2 stars is right. Haven't been here in 5 years for the same reason I haven't been here in 5 years. I just came back to show my kids what Golden Corral is. Same start. Lack of food items, empty food items, food selections suck, taste is bad, steak was fat and tough. I fought in WW3 to peel it off the fat. I know...i know...why would I expect more. Now that the kids know, we will never be back. read more

We normally love Golden Corral, but this one was truly lacking! The meatloaf was dry and tasteless, rice hard and crunchy. Fried chicken and mashed potatoes were good. Carrot cake was good as well. Not the cleanest joint in town. read more

$21.63 per person for cold, subpar cafeteria food. We haven't eaten here since my Dad saw a Cock roach run across the salad bar several years ago. Ironically my Dad wanted to try it again for his birthday. We arrived slightly before 5:00 on a Saturday evening. The food was already picked over and much of cold and dried out. I kept waiting for the food to be replenished but it never happened. I did get one piece of fried chicken that had nice flavor and was warm. As with most other reviews I had seen, the ice cream machine was broken. I'm sure that all of the deserts came from K-mart. Yes, I know K-mart closed years ago. The carrot cake which I have always liked seemed like a boxed cake mix with cream cheese frosting. Incredibly Disappointed!!! The whole place including restrooms were filthy. The busboy who didn't even wipe down the tables was really hustling for a tip. The whole experience was disgusting! read more

No I didn't and I never will. The place is a mess, service is nonexistent and food subpar, except for the crab salad if it's available, which it wasn't when we visited read more

Steak was the only good thing on the buffet line. All over food, subpar at best. Some cold, some old, some hard, some too soft. Almost nothing that we tried was just right. Out server/waitress was Anita. Excellent service. She is definitely an A+ in our book. Very nice, very attentive, very on her game. Again, but excellent. The cashier was checking food temps, see my pic I posted, and this was after she was arguing with another male employee about cleaning up after the customers, saying, it wasn't her job to do that. All the while, us, as customers, sitting right next to where she is arguing with this guy. Just not feeling the vibe here at all. Again, except for our server who was great. I wouldn't recommend this particular location. Go somewhere else. Over $30 for two people with water. Too pricy for this quality of food. read more

Golden Corral Buffet & Grill - Cashier, checking food temps. No gloves, leaning over the food, no hairnet!! - Buffets Near Me - Weslaco, Texas

Hello i had a few concerns with the food and service . First, The ice cream was very melted even coming straight from the machine. The spaghetti was super watery the sauce got all in my pizza. The strawberry's we're rotten. The rice was also super dry and hard. My gello was also super melted. Most of the plates were dirty. The customer service was also super poor. It was also very filthy and we didn't have light to see where we were sitting. Thank you for your concerns please do better. Thank you again. read more

If I could give a no star I would. First it's filthy. Hardly any food is in containers and what is there is cold. One guy was watering down the gravy, not cool in front of customers. We were afraid to eat the food as kids were touching it with their hands. Salad was the only thing I think was safe. Only 3 desserts to choose from. We got here at 6:30 pm, and only took a few minutes to eat! There are quite a few people here, so lets fill up the trays owners! We have a Golden Corral in AZ. Way, way better. Clean and lots of food to choose from. I would never ever step into the one here in TX again. read more

So far in the golden coral I live close to everything is cooked to perfection. So try weslaco's golden Coral u won't regrets it read more

This is my 8 year old nephew's favorite place to eat, because of the cotton candy. My mom enjoys their ribs and chocolate fountain (making your own chocolate covered strawberries is fun). I like coming here because it's one of the few places in The Valley where I can find traditional American southern food. I was craving fried okra the other day, so finding it here was a nice surprise. My mom tasted collard greens, for the first time, here (she wasn't a fan, but tbh, I think it's an acquired taste). Some dishes are better than others, but it's good food, overall. read more

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This is your typical Golden Corral -- only slightly grimier. The food tastes like the usual Golden Corral fare, but things don't seem quite as well-tended as at other locations. The greens at the salad bar always have too many slimy, marred pieces. The tables are always a little greasy, bathrooms are dirty (even at breakfast) and I shudder to think about what treasures are hidden in that chocolate fountain. However, the servers are very pleasant. read more

Review for the Weslaco, TX restaurant: Stay away if you're looking for a job. I worked here and it's honestly THE worst place I've ever worked in. I recently talked to another ex-employee and she says the same. The manager, Dolores Olalde is a cruel despot with the employees. Always in a bad temper, yells and humiliates staff in public. I understand we're workers, but get off your high horse. You being "above" us as manager gives you no right to treat us like chattel. You really feel like a slave in that place. I was the cashier and would work on average 14 hr shifts. Because of the high volume of people, we rarely had time to eat, or go to the bathroom. Poor us that have a bladder because we would get yelled at for having to pee. A lot of us, myself included, put up with your bullshit and mercurial behavior out of necessity. We sacrifice our dignity and grovel because we need to, but that doesn't give you the right to treat us like absolute shit. When I first got there, at the end of the night, whatever food was going to be thrown away was taken home by some people...stale dinner rolls, ...you know, crap. Well one day as I went in for the morning shift (opening) we see a handwritten note taped to the doors in the back where we clock in. Basically it said she (manager) was carefully watching us through the cameras and the next time she catches anyone STEALING that food (destined for the trash remember) is subject to immediate termination. I thought it was pretty ridiculous. The man who took food the most was a server who took it to his 6 kids. Honestly, I don't know how this woman has lasted as long as she has in this position. She wants to talk about "stealing" leftovers? Her or the assistant manager's husband (at the time, now I hear the assistant is no longer there) would come in frequently (several times a week) to eat lunch or dinner for free of course. Sometimes all 4 of them would eat together in some corner. Which is the real stealing here? Taking stale, cold leftovers home for your kids, or management having their family members come in to eat for free all the time? Which is fair? Talk about double standards. Another thing I noticed both from experience, what other employees witnessed and reading reviews on here, she just doesn't have an attitude with employees but with customers as well. Sarcastic and just plain rude. The food is also not worth the ridiculous price paid. The place does smell and it is dirty. If you always saw dirty bathrooms or floors, it's because of what I said, we just did not have time to go around cleaning. The woman was unreasonable. I would start sweeping, cleaning the bathroom or wiping down surfaces when I would get yelled at for leaving my post....yet I also got yelled at for NOT doing the above mentioned when I was supposed to. Well?! Make up your goddamn mind, woman! Either you want me to clean or you don't? Don't always blame the staff, people. read more