About $20 (not including tip) for Friday night dinner. Pretty standard American buffet fare. Everything that was supposed to be hot was hot, and everything that was supposed to be cold was cold. My med-rare steak was hard to eat, but guess what, it’s a buffet, so when something isn’t right, you get to spin the wheel again. Medium steak was perfect. Popcorn shrimp was killer. Ribs. Fell. Off. The. Bone. Compliments to the grill master. My advice would be to go earlier than 6:30. When things ran out, they didn’t get replaced. So no carrot cake (my favorite dessert). Thankfully there were dozens of other tasty desserts to choose from. You’re not going to leave hungry. This was my first time at a Golden Corral, and I wasn’t disappointed. It reminds me of Ryan’s Steakhouse, back when those were a thing. I would absolutely return. But it’s going to take me a few weeks to get out of this food coma first!

At first glance, it looked like it was safe and clean to eat. after getting the first plate of food, people have no regard for public safety. Guest are supposed to use the provided gloves to serve themselves food, most people ignored that. People were walking around and sneezing without masks on.. the staff was great and are doing the best they can.. food tasted great.. my only problem is that they are not enforcing the mask mandate or the usage of gloves.

Enjoyed a Veterans Day dinner at a later date (4/8/21). Restaurant is set up as per state regulations. I appreciate this place doing a Veterans Day dinner despite theyre losses due to COVID. So long as you dont mind using a plastic glove to serve yourself, Golden Corral is what it used to be. I must also mention the how dedicated and motivated the staff is. You never see them group together. They are always on the move.

A perfect place to eat with the family. respectful staff, very tasty and hot food, and above all they follow the sanitation rules. recommended 💯%

Food is definitely not worth the price maybe would have been better if there wasnt flies everywhere there are definitely better buffets out there for a better price

To my surprise the steak I got from here was very tender and good. Overall the food here is good and a good value.

All of there drinks tasted like chlorine, services were okay, a lot of way they can improve

We came for dinner after a full day at water park. It was great for hungry kiddos - they each had lots of food options, so everyone felt like they won. Nice to be able to get food so quickly before they became hangry. Great value - especially compared to Great America or Great Wolf Lodge options. The pot roast was great, too!

Food was awful. Looked/Tasted old. Steaks was burnt

Not bad for having restrictions still. Food was fresh and hot, buffet was full consistently. Workers were nice, it was nice to enjoy the buffet after all thats gone on in the world. We will be back!

Getting pretty expensive. Good quality food service good

Took my kids chicken fish french fries and pizza was fresh and good. My sister loved the steak and they gave you an abundance of it. It was very busy both days but worth it well go back again when I visit six flags.

The food was very good. Wide selection of things on the buffet lines.

The staff is not so friendly and getting a refill is almost non existent. The food is not maintained very well all deserts are consistently out and be very careful when drinking any milk if they have any at all as they serve chocolate and white milk past expiration dates for the price and selection Id say your better off finding another option.

This Golden Corral should be shut down temporarily until they do a deep cleaning. This was by far the filthiest location Ive ever been to. Upon entering, it smells of musty, stale carpet. The carpet is stained and is well overdue for a shampooing. The ceilings and vents are filled with dust. My fried chicken tasted as if it had been cooked in dirty grease. If the front facing areas are poorly maintained, I dont even want to imagine what the actual kitchen looks like. I do not recommend!

Gloves available to take your food, overall a nice amount of food choices, mostly warm. Desserts were a bit of a let down but there was a Slurpee and soft serve ice cream machine, pretty nice.For what youd expect out of a buffet, its pretty fine.

At the first moment you enter this restaurant team give you a pleasant feeling. Very hospitable team, it is a happy place to go out with friends and colleagues or with your date. very good cuisine, specialist chef de cuisine, competitive price and professional service. Highly recommended.

Everything here was just bad. The floors, the bathrooms, the counters where the food was being place, it was dirty.That food was really bland. The steaks were to chewy.The soup containers had dry up soup.Definitely pass on this place.

They have cut back on their choices. No beets or no shrimp. Everything I chose was very good. Very fresh salad.

I love the Golden corral I have been to 3 different ones in the last couple of months this one is pretty good. Got a chance to see the manager as he greeted us. The waitress was fairly good kept cleaning tables. The food was great. I would recommend this.

Shawanda,I believe was her name she was nice and attentive. My family enjoyed our visit. Everyone was real nice.

Really decent buffet with something for everyone. Reasonably priced with lots of choices in meats, fish, veggies, salads, soups, and desserts. Tender Steaks cooked to your liking. Lots of desserts to choose from with the kids favorite chocolate fountain. A variety of drinks with refill service performed by your table host or hostess. 🤗

Went here with my friends last month when we went to six flags and everything was really good the food was amazing!! The staff were very friendly and helpful! I will be back when I go to six flags again forsure!

Highly disappointed. The entire restaurant where food was dirty. Lets talk about the dessert station. I am a pastry chef and I know the health code. CHANGE YOUR GLOVES. Using dirty dishes to mix cake in??? And use a dirty whisk too?? No Im good on all the dessert. Then didnt change your gloves from mixing raw cake batter to putting ready to eat food on your line? No gross. I wont be visiting here again.

Some food was old. Good service. Cooked steak was very good.

Good variety of foods. The mexican style was ok. The oriental foods not good. Deserts were fine. I recomend the bread puding.

DO NOT RECOMMEND.The staff were personable and overall attentive despite being under staffed. The food was horrible. We went for lunch there after checking out of the great wolf lodge. We extremely regret it. Everything was incredibly salty, or tasted old. NOT FRESH. The dishes were not clean. When we got one we had to double check and see if they were clean. Sprite was flat, I saw a gentleman approaching the gravy trays. I assumed he was going to switch it out. All he did was pour additional water into the tray and mix it up. My family easily spent $150 here and it was not worth it at all.

I love this place! Food is always good and the employees are great!

Usually come here time to time but Someone drank from my cup when I got here

Its was good that in 3 plates i was full but there wasnt really to much to pick from. There was a seafood section, a meat section, and some others but overall the food was great

This place is not the same. We didnt even think about going due to COVID, but then realized we may be able to order some of our favorite foods to go, so we did. Our experience started off with our food being significantly later than we were told it would be ready.The rolls were great, but that is the extent of the good out of our whole experience.The ham wasnt bad in spots, but some spots were so dry they hurt our mouths to bite into.The chicken we ordered was so salty, it burned our tongues (2 adults, 2 children at this, all had the same experience). Our tongues still hurt the next day.The pasta we ordered was so watery, it didnt have flavor!This used to be a go-to place for our large family, but unfortunately, we wont be going back for a good while, if at all. Its sad, but this was not the type of experience we were hoping for.

Disgusting, food had no taste, dry or burnt and thats from what was available because they had nothing! Interacted with 3 employees, 2 were rude. Asked for steak received a chunk of fat with meatball size piece of meat. 2 stars for the server because she was nice

The food was good. But, for some reason, my 11yo daughter cost as much as my 18yo son. They were out of a lot of the food and the staff was fairly grumpy.

The stuff was nice and friendly. But the place overall was disgusting. Dirty, no food to choose from, no chocolate fountain either. But the worst thing was that there was no soap in the women’s bathroom. No. Soap. At the buffet. Where everyone serves themselves at the station. I think we might have got sick there. Will be reporting it to the health department first thing tomorrow.

What can I say that had not been said already. Is one and only American Soul food king Golden Corral. Next time I will go there, I will borrow two stomachs empty to enjoy the food. Its a privilege to have that. You can get a little bit of every food from down South to West across Mexico. True story. But I did enjoy it. 😋😋

Not so gd at least 4 me had only alot of sweet meat and no pastas kids more like a kids buffet not going there again

Dirty tables, we sat at the last clean table the place wasnt even busy. not one time did a server refill my partys drinks. Literally everyone eating here refilled their own drinks. The food was less favorable than usual. Sorry to say it seems my favorite place to pig out has went to slop.

Great place. Very sanitary. You use gloves when you pick up your food, and have to wear masks. They definitely take covid-19 considerations. Tables are far apart, service was fantastic. Staff as friendly as well. We will definitely come back.

Food ok service needs improvement need more help

Great service. Food was really good and a variety to choice from. My only complaint was the bathroom was gross and floor was sticky.

I mean, its a buffet... so yeah, load up. Im just sayin tho, Im still thirsty from the salty everything.They have a slushee machine now, which is neat!

Food was amazing, bathroom’s were disgusting, broken soap containers. Staff were told, instead of cleaning just got a broom. Was filthy and dirty

The whole restaurant was dirty from the stations to the floor. Staff had attitudes and no manager on site. The bathrooms were disgusting. Not worth the money spent.

They have implemented new measures of safety and I can say I felt pretty good eating at a buffet after the pandemic

Horrible to come during a pandemic. People not wearing masks right if they have any at all. Worker in the front doesn’t even wear it right. People licking their fingers then grabbing more food. Food is salty as well. The star really is for our waiter. He was soooo sweet And very attentive! Neftalí thank you!

The food was not tasty at all. Most of the items contain pork, which was a disadvantage for me. In some cases, they dont need to add pork, but still, they added. Deserts are also not that tasty. Overall ~17 with tax is not worthy to eat in here..

Visiting from out of town. Second time eating here this week. First Time was great. This time not so much. Food not as good as first time.

The establishment its self was fine. What wasnt fine was this was the first time Ive been to a restaurant since this wonderful pandemic came upon us.I was very skeptical about everything cause everyone was running around like this was their last meal.I didnt even as much have a plate in my hand yet & I wind up with some women that looked like she was cracked out, rushing towards me.. with no mask. My boyfriend must have seen something was wrong cause he came over & intercepted me from her & started asking me if I was ok. Went to sit & it was full blown panic attack. The bf was ready to leave.After I was able to calm down, dinner was beautiful & so was our server

Very clean,friendly and reasonably priced! YUM!!!

These guys are doing it right. Gloves and social distancing. And staff that are super helpful. Great experience.

The food was good

Manager and staff are to notch. They make sure you have a nice meal and enjoy your time there. Food is really good as well. Great value!

Love it lots of different dishes hummm.

This place was awful. A lot of people working there who didnt speak good English. It was challenging to get what we wanted. I finally left didnt finish my meal which was awful anyways.

Fried chicken was raw!!! Service was rude. Restaurant was dirty!!! Spent 90 bucks on food that was pretty uneatable. Had to get up to get refills myself on drinks

Excellent food, really sweet staff and a nice atmosphere!Thank you!

Needs A good update, used to come here a lot but now it feels disgusting. The server was helpful,

I paid 20 dollars for just me and my son, so if I split it it’s ten dollars each. You get what you pay for, but I will say this, they don’t really care how the food is on the trays that are being served and they tend to have flies flying around the food sometimes. I would have at least have thought it would be a little cleaner.

This place has really deterioted. The bathrooms are disgusting like a truck stop. The cook was too busy flirting to realize that the pancakes were not cooked properly. Guests were not following Covid guidelines and not using gloves. They need to clean this place up!

I have never been to a buffet before, but I really enjoyed golden coral. Safety is a big priority, and they are fantastic with safety during these times. Not to mention, the price for the amount of insane food you can have is awesome! Will definitely come back some time.

There were a lot of dishes empty the food was good

Not good service at all first they stop the line from going in made us wait so called 20 mnts cause ran out supposedly out of food but actually they were really short staffed then someone speaked up n said whats the still long wait n supposedly another 20 mnts everybody upset suddenly another staff member show up n thats when they restart the line very unprofessional n disrespectful lying to us customers 👎👎👎

The food was here was alright, a little dry, but better than nothing. The bathrooms were also clean and the staff were kind and polite.

Every time I went up to get food containers were empty. Some food was dry and over cooked. Wasnt impressed. Lots of desert choices though.

No line, horrible upon entry, no structure or set up on how to get seated. No wait time is given, everybody was elbow to elbow, covid restrictions went out the window in this establishment. Too bad couldnt even taste the food.

You better keep your distance from this place ! They charge $17 per person and the food is not good. hashbrowns that were burnt, eggs half cooked, no more omelettes, they had biscuits half way cooked. No flavor on anything at all, the staff said the customer are required to wear plastic gloves but staff dont wear them too. Inside in the kitchen people using the mask just covering the mouth not mouth and nose! nobody cleaning at the fountains either, you know costumers sometimes are messy. This was all during their breakfast/lunch.

Must start off by saying cashier amima was beyond ghetto & ratchet! Looked very trashy spoke poorly looked gross had a bad attitude from the moment my family walked in. If your not happy with your petty job then maybe u should leave! Will not return. Shame on this ghetto trash place!

This was not the best visit. The staff was not attentive. The steak griller did not know what medium was. The food was definitely not flavorful.On the other side of things, it was not crowded and the staff was friendly.

Very good place for eat and great price

Ate Plenty, Mainly Protein, but ended with a full Course Meal; & desserts were included!.

Good food. 1st time for the one in Gurnee.

Food 3/5 starsEnvironment 3/5 starsStaff/waiter/waitress 3/5 starsPrice $$$/$$$$ (due to higher price and less food selection for me than other location I had before)Overall 3 starsI went to Golden Corral in other state and they were very good buffet restaurant. So, I decided to try this one in Illinois. It didn’t meet my expectation at all. I felt I did not have as many food selection as I had before in other locations. The bathroom was wet everywhere. Some food were too dry too. Wanted a well done steak and got a medium rare...overall, an average restaurant which is more expensive than others.

Fill up on decent food! Great price! Interesting locals to keep you amused!

47.00 for 2 adults and a 4 year old. If I could turn back time that 47.00 would still be in my pocket. Besides seating people at every other table and gloves on the food bar there are no Covid restrictions being followed. The staff allowed our plates and empty cups to stay on our table the entire time we were there. We didnt get not one refill. I asked the waiter for a fork she said ok. Went back into the area where they refill the drinks and started eating her own food. So I had to ask another waiter to get me a fork. Not one single thing I ate tasted like it was freshly prepared. The food including the desert tastes like its all pre-made heat and serve food. Notjing had a home cooked taste. My boyfriend had his mouth ready for fish. Well lets just say the fish was oven baked and we could still taste the water in the fish from it being battered in bulk instead of allowing the fish to drain before battering it. I honestly dont know the recipe they use but I know for sure it wasnt worth the money that we spent. When golden corral first opened you had lines out the door nope not now. We walked right in and sat right down. That should have been a red flag for me right there. This will be our last visit to Golden Correl. I definitely understand why so many of them have closed down.

It was very busy and short staffed. The food wasnt to good maybe because we came around 6:30pm and they closed at 8pm

The establishment closes @ 8pm. Walked in a lil before 7pm, line long as hell, no cashier, no manager greeting customers or saying sorry for the inconvenience. Meh. Well just come back for breakfast or maybe no. Just rubbed me the wrong way.

Excels in good staff and food was wonderful.

Ive had better.

Same good food as before, but many fewer people due to Illinois pandemic rules

Empty container example dressing for salads empty, desserts empty, dirty floor, counters, food all over the counters. Went there twice within a week both bad experiences. Would not recommend this place at all. One star and not even.

Bathrooms smelled like piss, floor sticky, food luke warm and not much of anything to eat. Was very dirty and gross in there board of health should go close it down before people get sick.

It was horrible, nothing was good, really bad service,not include the salad service, that was the only thing it was ok, and the guy grilling the meet and nothing personal but he knows who im talking about, omg! Horrible and bad actitde the manager is trying to do his best but his team do not support him at 100 %Im sorry that i have to give bad opinions about it but nothing to compared to 2 or 3 years ago.

Very. Very. Good. Hostes. She. Did. A. Excellent. Job. 10. 🌟 ⭐ 💫

Under normal circumstances, Im sure its good. But due to Covid, YOU have to wear gloves each time at buffet. Its a pain.

Food was great. Waiters were enjoyable and friendly

Was ok shouldnt keep letting people in if there no room to sit

Nothing extraordinary other than Carla the server. Some of the food was cold and the chicken was greasy. Other than that everything else seemed to be the same as it was before Covid

Still good. Limited selection but the food was properly cooked and tasty.

Staff so rude, food cold, placer dirty... I felt so bad for choosing for my family

Steak was very fattie and food overall wasnt what it used to be

So a cockroach ran across the floor while we were there today… will never go again. 🤮👎🏻

Very crowded. No masks on diners. Kids running all over and going to get food without supervision.

February 14 2021Beacon taste like was cook with old oil, the scramble eggs were so watery that I dont even try it, and the sausage were with a word taste, the good thing was the ham and the chicken, what had happened to this place when food used to be good.Am so disappointed ☹️☹️

Food was cold an have been out for a while look dry up wasnt good

Restroom dirty. And dirty restaurant

Well received excellent service from German

Good food right price. Good service

Good food no chocolate fountain

We did a large curbside pick up. The food was great and everything was fresh. Friendly and helpful staff. Thank you.

All of the waitresses are so attentive and friendly! It is a great place to go with kids and the food is almost always great!