HomeTown Buffet

This restaurant has to be the worst place to eat in town. We will never go back there ever again! The place is disgusting, food dropped everywhere, Food looked like it had been sitting out all day. The guy cutting the meat had to be on drugs or drunk!!! Could see or stand straight, almost stabbed himself with the knife. I Could NOT BELIVE THAT THEY WOULD ALOW HIM TO SERVE FOOD!!! Very unsanitary place to eat, this place should inspected and closed down.

I went in the morning with my family they enter us good we enter we start to take the food we didn’t taste good because the food is not fresh and there is something awful we but 51 setting for nothing and really thank you

When we first moved to the area this was our go to place for Weekend breakfasts. We did this for at least 3 years in a row, when they changed their pricing & we stopped going as often as before. Their food is okay & the selections are very typical but for the price they charge now, we no longer go here unless we got a coupon to dine at a discounted rate.

Super clean HTB! The employees work very hard here and are polite and welcoming. I have come here often and they’re consistent with their quality of food. One of my favorite spots to eat!

Too much money for poor food quality and cleanliness. The plates looked like from the 50’s and not even clean. I wouldn’t bring my family here for the price. Not worth it. No one even wanted to ring us up when we walked in and I was astonished how much I was being charged! The only thing good was the ice cream. I won’t come back.

This is a great place to eat. The food is fresh every time I go.
They have a great selection bar. The salad bar is always stocked
with fresh vegetables. The food selection is great. The desserts
are great and the coffee is delicious. Shelly is a great hostess.

Very nice ambiance, all employed was very helpful in particular Ashley !
Food was OK, a lot of choice for a cheap price.

The food here was really good, but my favorite was the corn bread dressing… yum yum :)(:

This place is dirty. Extremely dirty. We walked in and had to dodge food items that had been dropped on the floor on our way to our table. There were used napkins on the floor, straw wrappers, food particles, etc. I would not have stayed but my son wanted to eat here so we did. There was a table next to ours. When we walked in it was unoccupied. There were some half filled glasses, some used napkins and stray silverware on this table. For 40 minutes that’s the way the table looked. No server went near it. It wasn’t cleared until about 5 minutes before we left.
Oh, and it took about 20 minutes before a server came by our table. She apologized but disappeared again. We only saw her twice in the 45 minutes we were there.
Probably the «strangest» thing I watched was another table being bussed by a server. This server wiped the table down. Not unusual, except there were two used napkins on the table and a straw wrapper. She didn’t bother with these, just swept them onto the floor and left them there with other trash.
And don’t look up. The air vents and intakes are coated with black dirt. You have to wonder what’s raining down on the food and the patrons when the systems are running. All that black dust has to go somewhere when the air blows past it. And I’m pretty sure that the ceiling tiles are not as dirty as they appear but the color they are makes them look like they are coated with grease. Again, this is probably just the color they chose. I’d hate to think they are really that dirty.
As I said I would have walked out if it were not for my son wanting to eat here. However I can tell you that the next time I ask him where he wants to eat I will NOT suggest this Home Town Buffet.

Pleasantly Surprised! Deserves 5 STARS for Customer Service! This was our first time here because buffets are not our families style, not even in Vegas but I always see Military specials and Thursday Family Night (between 5−8pm) so it caught my attention. We decided to come in Thursday Family Night because lets be honest who can pass up $ 1.99 for a kids meal. My expectations were low because of Family Night but it wasn’t packed at all. We arrived around 5:45pm.
I took three children and myself and our total was $ 20 plus a $ 5 tip. WOW! Great Price on Thursdays. After paying I mentioned to the cashier this was our first time and right away a Wonderful Manager came over to greet us. He helped us with seating and several times checked up on us to see if we needed anything. I was so impressed on how wonderful the employees were here. We also were lucky enough to get a sweet waitress who brought over balloons for the kids. Customer service was awesome here!
The food the kids liked and I am currently dieting so the salad bar was nicely stocked for a buffet. This wasn’t fine dinning but for a buffet with kids this was just perfect! They loved the ICEE machine, I even got a coke ICEE. I did try the Rotisserie Chicken and it was descent. Again, I’m at Hometown not Ruth Chris.
Bathrooms were cleaned and fully stocked all around great place on Thursdays! When we left the Manager opened the door for us to exit and asked how everything was. I was FLOORED how WONDERFUL the employees treated everyone dining. Im surprised there is not more great reviews!
TIPS: Leave a tip for your server. If you don’t have cash let cashier know and they can charge your card and give you a paper tip to hand to your waitress. Be Kind ;)
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I noticed on a previous review regarding a homeless dining. Shame on you for having a ugly heart. That breaks my heart to see people with no compassion for others. I would have offered to pay for his meal.

This place is beyond disgusting. It’s dirty, smelly, the food is cold and tastes horrible. This is my first time here and my last time. I have nothing against homeless people but a homeless man sat down next to us and smelled like a garbage can. I literally almost threw up.

Disgusting. Left and requested a refund.
Dirty floors. Disgusting food. RUN!!!
The manager seemed surprised that I felt uncomfortable when the homeless man that probably hasn’t showered in a month talking to himself, sat down next to me.
Even the free buffets he offered wouldn’t bring me back. Sick sick sick.
$ 31 for 2 people… I get it– but I could have a $ 40 dinner at outback.

Disgusting, food dry plain and boring. Can get a better TV dinner for less. Don’t waist your money. The place is drab like there food. Everything about this place makes me want to become anorexic. If you like plane and some people do. This place is for you.

Gross, just gross!
I never eat at buffets unless I’m in Vegas so I guess my standards are higher but this place is just nasty and the counters are low enough that my 4 year old could reach most items which is NOT ok! We observed lots of children «tasting» different items directly from the buffet. Even adults have no self control or exercise common sense about germs, watching grown men using their hands to take a slice of pizza and eat it while they walk around filling the rest of their plate… You can’t wait till you get back to your table?
The food I did try was basic and not very good, mostly filler items like breads and pasta. They had a carving station where the employee gives you a slice of turkey so I thought I’d be safe that no one else had fondled it but the meat was stringy, tasted salty and processed.
We went for a family gathering and with 18 people in our group plus the regular Sunday crowd they had difficulty keeping items stocked, never did get my son’s chocolate milk or tortilla chips or even butter cuz each time we tried it was empty.
Won’t be back unless theirs a gun to my head!

I haven’t been here in years. Today, my Hubby wanted Fried Chicken and I wanted something else. I didn’t know what I wanted. Hence, the Buffet of many choices, came into play.
We were greeted by a very nice gal. She welcomed us back, as I expressed how long it had been. We were here on a Saturday at 2 pm. The food was hot, fresh and delicious. I didn’t didn’t need a napkin to spit anything out. a gal, that I remember from years ago, Shelly, waited on us. She is always professional and courteous. I’m sorry I didn’t have cash to tip her today. She was great. I made a note that the promotion going is for Thursday evenings between 5 and 8 pm, kids eat for $ 1.99, thinking I would bring my Grandson’s here one day soon. Overall, I will give this place a 4 star.
I was very disgusted with the Lady’s restroom.

The Hometown Buffet in Temecula should be better because of the area it’s located at. service is ok food is blah. The only time it is a good deal is family night. the other times are when you get a coupon buy one get one free or buy one and get another for $ 2. kids eat for $ 1.99 on Thursday evening is also worth it.

I am giving «1 star» because I cant give a ZERO.
I took my family of 5 to this place after church around 1:00 or 1:30pm and was charged the dinner rate vice the lunch rate because it was Sunday.
Most of the food was old or had empty pans sitting there. The ham, roast beef and chicken at the «carvery» was just sitting there with no one serving it. I would’ve thought if we are paying the dinner price that we should get the dinner food but that wasn’t true here.
The food that was available to eat was terrible (cold, no taste)!
The ketchup was sitting in the Taco bar so it had cheese, lettuce, sour cream (you name it) all mixed up into it. GROSS!
I personally witnessed a young girl (less than 10 yo) running around the buffets flinging her hair like a princess and sneezing directly in the food and then touching the tongs/​spoons at the buffet without washing her hands! DISGUSTING!
I also observed a young boy (less than 8 yo) holding onto silverware wiping his nose and then putting the silverware back into the clean silverware. Along with that same boy there were about three other young kids running around using the tongs as swords playing with the food in the buffet (sometimes with the tongs and sometimes with their nasty hands).
Some of the cups for the drinks were sticky and some of the plates were dirty.
I talked with the shift supervisor who just said that she was doing here best to correct the situation, I also talked with the manager (Jorge) about everything I observed and he was kind of concerned but really put the blame on the corporate side of things saying «they used to have a sign stating that kids 10 and under weren’t allowed at the buffet without a parent but someone was offended so they took it down» What a F — — crock!
Needless to say I wouldn’t recommend this place to my worst enemy. He offered to comp my bill but I refused because it wasn’t the money that we were concerned about, it was the atmosphere! Should we have taken the money back?, YES but again I wanted him to follow through with corporate about getting this place back to order without the buffet being used as a playground for all the kids in the place.
PARENTS — The buffet isn’t a playground, raise your children to have some sort of manners! Use your manners and keep your kids with you while you are at these buffets!
The only good thing I can say is that the ladies cleaning the lobby by clearing tables were doing their jobs with a smile and were very nice! (Reiki and Miyuki SP?)
I can only imagine how unsanitary this place was during my visit. I think I’m getting sick just thinking about it.
STAY AWAY!!! STAY AWAY!!! STAY AWAY!!!

I’m not sure what possessed us to visit again after years of avoiding the place. Maybe it’s because I heard someplace that the company had revamped their menu… I honestly don’t know. But it was not a good experience. Most of the items had obviously been sitting around a while and most items were just warm (that could be a safety issue, right there!) They had a carving station but no one ever showed to actually carve. The food quality was extremely poor. It is unlikely that we will be returning.

Had not the best experience! There quality of food has change drastically. I have to say hometown buffet will no longer be the place to take my family. I will not recommend it at all is a waste of money. For a family of 5 I paid $ 70 and they were no worth a penny.

I was not going to put a review on Unilocal but did not want to sound so negative in public. We have not been back to this place in about 9 months.
The food is very bland and often dried out. The price you charge for the food is enough without this added on «drink bar» where people usually only have 2 maybe 3 drinks in the small glasses.
We used to go when we would get the buy one get one free but even if we get one now we do not go due to the poor taste and extra charges for drinks.
Suggest dropping the extra price for this beverage bar and include it with the meal. Come on really drinks cant be that expensive.
On a positive note, the servers are usually always friendly so don’t take it out on them for the poor taste of food and bad reviews.