I am just making an observation here. This dining experience is something everyone needs to do at least once in their lifetime. Almost a kick the bucket list thing! The Les Grands Buffet tonight was in the top three of buffets in the world I have been fortunate to visit, as far as the high quality and flair goes. The Nikko Hotel in Vietnam and The Colony in Singapore are right up there with Les Grands. The wait staff are just amazing and super attentive. I cannot say enough about the food taste of the main courses and freshness of the seafood. The cheese selections (over 100 varieties) and the numerous gourmet desserts were insanely good. There are some great videos online that showcase the excellence of this restaurant. Overall, get a closeby hotel and go work out at nearby gym when visiting Les Grands buffet in Narbonne! read more

If you have ANY dietary restrictions, don't bother coming here, period, the end. My husband and I had been trying since August 2025 to get a reservation for 2 at Les Grands Buffet and after checking weekly and running into constant issues on their booking site, we finally snagged a Christmas Day booking for 8 PM. We rented a car and booked a hotel room and drove from Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain on Christmas Day just to eat here. We had seen the reviews online from people like Wolter's World and Mark Wiens on YouTube. We were excited to try this supposedly gigantic, fancy buffet in the South of France. Their website mentioned that they had options for dietary restrictions. We prepaid our meal when booking but drinks are not included, not even water. Whatever, European restaurants are annoying in that aspect. We arrived at the restaurant and found out it's attached to a bowling alley. We had to walk through some sort of disinfectant mister and then head inside. The person who walked us to our table spoke English and showed us to our seat. The seats were crammed together to the point a built in planter box was taking up half of my seat at the table. I had to sit with my chair at an angle to avoid being poked by the sharp corner of the planter. Despite seeing French speakers being given a tour, I was not. This has never happened at any high end buffet that I've visited, and I've been to them all as I live in Las Vegas. A chef has always come out and pointed out what I could and couldn't eat when I told the staff that I had celiac disease. I don't even need them to speak English. I understand pointing and "oui / non." I was handed an allergen binder and found out that ALL of the hot main dishes contained gluten. All of them. The only hot main dish I could have was a slice of beef with no sauce - even the mustard contained gluten. I carried the allergen binder into the appetizer section and had to look at the name of each item and see if I could find it in the binder (which is stressful) and only then choose the item. A staff member saw that I looked confused / stressed and told me in English that I could have all of these cheeses except 2 that she pointed to. She then asked me to take a photo of the allergen binder on my phone to look at while going through the buffet so that they could have the binder back. How about pointing out what I CAN eat so that I'm not having to stand around trying to figure it out? I was given a basket of sliced sandwich loaf as my gluten-free bread. Buffet is mostly cheese, cured meats and cold seafood. There really aren't even that many options, even if you have no medical dietary restrictions. Every Vegas resort buffet is larger than this one. It was such a disappointment. The dessert buffet has an ice cream station and at a certain time they stop serving desserts from a case. I pointed to the mini souffle in the case (to give to my husband because the lines were so long.) I was told that they're not longer serving it because it was too late, despite it being more than 15 minutes before the cutoff time. Service was horrible. I got a half lobster and our waitress never brought me a claw cracker after saying that she would. Plates piled up on our already cramped table. The cost of water was never told to us so we didn't want to order something without knowing the cost. It ended up only being a few euros which we paid for at the end of the meal. Unless you're planning to eat nothing but cheese, Spanish cured pork and some boiled seafood, don't bother if you can't eat gluten. My husband who had no dietary restrictions said that he didn't even like the hot dishes that he tried and that the meats tasted gamey. Visited: December 2025 read more

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I'm torn on how many stars to give this place... the food was good, but a buffet takes patience that I just don't have. I get overwhelmed by the lines and people and extremely grossed out by people licking their fingers after they serve themselves, which I did see done here once. In fact, that may have been when I stopped eating. The beef at the carving station was amazingly tender with 3 yummy sauces, well, we only tried two, but there were 3 options. I can safely assume all three were good, since I really liked two. I had the red wine sauce and my husband got the one they have in the bigger pan, I liked mine better. The main grill area where area you can only order 1 item at a time was good as well, but it takes some patience to keep getting in line. I had the scallop, cooked oyster and bone marrow. I wouldn't do the oyster again, but the other two were delicious. Having a table of 6, the group got many of the options and they really liked most of them. The cheese selection is amazing but the lines are soooo long. I love foie gras but I didn't wait in that line either. Grabbed a few raw oysters, which were good, because they were at the end of the line and easy to sneak in and grab. My husband loved the crab legs, they were strangely easy to open, he said. I got a yummy mustard sauce in this area that also went well with my beef. There were buffet stations that were never empty, but I didn't really grab more than mushrooms from there. Some friends got mussels with a cheese sauce in that area that were just ok, I tried one. I'm not a person to overstuff myself to "get my money's worth" so I didn't overeat. I had enough food. I was full at the end. I did grab a few desserts, they were bite size and good. The merengues were delicious. There was a cheese cake that was good. Luckily someone had taken a half slice so I took the other half. The chocolate mousse was very chocolaty. We ordered coffee at the end. Service was 5 stars!! Our server always took the dirty plates away while the person went up for more food. Someone always stayed at the table to ensure our belongings were safe. The €25 champagne was great. They had a deal if you bought 6 they would give you one free. While we were 6 people, we didn't drink that much. We had two cars, two drivers. Each bottle came with a sparkler, which was cute. I would give the food 4 stars. The ambiance 3 stars. While it was a great experience, glad we were invited, I don't think I would go back to Les Grands Buffets. I will come back to Narbonne! It's a super cute area. If friends want to go to the buffet, we'll join them for the trip, and. we'll enjoy the town and other restaurants next time. read more

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Came here on Thanksgiving day without a reservation and was extremely lucky . I was initially turned away, but waited around and begged and pleaded because I believed that there had to be a cancellation and or group who didn't have a full party come at the time . I was only one person in which helped me get in but it was a close call as it was fully packed . I waited an hour biting my nails to see if someone wouldn't show up and I got in just before the last service which is at 9:15 pm . The restaurant by the way closes at midnight but they start putting away food around 10:30 pm and the made to order stations ( hot food , crepes and ice cream bar closes around 10:50 pm /11pm ) . When I was told there was a place I felt like I hit the lotto honestly . I was told many times by people who work there that I was extremely lucky. when I entered the restaurant I was told congratulations in French ! Ha ! The atmosphere of the buffet is extremely classy ! Simply gorgeous ! There's even a fire place for God's sake ! Customer service was a 12 / 10 . Honestly the best customer service I had received so far in France . Honestly with the prices it's almost a budget Buffet but you are treated like you are dining at a world class restaurant. The food quality wasn't the best but it wasn't bad either as another yelper pointed out . Honestly, it's on par with the quality that you expect at any other buffet except that this place has much fancier options and the ambience is the nicest buffet you will ever have a chance to dine in . Also the fact that you could pretty much just eat lobster and caviar the entire time without a time limit is worth it . Honestly, I would give the food I had about a 6.9/7 out of 10 . Desserts were slightly better at a 8.1/10. The steak I had at the fresh carving station was one of the best hot items I had and it was actually a rare cut which says a lot ( 8.9 /10 ) . My favorite as far as desserts go was the fresh strawberries with the chocolate fondue station ( they have three types of chocolate sauces to choose from and were all delicious ) . I also love the ice cream bar . I loved the coconut ice cream that was served in a fabricated coconut shell and the canelle I had . The only thing I regret is ordering a cappuccino to finish off the meal as it wasn't that great, and I was also already extremely full . Honestly, definitely worth the visit if you can get a reservation . Please prepare and plan in advance . Reservations open one year before the date you want to dine ! read more

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This is the most amazing all-you-can-eat buffet in Europe (if not the world), with exceptional chefs preparing absolutely delicious French dishes: both at the Bistro level, and from Haute Cuisine. There's roasting meats, fresh shellfish, kettles of soups, and chafing dish after chafing dish of other French specialties being prepared in open kitchens right before your eyes. With a Spanish Jamon carving table (displaying at least three high grade Serrano and Ibérico hams), an order-ready crepe station, 100 types of gourmet cheeses (as if this were an artisan cheese shop), as well as freshly made desserts and patisseries having nearly a full room devoted just to them, this place is calorie heaven. But before you "Jack-Up" on cakes and tarts, make sure to hit the lobster-tower, the Raw Bar, the sauté station, the escargot table, and the charcuterie board, just to start you off. Needless to say, this is not your typical higher level Las Vegas or Cruise Ship buffet; even the best of them. It's more like six top tier French Restaurants in Paris made everything on their menus available for you to savor until you can't eat another delicious bite. And almost best of all is the made to order Chef's Menu of half a dozen gourmet dishes or more. Merely select your dish from the multi language menu and it will be prepared for you "tout suite", plated like a Michelin Star Restaurant would plate it. This option alone is worth more than the forty-eight or so US Dollars that the buffet costs, because you're allowed to order dish after dish after dish, as if you were dining in a fine restaurant with an endless budget. And if all you really want to do is pay your $48 and then eat $225 worth of food, just hover over the Foie Gras and the caviar tables with a big spoon before raiding the lobster tower, the crab trays, and the carpaccio & oyster bars. Just pile the food up onto as many plates as your arms can hold and tell the management that you haven't eaten in a month. Honestly, I don't know how this place even comes close to breaking even. There was SO MUCH High-End food here that we actually thought about coming back two days in a row just to try everything. However, I think it would take three days; at least. So if you are only here once, and you don't have two stomachs, make sure to save a little room in the one you've got for the pastries and the beautiful white ice-cream and gelato room where frozen specialty creations await. Situated in the picturesque city of Narbonne in southwest France, Les Grands Buffets is well worth the four hour highspeed rail ride down from Paris and a night in a hotel (to facilitate your food-coma). And if you are truly an avid "Foody" then hop back on the train the next morning and head a mere hour or so further southwest into Spain, for the culinary adventure of a lifetime in San Sabastian, where Hemingway learned to bullfight, and which offers some of the best Seafood and Tapas in the world. "Bon appétit" read more

If you expect quantity over quality, this is the right place to go. I came at 1:00 p.m., and they tend to do not replace the foods displayed on their buffets. As a result, you will get whatever remains. The meat, I was not able to cut it. The lobster should be called big shrimp due to its low quality and was overcooked. Don't get fooled by the desserts, they are factory made. Furthermore, at the local supermarket it tastes better. The only 2 foods that were somewhat acceptable were the cheeses and the foie gras. To summarize, this place, if you ever watched the French movie The Wing or the Tight, is what Tricatel is. Industrial disgusting junk foods. Please give yourself a favor, by adding an extra €20 to your budget since it would pay for a Michelin 1 or 2 stars chef read more

I am blown away by this place! Lovely staff, check! Amazing selection, check! Delicious tasting food, double check! Not only do they have a huge spread but they have chefs who cook your fish or steaks to scallops to perfection at your request. We ate like kings! read more

OMG. OMG. Let's just first put out there - over 75 different cheeses. 75 cheeses. Over 150 french pastries. 150 pastries. Plus a gelato bar, a hot french food buffet, and an entire charcuterie, foie gras, and seafood selection to make your head spin. Don't get me wrong - It's not a little french bistro and yes, I'm sure some of the food is less than great quality, but to get all of your French food fix in one place with wine at 3 - 6 euro a glass???!?!?!?! Thank you food gods for your bounty. read more

fresh, makes your stomach wants more, best place to eat in town. I'd recomend this hot spot to anyone whose traveling to a quaint place in south of france read more