Queen Buffet
Indianapolis, IN
5209 E Thompson Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46237
A fancy buffet across from another one, with good goons, a thick pizza, great garlic bread and cream-cheese-loaded sushi, but a mayo mussel, a chemical pasta salad and a price that knocks it down to 3.2.
3.2His ratingYelp said 3.8- Rangoons Goonin'
- Pizza YesAbout one pepperoni per slice ('inflation'), but a thick, cheesy pizza with a crispy back.
- Desserts Birthday cake, Fortune cookie
- Price $20.70/person ($41.40 for 2)
Dishes
- Crab rangoonLabeled 'cheese wonton', thick, and gooning (see Rangoons).01:04
- Cheesy garlic breadLooks pretty damn good: 'They know ball.'02:57
- SushiA whole brick of cream cheese on it. The cost-cutting hasn't hit the sushi.02:40
- Honey buffalo wingsSlathered in sauce. It reminds him of pizza-chain wings.02:04
- Fettuccine'Like the damn Olive Garden up in here', though he wonders why it's yellow.02:22
- Potato saladStore-bought style.04:40
- Fried shrimpSlathered in butter, with a stale taste to it.01:16
- Baked musselIt looks like if you asked ChatGPT to make one, and one bite was just mayonnaise.04:03
- Pasta saladLittle chunks of ham in it. It tastes like chemicals.04:32
Halls
What he said
“Does the Queen Buffet deserve 3.8 stars at that price? I might have to knock it down to, like, 3.2 stars. There ain't no reason it needs to cost that much to eat there.”
“There's like one pepperoni on each slice. Maybe inflation has been hitting the Chinese buffet scene lately, and it's affecting my pizza.”
“hopefully a crab rangoon. Yeah, I'm goonin.”
“This actually looks pretty damn good, I'm not gonna lie. They know ball. It's probably one of the best ones I've had in my career.”
“I bit into more mayonnaise. I took one bite, and it was just mayonnaise.”
“We got Queen Buffet over here, and then we got the China Buffet across the street. Literally walking distance between the two.”
What he didn't love
- Price: $41.40 for two: 'one of those fancy buffets that I will not financially recover from', and no reason it needs to cost that much. 00:39
Also noticed
- A fancy, colorful buffet with fancy plates, directly across the street from another Chinese buffet: 'like if I build a McDonald's next to a McDonald's'. 00:12
- Sleek cups he'd never seen in his Chinese buffet career. 02:57
Cleanliness
What he said about it, in the video:
- A floor so sticky his shoes barely come off it. 04:59