Lunch or an Early Dinner is Your Best Bet This is the best way to get that bang for the all-you-can-eat-buck when dining at Golden Corral, not counting benefits for senior citizens or children (though they do have those, and kids under three years old eat free).

Golden Corral® offers a legendary, endless buffet at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. From our home-style menu favorites to signature sirloin steaks to seasonal promotion specials, there are always new menu items to explore.

Nashville Hot Fried Chicken Thighs.

Monday-Saturday after 4pm + Sunday after 11am At Golden Corral, our signature sirloin steaks are cooked-to-order every night of the week. Enjoy a perfectly grilled steak, just how you like it, along with all the salads, sides and buffet favorites you love.

Timing is key. At any buffet there's a life cycle to the meal. The best time to go is almost always right at the beginning of that cycle, because the food will be at its freshest. If the place opens at 11:30am for lunch or 5:00pm for dinner, that's your first choice of when to go.

Investors Management CorporationGolden Corral / Parent organization Golden Corral, by contrast, is a privately held company, owned by Investors Management Corp. Its chairman is James Maynard, who opened the first Golden Corral in Fayetteville, N.C., in 1973.

Branson's Golden Corral Buffet is the largest in the world, with a seating capacity of over 650. Our restaurant serves Monday-Friday 10am (close will vary in Branson based on season) and we're open 363 days per year (closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day).

I asked the cook what didn't have MSG in it, and he told me that everything had msg except the salad. Many people get headaches from msg...

Nashville hot chicken is quite spicy. Not only is the chicken marinated in hot sauce, but it's also coated in a cayenne pepper sauce. However, the cayenne pepper sauce includes other ingredients like brown sugar and butter that tame the heat a bit.

What Is Nashville Hot Chicken? As you'd expect, Nashville hot chicken is fried chicken with a major kick. The chicken gets a hefty dose of spice thanks to hot sauce and cayenne in the coating as well as a spicy sauce drizzled over the top.

There are 230 calories in 3 oz (85 g) of Golden Corral Sirloin Steak. * The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Eat a light breakfast or lunch before the buffet When you don't eat for a while, your stomach shrinks, meaning you feel full after eating less. So, always eat a light meal beforehand to prepare your stomach for the buffet feast!

DO: Eat well-balanced small meals before hitting the buffet. Studies show that when you skip meals, you tend to overeat at your next meal. It's best to eat your regularly scheduled small, balanced meals and arrive hungry but not out-of-control famished.

Like most restaurants, buffets operate on extremely thin margins: For every $20 in revenue, $19 might go toward overhead, leaving $1 (5%) in net profit. Buffets often break even on food and eke out a profit by minimizing the cost of labor.

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