Barnyard Buffet

I had the pleasure of visiting Sweet Home Alabama again and I went to Barnyard just to see if my good memories of this place could be reinforced, and guess what? They were! This place is very well maintained and has great service!

Food is great and fresh and they keep it coming out. I only eat white meat and the server made sure I was able to get wings when they brought the new batches of chicken. The side dishes and desserts were still really good. Great food, Great service, Southern hospitality at its best!

This place is disgusting. I have lived in Saraland my whole life and have tried this place several times due to lack of sit-down restaurants in this area. The quality of the food is poor to say the least. The vegetables are canned and under seasoned. Any kind of protein they have is either fried to death or covered in instant gravy. There isn't much to the salad bar besides limp iceberg lettuce, mealy tomato wedges and bottled salad dressing. The desserts are nothing special. They taste like they've been around for a while. The ice cream tasted like the machine needed to be cleaned. The restaurant itself smelled like old grease and mildew. The service has been consistently poor. Even my tea tasted soured. A week or so ago, we decided to try it again and when we walked in the door we weren't even greeted by the lazy hostess that was propped upon her elbows and looked half asleep so we turned around and left before even giving it another shot. You can smell the old grease from the parking lot. This place needs to be torn down and replaced with ANYTHING else. It's an eyesore and a disgrace to southern cooking. I will NEVER be back!

Best non-homecooked southern food I've ever had. Couldn't believe it was a buffet! You expect quantity over quality, but not at Barnyard. Don't know what other reviewer was talking about. The place was clean, the atmosphere friendly, the service warm/dependable, and the food was excellent.

Recommend:
Fried chicken
Mac 'n' cheese
Sweet potatoes
Vegetable soup/cornbread
Pot roast/rice
Banana pudding
Ice cream fountain