Golden Corral
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Very rude and nasty attitude server. Her name was Shakia. Myself and my family came into eat Sunday dinner around 5:30. And it took our server about 45 minutes to greet the table, And when she finally came to the table she looked like she was absolutely rude, and reecked of marijuana smell. The food was cold and the steaks was dry. The managers are also very rude to the employees. One of the serverwas asking him a question and he told her he ain, t got time for no b**** fest...what kind of managers are running this store.

I visited Golden Corral in Pembroke Pines Florida with my wife for dinner. To begin with the area where the steaks was being grilled was dirty, the floor was wet. They only put out a few steaks to grill and the lines was very long. It takes about an hour to get a piece of steak.
The quality of the meat was substandard, a lot of the chicken was burnt. The guy at the grill was very rude, and would not give me my steak well done. It was rare when I got it. I could not eat the meal and left it at the table when they wanted me to move to another table. I will never go to a golden corral again. If the provide such substandard service they will lose a lot of customers. I will submit a complaint to the Broward County Board of health regarding the dirty grill area.

Was visiting Golden Corral in Tamarac, Fl.( at intersection by university and commercial) and set down and shared dinner with Monique at table. We had a very deep discussion regarding the perversion going on in this Country and our Faith as Christians, When this one "RUDE" waitress came up w/o an excuse me or appropriate conduct interrupted our conversation---I looked at her and said --"LATTER" She walked off in a "HUFF" and never came back until i called for her...I came in for lunch and sat down, i did not know that rude waitress was serving that section---w/o a hello, how are you, or a friendly smile----this rude waitress said, "Let me see your receipt." Like a police officer after pulling you over for some violation--She made me feel like a "THIEF!" She brought out her friend in mgmt. to get involved... I let her sign receipt and requested another waitress to serve me at that table because the attitude from the "Rude Waitress"should never be tolerated! After I got a new Waitress, she was very polite and considerate and smiled a lot while talking to me. She saved my day and made me feel comfortable. After the meal--I tipped her and came up to her side and placed my hand on her shoulder and thanked her for saving me from that rude waitress and left. Next day i came in for breakfast and noticed the rude waitress all over my server that replaced rude waitress, it appeared very suspicious and afraid she may be talking smack about me----I talked to some of the waitresses to watch that rude waitress for her disrespect towards me. I went to desert bar and she cut me off w/o an "EXCUSE ME"---The woman was simply NASTY.. After talking to one of my friends there, the Mgr. Chester--came up to me accusing me of talking to his waitresses about the rude waitress, I pointed my finger, not close to him but in a manner to make a point--but he interrupted me and accuse me of placing my hand on his waitress which was no more than a friendly side to side hug and a "THANK YOU" for a good job---Mgr. did not want to hear me out--he just said---I am giving your money back and ask you not to come back...Well after that insult--I told Chester I was writing him up. He simply acted like a "SELF-Righteous Premadonna"---I called Corporate to speak to someone to hold Chester and rude waitress accountable for their behavior---Spoke to Lisa Parker and have not heard back from Corp.Receptionist said this one Golden Corral was a privately owned business... And that is why these people treat their customers like dirt.---I do not reccommend anyone eating there because the service is atrocious and mgr. Chester should be suspended and waitress laid off with time to think about her "BAD" attitude!

me and my Family got to this place and I spend for diner over $75.00 for everyone to eat and when we go to get food everything is emty no food and it is only 4pm to 5 pm in the afternoon I ask the workers if they are bring out food for dinner they say no sn now I have to eat crums this is not right the workers are rude and they don't care where the cake and stuff is there is only crums and where the ice cream is it is dirty and the ice cream is frozen water not even ice cream I went to get hot fudge and the only thing that was in the fudge container was dead flys this is bad and I told the guy behind the counter he came over and fillrd the container up with new fudge and the dead flys were still in the container wow this is bad. this place has to be looked into for the money people pay there and for the food you get to eat is bad there making money and the people are getting nothing

Miss deborah asistent manager in golden corral irving tx she is bad manager she have bad actitud with all employes she make discriminacion in mexican employes she need keep outside de golden corral please make investigation about her because she put rules in the restaurant only for some employes she dont put rules same for all employes we dont need her in golden corral please keep her out please move her she is bad asistent manager

This was second visit to golden corral here in Conway Arkansas. Both times I have found dirty trays or silverware when it should be clean for customers. Also this time I went to use the woman's rest room. It was nasty. The stainless steel doors had finger prints all on them. There was food on the stainless steel doors like ice cream. The trash under the sink was over flowing . The toilet had to be flushed. Sinks could of used a touch up and floor could have been mopped.

this is a golden corral on alafaya/colonial...the idiots that work at this palce are just bullies and treat customers like crap. Many people that work at golden corral seem to be very stupid, have the IQ of a donut, have no common sense, basic manners or service skills, are low class and rude... I went to eat there adn the stupid waitress, name was katelyn was just rude, stupid and kept staring at me and my party. she kind of wouldn't stop staring/annoying us or bothering. She was stupid and rude and made comments that made no sense. At one point I couldn't eat and was feeling nauseous because her constant staring and coming near the table was getting really irritating. Its' liek she wasn't leaving us alone...constnatly coming near the table for no reason and just giving me dirty looks, and trying to get in my space and botehr me and it worked...and it was intrusive and strange and kind of getting in our space and giving negative energy off. In the beginning I asked her for some things and she didn't bring them and forgot...and was careless and just didn't care at all. This idiotic [censored] was also giving rude looks, and I felt as if I was being bullied and throwing negative energy towards me as she came by most of the time...Ive been to golden corral many times and havent had a problem with this before...Finally she asked some stuipd question and I told her no, and then moved...to another table because it's liek I couldn't eat in peace...i was starting to get really sick of her annoying rudeness and constant bothering and staring...I litearlly could not eat or have a peaceful time. She seemed aggravated that I was still sitting there while she was trying to clean up...and was just being so pathetic and nasty...I moved to another table, and noticed that some other stupid employees working in the back were equally just rude or weird...a lot of low class idiots and ###s work at that place apparently...they seem to be rude to customers for no reason. When I moved to another table, there were two managers sitting on another table kind of across the room and one of the managers then began staring at me intently... like really? i just moved to get away from a stupid nasty stupid rude server and then this manager is staring at me oddly...it was just a few minutes, but still it was strange and quite a strange stare...why stare for no reason? i felt as if I did something wrong and was just getting this odd attention... maybe the manager was looking because I had moved, but the waitress's attitude was uncalled for... why are the idiots at this golden corral so unprofessional pathetic and rude? why are they making customers dining experiences so bad? I couldn't even eat there in peace I was literally being mistreated by some of the staff there ridiculously...
I've always hated golden corral, mostly for the crappy environment and bad atmosphere of crowds with stupid people, low quality food, and some of the bad staff, but ive never been there and literally felt sick to my stomach and my space invaded by rude servers who just couldn't control themselves from being [censored]es...
golden corral sucks now for many more reasons...sometimes you can't even eat at that palce without being bombarded with rudeness from the pathetic low class idiots that work at that terrible place...

Me and my family dined at the Golden Corral in Merriville, indiana on Fathers Day.I asked an employee i observed standing around since the last 30 min for a re-fill on my beverage.I was surprised when she ignored me, and appaulled when she blurted out "Im not gettng nobody nothing that aint tippin me!"

This was directed to another employee who i observed was on her lunch break wit a cast on her leg.So this worker looked at me then the rude employer and left her lunch to hop up to service me.I was furious and decided to call a manager the following day. Well no luck here either, This woman asked for the name of the person who was suppose to service my table so that she could repermand him and the rude employee.Totally ignoring the entirety of my complaint but making it all about why the woman didn't have to service me, forgetting the fact of the employees RUDENESS about the TIP.

Sunday Feb. 26, 2012 my husband and I visited Golden Corral for dinner. As we sat and ate, I noticed a hair in and on my slice of pizza. I motioned the waitress to come forth and showed her the hair. She had the manager of the restaurant to assist us. The manager stated that the hair must have come from a customer because all of the staff in back have short hair. Then she apologized for the incident and offered a fresh pizza. I said no thank you I lost my appetite. She said that she understood. She then offered a free dine in coupon for our next visit, I said ok, but the hair is embedded in the pizza. meaning it had to have been cooked in. Manager still apologizing, but no refund was given. My husband and I walked out.

I was a regular three times a week customer, also bringing family/friends w/me. I will NOT be back to hamptons golden corral. The store its self has been in a disseray for a long time now, things now seem to be on a uphill slide getting new managers in, except for one. I have complained and others as well about the bakery women in the blue shirt. very loud and rude. You can hear her business thru the restaurant. She never smiles so unwilling to help, lets you know shes busy doing her work. I see cameras throughout the store, is there a reason no one else is seeing this? I ask my server all the time why do they keep someone like that. The saying is true in Hampton...one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. I guess shes more important with her rudeness than the customers coming in and spending money! someone needs to paymore attention to camera tapes to see how customers are treated in there, then maybe they would see why their business is down!

My name is dr. avram yushan I reside in eht nj 08234 this sat for my shabatt I went with my family (3 small kids and wife) to golden corral here in eht nj 08234 to enjoy a peaceful lunch in hopes to see my brother and his family (which lives at 40 miles away they agreed to meet me at the restaurant so I stayed in line for a good half hour with 3 small kids I arrived at the cashier and told her that my brother and his family is coming over and I would love to pay for them as well she agreed and mixed the drinks that I ordered my brother and his family arrived and was confronted be security of establishment (first time I see security at a buffet place) and he was refused to join me telling him that if he wants to join me and my family he would have to stay in line (for another half hour or more) I was shocked and asked the name of security and manager and we ended up eating at another place (even my kids 4 yrs old and 3 yrs old and I have one year old told me daddy we never go there again... its a shame this place refused my money (should have been over $80.00 from all 8 of us.

I was unable to find any seafood bar at the local golden corral in clarksville tn on thursday july 29th at 6:00 pM. On Monday August First we tried again and we found it and at first we did not see anyone behind it and then we saw a Manager coxing a woman to man the bar. She acted reluctant. When I was looking to see what they had and aske what she had she pointed to a sign rather rudely. I said I want all three. She said and what sides? I didn't answer quickly enough for her so she asked the next person what they wanted. I said Well, I guess I will be writing you all up again.

At 2:04 i went into golden corral and paid for me and my 2 girls to have lunch, when a waitress came over i ask her for a white and explain to her that i did not eat off colors plates. Every golden corral i ask for white plates because i don't like the colors. The waitress went to tell a female manager and i guess she told her to tell a male manager, he came to me and asked me the problem and i told him about me not eating out of colors plates i told me i had not touch the food because of the plates and he told me i did, but i had just go there
setting up the table for my family and they was getting their food, but i kept telling him i never touch their food and my i have a refund on me because if they couldn't give me a white plate or paper plate i would like a refund, but he kept telling me that i ate food and that i must be crazy if i think he is going to give me a refund his register working could have told him that i just got and never got my food and his waitress that came over to the table to wait on us. Since golden corral changed to color plates i have always asked for the white ones and have gotten them. I am from Richmond, Va on a trip with my girls and if i known they did not have those plates at all anymore i would have never paid my money and ate there. I was not asking for the money back for my kids i was asking for the money back for me because i knew i was not going to eat there and since i drunk the drink i had i told them i will paid for that, but would like a refund because i was not going to eat and he told me he was not going to give me a refund so i got my kids and left golden corral and went somewhere else to eat, because this golden corral is not satisfaction to theire customers and when coming back here to Houston, Tx i will not visit that golden corral again.

We went to the golden corral for the seafood buffet on 02/25/2011 a friday night. There was no seafood to be had as the buffet was empty of dishes, food was cold and tasteless. Deserts were few and the one I had very dry and old tasting. Very disappointed in the service also. Staff didn't seem to have a clue to as what they were doing. It was overall terrible and I will never go there again.

I recently visited your Hagerstown Golden Corral & the food was horrible. Plus to top it off the next day I ended up with a upset stomach. I said the chicken didn't taste quite right & when I talked to a heavyset big chest manager with dark hair he told me it was fine. When we went back up an employee told us the chicken was old & green but the manager told them it was fine & to just cook it. Something about their food cost issues so he wouldn't let them throw it away. Are you serious?! I was outraged about this. We then went to the salad bar & it was a filthy mess. The ladies were talking to each other & would not assist us at all. They kept just talking about how they needed raises. I just wanted some food replenished & I never got it. The final straws were my server on her cell phone & i couldn't get dirty plates picked up or a drink refill. I then talked to another manager who was a foreign man & he at least got those things taken care of for me. The other heavyset man was just standing up front by the register talking to the young girls. As we approached the dessert area we all just stood their & laughed. It looked like they just had a bus of children raid them. Since the restaurant wasn't that busy we knew this wasn't true. They had many signs up but not the item on the bar. When we asked someone there for help, a girl named Michelle she just replied I'm doing what I can. She never even asked what we wanted or filled anything. By then I just wanted a cup of coffee & a roll. Guess what. Server on her phone again & talking to a big bald male server just laughing & not taking care of us again. How ironic. A new store & you all are horrible. What a shame...

we always go to golden corral and the service is up and down. This time, however, it was ridiculous. We went at a certain time and they changed their closing time. Not only that, they said they would kick people out 15 minutes after they close, which was already an hour earlier. This was absurd, and we thought they'd at least let us stay 30 minutes after...but not at all. The managers run the place like a dictatorship, and very rude and crude towards customers. at 9:15, one manager was going around getting people out of the restaurant. I have never witnessed a restaurant, with such bad treatment and service to customers...to kick them out 15 mins after they close--generally places will let you stay at least an hour...30 minutes at the least...these people were rude, rushed us out...at 9:15, told the people to put away all the food...they had no mercy and dont care about customers at all. I thought it was very rude bad treatment...to kick people out who had barely been there an hour and were still eating. Not even an extra 15 minutes...nothing...ridiculous terrible service and treatment...how does a restaurant like this run with such crappy management and treatment...they think this is ok to do to customers in this way...very surprising.. my friend actually thought and said "oh they'll let us stay longer, theyre just saying that" but that wasn't true at all- at 9:15 at this terrible location they will kick customers out rudely, and not care at all and think this is ok treatment...though they close at 9..awful place needs a change of management with at least normal humane professional people working there, not lunatics on powertrips who think this is how u run a restaurant.terrible place, think twice about going to a golden corral next time, their management is the worst, run by jerks...

I visited the location above with my wife who is 35 weeks pregnant and my 3-year old. While getting our food, we accidentally dropped a serving utensil on the floor. We picked it up and no employees came about to offer to take the utensil, so we put it on the side of a table. Then the general manager Kane Wright came and scolded me for putting the utensil back with the food. He went on for a good 2-3 minutes in front of a crowd. Instead of offering to help or take the utensil away, he scolded me for something so minor. He finally walked away, shaking his head, and said "OUTRAGEOUS" several times. I was totally shocked, embarassed, and shakened by such incident. I walked away and 10 minutes later after the situaion eased, I asked for his name and card. He went off on me again. He told me to walk away because he didn't want to hear what I had to say. This is an outrageous incident out of nothing for several reasons.

During lunch at the Golden Corral, I received a phone call from my mother that she had just found out from my stepdad's doctor that he only had just a few months to live. My mom was upset, which made me upset..AND then the sad news was upsetting as well.

I was so upset by this unexpected news that I could not finish eating, although I had just started eating right before the phone call.

I asked the waitress if I could get a doggy bag for the food that was on my plate. She said it was against company policy. I explained what had just happened and she still said she could not give me a doggy bag. I asked to speak to the manager. The manager came to me to see what my complaint was. I told her that I was too upset to finish eating and that I really needed to leave but didn't want to just throw my food out. I had paid $10.00 for lunch. She said it was against company policy. She said that it was Buffet and I was not allowed to carry out food.

I even asked her to show me the company policy manual of where it states that a consumer cannot take their "original" plate of food home with them in a situation like I had. She would not show it to me.

By this time, I was really upset; I asked her what would happen if I got up, walked out with my biscuit in my hand and was eating it as I walked out the door.

She said "You would be stealing". I asked her "How would it be stealing when I have a receipt of where I had paid for the food". She said because it is posted that you Must eat in for buffet. I told her to just keep her biscuit and her doggy bag and that I would go to Ryans from now on.

I think this is very insensitive to consumers especially for the high price for lunch! I told a few people at Ryans about the incident a few weeks ago and they told me to make a complaint AND they also gave me a doggy bag for my leftovers!

On March second of this year we went to Golden Corral for dinner, we were all sick the next day all of us with symptoms of food poisoning. I went online and filed a complaint with their home office and I was told some one would get with me in a few days, it's almost a month later and still nothing. I went online line again and I have been totally ignored. I'm not looking for for any self gain here, I just want to know what they are going to do to prevent this from happening again.

We come through the door, the wife and I, get charged $24.00 right off the top. You know boom? Straight out of our bank account in seconds.
The chicken, and the wife and I love chicken, was fried with old oil. The breading was grease soaked, bloody near the bone. I wasn't about to even try it.
The steak, which I had, and I like it rare, I had cut off a 1/2" thick by 6" long piece of fat, leaving a 1-1/2" x 6" tid bit that practically required a chainsaw to cut it, it was so tough.
My wife had to cover the little plate with our cornbread with a napkin, due to dust being stirred up, from a waitress sweeping up crumbs from an adjacent vacated table, just because shes allowed to do this.
When we sat down with our food, my disabled wife had to make 2 full trips to the other side of the building just to find dinner rolls. Besides being disabled, she has a gastric bypass, so she gets the stares, becuse she's forced to eat about 1/6th compared to the other 1 or 200 people there. So economicaly, its a waste for her to come there. Needless to say our food was cold by the time we got dinner rolls.
Has facility ever been in trouble with the law before. When it used to be located in another city recently, the answer is YES. If I'd mentioned these issues to management, would they heed...NO. Would I accept a free dinner if offered...NO. Will I take a refund if offered...YES. Will I ever come back or refer my friends? I think you know the answer to this.