Rio Buffet & Bar
| Address: | 3745 Branch Ave A, Temple Hills, MD 20748, USA |
| Phone: | +1 301-899-8868 |
| Rating: | 3.4 |
| Working: | 11:30AM–10:30PM 11:30AM–10:30PM 11:30AM–10:30PM 11:30AM–10:30PM 11:30AM–10:30PM 11:30AM–10:30PM 11:30AM–10:30PM |
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Guillermo Ventura
WE ARE NEVER EVER EVER GOING BACK ! I wish theres 0 star I can choose ! 1 star is for : (Waiter is nice, sushi is good . I pay 72$ for 5 adults 1 kid (2drinks). Price is fair. ) .We were so tired and hungry. Because we were at 6 flags had so much fun and catch Pokemon , we didnt have chance to eat . We want to have meal before we go to the skating place at Temple Hill. So we use Google search the most nearby the restaurant. Rio buffet it is . ( Rio buffet this name I thought is Latino food restaurant ) so this was how me and my friends first time coming to this restaurant .(7/19/2016 at 5:56pm) After pay the money and a waiter lead us to the table . Not many people there at this time and this is not good for eating at the buffet.(buffet tips: more people eating more fresh food coming) Just as I thought most food are dry , slimy and not to fresh . With a few more people coming in, the bartender start bring out the fresh( I mean better looking and not dry food) .one of Fish is good . And it all start with one of my friend say he tummy not feel well , we were thinking maybe he was to tired with 7hours playing at 6 flags and this hot weather . We told him just drink some water and dont eating any seafood or anything anymore. ( he end up vomit at the restaurant park lot when we left from the restaurant ) My wife find out my 8 year old daughter dessert plate have a cake ( this cake is totally Latino homemade cake , one of my family favorite, not many place have that , in Spanish we call that "Budin De Pan" . My family made that sometimes, one of ingredients is bread, special leftover bread , it is hard to keep it fresh in this weather so always keep inside the refrigerator) my daughter has 2pcs on the plate one of cake top very slip (my wife use her finger touch) and other one has White Fluffy Hairly Moldy thing on the top ( I wish I can upload the picture), I call the waiter and show it to her I say :" hi, miss , this cake is not fresh, old, and had moldy white hair thing on the top " she told the cake ( cake was never return back to the table , I took the photo before they took away ) . So we decided not touch the dessert. We eat fruit ( I pay 72$ gonna eat something right) . Few minutes later same waiter come and say we remove all the cake away already. When we go get the fruit there are no cake on the bar anymore, before we leaving one lady coming and say to us there are not the Moldy or White Fluffy things on the cake , the white thing are other type of cake frosting maybe just a little touch or what ever. This is what they say . We are 6 people all got bad vision . I didnt tell her we took a photo. We just say ok this is what your explanation . We just left with 10% tips for the waiter. She did her job . When we left before the cake was back on the bar , it only 30% amount left not like when we just come in it was full of cake on the big plate. PS this is my first time write the review and I will copy this to my Yelp ( also first time ) and I can upload the MOLDY CAKE photo there and recipes. My wife stomach diarrhea all day (7/20/2016) She love seafood and she eat most is seafood that day (7/19/2016) I just have a couple time extra other regular day(7/20/2016) Tips for eating at buffet: When more crowded food more fresh When you try to complain something always take the photo before showing to them If somethings on your plate is bad or hair, or anything you ask new one PLEASE remember keep the not good one until they bring you a new one and than give it the bad one to them . You really dont know is the same one or not .
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timothy wilson
I started eating at the Rio Buffet when it was called the Seafood Place. If Im correct, that location opened about 12 years ago. The food and service was great then, now not so much. I had dinner at the Rio this evening and the food wasnt bad, but the hot foods should have been warmer. It would be nice to see someone checking the food temperature with an infrared thermometer. Sometimes the food looks a bit dried out. In support of the Rio, I can say that Ive never gotten sick eating there, and Ive been going since they opened as the Seafood Place. Back then, I would have given them a 5 star rating for food and service. Today, I can only give them 3 stars. However, Id rather eat at the Rio Buffet than the Teppanyaki in District Heights. Ive actually seen at kid, fill his mouth with grapes, and spit them back in the buffet tray.
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A Private User
they finally felt that we needed an establishment like this here in this part of pg county......i went there...they have everything u could want except for ground beef......for all of us who would go out to great american buffet on route 1 in virginia or the golden corral at cap on the blvd in largo...we finally have a seafood spot.....ALL U CAN EAT!!!!!!....They have an atmosphere that rivals most sit-in buffet style restaurants....great fruit bar.....great dessert bar....and oh i 4got...the seafood....shrimp(fried,spiced,whole,cold).....man....they got a bar too....leave yo bamma azz troubles @ home and just get there....i cant believe they brought a buffet to the hood......oh and treat our carry-out personnel well....it aint IHOP....lol
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Yvette Carmon
I went there for the crab legs but the crab legs were overpriced and the quality was poor..... I reported it to the management they care nothing about anything but getting your money ....once they get your money they dont care whether you enjoy the food or not... I would not recommend this place to a dog....... Teppanyaki Crazy Grill on Silver Hill Rd is the better establishment as far as ALL-U-CAN-EAT......The prices at Tappanyaki Crazy Grill are much more reasonable than Rio Buffet & Bar.....I will never go back to Rio Buffet ever again......Even the dishes were dirty
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A Private User
One day, a fellow Airman decided we should all go out here to eat. Thought it would be fun to try new things. Another Airman had a baby octopus. Was enjoyable. BUT. One Airman had not felt so great about the place. He ended up in the hospital and was put on leave for 3 weeks. Worst 3 weeks ever. ...also, waiters werent very kind. the atmosphere was that of a Chucky Cheese.
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中国最大反对党李洪宽
I would say this is one of the best buffet in the DC metro area, price is cheap, choices of foods are great, taste of food great, and the rooms are freshly decorated. I feel disappointed to read other peoples unforable reviews, they look to me as ghost writers for the competitors. People who do enjoy CHinese and Japanese style foods, join in, you wont be disappointed.
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Sharome Hunter
Wow I look at the rating before I came and decided to form my own opinion.Ghetto , the staff are rude and they aCT like they are tired of dealing with ghey to people. They was playing trap music the whole time, I guess what they think black people like. The servers act like robots. And take fork when they ready for you to leave. They have a dry food selection.
