Parks Family Buffet

Salad bar was great plenty of different types pea salad cucumber salad potato salad black eye pea salad and great add ins to lettuce. The buffet was good had fish chicken meat loaf and chicken fried steak. Vegetables were lacking a little flavor but overall great experience will go again if in the area. Prices were good and service was good also

Not as good as it was. Food tasted old or reheated. typical when someone new comes in. Would not recommend. Will try at a later time to see if it get better.

Food was really good and fresh. Fried chicken was awesome. I read in a review there was more buffet than the L shaped area you see when you walk in, but I never saw it. Waitress was really sweet :) Only thing I’d change is more variety.

I was in town working at an event when we stumbled across Parks Family Buffet. I’m happy we decided to stop by because it was a great home-​cooked experience. All of the food was fresh, and the best part was the chicken, but I enjoyed everything that I put on my plate. They also have some really good peach cobbler (which is even better when you put some soft serve on top).
To top it off, everyone was so nice and welcoming. If I’m ever in Waco again, you can bet I’ll be stopping by at Parks.

I used to eat here a lot. This place has changed. It’s gotten new owners and is far from what it used to be.

This is the place if you are looking for a down-​home southern comfort buffet.
It was Sunday and we were in the waco/​bellmead area and decided to come here because for one, the parking lot was full and two, we were hungry enough for a buffet.
As you walk in, there is a sign to your right stating for you to seat yourself and behind it a «L» shaped buffet.
We found a table and sat there for a good two minutes. No one greeted us and because of my family undying hunger, we all went to the buffet. We started at the top of the «L» which had the plates and salad area, which included a great mustard based potato salad. Going down the buffet there was a section with fruit, cottage cheese and some kind of whipped cherry mixture.
Then you get around the corner and there stood the comfort food, one whole buffet area with everything you will ever need. They had stuffing, mashed potatoes, collard greens, turkey with gravy… I could go on. Just come in and try for yourself. :)

The the category of country buffet’s Parks is the best for miles around and could be considered a 5 star in this group. It is operated by twin brothers — one at the front managing and the other in back cooking. This is not diet food and the patrons seem to reflect this philosophy. I like the crispy pork chops, crunchy fried chicken and lightly breaded catfish. Yellow squash, turnip greens and pea salad are veggie favorites. Several desserts to choose from. Only the cornbread and rolls disappoint.
The price is great because they don’t spent too much on atmosphere.

Best chicken and dumplings in Texas!
The ham and ribs are really good, and the waitresses are great! Place looks a little sketchy because it looks like it’s the inside of someone’s house and is usually full of seniors (actually a good sign, because they tend to know good food), but the food more than makes up for it. Unfortunately, it’s a little on the expensive side but if you are looking for a midday feast this is your place!

BEST Buffet around… PERIOD!!!
I come here every time I come through Waco.

Great place! Good, home style food. We noshed on turkey, roast beef, ham, insanely good cabbage, black eyed peas, and mashed potatoes. Just almost like Mom cooked it! The place was packed

easily the best place that we ate on tour. best buffet hands down in the country. if it weren’t for that the fact that it’s in Waco Texas, it might even be in my top 10 best restaurants ever. Home cooking, and lots of it. Chicken-​and-​dumplings like my Ma used to make. cobblers and pies and little things baked into other things. delicious.

We rolled off a tour bus after a night of ridiculous binge drinking culminating in 2 AM salad mix and tomato noshing at the hotel. It’s what was available at the time for drunk and hungry people, but the universe had other plans for us in just a few short hours: Parks Family Buffet.
The building and décor are nothing special, and the patrons are mostly seniors. The food, however, is amazing. It tastes as if it was individually prepared rather than set out on a buffet. A fellow in my party commented the vegetables on the salad bar in particular tasted home grown, which was true.
I’ve been to ALOT of buffets in my career as a quasi-​professional buffet taster, and this one is legit. If you’re in the neighborhood, do yourself a favor and smother your face in the down home, country cooking family style delights of Parks Family Buffet, «from our family to yours».

This is the ultimate lunch feast destination on this side of Waco/​Bellmead. It is southern down home cooking. There are not a lot of frills and it is not fancy here. Different days have different specials of the day. I can’t remember which day is pork chop day, but they sure are good. I also like their fried catfish. The wait staff is friendly and quick to help out. I stay away from there as much as possible so I don’t eat too much since it’s easy to get carried away. They are closed on Mondays.