Hartz Chicken Buffet

Ate a piece of drumstick and dirty rice and mashed potatoes for lunch this Thursday. Sorry to say, it wasn’t good and it gave me heartburn. I don’t usually eat fast food and I don’t eat fried chicken but my warehouse guys wanted to eat chicken so we went. We collectively agree this place wasn’t good but the food was very cheap.

The smell of spoiled chicken or sewage nearly knocked me out as I entered the place (probably that toilet someone else posted). Normally I go through the drive thru so I’m not sure if the smell is normal for them or not but there was NOTHING appetizing about the visit. I LITERALLY WAITED OUTSIDE WHILE MY ORDER WAS PREPARED! So you’re wondering why i even ordered if it was so bad!!! ONLY because my husband was paying, wasnt with me, and after calling to advise him of the conditions, he said I was likely being super critical and insisted that i order HIS (not mines) food. Everything on the buffet table appeared as though it was set out there when they opened. I ordered the 3-​piece dinner and from outside noticed the Asian lady heading to THAT buffet table for my hybby’s pinto beans and rice. I immediately went back in and asked if there we’re any FRESH beans and rice available and she said «These ARE fresh»!!! Umm NO… I changed the side and went with the chicken fried rice that appeared to be just a Tad bit fresher but according to my husband, tasted horrible. He ate one spoon and it went in the trash. The chicken, yeah… two or three bites and in the trash! The yeast roll was fresh and is the only part of the dinner he ate! Enter at your own risk and if it smells half as bad as it did today, it’s probably an indication of the taste of the food cause BOTH we’re horrible!

Fucking horrible. They never answer the phone. You sit at the drive thru for 10 minutes saying hello before anyone answers you.

How do you take your revenge out on a chicken that pokes you on the hand? YOU EAT IT!
I came here just to snatch the $ 1.99 2 piece I saw in the window because I did not want to go grocery shopping hungry. As I was passing by, one of the persons fixing the buffet was dumping some freshly made chicken out of the fryer into the aluminum pan as one fell out, bounced and hit me on the hand. I didn’t think anything of it until about 3 seconds later I felt that familiar burning sensation, hot great, ouch. Now this must have been a fluke for me to enter at the right time for the freshest chicken you can get unless you stick your hand in the fryer and grab pieces out. Cashier, please change my to go order to the buffet, I want that piece that bit my hand, crunch!
It was about 11:30 a.m. to noon when I stepped in and I figured it would be busy but it was not. Parking will never be a problem, ample.
Very old building inside and out. Just ignore the moldy colored ceiling tiles and nobody gets hurt.
The buffet with tax I believe was $ 8.50 and that is with drink. You get your fried chicken of course, chicken strips, fried liver, corn, mashed potatoes with brown gravy on the side, green beans, cabbage, broccoli, and a whole bunch of other items.
Don’t expect top notch cleanliness inside but it’ll pass considering the age of the building.
The personnel were ok. There was the cashier lady who I assume was either the franchise owner and/​or manager. A Hispanic guy in the drive thru to make sure things went ok there and a few workers. Nobody was rude in this trip.
Hartz, thanks a lot for making me almost change my mind from grocery shopping, luckily I still needed some stuff and now also know the best time to come here is between 11:30 and noon.
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