Buffet Land

This place is now closed.
I don’t care what other people say but I used to like going here for BBQ. Cheap and pretty good. I could get and pick my own meat, side dishes and desserts. No waiting for the waitresses to bring you meats and trying to finish the whole plate.
3 stars!
Buffet Land was yummylicious!

This was my first experience with all-​you-​can-​eat Korean BBQ and boy was it a doozy. At $ 25 per person, I was a little shocked but just went with it. The central food area is sunken below the dining area, creating a massive Korean buffet smackdown arena. I stuffed myself to the gills and still probably didn’t eat $ 25 worth of food but whatever. The experience was interesting. As usual, you get all your own meat and cook it on a communal table grill. The meat is good and everything else is a little creepy and somehow familiar, but you just have to try everything. My party was the only non-​Korean group there so I guess it’s fairly authentic.
Go with friends for an intriguing, foreign experience.

I will miss this place. Check this out:

I only go to Korean buffets if I’m invited there after a funeral. As you can imagine, someone passed away, so passed through the doors borne along with everyone else wearing black.
I know that going to a buffet after a funeral is rather traditional, but let it be known here than when I finally go to meet my maker, I’m going to leave instructions that the post-​funeral meal is going to be done up RIGHT. NO creepy sushi, NO slimy chapchae, NO freaky kalbi, etc. I’m sending my mourners someplace cool and tasty– haven’t decided where yet, but it sure won’t be Buffet Land. Oog.

Went here with an enormous Korean group after a funeral. The entranceway from the parking lot is really pretty; ponds and plants. The inside is crazy ’cause it’s a giant buffet and full of people.
This is a difficult place for me to review because I’m vegetarian, which ain’t so Korean, and as mentioned by other Unilocalers, food isn’t labeled, so I figured I’d rather be safe than sorry… which ended up in a VERY limited lunch for me: steamed rice, a couple pieces of pan-​fried tofu, edamame, overripe watermelon. Not exactly satisfying.
There was a surprising amount of sushi and sashimi, besides all sorts of other dishes, which seemed arranged not according to any plan, so far as I could tell. The fans for the table grills didn’t really seem to work; the part of our group who were grilling meat in a smaller side room clouded the room with smoke, and I smelled like meat for a couple hours (delightful) after leaving the restaurant.
My Korean friend said usually Korean restaurants specialize in a certain dish, but this one just gives a shot at everything, so none of it was really good. He gave it one step above Sizzler. Ouch. Most of the guests seemed happy enough. There were almost no desserts, I definitely would’ve liked more of those. At least it would’ve given me more variety for lunch.

Lets complete this review with the full story– let you in on the little secret of why I was in such a foul mood even prior to entering this facility.
you know that cutesy game ’ secret santa’, freqently done with co-​workers or large families? well, it was the first time my office was doing this exchange and we were set to go out to dinner to share in some holiday cheer. Being a cheery holiday person (actually this is a stretch, I’m more of a grinch trying hard to be cheery) I went in search of a gift for my SS because I wasn’t going to be ‘that person’ who gave the dreaded gift card. I found the perfect gift, wrapped it up and kept it in the trunk of my car so I wouldn’t forget.
the day arrived for the office SS/​dinner and I was excited because I finally decided to get into some type of holiday mode and cheer and thought I had picked a pretty darn good gift for my SS.
And HE DIDN“T SHOW TO THE DINNER. DIDN“T ANSWER HIS CELL PHONE. DIDN“T SHOW UP TO WORK THE NEXT DAY (had to go to some business meeting elsewhere) and then our vacation kicked in so I wouldn’t be seeing him for a while. I spoke to my boss, not mention of the SS exchange, as if it was forgotten after that dreadful day.
And then to top it all off… we showed up at Buffet land. On with the review:
I don’t know what was worse– the time I spent eating here or the time I spent the day after eating here with a raging stomach ache.
The saddest part is that this place seems have so much potential… if they would just clean and remodel. Its all broken down a dirty and they don’t label the food!!! come on!
ps I tried to return the gift I bought my SS and since I had a gift reciept I couldn’t get my money back– just a store credit… and it was a store I wouldn’t even shop at !!! ugh!!!

We first discovered this place several years back. It was really good back then because of its reasonable price, good quality food and nice settings.
However, we went back there last week for the first time in a long time and I was disappointed. The settings are still there but look dirty and ill-​maintained. The price has been raised to ouragous $ 23.99 for the same food of years ago. I remember it was 16.99 or 17.99 for dinner back then. There was one crazy bus boy that didnt seem to care about customers while he was collecting plates. The Garvy tasted really bad, blend and plain. All in all, the food is not worth $ 23.99 per person.
On a side note, this place used to be packed with cars in the parking lot. There was velet park service for a buck. Now, on a sunday evening, the lot was empty. It’s time for the owner to think about what went wrong.

I came here for my friend’s bday last weekend. Three guys who like to eat… of course they’d choose a buffet! No one had been here before, so we just took a suggestion from the bday boy’s mom and came here.
Upon entering, I thought to myself, «THIS is the front entrance?!» I entered through the golden doors, only to find myself in an off-​white (code: dingy) office filled with 90’s era computers, phones, and chairs. (I later found out this isn’t the main entrance, go through the parking lot for the ‘real’ entrance. I’d just like to point out though — I wasn’t the only one who made this mistake, I had other friends who came in the same way I did). Against my better judgment, I proceeded to the main dining room. Once all my friends finally got there, we looked at each other quizzically. The waiters and waitresses saw our befuddlement, but no one came over to offer instructions. So we just got up, walked the buffet line, and hoped out grills would miraculously turn themselves on.
We didn’t notice the sign that said «$ 7 extra charge for leftover food» until AFTER the guys loaded up their plates with ridiculous amounts of food. Oye. We made our way back to the table, and started grilling our meats. After my first taste, I knew this wasn’t quality food. What could we do though? We had to keep eating. We had all that food and my friends wouldn’t dream of paying seven whole extra dollars.
The quality of the food here is sub-​par. It’s my own fault, actually. I’ve been to Chosun Galbee before, and the meats at Buffet Land simply can’t compare. Maybe if I would have gone to Buffet Land first, then I wouldn’t have been disappointed. Maybe.
Lesson of the day: I should have insisted on paying the $ 7 penalty in order to avoid eating mass quantities of low-​quality food.

We arrived at 7:30pm, and pulled up to the complimentary valet parking since it was getting late, and we didn’t want to drive around to find street parking.
The first thing you see when you enter their entrance is a nice japanese garden, complete with what looks like water fountains and nicely trimmed trees, etc. From the first look of the buffet area, it looks pretty grand. It was a very spacious buffet with a lot of variety, more so than Feedable Buffet. However, I realized two things right away:
1. I’m not a big fan of a lot of the foods that they offer (i.e. sushi, seafood)
2. Their meat selection is limited
I started eating some random warm foods while the thin slices of meat were being grilled. I didn’t find any particular dish appetizing at all. When I finally tried the bulgogi, it was non-​marinated and dry. I went and got some sesame oil and salt, and created my own dipping sauce… and it wasn’t that much better. Everyone was all into their sushi and sashimi so nobody really dug into the korean bbq meats until later.
Half way thru the meal, I went and picked up this roll of meat that was wrapped around a big bone. I had no idea what it was (note: nothing was labeled over here) so I just decided to give it a try. It turned out it was one of the most tender (although unmarinated) galbi I’ve ever had. I think that was the highlight for me, altho’ it’s pretty sad considering they had so much variety. I also had their fried rice which was really good because they used sushi rice so it was moist and soft, just the way I like it.
Overall, everyone agreed that if you want korean bbq meat, go to Manna. Not only is the atmosphere better over there, but the meats are better and the cost is less. Each of us (who did not drink beer) had to pay $ 25 out the door, and that’s with their 10% off coupon. I don’t think I’ll ever go back there again unless I’m really craving their galbi and fried rice.

if you want never ending piles of korean style beef and kimchee, this is the place to come!
the quality is okay, but if money’s an issue and you are really hungry, try it out! you just might like it!