Are all you can eat buffets really worth the money?

All you can eat buffets are worth the money if you have a *plan of attack*. This usually works best in smaller groups of people so I do not know if a large family group will make out overall when averaged together. If and individual or small group has a plan to attack the buffet from the top down the result can be worth every penny without having to overeat or any other dangerous eating behavior.By *top down* I mean starting at the most expensive part of the buffet.

This usually means the raw bar or the seafood area, the top end could also be represented with prime rib or another high end beef entree section. After one good sized plate from this premium level of the buffet the rest is usually gravy so to speak as the price of the buffet can be justified by the amount of pricey seafood or top notch beef you were able to enjoy in the first trip to the buffet. The second trip up to the buffet is made even better as the knowledge of this now won price war with the buffet will be making every virtually free morsel of deliciousness added to your palette taste all the sweeter.

This buffet The Nordic Lodge in Charlestown RI is pricy but has lobster as one of its premium items as well as an all Haagen Dazs Ice Cream dessert buffet. nordiclodge.com/ these items make it easy to see the $80.00 price tag for adults can be easily overcome with lobster and ice cream alone. nordiclodge.com/menu.

Html Here is the current menu at The Nordic Lodge With a good plan every buffet can be defeated from a price standpoint but you have to have an stick to a solid plan.

I think all you can eat buffets are worth it especially with my 5 year old who usually doesn't cost anything or is only a couple bucks. She gets to try different things as well as having what she wants, plus dessert. Good when you have picky eaters in your family.It does depend on what you want though, if the food isn't the greatest or you don't feel like eating much, it won't be worth it.

This seems to happen to me at Old Country Buffet. I don't like the food and I hardly ever eat much.(On the other hand, my daughter loves it.).

Yes. Well to my family. We eat a lot.

If you find a place where the all you can eat buffet is good food, then it's worth it.

All-you-could-eat buffets *could* be worth the money. Say you pay $10+ at a buffet per person -- you get a large variety to eat and foods to try. At a traditional restaurant, you sometimes have to pay $15 for one meal... and what happens if you end up not liking it?

I find that when I sit down at a traditional restaurant, I am more likely to order things I've had before or are familiar with because I know I'll like it. At a buffet, I am not too worried about trying out different things. If you aren't a big eater or aren't hungry, buffets may not be a good choice since many all-you-could-eat restaurants have you pay as soon as you come in.

The issue is that your question is not completely well-defined. What do you want to consider when you ask if an all-you-can-eat buffet is worth the money? If you only care about getting a filling meal for a reasonable price, the answer is usually yes, unless you, personally, tend not to eat much.

Buffets are usually not pricey compared to other dining options, and if you're hungry you will be able to eat your fill of whatever pleases you for a preset price. Many people also figure you do not need to leave a full 15% tip in such restaurants since you're serving yourself. If you wish to expand your definition of worth or value, you should also consider the quality of food served.In my experience food at all-you-can-eat buffets is usually not the best food that restaurant offers (unless it is solely a buffet restaurant, in which case it is not as good as food found at non-buffet restaurants).

Thus, if you do not enjoy the food at the buffet, even if you eat enormous amounts, it is still not good value. The bottom line is that only you can answer the question definitively, and usually after at least trying the specific buffet yourself to see if you like the food enough to make it a good deal.

I like the all you can eat buffet. I just get a bit of everything. I tried everything.

I don't eat a lot. But I feel happy about trying everything and didn't have the pressure to decide what to eat. In buffet you are free to eat and try.

That is an opportunity to try every new items.

Im going to go with personal experience here, at all all you can eat buffet you get a wide variety of food and probably just about all nutrients if sample everything, a lot of people do not get that in their daily diet, now I have be in really good shape in the past and also have had to diet and what I noticed is that going to an all you can eat buffet really once every week or two really does not affect me, I think because is shocks my body with a different eating routine and forces my body out of its normally habits.

This is my philosophy about buffets... either 1. You eat too much, or 2. You don't get your money's worth.

Lose lose. However this is coming from a guy that avoids buffets because I can never stop eating when there is food in front of me and I usually leave feeling terrible. The one benefit is the shear variety of food you can have in one sitting, but I don't have the willpower for it.

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