Barnhills' Buffet

After several good experiences at Barnhills, we hit the bottom on 9-7-05. The catfish had been refried so many times it was hard to detect the taste of fish. The hushpuppies were even worse. The corn meal was gone and all that remained was the greasy crust which was so hard it was not edible. The ribs were fair as was the shrimp. Service was OK, but minimal. This restaurant should have been serving fresh food at 5:50-6:20 p.m. instead of all the attrocious reheated stuff. The restaurant was basically pretty dirty also. They need to make some major improvements in quality. more

I know that for my dollar, I not only want mouth appeal I want ears, eyes, nose- all of it. Barnhill's specializes in what I like to call 'beige food'. Salad? Schmalad! They remain untouched. If you are in the market for mounds of fried chicken, okra, vats of gravy seated near tons of smashed taters- this is the place for you. The floors are filthy, the tables are sticky and they offer two noise levels for seating: Loud and LOUDER. Ice tea was undrinkable, diet soda was watery, service was......sad....... however, they did one thing pretty good: desserts. The dessert table was the stuff dreams. Or rather, a dream I once had when I was sick with Mono for a month. I was surprised they were acutally tasty (and all I wanted to eat because the rest of it was so unappealing even after I put it on my plate and took it AWAY from the buffet. I suppose it's good for large families or folks who don't mind a little sneeze in their soup... more