Barnyard Buffet

I honestly was worried to eat the food when I sat down! Anyways food was ok. Most was unseasoned and very bland. For supposed «home cooking» I was not impressed… will not go back!

Not bad, not bad. I like buffets, and this was my second time here (that’s a clue). Aside from getting blocked in by some idiot in the parking lot, it was a good experience.
The food is good, about what you’d expect for a buffet, but with a bit more of a Southern/​Mom and Pop flare. I am by no means a detractor of places like Golden Corral, because you will find a bigger selection there. But at Barnyard it is more Southern. Butterbeans, rutabagas, greens, things like that. The fried fish was very tasty– as a matter of fact, I filled up on it and the veggies before I could sample the delicious-​looking fried chicken.
I did find room for a sugar-​free dessert. Definitely no disappointment there.
Ya’ll be sure and leave the light on for me– I’ll be back!

Food was okay for a buffet I guess. I expected better after hearing from several locals about this place.

As I read in another review…“Best non-​cooked homemade southern food” is about right. It’s ok and I enjoyed the food. Service was good and they were friendly.

My first visit, finally got around to eating at Barnyard Buffet for lunch. I called this place before going there just to find out if they had fish on the buffet, they did, so I decided to go. When I got in the parking lot, it was packed, but I managed to find one parking spot available. Walked in the door, this place was packed out, but I was not about to leave after driving about 20 miles. When you first walk in, you pay for the buffet & then find a table, well, as I walk around there seems to be no available tables, but I got lucky & found one table that the waitress had not gotten around to cleaning off yet. After a couple of minutes, I moved over one table that got cleaned off. Waitress brought me a glass of sweet tea. Now it is time to go check out the buffet, grabbed a plate & all I see is great nutritious food like vegetables, NOT PIZZA. When I eat at a buffet, I always get 2 plates, one for my food & vegetables & then I grab another plate for my meat. As you grow older, you will learn the true value of eating properly. My choice of meat is always fish. Well, when I got to looking for the fish, here was this great big pan of fish slam full. My first thought was, dam, I don’t have to wait on someone to bring out any fish. REMINDER: I got here when this place was packed & was still able to get fish. I throughly enjoyed my meal of vegetables & fish here. Barnyard Buffet has a nice appearance & seems to me to be clean. My waitress was very nice & polite. I did not make a visit to the men’s room. I would recommend Barnyard Buffet to anyone. I will go back, but make earlier plans, I will let someone else look for the empty table.

I had the pleasure of visiting Sweet Home Alabama again and I went to Barnyard just to see if my good memories of this place could be reinforced, and guess what? They were! This place is very well maintained and has great service!
Food is great and fresh and they keep it coming out. I only eat white meat and the server made sure I was able to get wings when they brought the new batches of chicken. The side dishes and desserts were still really good. Great food, Great service, Southern hospitality at its best!

This place is disgusting. I have lived in Saraland my whole life and have tried this place several times due to lack of sit-​down restaurants in this area. The quality of the food is poor to say the least. The vegetables are canned and under seasoned. Any kind of protein they have is either fried to death or covered in instant gravy. There isn’t much to the salad bar besides limp iceberg lettuce, mealy tomato wedges and bottled salad dressing. The desserts are nothing special. They taste like they’ve been around for a while. The ice cream tasted like the machine needed to be cleaned. The restaurant itself smelled like old grease and mildew. The service has been consistently poor. Even my tea tasted soured. A week or so ago, we decided to try it again and when we walked in the door we weren’t even greeted by the lazy hostess that was propped upon her elbows and looked half asleep so we turned around and left before even giving it another shot. You can smell the old grease from the parking lot. This place needs to be torn down and replaced with ANYTHING else. It’s an eyesore and a disgrace to southern cooking. I will NEVER be back!

Best non-​homecooked southern food I’ve ever had. Couldn’t believe it was a buffet! You expect quantity over quality, but not at Barnyard. Don’t know what other reviewer was talking about. The place was clean, the atmosphere friendly, the service warm/​dependable, and the food was excellent.
Recommend:
Fried chicken
Mac ‘n’ cheese
Sweet potatoes
Vegetable soup/​cornbread
Pot roast/​rice
Banana pudding
Ice cream fountain

This restaurant was quite dirty. There was food all over the floor under the tables that was not being picked up. The food was just OK. The fried chicken skin was good but the chicken had no taste, lumpy mashed potatoes, very odd mac’n cheese, boiled turkey in gravy, We tried a few other items, but without food labels, we had no idea what it was, even after eating it. Poorest southern buffet we have been to. Not good.

Love the fried chicken.