Golden Corral Buffet & Grill

Its good food ,but dirty carpet, old looking, needs a refresh. Waiter /Manager should be working at high end establishment, he is professional and attentive

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steak and Salad, Macaroni & Cheese, Fried Shrimp, Baked Fish, Brownies, Meatloaf, Pizza Slice, Gravy, Fried Chicken

Nasty food causing upset stomach within the first plate, plates are not entirely clean, food still stuck to them.
Let's get into the food, shall we?
When walking around you see old food sitting out all over the place, it is clear to the naked eye without touch, items have dried spots from the heat lamps, the chicken smells like upchuck cat food, the fish is plain right rubber. I was atleast hoping to get some dessert but even down to the cake, textures are off, flavor just isn't there, I was not convinced their chocolate chip cookies on immediate sight were what they say they are, as they look like oatmeal raisin cookies; the carrot cake was basically just carrot with some cake and a mound of frosting, traditional cake frosting it seems, not cream cheese frosting.
Overall nearly $50 for 2 people to "eat" and we couldn't even get down more than 10 bites and that was trying each item we picked up.

We both left hungry, and only one of us could even stomach something more.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Remember when the food here actually tasted like FOOD, yeah, us too. The food here is borderline dog food nowadays. At least the dessert was OK. Would not be surprised if our bootyholes are BLASTING later. 😂

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

We went to the GC because we liked coming here before Covid. But this time we really did not enjoy it. The food was bland and the meat we had was dry. I tried their hard shell tacos, and the meat was flavorless. The best part was the desserts but by that time I felt the place was lacking. I really used to like this place so it's sad what it has become.

Vegetarian options: It was 32 dollars and some change for my wife and I. I'd say save your money.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

Let me tell you this food was absolutely disgusting when we ate there last night! Actually, we left hungry and had to go to McDonald’s. I didn’t even get to eat anything and the other four people in my family hardly had anything. We made two complaints to our server. For the price of what we spent to eat there and the food that was presented was disgusting! The cook was only one person back there. The steaks were burnt on the outside raw on the inside.. We had to wait 40 minutes for mashed potatoes, chicken, and mac & cheese, after asking for some to be put out. Then, when the mac & cheese was put out, it was ice cold. He was not putting fresh food out. It was old and hard, and some trays were empty. Horrible, horrible horrible experience! Such a waste of money. Do not eat here

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

One of the worst golden corrals in Illinois!!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Apple Pie

Before this place was great. I came in yesterday at 530 pm and was a terrible experience. Tried clam chowder and chicken noodle soup and both tasted off and barely any soup in both pots. Fried chicken was dry and it usually was my favorite. Hame pork and turkey were dry even with gravy. Chicken livers over cooked. Pineapple was sweet and great and steak was decent if the guy would of made it rare liked i asked would have been great. Server was decent but could of filled drinks more than once. Carpet was sticky and stained. Bathrooms were so so. Also please watch chocolate tower as I watched little kids take a bite of dessert and put under fountain again. Had to ask for fudge to be put out. Not sure why they went down hill. Spent good money for 1 place each. Me and my wife drove from foxlake to meet my 80 year old aunt there for her birthday dinner and very disappointed as I stated. So not only a waste of money for 3 people but also waste of gas. Hope they fix the issues. Thank you. Sincerely Ray

Wheelchair accessibility: Easy to get in but have to make your own room at the table to fit

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Steak and Salad

All red meats where old dry brown or black and pot roast won’t come apart. This place was good at one time but I will pass here and never eat here .soup was ok salad was ok deserts where fair at best .Pass on this place .!!!!!! That is why most are out of business.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 2

Imagine Golden Corral only grosser.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Officially the worst Golden

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 5

Service is good, staff were very polite and friendly, but food is awful 😞 , meat 🥩 burned, shrimps burned, other baked meat over salted. Plastic all over the place, even the hot table has plastic 🤯…it was my first and last time there.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

My closest Corral.
Very wide selection of choices and always fresh (don't look like they've been sitting for awhile). Good place for families and large groups (they have a special section for those).

Kid-friendliness: Have high chairs if you need one.

Wheelchair accessibility: Doors can be opened wide enough for access. Tables are all capable of parking a chair at one.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steak and Salad, Macaroni & Cheese, Brownies, Meatloaf, Chocolate Cake

Got here at 4:30, brought my kids out from Dekalb to feast and walked in to what we thought was going to be holiday food and ended looking like midevil times food. 80% of everything was old, no turkey even though the poster outside said they served it. Nacho cheese and taco meat were so old had brown rings around them, mashed potatoes so old they were stiff same for the stuffing. There were pans that were empty and stayed empty the whole time. Tortilla chips were over cooked and brown. They didn't cook up no fresh steak. Old pieces of bark were out which they called steak. Pizza was burnt and cheese was crusty. Then when I asked the manager he looked me dead in my eye and said all the food was fresh from 4:00 turnover, basically lying. My kids were upset all the desert was old and hard like the cakes. Worst Golden Corral experience ever. Eat here at your own risk.
Status update on this location. I was reached out to by some one from this location or an affiliate. They rectified the situation for my previous bad experience. One thing they did was give me some free meals which we went today for Xmas, and I must say, the food was good. Actually burned my mouth on some because it was so hot. The waitress was super nice and fast with the refills. It was a good meal for Xmas. The only bad thing would just be they need to do an upgrade on their chairs. Other than that, because of today's visit me and my family will return.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 5

Terrible quality food, but there is a TON of it!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kid-friendliness: Yes

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Meatloaf