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.

Good southern food on a Sunday afternoon while visiting. Couldn't tell from the Yelp pictures but…read moreit's a really small restaurant with food displayed buffet style behind the clear partition that they serve you in a container. Only about 3 people at a time can hold inside before it's starts getting crowded. It stay pretty busy. Options are 1 meat with two sides or 2 meats with three sides combination. A la cart is available as well. They have ice tea or lemonade drinks in a cup that they also serve you. Lemonade was good. There's a very small counter to pay after you order. Fry chicken is tasty with perfect crisp. Collard greens were seasoned well and perfect texture. Yams (my favorite) was perfect - flavorful, not too sweet and firm but not hard. Both of us thought the Black eyed peas looked really good but taste bland. I would have preferred it without the Okra. I didn't see that when I ordered. One in our group commented the meat loaf was good. The dressing was really good too - well seasoned and tasty. After paying there's a dining area for self seating. It serves the purpose to sit and eat but definitely could use sprucing up along with the restrooms. Please seriously consider! It would make the experience much more pleasant to enjoy their delicious food. I took off two stars for that reason and yes it's that unpleasant as the tables/chairs are also too clustered together. The chairs don't fit around the table properly. Overall good southern food at a reasonable price and recommended. Skip dining in if you don't have too. Just my two cents.

Food was awful, bland. Didn't even eat anything on my plate, still had to pay. Would not come here…read moreagain.

We've been here a couple of times and overall, it's pretty average food. If you're looking for a…read morelot of food at a reasonable price, this is the place!

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.

My first review of this place was right when it opened. Now that it's been open for a bit, I felt…read morelike it was time to update my thoughts. The highlight of this restaurant is definitely the Mongolian Grill (you choose from a bar of raw ingredients and they cook it up for you). Pretty much all the pre-done buffet meats were pretty dry and you could tell they had been sitting under a warmer for quite some time. The side dishes were good, but nothing that "knocked it out of the park". Service was good! The restaurant itself seemed pretty clean and the ambiance was pretty on par with that buffet places. Overall, we came here for the grill, not the pre-done stuff. It was just ok - nothing amazing, but nothing bad.

It's ladies night and the Matriarch picked The Golden Coral!( yep Coral that's what I calls it). We…read moreare a party of 5 and yes we got everything, BEANS, GREENS, POTATOES TOMATOES , LAMB, RAMS, HOGS, MAWS, CHICKEN, TURKEY, RABBITS! YOU NAME IT!! We ate it! Service was great! We heard about Billy's sickness, so we tipped!

I grew eating at Golden Corral traveling with HBCU bands as a dance girl. I recently visited this…read morelocation out of nostalgia. Despite my taste buds progressing to Michelin restaurants and Shangri-La Hotels/restaurants, I will never forget where I come from and that's Golden Corral after every away game on the weekends during football season! The food still tastes exactly as expected and wow the ice cream machine always works!

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!

Yelp! The White House I love is back. We are a group of 5 and decided to eat Sunday dinner here,…read moreINSIDE. Haven't done that in a Long time. First off, your staff is friendly as ever and it's close to time to shut it down after the Sunday rush. Wendy and Stephanie is holding it down. They working like y'all just opened up. Thanks ladies! Now on to this food, cause this is why we here. I got my God Sister with me today. She is a picky foodie cook, but could hardly make her mind up here. She got chicken and dressing, hamburger steak, Mac and cheese and green beans. This gull hungry and trying to get everything. (She's a newbie) . Bae got his usual, Chicken and dressing, turnips, butter beans and sweet potato casserole. Mommy got fried shrimp with a baked potato and turnips. Deedee got grilled shrimp with a baked potato and green beans. I got chicken and dressing with Mac and cheese and green beans. This stuff here good like it used to be. Y'all back! I don't need no fancy tables, no nice table cloths and dressed up waitresses, I know where to go when I want that. I want this down home, yo cousin tried to cook it like grandma used to, soul food! Bam, White House got it. I'll be back.

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

The salad bar is outstanding . Large selection of toppings for garden salad and choices of slaw,…read morepotato salad, crab salad , dressings are ready available , selection of cheeses , sliced fresh vegetables. Items are rotated and always fresh and full. This is why I go as many places no longer maintain or offer cold salad bars .

Service is outstanding. The buffet,in my opinion,is small. But the food is fresh and delicious…read more Price is fair.

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.

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!

This place is terrible. Literally the worst buffet I've ever been too. Everything tastes like…read moreleftovers that have been microwaved. Beyond bad, don't go.

The vegetables were watered down like sitting all day water added. The salad bar was ok . The…read morecatfish excellent fresh hot . The steak was very good. Glasses kept full. The desert bar was lacking but ice cream delicious.

I'm not usually one to like buffets but this one was an exception, my reasoning for not liking them…read moreis that they're usually dirty, low quality food, unappetizing and not very fresh, this one was none of those. The bars were all well stocked and a huge selection of everything from salad bar to dessert and the price was not any more than what one dish would have cost elsewhere. The service was on point too, glasses were kept full. Excellent restaurant and I will be back, I hope they keep doing what they're doing now.