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    Ocean Buffet

    3.4 (280 reviews)
    ModerateBuffets
    Closed 10:30 am - 10:30 pm
    Updated 1 week ago

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    OCEAN BUFFET ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    John K.

    The service is good here we were seated quick. The decor is nice not over the top. The buffet was loaded with food and had a nice selection. They even have crawfish. This place has the potential to be great.

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    2 years ago

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    11 months ago

    Food has always been fresh and good. Desserts also. We go here frequently with my sister and we all always enjoy the meal..

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    1 year ago

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    3 years ago

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    1 year ago

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    2 years ago

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    1 year ago

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    1 year ago

    Variety, taste , freshness, and reasonably priced. I just wish they required everyone to sanitize their hands before going to the buffet.

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    2 years ago

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    1 year ago

    I really enjoyed the teppanyaki. The buffet had most of my favorites and then some. I'll definitely will be back.

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    1 year ago

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    1 year ago

    Food was very good. Lots of choices We will be back. Staff was very efficient. Kept plates cleared and beverages full

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    1 year ago

    Food and service were very typical when we went. Nothing to write home about. I would not go again. There are better choices.

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    1 year ago

    Good food, wide selection. Lots of seafood options too. We were a party of 10 and were seated right away.

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    2 years ago

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    2 years ago

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    2 years ago

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    2 years ago

    Food wasn't at all hot , not fresh tasting , crab ragoons not even crunchy :(. I won't be back

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    2 years ago

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    3 years ago

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    2 years ago

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    3 years ago

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    3 years ago

    Great food and service. Food is always fresh and fully stocked and prepared. Awesome place for lunch or dinner.

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    3 years ago

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    2 years ago

    Food was fresh and delicious! No wait time, which was even better. Staff was friendly and efficient.

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    2 years ago

    Reliably good, great options at a fantastic price! Never a long wait. Great for meeting up with friends

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    2 years ago

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    5 years ago

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    2 years ago

    Food is Hot temps! Staff cleans tables quickly. Price is pretty good abd they have senior citizens discount too

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    2 years ago

    Awesome Great food great value. Always want to go here. Ocala location is my favorite

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    Ask the Community - Ocean Buffet

    Do they have oysters on the half shell on the buffet?

    Yes they had them the day we was there

    Do they give military discounts, or aarp discounts?

    Military only

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    Review Highlights - Ocean Buffet

    The reason I don't give 5 stars is the place could use a good clean, and maybe updating a little.

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    Amrit Palace

    Amrit Palace

    4.4
    (647 reviews)
    0.0 mi
    $$

    Each and every time I've dined at Amrit it has been an experience I'm grateful for. The service is…read morealways wonderful and the food just as good. The atmosphere is beautiful and I always feel like I have walked into a different kind dining experience. It's relaxing and a lot nicer than many of the local restaurants around here. I feel that it has a quiet nuanced feel that is simply elegant. I ordered the Create your own course because I wanted more. I was in time for the lunch special that they serve Tuesday-Thursday from 11-3 but that wasn't what I was looking for. When coming here I just wanted to enjoy my idea of the meal I can create. The create your own course is just that and for $40.99 you receive an "appetizer, entree, dessert served with two sides, naan or tandoori roti and sauce. If you would like an additional entree and two sides it's only an additional $16.99. Extremely reasonable for the amount of food you receive and how well the food is prepared and the service you get here. My favorite is the Chicken Vindaloo which is Chicken, chili,tomato and it has a little coconut in it. It's a spicy dish but a little tangy too. I love that the heat is flavorful and not overpowering that you cannot taste all the spices in the dish. The tandoori roti I enjoy thoroughly it pairs very well with this dish, I've had the Peshawari naan which is filled with cherries, coconut flakes, cashews and raisins and this is so different and delicious more of a dessert you must try too. I also had the chick pea salad and this is a mix of chick peas, lettuce,red onion, cherry tomatoes and cilantro. Nothing out of this world but refreshing. Last time I was here I had the Samosa Chaat for a starter it was so good! It's a potato turnover with chickpeas layered with chopped onions, yogurt, tamarind, mint chutney, and so flavorful! The Dal soup is also very nice it's a smooth mild soup made with yellow split pea lentils, some ginger and just the right amount of garlic. So many choices here and I'll keep coming back so I can be sure to try everything in the menu at least a few times! I have had dessert and I really enjoyed this as well wanting to try something different than I can get in most restaurants so I tried the Gulab Jamun that is a deep fried dumpling soaked in a sweet syrup that is infused with rose water and coconut. I don't know what to expect but I absolutely loved this and it wasn't as sweet as I thought it might be it was very pleasant and a mild flavor but truly delicious! Other than the food , the service is always really nice here, it's just a very nice experience coming to Amrit you feel lot's of peace and tranquility while dining. Highly recommend visiting Amrit you will not be disappointed! Address: 3415 SW College Rd Ocala Florida 34474 Phone: (352)873-8500 Hours: Tuesday - Friday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM Saturday- Sunday: 12:00 PM - 10:00PM Monday: Closed Vegan Options Large cocktail menu and traditional Indian drinks Catering Wheelchair accessible

    It was wonderful...I had gone with my sister.. I plan on going back it was so good.. the service…read morewas great ... The atmosphere was very nice...the place was clean. As for our food, it was outstanding

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    KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot

    KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot

    4.1
    (130 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    If you're looking for variety, Hot Pot Korean BBQ in Ocala delivers in a big way. We opted for both…read morethe Korean BBQ grill and the hot pot experience, which let us enjoy the best of both worlds. The concept is simple: choose from an enormous selection of raw ingredients and cook them yourself either on the tabletop grill or in one of several flavorful broths. The selection was impressive. They had a huge variety of meats, seafood, vegetables, and mushrooms. One thing that immediately caught my attention was the hanger steak, one of my favorite cuts, and it was excellent on the grill. The pork belly was another standout, cooking up beautifully with great flavor. Seafood lovers will find plenty to enjoy as well, including scallops and even crab legs. As someone currently following a keto diet, there were plenty of carb-heavy options I skipped, but it didn't matter. The selection of proteins, vegetables, and mushrooms was so extensive that I had no trouble filling up while staying on plan. By the end of the meal, I felt completely satisfied and genuinely felt like I got my money's worth. Between the quality, variety, and interactive dining experience, Hot Pot Korean BBQ is a fun place to eat and one I'd happily visit again.

    Let me start off by saying we just moved here from Hawaii…read moreWhen we enter the restaurant, they greeted us with the menu. We absolutely had never been to this K-pop before they were very hard to hear initially, and she briefly showed us the front in the back of the menu so we quickly chose something because we didn't know how it operated.. we quickly chose barbecue and when we sat down, the waitress came over and explained that we just get up get our food and then we we quickly realized that there was way more options for the K-pop and there was the actual barbecue section. The student bother us as we have in Korean barbecue before however, when we looked at the slices of meat, they were completely fat. The port was all fat. The Bulgogi had lump of fat on it and the chicken were tenders, but they were all with the tendons intact. The kimchi was not completely fermented. It was actually horrible. The daikon was so thick. I don't understand where the seaweed salad even came from as it was overly salty.. The french fries were called to the touch. I brought my one year-old in with me and he didn't even touch them. The rice was probably the most upsetting part because it was damn near porridge too much water in the rice that my son couldn't even put it on his spoon.. I also wanted to note that our stove top turned off and we weren't even aware . the only thing that they did not mess up was Gaza and I want to make this very clear. The dessert menu is watermelon pineapple orange slices a piece of store-bought cake we ended up paying almost $80 with tip for 2.5 people and everything we tasted was disgusting as soon as I left the restaurant I threw up everywhere.. I took my waitress out of courtesy but we literally didn't get our water filled. I think this was a zero out of 10 experience if I could not rate it at all and put 0.0 stars it would get that before leaving I told my waitress how disgusting everything was and she actually agreed. She said she only ate there one time to say she did and she wouldn't eat there either. I'm not sure if people are just extremely unexperienced with how Korean food should taste as we have that culture immersed in Hawaii as well as my daughter coming directly from Korea, but this experience could not have been any worse.

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    Yummy House

    Yummy House

    3.9
    (318 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    $$

    Yummy House in Ocala is our favorite Chinese restaurant without having to drive to Orlando. We live…read morein The Villages, unfortunately there just aren't any authentic ethnic restaurants in The Villages. There are wanna be Chinese restaurants in The Villages but the food is Chinese-American and I would not even eat there or recommend them. Yummy House in Ocala was actually referred to us by the owner of Square 1 Burgers in The Villages, another fantastic restaurant but that's another review. Yummy House offers a variety of authentic Chinese dishes, and they also offer Dim Sum on weekends. The first time my spouse and I went there, we couldn't believe the choices. We used to always drive to Peter's Kitchen in Orlando but it was over an hour to drive there for us. Ocala was much closer and to be quite honest just as good as the restaurant in Orlando. Every dish I've ordered there has been out of this world. Which makes it so hard for me to choose my entrée. I do have a favorite server at Yummy House. His name is Ming. So, when I dine at Yummy House, I always ask to be seated at Ming's area. I also golf in Ocala which friends, about 8 to 12 of us. After golf, we normally have lunch together too. So, Yummy House is at the top of the list for us. When we do, I call the restaurant ahead to make a reservation and ask them to assign Ming to us. Ming always provides excellent service and especially with me being Asian, he kind of knows what type of dish I like and when I order a dish he will normally make suggestions to add to the dish or cook a certain way that knows I would like. He also makes suggestions to each person in our group and sometimes he'll tell them to try a dish that he's sure they've never had before. He tries to take them out of their comfort zone. They've always been happy with his suggestion. The restaurant itself reminds me of some of the Chinese restaurants I've been to that is not a fast-food restaurant. Very authentic inside. They also offer a beer called Lucky Buddha. I think everyone likes to order the beef because the bottle is in the shape of Buddha. Yesterday, we met friends at Yummy House who are visiting from Boston. Unfortunately, Ming was off and another server took care of us. He was a good server but just not like Ming who really goes out of his way to talk to you, joke and laugh. However, he was not a bad server but he was just there to provide server and do his job. So, I cannot fault him for that. So overall the entire experience yesterday was good. I highly recommend Yummy House if you are near the Ocala area and are craving for authentic Chinese food.

    New to the area and tried a few Chinese restaurants around town. Yummy House was highly recommended…read moreas the other places was a "1 and done" situation. Con's- Didn't like the fact that when placing an order online you're forced to tip. (I don't mind tipping but prefer to tip when I pick up my order) Upon walking in it didn't smell too good. I had to ask for condiments and utensils. (In my opinion if I've already tipped before picking up my togo order utensils should've definitely been packed. I understand that condiments shouldn't be in bag as some don't want/need them.) Pros - Food was good and flavorful. Portion size was mediocre and average. Maybe later we will go and try the dim sum but if the smell is there when we walk in we will walk right back out.

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