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Never eaten at Golden Corral. Really. Am I missing something? LOL
I can assure you that you are not missing anything. I haven't gone into one either.Never eaten at Golden Corral. Really. Am I missing something? LOL
Not really. We had one in our town, and it was fondly known as the Golden Trough.Never eaten at Golden Corral. Really. Am I missing something? LOL
Ditto! Went there once when the kids were little -- vowed afterwards to never return to one again!I had lunch in a GC maybe 20 years ago. Never been in one since. Didn't need to. 'Nuff said.
I can assure you that you are not missing anything. I haven't gone into one either.
Denny's does not offered buffets. LOL.No. It's like Denny's - without the ambience.
Dave
if you haven't gone to a golden corral how do you know?
Their reputation must be bad!
I guess we should pity the TUG people that meet every year at the Golden Corral in Orlando Florida
https://tugbbs.com/forums/threads/come-to-orlando-jan-22-for-our-2020-tug-meeting.294683/
Wow - I never thought I would get such a discussion from my sarcastic comment - You all have me curious now that I may have to try GC - JUST Kidding - I never have had a desire to go to one, even before I heard all these comments. Not sure why. Maybe I had a premonition. Which GC in Ohio did you go to?I am one of them. Lol. I can tell you from first hand experience that all Golden Corrals are not the same by a long shot. A few months before going to my first TUG get together a friend had been telling me that it's possible to eat very healthy at Golden Corral. He cares for his very elderly father, they frequently stay at the timeshare resorts in Orlando and often eat at Golden Corral. I decided to give it a try when I was in Orlando by myself with our then 4 year old granddaughter. When she and I got back to our house for the rest of her stay it took some work to convince my husband to give our local GC a try but we were both pleased with the selection at our location too. When we were all talking to our son about where we had eaten he couldn't believe that I of all people would willing set foot in a GC a second time. He assumed I was sacrificing to make his daughter happy because she loved the chocolate covered strawberries we did in chocolate fountain. Several months later when I took her home from another stay with us she and I had a Grandma and Zoey day out. After going to the playground and getting our hair cut we made the horrible choice to eat at a GC there in Ohio. It was absolutely awful and not just in the selection of foods they offered. We left still slightly hungry. When we got back from our day out and were telling our son and DIL about it they said now you know why we couldn't believe you would ever willingly go back to a GC.
Wow - I never thought I would get such a discussion from my sarcastic comment - You all have me curious now that I may have to try GC - JUST Kidding - I never have had a desire to go to one, even before I heard all these comments. Not sure why. Maybe I had a premonition. Which GC in Ohio did you go to?
Our son and his family live in Olmsted Falls so it wasn't too far from there. If that had been my first experience with a Golden Corral I can guarantee you that I would never consider even for a second going to another one.
Stop ordering pancakes!!!That's kind of my experience with IHOP. They opened one in my town, and people raved about it. We went. Meh. The service was poor and the pancakes were raw in the middle. (I don't mean undercooked - we're talking it was still PANCAKE BATTER in the center.) I put it down to the newness of the place. A year later we went again. Service was poor and the pancakes were raw in the middle. WTH? Another few years went by, and my daughter dragged us there for lunch. Guess what? Service was poor, and the pancakes were raw in the middle.
I'm done. I won't be going back.
Dave
Perhaps not, but then again, they have that table in the back....Denny's does not offered buffets. LOL.
Golden Corral's business model isn't to offer a five star dining experience. They offer average service with average food to the bargain conscious diner. Nothing more. They aren't out to try and earn any Michelin Stars. Looking for a full belly at a cheap price? Golden Corral is the ticket!