Hands down best food in Birmingham! After several failed attempts at good and affordable food I…read morealmost gave up; I found this quaint restaurant in an article published by a local newspaper, and decided to give it a try. This place is a GEM. Ms. Gabriella saved me from malnutrition! Seriously, I was having tough time enjoying most of the food spots. But this was all around delicious. Ambiance=down home, think family style home. But the bonus is there is a museum next door. It wasn't open I'll check it out next time! Service = Friendly, patient, respectful and helpful. Everyone was so charismatic and engaging I felt like how you want to feel visiting distant cousins except here I got good vibes all around and could smell that the food would actually taste like it's supposed to! Parking = Easy safe and free my kind of pull up. Price = ridiculously affordable! Now food. Here's where it gets interesting. They cool the meals in the kitchen and keep it stocked up front for purchase. You can dine in or take out. Because everything is homemade style in hand crafted batches once it's gone it's gone until the next day. There are so many things to pick from because all of it is visually appealing so your eyes water and your tummy wonders to the point you're bound to get something extra. Do it. It's worth it! I had the fried chicken, Mac n cheese, string beans, and this collards and cornbread pie I had never ever seen or heard of. I also added a side of baked chicken and peach cobbler with a lemonade and a cup of ice water. That pie was so good I almost cried when it was gone. The chicken was crunchy but juicy even when i reheated some later. The baked chicken was so well seasoned and had a robust flavor of herbs not salts. All the sides were well balanced in texture and palette. And the peach cobbler was surprisingly really good without a lot of crust which is usually a turn off for me but not this place! I highly recommend grabbing a delicious meal if your like me and prefer good or great food.

My first time at Gabriella's was recently. This place gets really busy..... fast! When I arrived,…read more there were about 2 ppl already present and ordering at the hot bar. It's kind of hard to tell what all the food options are, so I had to ask what some stuff was. I managed to get a meat and 2 instead of a meat and 5! There were quite a few veggie options that looked amazingly delicious! I do not recommend coming here hungry or hangry. Ok, sooo I love meat loaf so naturally that's what I got. I also got collards and cornbread dressing & yes they had cranberry sauce. Everything was good tasting. The meatloaf was a little sweet to my taste so I probably wouldn't order it again. The veggies were not over seasoned or overcooked. I will definitely comeback here bc there is still just so much I wanna try. The staff is nice and took care of the crowd. I even witnessed them give a person in need food, as they were about to dig in the restaurant's garbage can outside for scraps. Made me count my blessings.. all of them! There is street parking only. I didn't have any issues parking on a Sunday afternoon. The inside of this restaurant is not big but I was comfortable dining in.

Great service, fair pricing, okay food…read more My wife and I were craving Chinese buffet after watching one too many episodes of Mullet Review and decided to hit up New China Buffet while in Birmingham. Weekday lunch buffet is $12.99 per adult. They had a fairly large selection of typical Chinese buffet options (i.e broccoli chicken, lo mien) American options (i.e pizza, fried chicken) and desserts (i.e. cake, ice cream, popsicles). Our server was attentive, ensuring our drinks were full and table cleared. Restaurant was clean and food was hot. Sadly, none of the flavors had us excited. Even the crab rangoon filling was bizarrely sweet. The one item I went back for seconds was their donuts. Overall, not overly regretful I gave this place a try but wouldn't visit again.

Although I have never dined here, my dad likes to get a takeout box from here and bring me their…read morefood to try. He usually loads it up with all the meats! Chicken skewers, shrimp, beef, you name it! Their veggies are also pretty good, and he sometimes brings dessert and eggrolls too.

Yep. We done made it back to the KING'S!!!! It's crowded and we have been sat back in the back in…read morekiddie land. Children and food is EVERYWHERE! But, everybody is nice. The bar is full of food and that's why we here. We are a party of 5, tasting everything. My favorite today is the sugar covered donuts. Yum. Y'all already know, my family will keep coming to King's until it's over! Thanks for the good service!. I'll be back!

Buffets...a special kind of place where all shame gets left out the door only to be stuffed like a…read moreThanksgiving turkey until the body is ready to burst. With all the trash talk about them, much of the world has a special affinity for these establishments nonetheless, whether it's a grand Las Vegas buffet brunch, an extravagant all you can eat feast in Dubai or a place like the King Buffet in Pelham, a countryside low cost, high volume spot to feed the masses of the blue collar class. King Buffet opened in 2023 in a space formerly occupied by Golden Corral. It's pleasantly renovated and as clean as an establishment can be for a buffet concept. There are all the classics here and a few nice extras, like crab. The seafood at King Buffet is plentiful, but to be fair, not particularly good. The crawfish are somehow extremely tasteless, not because they are not spiced, but they just don't taste like crawfish. That's something I've never encountered before. The coconut shrimp is subpar. Mongolian beef is very loosely reminiscent of beef. With that said, all the dishes are not bad either, they are just not great. Where King Buffet shines is the service, with extremely attentive wait staff and superb cleanliness that results from that. As a whole, it does justice to this category of food and there is absolutely no reason to pass by if craving a buffet style meal.

We travel to Birmingham once a month with our parents. We always go to golden corral. The phone…read moresaid the close at 9 pm. The door said 8:30pm. The doors were locked bc the carpet cleaners were there. The cashier got the manager. He opened the door for us to come in after 1 person said no. Roy Miles, the manager said to come on in and don't worry about anything. The waitress was very sweet and never changed her attitude. She was so sweet. She sent us a bag of cookies and smiled and gave me a big hug. I hope we tipped her good. We also gave the manager a tip bc the register was already shut down. Mr. Roy Miles and Ms. Lodi were so nice, even though they should have been closing. Their attitude was so amazing. Everyone needs people like that they work with or have working for them. They are wonderful souls. Thank you for sharing them with us. Thank you so so much. Jen and Terry Green Jasper, Al jengreen75@yahoo.com

06/14/26 We had a wonderful meal today at Golden Corral in…read moreHoover around 12:43 p.m. The food was great, and the service was excellent. Our waitress, Karin, was amazing. She gave us excellent service, checked on us to make sure we were enjoying our meal, and made us feel truly welcome. She was friendly, attentive, kind, and professional. Nothing was missing from the service -- everything she did was right in our eyes. Rebecca L., the cashier, was also very friendly. Lottie stopped by to say hello, Teresa recognized us and waved, and the manager was very nice and waved at us too. This Golden Corral has a warm, welcoming feeling. You feel like they are glad to see you and that they really want you to come back. That means a lot. Great food, great service, and great people. God bless ! Mark and Tim Elders

Really great food. I've never been disappointed at the White House Restaurant. Staff is awesome…read moretoo. You can't go wrong with this choice. Hard to find great home cookin.

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this place on Yelp. The food is amazing! The servers are extremely…read morefriendly too. I absolutely loved the chicken and dressing. The portion sizes are huge. I also had butter beans & turnip greens as my sides. This is definitely a good spot for some comfort food for your soul. Don't skip the sweet tea because it is excellent as well! The ambience is casual , cafeteria style line, and you seat yourself. No frills. Highly recommend White House Restaurant!

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Over all good, it's buffet so take it at the my favor the catfish . Staff was nice and keep drinks…read morefilled.

The preparation, cleanliness and service at this location is above and beyond stellar. It's evident…read morethat they care about their customers in every area from dine in to take out.

I recently stopped by Shoney's in Clanton, Alabama and had a mixed experience overall. I ordered…read morethe baked spaghetti, chicken tenders, a garden salad, and bread. The baked spaghetti was very good, well baked with plenty of flavor and the fried chicken tenders were also tasty and cooked just right. The bread was perfect: warm, soft, and easily one of the highlights of the meal. Unfortunately, the garden salad didn't live up to the rest of the food. The vegetables tasted like they had been sitting mixed together for a while, almost as if they'd been combined days earlier, so the individual flavors were hard to distinguish. The staff were pleasant and polite, though the service felt a little low-energy. On the positive side, the price was decent and fair for the amount of food. Overall, some items were definitely enjoyable, especially the baked spaghetti, chicken tenders, and bread, but the salad and slightly bland service kept the experience from being outstanding.

Very reminiscent of a Cici's Pizza. Perhaps it took over the space!…read more Like a Cici's, they also have a salad bar, marinara pasta (with and without meat), soup of the day, and many kinds of pizza including savory & sweet. They also take orders of ones not available on the floor (like Cici's). There are pizza flavors I haven't seen before at other pizza buffets though - Mac n' cheese and buffalo chicken for example. Not to add another compare & contrast, but one last thing - there's even an arcade that reminds me of the chain pizza buffet.

I was super excited to try this place because it has pretty good reviews... unfortunately it was on…read morethe same level as cicis pizza. It was extremely busy but a pretty good price and they kept the pizzas coming. The pizzas tasted low quality and the place was a bit dirty. I may go back but it would not be a go to place.

let's be honest: if you want super elite chinese or japanese food, you'd go to sekisui or maybe red…read morepearl. You're here to eat fried stuff, and lots of it. won tons and rice and fried donuts and maybe some cheap sushi and then more fried donuts, right? Well, this is the place. Decent prices plus, yes, they literally have a hibachi and you can select your meats to be cooked on it (though I have not done it yet). It's got lovely etched glass and glittering fluorescent colored chandeliers and is probably the only cheap chinese buffet i've visited that could be described as 'glitzy', so that counts for something too. Not the best food EVER but, for a buffet, it's pretty darn good.

My family has been coming to this restaurant for years and I thought I'd already reviewed it!…read more This is one of the better Chinese buffets I've been to. The sushi is normally pretty fresh, and you can occasionally even find eel! (My fave!) There is also an area where you can choose your protein and veggies and have them cook it fresh for you. The rest of the buffet is typical Chinese fare, from sesame and general tso chicken to fried rice and egg drop soup. Some of my favorite items here are the coconut shrimp and the black pepper chicken...I could make a meal out of these alone!! The staff is always friendly and efficient and the restaurant is fairly clean. All in all, a great value for the price!

The service is amazing he gave us a free kid discount and he knew my sis actually age this place is…read moreamazing I love my server

My husband and I go to Cullman Golden Corral quite often. Is it the best place to eat? No, but we…read morecan always have what we want. Although, I have to tell you, last week and this week have been extremely disappointing. Last week, when we were standing in line behind four other families, the cashier, another lady and a male (who was on the phone) were totally preoccupied with the fact that a bus was coming in. When we finally got our plates and sat down, we never saw our waitress again. A group of waitresses were blocking off tables and preparing for the bus. Today, we went in around 5 pm. The bar was not stocked and the air conditioner didn't work. This is two weeks in a row, and we are VERY disappointed.