Address: | 13603 Grove Dr, Maple Grove, MN 55369, USA |
Phone: | +1 763-205-4570 |
Site: | maplegrovegc.com |
Rating: | 3 |
Working: | 9:30AM–9PM 9:30AM–9PM 9:30AM–9PM 9:30AM–9PM 7:30AM–10PM 7:30AM–10PM 7:30AM–9PM |
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Cat Cain
Just okay....a letdown from previous GC experiences. One of my favorite places to eat in Concord, NC, is Golden Corral! The waitresses actually wait on you, bring your drinks and anything else you need help with. The food is outstanding, coffee, complimentary, etc and prices are lower than the MN GC. Here at the GC in Maple Grove, MN, the price for lunch before 4pm, was 12.99, not including the drink for $2, each. This made our bill, without tip, come to $30! The only really great tasting thing on my plates was the steak, but my husbands was mostly charcoal bites, because the char stripes were so deeply charred. My char was normal. My corn was overdone & soggy tasting, hush puppies were not southern girl approved, turnip greens were not great, they were out of butter & I had to scrape the dregs to get any, then the entire area crashed, the salad selection was limited & not appealing, but without a doubt, the worst though on my plate was the deviled egg, which almost made me upchuck! The taste it left in my mouth, lingered for quite a bit. It was worse because instead of tasting it, I popped it in my mouth, because it was small and looked appetizing. Looks were deceiving! I should have spit that out, but they had a full crowd and Im too self conscious to do that, lol. The staff was friendly & I appreciate that, but comparing the two GCs, you can see why my review is only 3 stars. If personnel check these reviews, I believe they could easily perk up the food recipes & cooking practices & nudge the quality upwards. They really need to have the waitresses & waiters do more than just clear plates, to make the overall experience nicer, as well. Im not sure well go back, just because there are a few places around here with much higher quality food & service that we go to when we want to treat ourselves.
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Jose Ortiz
Eh. I mean if you like stuffing your fat American face into a food coma then welcome! I mean its a buffet. Do you really go to a buffet expecting chef Gordon Ramsay to yell at the cooks for under cooking the hundreds of potatoes and dozens of meatloaves these guys have to cook? When you go to the gay 90s do you really expect to hook up with Sarah Underwood? No! You get her inbred autistic step sister! Same rule here. Youre not getting a $50 fillet minion. You get dry dry steak that requires 3 refills of beverage to finish. My review on the place is 2 because they didnt do anything to shake the stigma associated with old country buffet. I hated old country buffet so much but everything is the exact same damn thing in the exact same place. EVERYTHING IS THE SAME! BUT! Theres just a lot more people convinced the food better! A lot more obnoxious human children running into you than at the end of OCBs days. In a year when an absurd amount of people stop going I can maybe bump it to 3 stars. Until then I hate the people and I hate the location. They really shouldve changed more. This is old country buffet rebranded.
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Tim Kwan
Absolutely, the WORST restaurant I have ever patronized in the LAST DECADE. One would probably get CANCER eating this type of garbage everyday. Very poor quality food, unclean food troughs and messy dining areas. The fried food items had a dark tone to it and smelled like ENGINE OIL. The meats were overcooked and EXTREMELY salty, without much flavor. What few vegetables there were most likely came from can and did not resemble their original form. It bothers me to say this but the customers I dined with do this place NO FAVORS whatsoever. I noticed other patrons picking food out of the troughs with their BARE HANDS and others were REUSING their plates to collect more food onto. I also found it very disturbing that the meat chefs were especially uninterested in serving customers food and appeared irascible. I returned to my seat and found it was wet, the waitress had wiped my seat and started seating others onto my table when my guests and I were not finished. Overall, poor quality restaurant with equally poor quality clientele.
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Doug Carlson
I love Golden Corral. Couldnt wait for them to open. Such a disappointment. Went to maplegrove first because maplewood wasnt open yet. I live in hugo. Had ok experiance. But vent above steaks broke so couldnt get any.. Went to maplewood when it opened. Food was terrible, was put in back room packed like a sardine. Reminded me of old country buffet, and why i quit going there. So i drove 45 minutes to maple grove this past friday night. ( 1-6-2017) there steaks are awesome tasting except for nobody they hire knows how to cook. They have no patience to cook a steak. I wanted a med rare and when they ask if it looks good. And you see its raw and say little more. They slice it in half and cook on flattop. Till done. Now any body knows when you do that to a steak all the juicy flavour comes out and it gets dry.. Now i heard the cooks complaining that it was his first night.. Grilling steaks should be done by somebody that knows what there doing.... SO I DONT KNOW IF I WILL EVER GO BACK TO ANY OF THEM....
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Marsha M
Weve eaten here 3 times (Sundays) & we have left twice with extreme stomach pains. I blame it on the EXTRA greasy food. Even when requesting less oil in the pan when making an omelet or fried eggs, the request is met with a certain amount of resentment/hostility & falls on deaf ears because your request is pretty much ignored. French toast has been raw in the middle & tastes like DIRTY grill grease, the same is true with the pancakes. Waffles are either overcooked or they are heavy & doughy. Many food trays stand empty while staff stand around doing nothing--appears to be social hour for them. The overall food quality is POOR - too greasy, oversalty, overcooked, or raw those are your choices. Steaks have been overcooked, tough & are mostly alot of fat & gristle. Staff is unorganized & dont seem to know what they should be doing. I will say this, management works harder than their staff! - they (the staff) stand around socializing or just plain avoiding their work. Three times has been enough for me.
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Daymon Kemp
Not a good experience at all. Wanted to try GC since it just opened and it was so hyped on local social media. The wait didnt bother me too bad since I understand that its so new and everyone there probably had the same expectations. Myself and others were a little curious about WHY there was such a long line when there were so many open tables. To me the food was a lot worse than OCB. I used to go out of my way to the Maple Grove OCB location. Everything there was exactly the same except the GC branding. They even had the old OCB dishes! The staff are very unorganized and trashy. A bunch of young hood rats letting their friends into the "out" doors and seating them immediately without paying. On top of all that.. my wife and I got up from our table to get dessert and returned to all of our stuff cleared off and another family already seated there. I noticed this same thing happen to 2 other couples while there. Zero organization. Will definitely not return.
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Chantell Terry
I love Golden Corral and was so excited when I heard they was open in Minnesota!!! I have been a couple times to this location since they have opened. The line is long whick is understanding but they get you in as quick as they can. During my recent visit I had a traumatic situation. I dropped my phone in the toilet and was devastated. I asked for help, the staff and manger was amazing in helping me with my phone and finding a table. After that I was ready to enjoy my food. It was delicious as I expected. I did have a rude waiter that told me to get my own drink. It was a problem because I have had a waiter ask before what i wanted to drink and bring it to the table and most times we would get the drinks or selves but the way she said it bothered me. Overall my experience was great and I dont let one bad apple ruin it. I want to say a big thank you too Golden Corral Staff that worked on 10/20/2016 around 2pm I really appreciate it . You all are awesome!!!!!