Golden Corral Steaks Buffet & Bakery

Normally most frequent dinner place, but tonight we had severe intestinal distress within an hour after eating dinner.
We barely made it home to seperate bathrooms. Here“s why, I think…
If you go at 9ish or later, the grille is shut down, and the grill guy takes all of the old steaks that havent been given out, and he puts them in a pan of shallow water on the edge of the grill, while he pours water or cleaner on the grill and scrubs it.
I took a chance and asked for a medium steak, but got one that was well done hours earlier, unedible. I went back and asked him if he was done cooking for the night, he said «no, what would u like?», asked for medium again. He took another out of the pan and said «here, try that one». I ate a few bites, but was no different and tasted bad.
Here’s why you cant get a steak after 9, the employees are under a lot of pressure at this hour to get their stations clean so they can have their dinner break, any empty food pans do not get replaced, the employees sweep around your feet, and the grill food either got contaminated with cleaner, or the pan of meat/​water was really old. Most employees stop working and eat their dinner next to you.
If you go to golden coral at 9;00, you cant get any of the grill items, lots of your favorites (sweet potatoes, cookies) are gone, and you“ll get 911 diarreah. If the grille is essentially shut down in the last hour, they shouldnt make you pay full price.

There were so many things wrong with this visit I don’t know where to start. As soon as I walked through the door the manager was rude and if myself and another person I was with had not been meeting someone we would have left. The food was disgusting (I made it through part of an overcooked steak, soup, and soft serve ice cream before I finally gave up and quit trying to find anything edible, the restaurant was dirty, the wait staff was lax even though it was a slow night. To top it all off I checked my account after I left, and I was charged several dollars more than my bill states which I still have by the way. If you like Asian food there is a pretty legit buffet right across the street I would recommend way before this. Proceed to eat here at your own caution. Disgusting experience overall!!!

I stopped in here with my mom and ate when we had to stay over night in Columbia. We thought it was great! I would definitely eat here again.

Five stars for this buffet-​style restaurant. You can’t beat this very wide variety of freshly cooked everything. No, this is not for the strict vegetarians among us and not for someone looking for white linens and a fancy menu. We have been there four times at different times of day when driving through Columbia. The food is always fresh, lots of variety, and friendly servers. We note that the manager always seems to be on the job keeping his eye out for the goings on. He is also helpful and hospitable. This time we went at a odd hour — between breakfast and lunch on a Sunday. There was still plenty of delicious breakfast food, along with a smattering of lunch items that continued to be added as we finished our meal. I even got to have a piece of my absolute favorite fried chicken. If you like fried chicken — be SURE to try some here. Yummers!

Like Glenn I travel and really get nostalgic for fresh vegetables cooked just right with some snap left in them, so I end up at Golden Corrals all over the country.
This is one of the best with good friendly service and food flying out of the kitchen to present the entire array as fresh as if you ordered it.
I try not to go to GC off peak, because all buffets suffer when customers are few and keeping everything fresh gets cost prohibitive.

Holy shit. talk about a waste of money. place was packed and the food looked and tasted like it had been there since last Friday. eating utinsels weren’t clean and I’ll never ever be back. don’t spend your money here, you’d be better off throwing your $ 12 out of the window while doing 80 mph.

This one of the better Golden Corral locations that I have visited. My first visit was in early 2000, and then quite frequently from 2000 – 2004. Coming back to visit last month was a bit nostalgic, and I don’t think the place has skipped a beat at all. There are more dining options, and the restaurant is still staffed by hard-​working people that really make it all shine. Lunch is always buzzing here, and because of that turnover, fresh pans always seem to be coming into the buffet stations.

The best one I have eaten at in a long time.
I travel a lot and get a desire for veggies which Golden Corral has tons of.
This is not a white linen place and I don’t expect that. I want to get it, eat my veggies with a piece of this and a taste of that and this one was way better than most.

I have Sunday brunch here with friends. When I am in town. Noticed the past 2 time none of the SR. Mangers were here. With that said. Today service was on the slow side. Had to case down our waiter, just for coffee refills. Plates on the rack, some 20 + had to be taken back, to be rewashed. Had crud on the bottoms. Food was good as always… Will be back here in about 5 weeks.

I have only been here twice but alot of these girls work very hard and are very friendly, like my waitress Amber is very nice and Paige was also very friend, Kelly who directs people to there seats is very nice, the food is very good. The girl who got me fresh apple pie with the blonde hair who works with all the Desserts, The manager was also very professional only been to this chain twice and it was awesome. The only negative is some parents let there kids run wild that is why i didnt give it 5 stars. Parents, you cant just let ur 5 year olds do what ever they want without supervision. a 5 yr old girl stuck her hand in the chocolate fountain and this 9 yr kid got chocolate all over his pizza. If you dont want kids then dont have them! we have 8 billion people on earth… its not my job to watch your kids!

I feel physically ill when I think about Golden Corral. I was dragged there a year or so ago when friends were in town for a football game, and we went to GC after the wait at Cracker Barrell was 2 hours. After standing in line behind a man that was eating the food off of his cafeteria tray with his hands and sucking each of his fingers to ensure that he got every last drop of flavor, I quickly lost my appetite. The food was clearly straight off of a truck and straight out to the into the fryer/​oven before making it’s way to the buffett. The food was subpar and the patrons made me sure to avoid ever returning to a GC again for the rest of my life. Gross dining experience.