# All You Can Eat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077 "2013-08-24T19:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/61 "2013-08-25T16:33:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > He should really book them at a decent buffet instead of the Hilton, which, BTW, doesn’t exist anymore. It’s now the LVH hotel, and it sux. If that buffet sent her soaring, Bacchanal at Caesar’s or Wicked Spoon at Aria will kill her. My personal favorites are still the Buffet at Wynn and Studio B Buffet at M Resort. Hmmm. I’m not sure they know it’s not a Hilton anymore. I’ll mention the other buffets, but I know she had her heart set on that one. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/62 "2013-08-25T16:51:47Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Other. I’d choose Studio B at M Resort in Las Vegas. Huge, fresh, stations for Chinese, sushi, Italian, Mexican, soups, salads, 4 carving stations, a dessert section to kill for, and beer & wine are included. Good choice, and glad to see you agree! They used to offer some great 50% off deals, but I haven’t gotten any of those in awhile - but one of the few places in Las Vegas worth the full price! You forgot to mention they also have a small selection of Indian food there as well! (My favorite!)…but that dessert bar - oh my - enough to make me cry. Slightly off topic, but should any of you come to Vegas, many places offer a special ALL DAY buffet pass - although how in the hell you could go to a buffet 3 or more times in a single day is a totally mystery to me…after one buffet, I am ready for a long nap and a stomach pump. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/63 "2013-08-25T16:59:35Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Indian and by a wide margin. Plenty of decent Indian buffets ( and some mediocre ones ) in my area. Indian, a thousand times, Indian. As has been pointed out, the dishes survive being in a steam table like no other culture’s does. The better ones always bring tandori chicken and fresh nan to your table, and if you visit during a busy time, the odds of the samosas and whatever you call those crispy tempura-style vegetables going limp is minimal. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/64 "2013-08-25T18:16:54Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Barbecue. > > I also have fond memories of a pricey but good seafood buffet place in Kentucky. I’ll never eat that many oysters in one sitting again. Was it New Orleans House? That place was a natural wondor. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/65 "2013-08-25T20:16:04Z")
When in Tidewater Virginia, [Captain George’s](http://www.captaingeorges.com/). When here in New England, [Nordic Lodge](http://www.nordiclodge.com/). All you can eat seafood. NOMMMMMMM!!! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/66 "2013-08-25T20:20:22Z")
Chinese all you can eats are a staple around here, often with mongolian and sushi sections. I don’t think I’ve seen a mexican all you can eat since Chi Chi’s experimented with it ~20 years ago. Never been to an italian all you can eat (unless you count pizza buffets) but I don’t like italian food much (not a fan of pasta). ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/67 "2013-08-25T20:33:14Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > …should any of you come to Vegas, many places offer a special ALL DAY buffet pass - although how in the hell you could go to a buffet 3 or more times in a single day is a totally mystery to me…after one buffet, I am ready for a long nap and a stomach pump. But knowing you can come back for a little plateful anytime would remove the incentive to stuff. Sounds like a great idea (both for the comfort of diners, and for keeping people in the casino). Aside from that: I believe Soup Plantation and Sweet Tomatoes are the same company. I’ve had only good experiences at both–no ‘old-tasting’ food; great variety on the veggies. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/68 "2013-08-25T20:42:31Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I’ve never seen all you can eat Mexican. I just gained 10 pounds thinking about it. Seriously? I used to eat at AYCE places in Tulsa and Dallas all the time. If you wanted more food, you would just raise a little flag. There was a place in Tulsa where you could get AYCE steaks. Now (sadly) most AYCE places are in the form of Golden Corral. DISGUSTING. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/69 "2013-08-25T21:33:36Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Indian and by a wide margin. Plenty of decent Indian buffets ( and some mediocre ones ) in my area. This. When it’s a good Indian Buffet, it can’t be beat. Of course, when it’s shit, it’s not only horrible tasting, but it’s effects last for days… ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/70 "2013-08-26T00:49:14Z")
Chinese because chicken-on-a-stick. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/71 "2013-08-26T01:11:14Z")
An a la carte serving of most Italian entrees is plenty for me, so AYCE Italian isn’t a gain over a la carte in my case. Hence not Italian. And Chinese doesn’t tend to be, for me, something I want to stuff myself with. But if Taqueria Poblano in Alexandria every had an AYCE buffet of their appetizers, I’d be right over. I wonder just how many of their pork taquitos I could eat? Outside the three specifically named in the poll, I’ve been to several excellent AYCE Indian lunch buffets. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/72 "2013-08-26T02:09:26Z")
I like Indian restaurant buffets, but they can be pricey. There’s one in the next town that charges fourteen bucks for the buffet and that doesn’t even include sodas. Most entrees on the regular menu aren’t that much. It seems to me that if you go with a group, you can order several different entrees to share and end up paying less per person. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/73 "2013-08-26T02:38:00Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Chinese because chicken-on-a-stick. Used to have a decent Chinese buffet here. For me, their winners were crab Rangoon and sauteed green beans. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/74 "2013-08-26T06:20:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Used to have a decent Chinese buffet here. For me, their winners were crab Rangoon and sauteed green beans. There is a decent one in Willimantic - they have spring rolls with no mushrooms, which I am deathly allergic to. I love a good egg roll, one that is 95% veggies with a few mostly identifiable scraps of meat [preferably that red cooked pork] We do baked in muffin tin wonton skin egg rolls but it just isn’t the same. Ours has one buffet section of western foods with some of the best pot roast style pork roast. Just swimming in the cooking liquid and falling off the bones. They also have a great pepper chicken, and a peanut butter chicken [some form of battered and deep fried cut up and then in a peanut butter sauce] and the red bean paste sesame buns I dearly love and am too lazy to make for myself. Yup, I can and have made pretty much everything we like at a Chinese buffet at home [especially the cold sesame noodles. We cheat and make it with the same peanut butter dipping sauce we use for chicken satay, we like the hot spice kick.] It is almost as cheap and hella easier to go out for it. I am ambivalent about the whole fast food culture that thinks it is easier to go out instead of cooking it at home, then I console myself that Rome managed to be an empire builder on the huddled masses of slum dwellers who didn’t have kitchens. ;)😛 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/75 "2013-08-26T09:02:06Z")
I like Mexican food but find it filling & spicy so a buffet wouldn’t really work for me. But I’d certainly try it! We had one good Chinese buffet & one so-so one. An excellent one opened & now the good one closed & is now a Mexican restaurant (non-buffet) while the health dept closed the so-so one. The good one was a favorite stop of mine- right between my house & my church. And I can always eat my money’s worth. An Italian buffet?? Oh, my hopes and dreams!!! Closest we have to the is Pizza Hut at lunch & Mr. Gatti’s. Not a lot of variety there. In my area, our buffet choices are - the State Park Inn’s buffet, Ponderosa Steak House, “The Pines”- local - has the best fried fish & persimmon pudding I’ve ever eaten, Pizza Hut, Mr. Gatti’s Pizza, “The Famous Bello’s Pizza” (purely local), Frisch’s Big Boy Breakfast Bar. As for eating my money’s worth. Heck- I can do that anywhere! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/76 "2013-08-26T12:47:56Z")
I went with Mexican. The lack of variety is a feature. Plus they tend to keep a lot of stuff separate. That way I know I can eat the stuff on the bar. Chinese is iffy, and Italian is almost certainly a no-go. That said, I’m looking forward to going to my favorite Chinese buffet once we have money to eat out again. (Teacher’s salary makes it harder the months before and after school starts.) I’ll just have to be careful. I successfully navigated the salad bar for my mother’s birthday, and I’ve eaten their takeout before. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/77 "2013-08-26T12:51:11Z")
Dim Sum … ---
**Author:** ![SirGalahad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/71c47a/32.png) [@SirGalahad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirGalahad)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/78 "2013-08-26T13:19:59Z")
Mex Goes better with Negra Modelo ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/79 "2013-08-26T14:03:56Z")
Around here, almost all the cuisine-specific AYCE buffets tend to be Chinese, so that’s almost all I have experience with. I have eaten at an AYCE Indian place once, but I don’t like enough different Indian dishes to have really enjoyed it. I don’t count Cici’s Pizza since that’s not actual food. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077/80 "2013-08-26T17:38:16Z")
Voted “Other” for Indian. Love a decent Chinese buffet as well. Some people can’t abide any buffet. But to my experience, they’re not all created equal and there is such a thing as decent (or, occasionally, better than decent) food on a buffet. Typically, you get what you pay for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-can-eat/667077.md?page=5)