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Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: KeepOnTruckin ()
Date: September 04, 2006 11:16PM

Well if everbody's asking for reccomendations, any of you all like any local buffet style places. Like golden corral, or Cici's pizza

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: RESton Peace ()
Date: September 04, 2006 11:22PM

Golden Corral has a problem keeping popular foods available during rush, and some amount of freshness problems with a lot of foods. They have a good dessert bar. Golden Corral tends to be better in other areas for some reason. Never had a problem with the ones in texas I used to go to.

Old Country Buffet can be good or bad depending on location. Once again frshness can be a big issue.

Going to these buffets stoned helps mitigate these issues, but not everyone is willing to swing that bat.

I've heard Cici's has great pizza, never knew they had a buffet.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/2006 11:23PM by RESton Peace.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: WashingToneLocian ()
Date: September 04, 2006 11:43PM

Sizz-Ex, beyatch. Sizz-Ex.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: September 05, 2006 01:47AM

Win Buffet in Lincolnia/Annandale is a pretty good Chinese buffet. It's not like the greatest chinese food you've ever had, but the selection is large and I've always liked it. Overall a good value.

I never liked that Ye Olde Country Buffet place. It's sorta like comfort food that isn't very comforting.

Where is Golden Corral?

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: RESton Peace ()
Date: September 05, 2006 02:12AM

Golden Corral is in Manassas, near the entrance of the shopping center of that big movie theatre at 66/234

oh yeah what is sizz-ex? besides a cool play on words... never heard of it



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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: RESton Peace ()
Date: September 05, 2006 02:26AM

Sizzling Express
538 23rd Street, N.W.

Next time I am in NW DC (I believe that will be when hell freezes over), I will check it out. I hope there's other locations.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: FAVA12 ()
Date: September 05, 2006 04:46AM

Captain Roy\'s Looney Bar-Vel Restaurant in Fairfax Circle

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: September 05, 2006 07:11AM

Sizzling Express

There used to be one of these near McPherson Sq. I liked it, but if you find yourself making a trip downtown just for Sizzling Express, you need to have your head examined. There are alot more better dining options.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: KeepOnTruckin ()
Date: September 05, 2006 05:28PM

Yeah Cici's has a buffet. "All you can eat for only 3.99 at Cici's Pizza..except in Virginia where it's all you can eat for only 4.99 at Cici's Pizza"

Old Contry buffet..I used to go there but the're roast beef was terrible. I go to golden corral often. They had both where I used to live in Chesapeake/Norfolk VA. I liked the pizza they had at OCB. BUt GC had pizza, mac and cheese, roast beef, salad, desert, and that amazing mashed potatoes and gravy.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: FAVA12 ()
Date: September 05, 2006 07:14PM

This area has terrible buffets compared to down south. Try Furrs Cafeteria or Steak Kountry Buffet and you will see exactly why I am right.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: September 05, 2006 07:57PM

Going to these buffets stoned helps mitigate these issues

Hahaha, I just caught this line. Reminds me of my college days where we'd skip class, smoke bongs all morning and then hit the Wendy's "Superbar" for a gigantic 4 dollar meal. It was honestly one of the worst buffets of all time but those are some really great memories. Used to do the same thing at Ponderosa too, when we had 10 bucks to spend instead of 4.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: September 06, 2006 01:56PM

someone needs to put all this info/opinions in a wiki page so that we can point people to it later.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: September 06, 2006 02:16PM

someone needs to put all this info/opinions in a wiki page so that we can point people to it later.

That's a good idea. Looking for local restaurant opinions is actually how I stumbled upon this board last December.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: Fairfax MF-er ()
Date: September 06, 2006 02:24PM

There is a Sizzlin' Express in Alexandria.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: Reston's mom ()
Date: September 06, 2006 10:06PM

FAVA12 Wrote:
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> "This area has terrible buffets compared to down
> south. Try Furrs Cafeteria or Steak Kountry
> Buffet and you will see exactly why I am right."


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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: RESton Peace ()
Date: September 07, 2006 07:05AM

Where is the sizzlin express in alexandria? Their website either no longer exists or is down.

loves me some boof-a

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: Fairfax MF-er ()
Date: September 07, 2006 09:25AM

Yeah. The Sizzlin' Express is on Washington Blvd just North of Old Town. It is in one of those new mixed-use complexes. The complex has a KinkosFedEx and a Starbucks. The Sizz Ex is on the first level across from Trader Joe's.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: joe's ()
Date: September 07, 2006 08:19PM

Joe's Place Pizza & Pasta on Old Lee Hwy ain't bad.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: jjdmbfan ()
Date: September 07, 2006 08:43PM

wok in roll in manassas is the best!!

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: September 07, 2006 09:18PM

wok in roll in manassas is the best!!

There's a Wok and Roll in downtown McLean, but it doesn't have a buffet. Good food though...me and my old roommate spent many a drunken night scarfing down 30 bucks worth of Wok and Roll appetizers. Never knew they had a place in Manassas, I really wish they had a buffet at this one.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: § ()
Date: September 08, 2006 11:00AM

ARE YOU READY TO WOK?!?! -§

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: Fairfax MF-er ()
Date: September 08, 2006 11:03AM

jjdmbfan Wrote:
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> wok in roll in manassas is the best!!


Absolutely. Wok N Roll in Manassas kicks some serious ass. Huge selection. You can even get nasty-ass squid and shit if you want to go hardcore. Very good.

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Re: Yet another food thread: Best buffet-style restaurants
Posted by: General Tao ()
Date: August 06, 2019 12:50PM

Hunan Chef is the best

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