First off, hands-down the best buffet experience I have ever had. Period. Food, excellent. Waiter, excellent. Atmosphere, lovely. Restrooms, clean.
We showed up 45 minutes before they close, for an afternoon buffet. I wasn't expecting much because it was so close to closing, well after a lunch rush, but all the legitimate reviews had nothing but good things to say, and the one negative review that did have an explanation was titled "Ew" yet the description says they left because the weren't greeted in 10 minutes, so they never had the food to give an opinion in the first place.
Now, on to the food. First, let me point out that this is a small buffet. We're talking probably 10 dishes, a salad bar, some breads and some desserts. That might sound like a negative for a buffet, but it's actually the exact opposite. They don't have the same dishes every day, but for our visit there was roasted turkey, fried chicken, cheese grits, candied yams, rice, cheddar broccoli casserole, cheese grits, catfish, chicken stew, Mac and cheese, rolls, corn bread, salad, peach cobbler, banana pudding, and cookies. I think that's the whole list, but I may have missed a thing or two. I wish I had taken a picture, but I left fat, happy, and partially in a food coma so my brain wasn't working at 100%.
The only negative I can say about the food is that the fried chicken and cat fish were both a bit light on seasoning which a sprinkle of salt fixed. The meat for both was juicy and delicious. The roasted turkey was amazing. I'm going to say this online solely because my grandmother refuses to use the internet, but it was better than grandma's. I said it, I meant it, and if she ever finds out, I'll see you on the other side.
The cheddar broccoli was literally the best I've ever had. I don't like grits, they feel weird in my mouth - I went back for a second helping and I left no evidence on my plate that it had ever been graced by a single grit. Buffet Mac and cheese? That's bound to be a tasteless joke, right? The only laughter was that of disbelief.
Ok, the cornbread would have been better warmed up with some butter, honey, or both, but I ate it cold and dry and I was *still* happy. I got the next-to-last scoop of cobbler - delicious. The second scoop of a fresh banana pudding - let's talk. I'm from Texas, and there we like our pudding to either have a sharpness that makes you wonder if someone spiked the pudding, or to be so silkey smooth that your facial expressions while you eat it might not be acceptable outside the privacy of your bedroom. We also like a nice, solid layer of wafers that still have some crispness to them, and some chunks of banana. This one wasn't those, exactly. It was certainly on the soft and smooth side, creamy and delicious. There were no chunks of banana in the bowl I had. There were some wafers in there, but more on the soft side, so they gave the flavor I was looking for, and just missed a bit on the texture, but that's purely a nitpick from what I'm used to. It still tasted fantastic, and that bowl was clean when I set it down.
I'm just passing through on a road trip, so I may never have the chance to come back, but I would travel 2 hours out of my way to stop here, and you wouldn't have to twist my arm to talk me into 3.