Commissary

I’ve been traveling to BRC’s Commissary every summer since 2008. I must say it’s one of the best places you can find there. The neighborhood is really great although the surrounding desert is very monotonous. The opening hours are great too, you can drop in almost any time. Sometimes there’s even live music and commedy! Here are my pros and cons:
+ Great neighborhood
+ Great opening hours
+ Romantic interior
+ Great for birthday parties
+ Excellent recycling system
+ Bouncers are very picky
+ Perfect shelter during dust storms, rain and evacuations
+ Good AC (I’ve only been there in summer)
+ Cheap
+ All you can feed
+ Staff mostly tattooed but not rude at all
+ Very clean bathrooms (in comparison)
+ Hidden fans blow your plates everywhere
+ American cuisine
+ Cliente usually very excited
— Carnivoirs and vegetarians accepted
— Toasters are too slow
— Pepper is a joke
— Hidden fans blow your plates everywhere
— Wifi’s content is dull
— No nudity
— My traveler’s cheques were not accepted
— People talk very loud (about ephemeral matters)
All in all a great place, also for tourists. I wish it wouldn’t always get so crowded. I hope I didn’t violate Unilocal guidelines, but I have to admit I have received freebies there.

I love this place. Every time I’m in Black Rock City, I eat here. They have a salad bar, and a buffet style breakfast/​lunch/​dinner and it is all you can eat. The staff is very friendly.

This year the food was way to salty. Really upset my stomach. Wish we had more variety in our veggies.

Whenever I ‘m in Black Rock City I find myself eating 99% of my meals here. I’m not sure if it’s the service, the clientele or the food but something keeps me comming back again and again.

Just the best place to eat this side of the pond… :o)

Best meal I’ve had within miles.

Everything is grown on the playa and all the meat is raised and killed at Black Rock Station. Can’t get much more local than that!

the powdered eggs are shit! but the rest is pretty good for the money. I like quiet coffee in the morning, before the crews are awake! Oh and the tater tots are the BOMB!

I’ve been eating here regularly for the past 10 years and I have to say that after some rocky ups and downs, the food and service has really stabilized. The staff isn’t drunk or armed, the food is hot, and the lines only really get unbearable in late August. The buffet is nice, with a good salad bar and there’s always an excellent dessert selection. The staff don’t seem to mind if you play with your food, fall asleep on your plate, or make fanciful concoctions of chocolate milk, FrootLoops®, and pineapple, so long as you don’t waste any of it. The fare is pretty middle-​of-​the-​road, meat and starch Americana, but it’ll fill you up and keep you fueled for whatever your day holds in store.
Things that could use improvement:
— No reservations
— The self serve drinks station is always a clownshow since by then you’re holding a plate and silverware and possibly a toddler, and then you have to scoop ice from the cooler and operate the spigot without dropping everything everywhere. Plus it’s in a corner so everyone has to cram into the same space.
— The tables are really too close together, which makes for some good finger smashing and to-​your-​seat jockeying. On the plus side, you get to meet some great people.
— The corkage is outrageous so I’m taking off one star
— I’m not sure if the salt shakers are full of salt or just filled with dust
— Cheese with every meal!

Finally made it here for the first time in 6 years of visiting the playa. Well worth the wait. Definitely visit if you can :)

They burned my steak… but they told me to go fuck myself. So it evens out.

I really want to eat here. The food looks wonderful and those waiters! So cute. Not sure how the heck to get a table though. I hear they are on a three week wait. Hmm. Will direct my assistant to keep trying.

This place has made a ton of improvements over the past few years, and I’ve been delighted by their enthusiasm and efforts to accommodate its customers.
My biggest critique is that sometimes it can be hard to find a table, and after being seated I am stuck waiting for a server –sometimes up to an hour or so. Usually they have a buffet set up, which is nice, since finding a waiter is so hard, and that’s something they’ve really improved upon recently.
All in all this place is really great, and a perfect place to bring dates, families, or even taking the ol’ little league team out for some post-​game fun!