Sam’s Country Buffet

I come here when I want home cooked meal and don’t want to cook. The décor of the restaurant is a little out dated and worn out. It seems as if CiCi pizza closed and they just kept the furniture. The staff is friendly the food was fresh they kept the buffet bar stocked. If you want quick decent southern food this place is it only 7.99 for lunch buffet and 8.99 for dinner buffet but it doesn’t include your drink.

The food was good and fresh. The service was great. The fried chicken was really good and not greasy. Thoughly enjoyed out meal.

We went on opening day because I’m slightly obsessed with country buffets. I was sadly disappointed.
First problem, the plates are small and they didn’t have bowls. They had a chicken and dumplings dish but it would have been way to complicated to eat on a plate.
The mac & cheese was spicy! Not sure if someone did this on purpose or not, but some bites were no bueno.
The chicken was cooked well and juicy, but SO salty… and I love salt.
Other items were pretty decent… fried okra, stuffing/​dressing, lima beans, fried shrimp.
But the finale of dessert was such a let down. They only had one thing, an m&m chocolate chip cookie, which seemed like such an afterthought, like someone forgot to make dessert and they bought them at the store.
Unfortunately we will not be going back to Sam’s.

Meh… I know this is Tallahassee, but this place is subpar (even for this area). We paid $ 22.00 for 2 adults with 1 sweet tea. At 6pm the selections weren’t as freshly refilled for the steady flow of customers that they had coming in. The Mac and Cheese was never refilled from the time we arrived till the time we finished (which was 2 dinner plates each and a plate of watermelon and cookies for dessert later, disappointing. The fried catfish was delicious, although not deskinned as well as it should of been. I don’t mind fish skin but this was pretty tough. It was juicy, hot and cornmeal crispy. The veggies seemed homemade, yet under seasoned. The country fried steak was old and gross. The rest was so so. Not worth the price when Kacey’s is much cheaper and delicious and on point about keeping fresh dishes coming out to replenish the older stuff. Also the dining ware is super cheepo, like school cafeteria plastic textured plates and tiny Styrofoam bowls. If you’re starving and just want to eat quickly but don’t want fast food– it might be an option. If you want comforting home style buffet– go elsewhere. Golden Corral is about the same price and Kacey’s is way cheaper!