Old Times Country Buffet

Yes, I know it’s a buffet. I understand buffets can be a wasteland for greasy food and frozen crap.
Olé Times is different. The veggies are what I grew up on. Collards, cabbage, okra, squash. All fresh, not from a can. Ripe farm fresh tomatoes on salad bar. The quality was beyond the price point.
The selection of meats was the best value. The people that own the Smoking Pig also own Olé Times. Therefore, the buffet had smoked St. Lous ribs and smoked leg quarters. The salisbury steak was homemade, the catfish fresh. Again, beyond the price point. The ribs alone would be $ 15.00 at a regular sit down restaurant.
For dessert they have an insane chocolate cake.
Great job Olé Times. Will stop again on our way to and from Florida.

Food is pretty good as far as buffets go. Country cooking with lots of vegetables/​sides. The salad bar left much to be desired but was fresh. As good if not better than Golden Corral; lower prices and less crowded.
The staff was friendly, attentive and kept our glasses full and table clean. The only complaint is they do not display their prices anywhere and if it was displayed I failed to see it. Not a big deal but I didn’t know until the cashier told me our total.
We’ll go back when we’re craving some comfort food and comfortable prices.

This place is so goooooooood! Oh my god. The dining area and buffet area is clean, the people who work here are really sweet, the food is delicious, the atmosphere is comfortable. I had recently eaten at Golden Corral a few weeks ago, which was just okay, but this place has it beat by faaaar. The mac and cheese is spectacular. All the food is fresh, like the vegetables — fresh, not out of a can ! Overall, I was really pleasant with my visit, and most definitely will be back!

Your average Buffett, stopped by on a Friday and was glad I did. They had a good selection of food but nothing above average. The deserts are not worth even trying, the staff was in no mood to be there and they place needs a good facelift. Over all I can’t say I would make a special trip back– also bring some fly spray. Damn flies around your food

Overpriced and Undercooked! Flies everywhere. No choices at salad bar! Cornbread as thin as paper! My husbands fish was undercooked. No organization with staff! Instant Mash potatoes. Horrible food. First and Last time!

This place rocks. The best in country food and a wide selection. Everything I salads and desserts. Everything we are in Macon, this is a must stop. I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for quality and a relaxed atmosphere.

OTC is a legit southern buffet. Everything is unbelievable. For $ 8.99 you can hurt yourself. Nothing is bad.
The veggies are fresh not canned. This is the place Golden Corral dreams it could be.
They have it all. Fatback on buffet everyday.
Go hungry.

The food is great and same with the staff they always come around for drink refills, take the plates away that are dirty. Every now and then you’ll get a waiter or waitress who needs help when the place is packed with bunch of people trying to find seats. They offer different kinds of food on the bar which is always the same food. Don’t get me wrong it’s a nice place to eat at but it’s always the same food every day I wish they would serve different items to eat instead of the everyday food they had the following day.
The restaurant is always clean which is great but at times you’ll find the floors will be nasty and filthy on the tables. The restrooms are clean and smell great but at times it needs to be sprayed and needed attention to.
Maybe, the managers and the GM’s and hire up’s will take a look at the restaraunts and think about making other entrees instead of the same thing over and over it’s getting boring seeing the same food over and over. Half of the time the food is cold, raw steak when wanting a steak well done not everyone wants to eat red meat and see nasty bloody red.
— Just my two cents.

To be honest, I’ve never been a fan of buffets. However, this restaurant really surprised me as the food was fresh and hot. The salad bar was great, and the restaurant as a whole was very clean. Friendly service. Location is the only thing keeping me from returning regularly.

Just plain good olé home style food that you and your family can enjoy. The waiters are very. Friendly and keep your refills coming I love cream style corn and their buffet keeps it if you like southern style country cooking the old timers is the place to eat

Words can’t describe the awfulness of the food here. Mostly fried, bland, greased up and just bad for you. They even serve fatback. I mean what is fatback anyway. All I know is it’s made up of two words I would never want to think of eating. Then again I’m not your typical native Georgian so all this unhealthy animal scrap meat is not appealing to me. I do love a good buffet, but everything here except for the salad stuff tasted like bland empty calories. Dessert was awful filler cakes and cream. Folks, these places like Old Times and Golden Corral are not about to lose profit, so they serve the cheapest food possible. Plus who wants to wade through a crowd of gereatrics and overly-​large families just for this slop? Seriously it’s like pigs in troughs here. Also quite ridiculous that a cop has to direct traffic every Wed and Sun evening.

This place rocks my socks.
FATBACK on the bar EVERY DAY. Heckyeah.
Decent veggies, GREAT meat selection, delicious fried chicken and pork chops. Good peach cobbler for desert.
CORN PONES!!! Bonus: HONEY!
I swear, if this place were cheaper, I’d gain 50 pounds in a month. As it sits, you’re gonna drop 10 bucks for lunch, but as a treat once a week or so, I highly recommend it.

Buffets are almost never going to ever serve the same quality food that a non-​buffet restaurant is going to serve. That is inherent in the bulk type of cooking they do and the fact that it sits around on a warmer
That having been said, this is the best buffet in Middle Georgia. If you don’t believe me drive by it during lunch or dinner and note how packed the parking lot is. Heck, drive by in the middle of the afternoon some days and you’ll see what I mean. That many people are not going there for bad buffet food. This location has had quite a few failed restaurants /​buffets in the past. This one has stuck around because it is really good. It is really good food, especially for a buffet.

Well I pass this place everyday to and from my house but I always keep forgetting to write a review. So here we go.
Its been a while since I’ve been here and have no current plans on going back. I went here with my parents not long after I moved into my apartment since it was the only actual dine-​in one in the area. There are lots of fast food/​casual restaurants located nearby those would have been better choices.
In theory this sounded like it would be a good place. A buffet of southern country food. Shoot there is even a cute electric piggy running sign outside but alas nothing but disappointment.
Not a great selection of food at least not to my tastes. I guess if you like fried ribs or anything else double fried. Yes, I said it right they have fried ribs here. Who eats those? Well I am guessing all the hardy country folk that pack into this place everyday.
Granted I like southern country soul food but in this place nothing seemed all that great. But I am sorta picky about somethings so I will give this place a little break. I think I liked the sweet tea, salads, and deserts. So the place is not a total disaster on my book.
Maybe one day I can drag myself back in here to find something I like. Because its so darn close and I must be missing something cause people seem to keep flocking to this place like flies to sugar.