Went there for lunch today and it was really good food. I'm not much of a buffet guy but I can't find one issue that was wrong. We were served by Kari and she was fantastic. I'll be back. read more

Wow, all the negative comments. My wife and I happened on this place yesterday. I'll have to say I enjoyed it very much, the food was not cold. There was plenty of it and plenty of choices. It was hard to decide on just one meal so I had a sample of several different things. It was all warm and tasty. The desserts were as advertised, just like grandma used to make. Even though we live an hour and half away, I would drive down there again to eat. read more

great place to eat and being a buffet a good choice of food. clean. I think people look at the buffet price and shy away, but the meat and two vegs is a great value. private parking but a little tight. read more

After reading an advertisement for the many buffet offerings at Plantations, we drove 135 miles, each way, to dine at this establishment. After checking the Sunday business hours, and seeing that the restaurant was open until 4PM, we felt confident in arriving at 2:45PM. There were 4 employees out front at a table on the building's "porch" smoking. Inside the restaurant, there were 3 occupied guest tables, one of which was just leaving. From the time we arrived, several employees were cleaning and sweeping up, looking like it was closing time. We were seated, and after placing our drink orders, were told to help ourselves. We made one trip to the hot bars, getting as much food as space and availability on the somewhat sparsely stocked buffets allowed. Shortly after our first trip, one of the buffets was closed and emptied. Service from our server, Jennifer, was alright, not stellar, but not bad. The food was alright, but as others have mentioned, not very well seasoned. In our opinion, the food was not worth the drive. The thing that ruined the experience for us though, was the constant cleaning and closing, more than an hour before the posted closing time. If you want to close at 2:30, that's fine by me...just put that time on the sign on the door. If you're going to stay open until 4PM, then stay open until 4PM. And putting a table by the BACK door for your employees smoking pleasure presents a much better image. read more

Food was awful...save your money and time..we ordered from menu and the server got our food off the buffet without using gloves. The whole purpose of ordering from the menu is so we don't have to eat food that everyone has reached over and possibly coughed all over. We will never go back....this app tells me I have to select a star to post this review So selecting one star even though it doesn't deserve one. read more

To say this restaurant is bad would be a understatement. First, starting with the outside, the sign advertising the restaurant does not fit nor is it appealing. The font is very bland and looks like the default Arial used in Word Processor which just goes to show the lack of effort the owners went into creating this restaurant. Also, the phone number is listed beneath the name, which is very strange for a restaurant to do. Some may confuse it for an office of some kind rather than a restaurant which makes it even more unappealing to eat at than it already is. Second, there's a different "Plantations" sign hung up on the entrance of the building, this one in fancy cursive writing which is perfectly fine, but why isn't THIS design the one being used for the sign that most people will see first, instead of the depressing one that is in use now? Nevertheless, you would think the fancy cursive would hint at the dining experience, but it was a depressing disappointment. Again, the waitress could not figure out a place to sit my family and I. Also, the food is completely and utterly inedible. Undercooked, bloody chicken and bland flavor all around. I would not feed this food to my dogs. Here, basic food handling etiquette is not followed. It's clear cleanliness is not a strong suit of these people. Furthermore, it is extremely overpriced for what it is - a buffett. The staff looked like extras from Deliverance and the only thing the cashier was missing was a banjo and doing a rendition of Dueling Banjos. Either the owners think it's a joke or they are absolutely clueless on how to run a business and stay in business. People are getting ripped off and I think they know that. This place will be out of business before most people know it was even here in the first place. I would rather there be an empty lot here than a horrible restaurant like this. What a waste of space. read more

The food was great!!! A southern and very family oriented atmosphere, we felt right at home!!! :-)

Was skeptical of trying this place usually not a fan of buffets but this one was worth the stop, it does have your typical items you can tell by looking at that aren't worth trying but item like the fried chicken cutlets, fried green tomatoes, fish cakes, are definitely worth it plus good catfish chicken livers and gizzards for a a buffet and most tender pulled pork I've ever had on a buffet, nice and clean on inside good service and prices and chocolate pudding cake for dessert read more

Food is delicious and of good quality and well worth the 30 minute round trip detour from I-40. However, is you chose to have a take out buffet option be mindful that you will be issued a litany of instructions, a waitress may monitor your buffet selections and you may be admonished for putting food in the wrong container of the two they issue you for the take out. read more

an 86 year old disabled army veteran was just refused a table up front and insulted by Plantation Restaurant Dickson Tn by being seated at the farthest table in the back of the place even after the family requested they be seperated just so he could sit at a front table, their response was no, the family of 6 had to sit there, they were not going to put tables together either,but in less than 20 minutes they did put the tables together for a younger healthier family up front!..shame on you Plantation for obviously being embarressed by an old veteran..this story is true..it happened to my family and army veteran father at 11am Easter..This is not an April Fools. read more

Have tried Plantation twice. Cracker Barrel was full the last time. Hostess' were super friendly! Food is advertised as fresh and not can. It was bland as grass both times and the meat portions were lacking in flavor and portions. Who wants half cooked chicken strips? Price is high for a meat and three which ends up a vegetable plate any way. Think I'll save it for the local diners. read more

My husband and I were excited that the restaurant had finally opened. We stopped by at 11:00am for lunch on Saturday. The excitement quickly turned into a BIG disappointment. 1. The food was bland and the chicken on the buffet was undercooked (blood running out of it). 2. People around us (more than 1 table) were complaining about the music being too loud. I politely informed our server to which she had it turned down. Thank you! 3. We were going to get a dessert and asked for a spoon for the cobbler and a slice from one of the uncut pies but were told all of the desserts were for dinner. I couldn't believe that the uncovered desserts were set out at 11:15am (not available to the lunch crowd) but to be served in the evening. I am sure the fly on top of the case would be crawling on them before evening. We spent $30 for bland food, no meat and no dessert. If not for the very pleasant server - this visit would have been a ZERO. First impression = first and last visit!!! read more

We get together with our friends from Humphreys County every month to celebrate birthdays or just for the joy of being together. We live in Sumner County so we meet in Dickson because it's about half way for us. We decided to try your establishment for a change. Not a good choice First of all the place is nice and our waitress was great. The selection was good BUT the food left a lot to be desired. The food was cold and it looked as if the food bar had not been restocked in a while. And the salad bar was a mess; I would not have eaten anything off the salad bar The white beans were under cooked and inedible. The only thing that was really edible was the boiled shrimp and the sauce. But there again there was only a few shrimp in the container and we ended up dividing those up among those of us that like shrimp The desert bar was okay; i got the peach cobbler and I had mostly crust and about three peaches with a LOT of liquid in the tiny container that it was in. The liquid was running over the sides But the ice cream was good! All in all it was a very bad experience for all of us and we were VERY dissatisfied and WOULD NOT recommend the place to anyone. We WON'T be back. I'm just sorry that we didn't get up and walk out when we discovered all the food was cold. But we went ahead and tried to eat the cold food and it was hard to have to pay for something so awful. It was certainly not worth what we had to pay There are too many restaurants in Dickson that serve GOOD HOT food and you had better pay attention to all the bad reviews you are getting or you are going to be out of business soon. Yes I did read the reviews and only wish i had read them BEFORE I went. I will wish you good luck and hopefully you will do what it takes to bring your place up to par where people will WANT to come back. It does have a lot of potential, but only if some drastic changes are made, read more