I had a craving for some yeast rolls from Hartz Chicken so that's where we ended up one weekday for lunch. I was wary because I haven't seen any new builds in many years so any location we went to would be in an older building. I always worry about cleanliness which is why I'm being picky.
We came to the Fairmont location since it wasn't that far from us. It was a good choice. They had two buffet sections. One was set up on the counter where you order and pay for your meals. Another was longer and placed at the end of the seating area across from the drink station. They even had a self serve ice cream machine (next to the fountain drinks)! I tried it and it wasn't so great but I'm sure the kids love it.
This is a small stand-alone restaurant but they make good use of the space they have.
We paid for two buffets with beverages and grabbed a styrofoam plate. They have both round and rectangular sectional styrofoam plates and plastic utensils on the counter stacked right next to the small buffet. That buffet held sides such as potato salad, sliced cranberries, jello, white rice and banana pudding amongst other choices. We got our drinks first and then claimed a table before going back to the buffet to fill our plates.
There's a good range of choices to choose from at the buffet station. There's fried chicken (obviously), chicken tenders, baked chicken, fried gizzards, fried fish and other foods that I couldn't tell exactly what they were because there were no labels. The usual sides were there such as mashed potatoes, both brown and white gravy, dirty rice, another rice dish, green beans, cabbage, corn, Mac-n-cheese and more. The yeast rolls that I was so looking forward to weren't as light and fluffy as I remembered. They seemed a bit oily and not as sweet. It just doesn't taste like it used to. They also had cornbread muffins mixed in on the same tray as the yeast rolls and these corn muffins had actual bits of corn in them. I didn't get a chance to taste any but my husband did and he liked it. The fried chicken was warm, crispy and tasted like it always did. It wasn't as flavorful as I usually like my fried chicken but it was good enough. They kept it stocked well and I didn't ever hear anyone asking for more of any certain pieces of chicken the whole time I was there. I noticed that they kept the buffet sections clean and filled the food trays frequently to keep a high amount of food on the buffets. I never saw any tray go low on food or saw any foods mixed up in other trays either (like what usually happens at buffets). They do a good job of making sure people have all the options right there on the buffet and don't have to ask for anything. They run this location well! I would definitely come back to this location. So the main points here are that they have many options to choose from on the buffets, they fill the trays often with food so it doesn't get low and most importantly, it's clean! read more