Buffet Royale Carvery

After being disappointed by how small the River Cree Casino buffet was, we decided to head over to the Buffet Royal Carvery on the west end instead. Best decision we made! I was shocked when I walked in and saw how much food they had and how neat and tidy the restaurant was. They had a great salad bar set up where you could enjoy different salads, olives, pickles, and many other tasty foods. Some of my favourite foods I tried included the sweet and sour pork, the Shepard’s pie, beef stew, and mashed potatoes with gravy. They had tons to choose from and everything was warm and fresh. For desert my eye was drawn to the chocolate fountain, which had fruits like pineapple, watermelon and strawberries, as well as cookies marshmallows and other sweet treats to dip into the chocolaty deliciousness. They also had different kinds of bars, pies, jello, and fruit on a different table, as well as an ice cream machine. For two of us it was about $ 63, including two iced teas, before tip. We went for the Sunday dinner buffet. I’ve always been skeptical about the Buffet Royal Carvery, but I’m so happy we decided to stop by and check it out. I definitely will be going back.

To be clear the 1 star review is for the quality of food and the price you pay for it. The staff, however, were very friendly and quick to take drink orders and remove our finished plates.
I came here for a birthday party. It was the 16^th birthday party of my friend’s son and he chose place since he loves buffet. They have a mixture of Western-​Chinese food (won ton soup, steamed vegetables, fried rice, chow mien, dry ribs, ginger beef and battered sweet and sour pork), Ukrainian food (borscht, perogies), seafood (shrimp and mussels), your choice of beef ribs, prime rib or ham as well as a large salad and dessert bar. I sampled a little bit of everything. The Chinese food was so greasy and the meat dishes were over deep fried leaving you with crunchy, tasteless meat. The seafood tasted a little too fishy so it wasn’t fresh at all. I was super excited to try the beef rib since many places don’t serve it but it was mostly fat and tendon and to top it off the perogies were bland.
The dessert bar by far was the best. You could choose from a variety of squares and cakes. There was a delicious chocolate fountain with fruit and cookies to dip in and an ice-​cream machine. But it wasn’t sweet enough for us to be happy to pay $ 28 a plate for the value of the overall experience. This was the general consensus. The upside was that the birthday boy enjoyed his meal and his time there.

Terrible low end buffet. Poor food. Try Sechuan Castle or the Sawmill’s lunch buffet instead.

I’m no food snob, but the food was below average at best and awful at worst. When the manager (Harpreet?) asked us how the food was, she was dismissive when we said it was not great. She said it was ”impossible” because of the speed the tables were being replenished. Beware of their website promo coupon policy. The website and signage in the restaurant advertises a 50% off coupon for email signup. We were sent a 20% off coupon instead, and after reading the fine print realized it needed to be printed off as digital offers are not accepted. We will not be back. Shout out to our waitress who was actually really great and apologized profusely.

If I could do negative stars I would. Yes, I didn’t expect much from a buffet. And it was terrible, I needed a saw to cut through the fish. Everything was bland, and complete dog crap. Besides the mushroom rice, that was ok. My boy friend dibs the bathroom when we get home, I’m screwed. Thanks alot. Yuck.

I’ve gone here a few times while living on the West side, so while we were on that end of the city, we decided to drop in for brunch.
There isn’t an abundance of parking due to this location sharing its lot with a variety of other businesses; the interior is dimly lit filled with the aroma of a variety of delicious foods. There is quite a bit of seating inside with a «special» room for events. The buffet area is quite clean and re-​stocked quite quickly when a food tray is empty. Selection is dependent on time of day, I love going during brunch because they carry breakfast foods which if you know me, know how much I love breakfast… lol.
The food taste is ⁵⁰⁄₅₀; depending on the day some of the foods are delicious while others are a bit on the no thank you side… Employees are okay; friendly enough and milling about getting drinks or cleaning tables.
I haven’t gotten sick or had any issues yet, so I’d be back.

Great food. Good varying selection. Staff friendly
Good times always

The food here is ⁵⁰⁄₅₀. 50% your fine and other 50% of the time your in the bathroom for 30 minutes or more.

Decided to check this place out one Sunday after seeing their ads in the paper all the time.
First, I want to state, I don’t normally have high expectations for buffets, I know it’s not going to be some fancy 5 star meal. All I ask is for fresh, good tasting and lots of variety food.
Well, this place is terrible, even with low expectations.
The server we got seemed like he didn’t even want to be there. He dropped off our bill about 10 minutes, it’s like they are afraid you are going to run off without paying.
But after checking out the food, I can now understand why they do that, since you won’t want to pay for the food, and I use the term «food» loosely!
A lot of the food seemed bland, with no taste. Especially most of the Chinese items. They just seem to throw whatever watery sauce on it to add some flavour. If there were no gross and watery sauce, then you got dried up food. I hate to think how long most sat out, as I didn’t see a cook come out much to replace the food. I didn’t even bother to try the roast, looked overly dry, not to mention there was no one there to carve it.
The only decent stuff was some of the dessert, but I would not pay the cost just for that. For the cost, we should have just went to the buffet at the River Cree, at least the food is fresher and you get pop/​coffee included.
I would only recommend this place if you have lost all sense of taste, of if you know of someone you really hate and want to exact revenge on, take them here.

Went here with a large group (50+) for a work lunch. We had a private room booked. The tables were set up for groups of eight or four, and it was pretty cramped. People turning sideways to walk through the aisles, etc. There was also a huge TV playing hockey which I always find distracting and unnecessary. I’m sure it’s just their default to have it on, but I would have preferred to have it off since we were supposed to be there socializing. I found the décor to be safe, but it was more modern than I expected and looked clean.
I didn’t expect much from the food, and I got what I expected. Buffets are so weird to me in that they just have random selections of different styles of food. So I had a spring roll, some chow mein, some friend chicken, some perogies, Greek salad… you get the idea. Even though I filled up my plate, I didn’t eat much because most of what I took was just bland. Disappointment after disappointment. And, even with only eating that small amount, I felt hugely bloated afterwards. The ice cream bar looked cool but I couldn’t eat anything else at that point.
The only reason I give two stars instead of one is because the staff seemed decent. Our servers came around a fair amount to ask for drink orders and to clear plates (though not as often). There was a mix up with the bill and they took care of it right away and handled that situation well.

My father seems to only enjoy buffets. In his opinion, the selection is the best part and in my opinion, he loves eating three plates loaded with food for the one price.
The service at this location is always good, and this means we were greeted promptly and with a smile. My father was impressed that one of the servers went all the way to his locker in the back to get him a lighter when he went out for a cigarette. (read: smoker friendly although this post does not endorse smoking)
I don’t recommend taking the booth by the entrance on the right; on the rare occasion that a kid requests cotton candy, it can make for a —WHAT?! I can’t hear you… — sort of awkward few minutes while the machine whirs away. That being said, I am not complaining because my father did choose the booth, as he does anytime we go out to eat, kindly letting the server know where we will be sitting, versus being seated.
The food is always good, and for those concerned with the quality of buffet style food, rest assured they go through a lot at this location. I’ve never eaten anything that tasted stale or dry, that wasn’t supposed to anyway. (Dry Garlic Ribs for example)
The jello is amazing, and I love pairing it with copious amounts of whipped cream. My husband enjoys making his own ice cream. My father loves second and thirds. So it is always a win-​win-​win here.
I recommend it for a family outing with picky eaters (seniors and kids) in a friendly environment; excellent on Sunday afternoons — and surprisingly not overly busy.

So we went again recently to Buffet Royale as it seems to be a favourite for my seafood loving family with the king crab legs and mussels. Good thing it’s not that popular with the other patrons and there’s plenty for my parents even with the limit.
I wish the rest of the food was as excellent for me as I don’t dig into the crab legs. When we first arrived, I was disappointed with the dirty chairs. Every chair was stained or had leftover food on it. The waiter didn’t come to take our drink orders until about 10 minutes after but maybe he didn’t realize we were there as we were seated in the private area.
Selection was similar to the previous visit with a large selection of Chinese food, beef, ham, chicken, potatoes, pasta with chicken, perogies, taco station, hot dogs, calamari, and the salad bar. The food was ok, some I enjoy more than others like the spring rolls and I enjoy the fruit selection with the chocolate fountain.
There are 2 large tvs in the private area if you have people in your party that would like to watch sports, or poker as that was on the night we were there.
Will we be back? Likely, and I’m hoping each time will be a lot better experience than the last but it hasn’t happened yet!

Fun place to feed the kids at a good price and no clean-​up. Lots of deserts and ice cream. Price value equation is good for kids under 12.

Buffet Royale has a pretty broad selection to choose from: Asian, Italian, Ukranian, Presbyterian, blah, blah, blah. They also have a meat cutting dude on standby to give you a hunk of prime rib or slow roasted turkey, if you so desire.
Even though their ethnic variety is latitudinous, it is made up of all the stereotypes that you would expect. For example, the token Ukrainian contribution is perogies, the Indian food is buttered chicken, the Italian addition is lasagna… you get the idea. If you’re a Food Network viewing, restaurant blogging, culinary enthusiast who insists on taking pictures of what you are about to consume and sending them to anyone with an internet connection, you probably won’t like it at Buffet Royale. It might not be up to your high standard.
If you’re not fussy and enjoy the higher levels of gluttony that only buffet restaurants can provide, you will like it here.
The place can get pretty crowded in the evenings, especially on weekends. The rows between the buffet tables can get congested with people that are so fixated by the food on the tables that they’re not paying attention to their surroundings. Without warning they will spin around ninety degrees and cut across to another table not caring who they bump into or what gets knocked over. This all is while carrying two plates in their hands. Be careful out there.
The best part of Buffet Royale is the ice cream sundae bar. It gets really messy in that corner but who cares, it’s ice cream.

Tonight at dinner the food and service were both very good.
The manager greeted us in a warm and friendly manner. Our server was attentative and extremely pleasant.
The food selection is quite varied (isn’t that what the whole buffet scenerio is about anyways?) to cateter to a wide range of palettes, each food item was fresh and stocked, and the desserts is fabulous for the kids. My son was especially enthralled with the cotton candy that was made fresh upon request. The only negatives were the black-​bean mussels had been left out too long (dried, tough, and cold), the beef ribs were to messy (too large and too much bbq sauce), and finally their butter chicken needs to be reinvented with a more edible recipe.
The renovated restaurant is looks very clean and upscale for a buffet place. Washrooms also were clean and updated.
We were very pleased with this restaurant and will recommend to others to give it a try.

Food was average at best. I know this was a buffet but the selection of items felt incomplete and uncomplimentary of each other. Service was terrible, in terms of a server with a terrible attitude, speed, and price. The only thing I gained was learning not to eat here ever again.

Buffets are hard to review once you’ve indugled in the Vegas hotels. The selection is limited with small portions of each selection. The food quality is the bare minimum nothing was spectacular just edible. I’ve certainly had better in Edmonton.