I worked there. Things to avoid not nutrition based: the taco meat & beans, stuffing, dirty and Mexican rice, the cheese sauces, and the golden & bbq chicken. Best hot foods: anything fried, steak, pizza, mashed potatoes, rolls, macaroni and cheese. This is based on preparation requirements and turn over.
For many folks they eat one meal a day there. 30 days times let’s say 11 bucks before 4. 330 bucks a month to eat plus a tip if you’re generous . You spend more than that at the store plus have to cook and clean up.
If you’re looking for something different and that will fill you up ,come to Golden Corral.And it’s one of the restaurants that sill cooks there food the Old school way.
I go to Golden Corral every now and then with a friend. I'm a bit surprised however that their Pot Roast is one of the worst items on their menu. In my humble opinion, it's quite tender and delicious. Just saying. I'm surprised that their Meatloaf or their Chicken and Dumplings didn't make the list as their best items.
The Golden Corral in my city used to have a chocolate fountain and I enjoyed it. Well, since the pandemic began as well as the renovations of my local Golden Corral, the chocolate fountain is completely gone and replaced with a few desserts pre-dipped in chocolate. I bet most Golden Corral locations got rid of their chocolate fountains after COVID. People would get really sick if they still have the chocolate fountains in their locations today. I still miss the chocolate fountain, but there are always other ways to enjoy melted chocolate in a safe and sanitary way. 😊
The Fried Chicken is very good .. great salad bar and ice cream. Steaks are good but not the top quality meats. I hope GC will stay in business forever as America needs Buffet options.
Did anyone else think this video would be based on the flavor of the food and not the nutritional value? I don't think anyone is going to a buffet to be healthy.
Yeah, most people noticed the absurdity of calorie counting at GC. Whoever thought this was a splendid idea to present a dumbass nutrition lesson in a GC video needs to work elsewhere.
I GO TO THE gOLDEN coral and do like there pot roast! PLUSE THE pECAN PIE with icecream on it is almust to die for! Cover the serving of potrost with the stake sause, and its jyust like eating the stake! yum yum.
The Pot Roast has always been good at the Sevierville TN location but the sliders are hard hockey pucks. The Yeast Rolls with the honey butter is always yummy
Our family ate at the Golden Corral in Kenosha, WI pre-pandemic, and found it to be more crowded and chaotic than Old Country Buffet, the buffet restaurant chain we preferred. Nowadays, the Old Country Buffet chain seems to have disappeared, but Golden Corral apparently has survived. Perhaps it would be worth trying again sometime?
The last time I ate at the old country buffet was in Fredericksburg Maryland some years ago. The food was good. Too bad that restaurant chain went out of business in Pennsylvania long before. I do eat at Golden Corral now and then when I can afford it.
I actually like Golden Corral, they have a lot of choices. I think their best dishes are their meatloaf, pot roast, roast turkey, fried catfish, baked tilapia, and their bourbon chicken. They offer a lot of side dishes to choose from, their salad bar is incredible, and they have a lot of good dessert choices; their carrot cake is incredible!
OMG wayyyy too much emphasis on calories and nutrition and almost nothing about food quality. Look, you're going out to eat. To an all-you-can-eat buffet, no less. This video missed the mark.
The last time I was at the local GC, I walked out without eating as the place was so dirty and so poorly staffed, that I considered the money I paid to get in as a down payment on my health insurance. No visit to the urgent care that day and ever since. No thank you, I will not be returning.
And by the way if people get up and walk somewhere else make sure they're gone before you take the stuff off the tables just cause there's a banana sitting on the table don't mean they're gone if there's a biscuit on a napkin don't mean they're gone it probably went to get new more food or in the bathroom takes longer your workers are too busy talking to each other and customers and he's not saying do you need anything or asking all kinds of stuff instead of keeping the tables clean keeping everything wiped down like salt and pepper shakers
I like most of their buffet foods. But the steaks only come in two levels of cooking: raw or burnt to a crisp. You can ask the griller for whatever you like, but in the end, if you ask for anything except rare it's going to come to you burned as hard as a rock.
There supposed to reopen them apparently! But, the last time, I ate at a Golden Corral, all the food was ice cold! I don’t think no one wants to go to restaurant and expects to get ice cold food that they aren’t willing to reheat!
The thing I would always avoid is that chocolate fountain I’ve seen more children putting their fingers in it than I care to think about, and I’ve only eaten a golden corral twice once because I worked for a company that that was the only restaurant in town when we went to visit a manufacturing location and another time I went for a seafood buffet they were doing That I saw the kids in the fountain
First of all I don’t eat shrimp because it’s a cockroach 🪳 that lives in the water,every time I been to Golden Corral the pot roast and sliders have been delicious 😋unfortunately I haven’t been to Golden Corral since the virus from china hit. I remember going to Golden Corral before they became a all you can eat buffet. The food was good then and it was good the last time I went. The location in Branson MO. does a better job for supper than lunch.
This is such a deceptive ad sponsored by Golden Corral. We have one near us in Mesa, AZ, and few of these items are available. Their meats and chicken are often left over, and super dried out.
Really appreciate this, as are most of your videos, but often I will not complete watching them, no matter how good the information because the background music is so awfully annoying.
Skip over the nutritional data. Irrelevant. Food taste and texture matter more. I ate lunch there last April. They reduce their menu for lunch. The only beef dishes were burgers, tacos and pot roast. Mostly tasteless. Pot roast was so...wet...and unbeefy. The fish filets were gelatinous, flavorless and inedible. Everything else is best described as "mediocre" or "edible." My biggest mistake--I should have skipped all of their fried junk and overcooked dishes and gone straight to desserts. One thing they do well is BAKE! Truth is, when I got a burger, after the first bite I removed the patty from the bun and ate the bun. Their cobbler was excellent, their puddings were delicious, their cakes, pies and pastries were luscious, expertly executed.
The bourbon chicken and anything else with a sauce like Asian dishes are disgusting and look like they've been on the bar for 3 days. Better to go to the Chinese buffet 3 doors down and get food that is fresh and hot
What the hell are 'power foods' ? Especially confusing when referring to foods that offer exactly zero nutritional calories. So far behind in nutritional science this channel. Hard to watch.
What are your recommendations on things to try or avoid at Golden Corral?
Avoid the Mac and Cheese and most of the vegetables. Do hit the salad bar, the fried chicken and the yummy yeast rolls
6:44 to the end, avoid that chocolate fountain!
who goes to an all you can eat buffet and counts calories?
the taco meat has always been good in my experience and the fried fish.
yeah i always skip the fountain and go straight for the fudge or a piece of carrot cake.@@jdnolin4852
I worked there. Things to avoid not nutrition based: the taco meat & beans, stuffing, dirty and Mexican rice, the cheese sauces, and the golden & bbq chicken. Best hot foods: anything fried, steak, pizza, mashed potatoes, rolls, macaroni and cheese. This is based on preparation requirements and turn over.
the taco meat always taste good to me
So, I guess you would recommend the Mac and cheese right?
Its all very tasty.
Golden Corral is slightly above average at best however, if you are hungry and aren’t looking for a gourmet meal it’s a pretty good deal.
For many folks they eat one meal a day there. 30 days times let’s say 11 bucks before 4. 330 bucks a month to eat plus a tip if you’re generous . You spend more than that at the store plus have to cook and clean up.
In this economy, Golden Corral is an option.
The Pot Roast isn't as tender as homemade but still is my favorite choice at Golden Corral.❤
If you’re looking for something different and that will fill you up ,come to Golden Corral.And it’s one of the restaurants that sill cooks there food the Old school way.
I go to Golden Corral every now and then with a friend. I'm a bit surprised however that their Pot Roast is one of the worst items on their menu. In my humble opinion, it's quite tender and delicious. Just saying. I'm surprised that their Meatloaf or their Chicken and Dumplings didn't make the list as their best items.
I agree. I ate their pot roast and thought it was really pretty good. Like you I thought it was tender and not a lot of fat.
The Golden Corral in my city used to have a chocolate fountain and I enjoyed it. Well, since the pandemic began as well as the renovations of my local Golden Corral, the chocolate fountain is completely gone and replaced with a few desserts pre-dipped in chocolate. I bet most Golden Corral locations got rid of their chocolate fountains after COVID. People would get really sick if they still have the chocolate fountains in their locations today. I still miss the chocolate fountain, but there are always other ways to enjoy melted chocolate in a safe and sanitary way. 😊
You went to the wrong location in regards to the pot roast. The GC whereI go the pot roast is always good.
Its subjective to each location. I've had the pot roast before, dover DE. And it was slamming.
The Fried Chicken is very good .. great salad bar and ice cream. Steaks are good but not the top quality meats. I hope GC will stay in business forever as America needs Buffet options.
Love Golden Corral
Who are we kidding? No one is going to Golden Corral to eat a healthy meal. We are going to eat as much as possible for a budget friendly price.
Trust me….no one goes to GC with a healthy meal in mind.
Sometimes it depends on the time you go like they will have different things. The bourbon street chicken is good
I never had a problem with the pot roast being tough. Maybe it was just at the location you visited. Also, their chicken strips are delicious.
Did anyone else think this video would be based on the flavor of the food and not the nutritional value? I don't think anyone is going to a buffet to be healthy.
Yeah, most people noticed the absurdity of calorie counting at GC. Whoever thought this was a splendid idea to present a dumbass nutrition lesson in a GC video needs to work elsewhere.
I GO TO THE gOLDEN coral and do like there pot roast! PLUSE THE pECAN PIE with icecream on it is almust to die for! Cover the serving of potrost with the stake sause, and its jyust like eating the stake! yum yum.
Egnant!!!
The Pot Roast has always been good at the Sevierville TN location but the sliders are hard hockey pucks. The Yeast Rolls with the honey butter is always yummy
So sad, they closed the one in Manchester, NH Sunday a week ago. Loved the place and the staff were very friendly. Will miss it.
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Our family ate at the Golden Corral in Kenosha, WI pre-pandemic, and found it to be more crowded and chaotic than Old Country Buffet, the buffet restaurant chain we preferred. Nowadays, the Old Country Buffet chain seems to have disappeared, but Golden Corral apparently has survived. Perhaps it would be worth trying again sometime?
I am from Mexico, the times I went to Golden Corral I ate the BEST and most DELICIOUS food I have ever tasted
We had an Old Country Buffet here. I miss it.
The last time I ate at the old country buffet was in Fredericksburg Maryland some years ago. The food was good. Too bad that restaurant chain went out of business in Pennsylvania long before. I do eat at Golden Corral now and then when I can afford it.
I actually like Golden Corral, they have a lot of choices. I think their best dishes are their meatloaf, pot roast, roast turkey, fried catfish, baked tilapia, and their bourbon chicken. They offer a lot of side dishes to choose from, their salad bar is incredible, and they have a lot of good dessert choices; their carrot cake is incredible!
I always just eat one of the burgers because I really developed discipline with my dieting and I also choose the right items to eat and not to eat
I can see some people like the food there, good for them.
Where do you like to eat?
OMG wayyyy too much emphasis on calories and nutrition and almost nothing about food quality. Look, you're going out to eat. To an all-you-can-eat buffet, no less. This video missed the mark.
The last time I was at the local GC, I walked out without eating as the place was so dirty and so poorly staffed, that I considered the money I paid to get in as a down payment on my health insurance. No visit to the urgent care that day and ever since. No thank you, I will not be returning.
And by the way if people get up and walk somewhere else make sure they're gone before you take the stuff off the tables just cause there's a banana sitting on the table don't mean they're gone if there's a biscuit on a napkin don't mean they're gone it probably went to get new more food or in the bathroom takes longer your workers are too busy talking to each other and customers and he's not saying do you need anything or asking all kinds of stuff instead of keeping the tables clean keeping everything wiped down like salt and pepper shakers
Simply place a napkin over your plate. The server will not take it.
Ain't Nobody Worried About Calories AT Golden Corral They There To Grub
I wish you would mention the sodium content more
ooohhh but the fried cheese ravioli is sooooo delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like most of their buffet foods. But the steaks only come in two levels of cooking: raw or burnt to a crisp. You can ask the griller for whatever you like, but in the end, if you ask for anything except rare it's going to come to you burned as hard as a rock.
The last time, I ate at a Golden Corral a few yrs ago and, all the food was ice cold!
I've never had a problem getting med/med rare. Though they do occasionally get a gristly cut.
The contra recommended items to get are more appealing to me than the recommended items.
Their chicken fried steak is the 💣 sooooo good!!
I know this isn't healthy..but, do they have York Shier Pudding? My mom used to make, I haven't had it years
Never eaten here
The one I go to must be a basic bottom line setup. There's no baked potato, turkey or fresh steamed veggies.
The golden coral near me has almost none of these items. How weird. Are they all independent or franchised?
Will have to check them out.
I recently ate at Golden Corral & it was the most disgusting food ever!!! Nothing was good. Yuk!!!! Not returning!!!!
Who goes to a buffet to worry about calories? 😅
" add a baked potato on the side"
"Steer clear of starchy mashed potatoes!"
This is what happens when you let a committee edit your video.
Mashed just can't come into modern diet science and still bashes fat!
I miss hometown buffet. Golden Corral beats it in quality, but the former had AYCD icees and chocolate pudding and such
You can get that at the gas station
There supposed to reopen them apparently! But, the last time, I ate at a Golden Corral, all the food was ice cold! I don’t think no one wants to go to restaurant and expects to get ice cold food that they aren’t willing to reheat!
@@lolinpinguin but it's not AYCD/E
@@sonyafox3271 Must've been a off day/moment. Those places are all about having flame, because of the steaks
The one I go to has an icee machine and chocolate pudding.
OK also how are you going to show a baked potato while over it says add cheese and add chili, and enjoy a plant based meal 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The thing I would always avoid is that chocolate fountain I’ve seen more children putting their fingers in it than I care to think about, and I’ve only eaten a golden corral twice once because I worked for a company that that was the only restaurant in town when we went to visit a manufacturing location and another time I went for a seafood buffet they were doing That I saw the kids in the fountain
First of all I don’t eat shrimp because it’s a cockroach 🪳 that lives in the water,every time I been to Golden Corral the pot roast and sliders have been delicious 😋unfortunately I haven’t been to Golden Corral since the virus from china hit. I remember going to Golden Corral before they became a all you can eat buffet. The food was good then and it was good the last time I went. The location in Branson MO. does a better job for supper than lunch.
😂You’re missing out. Shrimps is fruit of the sea. Miniature lobsters
wish our golden corral didnt shut down. that pot roast and mac n cheese was bomb at our location idgaf.
This is such a deceptive ad sponsored by Golden Corral. We have one near us in Mesa, AZ, and few of these items are available. Their meats and chicken are often left over, and super dried out.
I love golden corral I was good
Based on the comments, I would say at this restaurant favorite items are relative. It's win-win if you want to eat there.
I get the steak, corn, and mashed potatoes. That’s it.
Pot roast among the worst? You've got to be kidding.
tasty
Tasty at a good price worth the trip
Really appreciate this, as are most of your videos, but often I will not complete watching them, no matter how good the information because the background music is so awfully annoying.
Golden Coral hasn’t gone out of business yet!That place is absolutely terrible.
I definitely agree that the macaroni and cheese at Golden corral is the pits. Absolutely tasteless!
Golden Corral and buffets in general are gross.
I’m sorry but Golden Corral is disgusting, also who the hell only eats six pieces of shrimp especially at an all you can eat buffet lmao like fr 🤣🤣🤣
many have closed
CAT FISH.
Skip over the nutritional data. Irrelevant.
Food taste and texture matter more. I ate lunch there last April. They reduce their menu for lunch. The only beef dishes were burgers, tacos and pot roast. Mostly tasteless. Pot roast was so...wet...and unbeefy. The fish filets were gelatinous, flavorless and inedible. Everything else is best described as "mediocre" or "edible." My biggest mistake--I should have skipped all of their fried junk and overcooked dishes and gone straight to desserts. One thing they do well is BAKE! Truth is, when I got a burger, after the first bite I removed the patty from the bun and ate the bun. Their cobbler was excellent, their puddings were delicious, their cakes, pies and pastries were luscious, expertly executed.
Me with good metabolism be like
Who goes to Golden corral and eats six pieces of shrimp?????
Nothing fried in seed oils are healthy. Wouldn't eat any of the fried foods at Golden Corral.
I'm sorry there food is so salty. The soda is extremely sweet. That is a place I can't not eat at. Cook with less salt please.
not a patron of this chain…
Why would anyone go to golden corral? The food is edible at best. There are so many better places to go. Nearly anyplace has better food.
The bourbon chicken and anything else with a sauce like Asian dishes are disgusting and look like they've been on the bar for 3 days. Better to go to the Chinese buffet 3 doors down and get food that is fresh and hot
avois Golden Corral at ALL COST ..dont even go there ...horrible place
If you are worried about how many calories you eat then do not go to the Golden Corral!
For the whole video I kept thinking, "what are you, a low cal diet pain in the ass?" Really....
@@denisefarmer366 Thanks, i was having the same thought. Who goes to a buffet and sweats calories?
That why I pressed the thumb down and don't recommend this channel. Let put this video at the bottom of the list. Stupid video.
IN MY OPINION, GOLDEN CORRAL IS JUST STRAIGHT DISGUSTING!!!! 🤢🤮
What the hell are 'power foods' ? Especially confusing when referring to foods that offer exactly zero nutritional calories. So far behind in nutritional science this channel. Hard to watch.
There food is nasty. How much to they pay for the advertisement?
Avoid Golden Corral. There, I made it easy for you.
this has to be the least useful video of all time why would i go to an all you can eat buffet, let alone golden corral, to be healthy
Awsome pot roast
Yall need to call out the carbohydrates cause most of that stuff is really high in carbs.
people dont go to GC to count calories🍗🧀🥞🥦🫓🍔☕🧋🥃🍪🍩🥮
Pulled pork is great
As good as a Vegas buffet
All you can eat BACON BITS