Golden Corral

Well done for what is is.  

Went here last night to have a family dinner.  There were 9 of us.  There was a wide variety of all kinds of food and everyone found something that satisfied them.  

I was really reticent to go to a buffet.  The long lines at the door made me hesitant too but once inside I found the space to be  huge with a seemingly endless buffet lining almost the entire length of the place.

Kudos to our server who did an excellent job refilling our drinks and clearing our tables especially considering the number of people in the place.  It was packed!

And kudos to the woman that I think was the manager who kept a watchful eye over the entire place that night.  She kept the servers moving, the food rotating, got people in and out and made sure parents kept control over their little unruly ones.

My only negative comment is that I can't believe a place this big has such a small bathroom.

I like being the thinnest person in the restaurant, while my daughter loves grazing on the insane quantity of asstorted desserts.  Like most other kids, she can clumsily make a mess even when I prepare the plate for her.  It takes a lot of staff to monitor all the potential health hazards created by careless customers, but having been to the dirtier version in Schererville before, this GC wasn't half bad.  

Service was decent and the food was what I expected.  If you must indulge your kid(s) and build their immune system, I feel this one is safe.  That said, check out the Naperville location, it's the best I've seen by far.

Best thing I can say is that their mashed potatoes are real, and not from a box.  The spicy tilapia featured on their seafood buffet didn't have any flavor beyond hot.  Far too loud, and I had to shuffle through a few plates to find one without spots.  If you're looking to feed a variety of tastes for a low price, and if you aren't too picky, then this might be the place.  I can say with utter confidence that the staff will indeed sing for birthdays, and did three times within ten minutes.  Overall?  Meh.