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A plate of some of the delicious items from the buffet at the Blue Willow Inn. Photo: Curtis Compton / Staff
You say, “I don’t even *like* Southern food normally and I love their food (even though it is VERY Southern). Pecan cheddar biscuits… fried green tomatoes… those are my favorite items there. It’s a bit of a drive, but it is worth it.”
2) Café Bombay
3) John Boy’s
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The sweet, syrup-drenched Gulab Jamun from MGR Palace. Photo: Becky Stein/ special
1) MGR Palace
We say “It’s no surprise that one of the Atlanta area’s best Indian restaurants also has one of the best lunch buffets around.”
4) Mirch Masala
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627 comments Add your comment
rachel
September 3rd, 2009
1:50 pm
Someone earlier said Papas buffet in morrow, ga….that place is umm…how do you say it…N A S T Y !!!!!
GRITSiam
September 3rd, 2009
1:51 pm
Blue Willow in Social Circle, especially on Friday or Saturday nights when they add seafood (crab legs are the best). Dillard House in Dillard. The Smith House in Dahlonega.
Kim
September 3rd, 2009
1:52 pm
Green Manor in Union City.
BEVERLY
September 3rd, 2009
1:59 pm
Please tell me where Phil’s Southern Cooking in Stockbridge is located
Amee
September 3rd, 2009
2:00 pm
Buckners is great! Blue Willow is great! Journey’s End is great! The Redd House in Jefferson is great! Winder, GA has a restaurant called The Magnolia House and it’s great! All southern cooking. If you also want some great southern cooking that isn’t buffet style try “Butch’s” in Jonesboro, GA
Brad in Buford
September 3rd, 2009
2:04 pm
Chef’s on South Lee Street in Buford has the best Southern Food. Open for breakfast and lunch seven days a week.Arrive early on Sunday to beat the Church crowds.
C'mon People
September 3rd, 2009
2:12 pm
Ok, this is not a health forum topic. This is a survey of the best buffets. If you don’t like buffet dining, then don’t go and don’t comment. We don’t need to hear you critizing the people that do. If people want to eat at a buffet, that is their business….not yours!
Jim
September 3rd, 2009
2:16 pm
I am not sure about other location, but the best have to be New China Buffet in Woodstock.
Done eating getting sleepy
September 3rd, 2009
2:21 pm
Owens in College Park..Sory they closed down. I was having a flashback..
Golden Corral Breakfast Buffet is hard to beat.
Look, a Krystals!
September 3rd, 2009
2:23 pm
QT’s breakfast sweet bar. So much chocolate and sugar in one case you get jittery just sliding open the glass door.
Done eating getting sleepy
September 3rd, 2009
2:23 pm
Here’s something to ponder for the health nuts who don’t like a buffet. When we all go to our reward don’t worms have a buffet?
LivininATL
September 3rd, 2009
2:23 pm
Rays on the River is the Best
Blue Willow is way overrated…not good at all!
Colleen
September 3rd, 2009
2:33 pm
None of the resturaunts I’ve ate at in Georgia have been any good. If you want a good buffet, that is clean and nice, go to Huntsville, Al. Georgia is full of nasty, greasy people who cook our food, ewwwww!
Shane Harrison
September 3rd, 2009
2:44 pm
Let’s play nice, people. There’s no need for name calling — or discussions about health issues. There are plenty of other places to do that. Food is supposed to bring us together. We all have to eat.
And just for clarity’s sake, let’s go with the all-you-can-eat buffets. Many places have steam tables that you can pick from and then pay by the portion or by weight (yeah, yeah, I can hear the jokes already, so no need to post them). I think of those more as cafeteria-style.
And I’ll probably post this in the original entry, but because Monday is a holiday, the winners, voting and new question will all go up next Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.
David
September 3rd, 2009
2:44 pm
The Holiday Inn in Forsyth County one exit past the GA Public Safety Training Center, right off the freeway. It has a great soul food buffet with excellent service and great freshly prepared food.
STILL HATIN @ENZION .....
September 3rd, 2009
2:48 pm
BLUE WILLOW INN….THAT’S IT. NOTHING ELSE CAN COMPETE!
Atlanta_Ed
September 3rd, 2009
2:55 pm
Carvers on West Marietta in Atlanta.
terriq
September 3rd, 2009
2:56 pm
swapna
terri
September 3rd, 2009
2:58 pm
BLUE WILLOW
Parrothead
September 3rd, 2009
3:00 pm
1. Jimmy
2. Warren
The Professor's Wife
September 3rd, 2009
3:26 pm
Our Way Cafe in Avondale Estates!
ray
September 3rd, 2009
3:30 pm
This little spot I take my family to is called CiCi’s in McDonough. It is wonderful pizza, and a good American place.
Quinncie
September 3rd, 2009
3:33 pm
Old Country Buffet. LOL.
Quinncie
September 3rd, 2009
3:34 pm
BECKY – Good one!!!
Sally
September 3rd, 2009
3:37 pm
Bulloch House in Warm Springs, hands down! I’m not obese, do not eat fast food, and am not from the south, and they have the best Southern Food I have ever tried.
Billy Ocean
September 3rd, 2009
3:38 pm
Blue Willow. Hands Down
Billy Ocean
September 3rd, 2009
3:38 pm
Blue Willow at Social Circle
Fatty McBuffett
September 3rd, 2009
3:39 pm
Phil – Shaddup and eat your tofu! Buckners is the best in the state. From someone who travels the state and knows every meat and 3 and/or buffett in the land, Buckners tops the list. Blue Willow is probably next. Country time in WR, Macon and Dublin is good but simply not in the same ball park. Chineese I have been to several great ones……probably the best is Chef lins in Dalton GA. Indian food however I am not the authority. I don’t even want Chic peas on my salad.
Sally
September 3rd, 2009
3:47 pm
Hey Southern Belle. Most of us do not LIVE in Atlanta and most country folks that can cook good Southern food live in the country. And last I checked, Kennesaw isn’t in Atlanta, or in Fulton County for that matter. Golden Coral? Seems like you need to broaden your horizons a little.
Janice Green
September 3rd, 2009
3:48 pm
Self Control Steve! Really! No Thanksgiving dinner for him.
ATL
September 3rd, 2009
4:00 pm
Ok, the Blue Willow Inn food is not that great,
a real BUFFET TO ME IS THE LIGHTHOUSE (GRIFFIN GA.)
AND BUCKNERS (JACKSON).
senoiadawgs
September 3rd, 2009
4:02 pm
Blue Willow USED to be #1. Far from it now, overpriced and not even close to as good. Save your money folks. Had rehearsal dinner there 7 years ago and it was still fabulous. Downfall started about 4 years ago in my opinion. Last time I went was the last way overpriced and food tasted really old, with poor service which had become a theme for me at this place.
Bulloch House in Warm Springs if they have opened back up is the best around to me. New owners got caught up in some kind of Ponzi scheme several weeks back and haven’t heard any updates. Good prices and very fresh food.
TJ
September 3rd, 2009
4:03 pm
Phil’s Southern Best is phenomenal… it’s like you’re at grandma’s house in the south. The food doesn’t taste “commercialized”… but just like home. I also vote for Buckners… AND the atmosphere of both places make you feel like true neighbors. I’ve eaten all over Atlanta and nothing can top these stops in Stockbridge and Jackson.
TJ
September 3rd, 2009
4:05 pm
Oh… there’s this restaurant in Union City called Green Manor… I believe. It’s up there with Buckner’s in Jacksonville and Phil’s Southern Best. It looks like a bed and breakfast….
senoiadawgs
September 3rd, 2009
4:06 pm
Oh, best in GA, Yoder’s Deitsch Haus, Montezuma, GA… All veggies come from the surrounding fields small Mennonite community outside of Montezuma between 75 and Montezuma
Melanie
September 3rd, 2009
4:09 pm
Cafe Bombay in Druid Hills. Will. Change. Your. Life. Quick service, delicious buffet–all you can eat Indian food!
Col H
September 3rd, 2009
4:15 pm
My mommy’s house at Christmas and Thanksgiven in Crandall Georgia.
Bulldog Bob
September 3rd, 2009
4:19 pm
Definitely Buckners in Jackson, Georgia. The best fried chicken and baked ham on Sunday. Fast and friendly service.
David
September 3rd, 2009
4:23 pm
Blue Willow Inn, Social Circle, GA
Fibber’s, Cedar Bluff, AL
Tyra Ellis
September 3rd, 2009
4:26 pm
Busy Bee Cafe on Martin Luther King Drive in Southwest Atlanta near the AUC Campus.
happywithalife
September 3rd, 2009
4:26 pm
Steve if Georgians, our food choices and lifestyle bother you so much maybe you are in the wrong place. bye!
Johnnie
September 3rd, 2009
4:30 pm
John Boy’s on Canton Rd. in Marietta. Small, with a limited spread, but if the clientele is any indicator, the plain Southern cooking is WELL RECEIVED by those standing in line to get a seat.
Noel
September 3rd, 2009
4:40 pm
I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned the Smith House in Dahlonega. No place else even comes close. No standing in a buffet line, they just keep bringing the platters of succulent meats, fresh southern vegetables, home-made bread and pitchers of iced tea as long as you want.
Bo
September 3rd, 2009
4:46 pm
Nori Nori in Sandy Springs is the best sushi and seafoods buffet. It also has beef salad and grill beef, chicken, shrimp,… for $25/adult.
Sydney’s International Buffet is ok but not worth it comparing to Nori Nori. The price is $23.00/adult but worth only $15 or less. I would not go back here again since I found Nori Nori.
SFC BRENT BAGLEY
September 3rd, 2009
4:47 pm
From Coastal Georgia, the late (Sema) Wilkes House in Savannah, now run by her children, is tops for a country meal served family style and Darien’s DJ’s has a seafood buffet served wkds that is sensational.
South GA treats such as shrimp and grits and Brunswick stew add a regional twist to the spread. With tax and tip, each one of these can be had for less than $20.
Toph
September 3rd, 2009
4:51 pm
I like Stevi B’s pizza – good food, not too expensive, fun place to take my kids, they love it.
Midtowner
September 3rd, 2009
5:13 pm
A new Japanese luncheon buffet, Kangbuk, on L’ville-Suwanee Rd between Old P’tree Rd and the Super H Mart in Suwanee is great… Ashiana Indian buffet at the Global Mall on Jimmy Carter Blvd at 85, and Swapna on Cobb Pkwy.
Big Mike
September 3rd, 2009
5:17 pm
Haveli’s (Indian) in Marietta is awesome!
Barbara
September 3rd, 2009
5:38 pm
John Boy’s on Canton Rd in East Cobb, Marietta. The best! And only $7.00 with tea and tax.
Mike S
September 3rd, 2009
5:40 pm
Nori Nori Sushi/Japanese buffet is where it’s at. GREAT variety of salads, sushi, seafood, etc.