for dinner it cost $14.79. I'm not sure why they keep price hiking all within a month. If I go again, I'll just ask what the price is before I start eating. They have listed prices outside near the door before you enter, but that price is way off! I can only think they increase your price based on what you eat. They stand near the buffet watching everything you take from it. The Dinner time is the worst time to go as most of the food is either cold or like warm. Unless your eating everything the fat people are eating, the healthier items will just be cold. The Lunch time buffet is awesome as the two times I was there, all the food was piping hot! So, I only recommend going there for lunch and don't go there for dinner, unless your extremely hungry and don't care about eating old and cold food. I wonder if the next price of my single meal will increase again...I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ASKING them for the price of the meal BEFORE sitting down to eat as to make sure your price doesn't fluctuate! 3 times in the same month the price increased! Makes no sense.

Edit 14-oct-2021 - LOOK UP before you sit. Make sure there isn't any air conditioning vent above you. It will rain down on you and into your meal. The vents leak and drip water. They need to get that fixed! I bet it violates health codes somewhere! I'm keeping it two stars because I might still go back. The food is good...

Pros & Cons

-Pros- They allowed my extremely well-behaved "service" dog without saying a word, which I greatly appreciate and that alone brought this 3 star review up to 4 stars All of the female staff were very warm and welcoming Most of the food was hot The dinning room was calm and relaxing Buffet seems appropriately priced for what ypu are getting ($13.99 dinner) I did not notice any dirty dishes There's scoop ice cream I found about 3-4 plates of good food, I left happy and bloated

-Cons- -The owner/manager (I'm not sure who he was) did not seem very happy that the girls allowed my dog All of the male staff were cold and giving me looks While most of the food was hot, I did come across a couple cold bites. Particularly the baked whitefish, the entire fish filet was far too cold to be edible Basically all of the fried items were not the greatest, and the deserts were pretty bland as well. But there were many other good options to choose from! No...