iso_55 Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Is that buffet place in Transcona at or near Regent Avenue still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigg jay Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 There's the Royal Fork Buffet and Foody Goody Chinese buffet that are both still alive & kicking in Transcona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Funny you should mention that. The buddy wanted to go to Foody Goody on the weekend, which I didnt approve of (so we didnt go). I wanted to give Royal Fork another try and he refused citing its absolute lack of quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 There's the Royal Fork Buffet and Foody Goody Chinese buffet that are both still alive & kicking in Transcona. Both are god awful....I think Cathay House is some how still open. Mongos is the only good buffet in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigg jay Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Agreed. I haven't been to any of those 3 places in years ( I don't actually know anyone who has either) so I'm amazed they are still open - Foody Goody more than Royal Fork or Cathay House. The number of health violations Foody Goody & Cathay House have been hit with over the years is staggering, you could not pay to eat there. Mongos is fantastic... my only complaint is the layout (at both Regent & Kenaston). If you go at a peak time, the line can snake around the food bars right to the front doors. That's what happened the last time I went, we couldn't tell which line was for food and which line was just people waiting to be seated. I guess that's a good problem for them to have since it means they are doing a lot of business, but it also means a loss of business (we went elsewhere because we didn't want to wait in those kinds of lines). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H. Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Royal Fork is over priced Logan007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Cathay House is a buffet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Royal Fork was good about 20 years ago when they had fresh cooked homecooked items.... now it's digusting and only fun to visit to witness all the extremely obese people destroy trays full of food. Mongos is my favorite place by a long mile... I find the best time to go is either at 11 or just after 1..... you get the lunch prices and no line ups at all. Logan007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Royal Fork is the place I was wondering about, thanks. We used to take the kids there as a treat back a few times a year in the mid 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Buffet Square is surprisingly decent and very cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Where is Buffet Square? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrg Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Where is Buffet Square? North end of McPhillips on the west side of the street, up around the Jefferson area. Forced to eat there a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised. Just like any other acre-sized buffet restaurant, individual items in the trough can be very hit and miss quality-wise (chicken balls looked very unpleasant), but they have a made-to-order stir fry guy in the back who does a decent job. Combine that with a few of the better items they have available and you can cobble together a pretty decent meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan007 Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 When I want a buffet restaurant I drive down to Grand Forks or Fargo and go to Golden Corral. There are just no good buffet restaurants in Winnipeg. Agree with Brandon about Royal Forks, when it first opened, was good. Now they charge ridiculous amounts of money for a shitty meal. Forget that noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan007 Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Is Skinners in Lockport still around? I hear Wet 'n Wild is closed down... Okay, okay, I've been gone a long time... Skinners is alive and well - I go there because they have blue licorice ice cream (blue tongue is the bane of my wife's existence) Half Moon around the corner is pretty great too. I hate both of those places. I don't know how you guys can go there. It's not that the food is bad, it's just that there's nothing to them. I can make a burger at home that tastes better then that crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unknown Poster Posted July 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Best burger - go to Johnny's on Marion. Golden Corral in Grand Forks and Fargo both closed down I believe. I was going to make a road trip just for buffet after hearing about that place but Im pretty sure I deduced they were gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H. Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 The best buffet ever was a place called Steak and Buffet in Aberdeen, South Dakota. We just randomly found the place. A buffet with tons of selection, with steak and patties made to order on a grill at the end. All for $10! I would've gladly paid at least $25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan007 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Best burger - go to Johnny's on Marion. Golden Corral in Grand Forks and Fargo both closed down I believe. I was going to make a road trip just for buffet after hearing about that place but Im pretty sure I deduced they were gone now. Fargo one is still open. Not sure about grand forks. Johnny's on Marion great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 People actually drive to ND for a buffet?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan007 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 People actually drive to ND for a buffet?? LOL...only when we go to shop, or go on a trip down south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasty Nate Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 People actually drive to ND for a buffet?? Hunger makes cowards of us all . . . iso_55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOBomberFan Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/11/best-restaurants-winnipeg_n_5578967.html The Huffington Post put this online last night. Heavy on the swank, it's high praise for the gourmet restaurants in Winnipeg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan007 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/11/best-restaurants-winnipeg_n_5578967.html The Huffington Post put this online last night. Heavy on the swank, it's high praise for the gourmet restaurants in Winnipeg. I can't stand lists like this sometimes. LOL...when they say VJ's drive in is one of the 23 best restaurants in Winnipeg, I know they didn't do their job. That is one of the worst burgers IMO. If they'd have said Johnny's on Marion, Dairy Delight, or even Dairy Wip or Mrs. Mike's, I'd have said ok. But VJ's? BLAH! What a shithole. 529's is good. Been to Bistro 7 1/4 and thought it was sub par. The rest really I haven't tried yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 I find hermanos too salty. I like pleasant cookery but their house old fashion is really nothing more than a whisky sour with some soda. Also the 'airshipped' mussels have been fishier there than at infernos and other places. Segovia must be good cause I've never managed to get it. Before they took reservations I tried to meet a few ladies there and it was always too packed to get it in. 'Oh it's a an hour and a half wait, lets just have some wine at my place and come back in a little bit' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iso_55 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 People actually drive to ND for a buffet?? LOL...only when we go to shop, or go on a trip down south. I was wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasty Nate Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Ended up in Osborne Village this afternoon so I tried Burrito Del Rio for a 2nd time. First time was VG+, this time even better. Had the medium beef burrito with hot sauce, sour cream, corn, etc. Sets up at $7.55 Had a Miller's extra lite from the LC for $2 to top it off. Beer and Burrito for under $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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