Golden Bowl Buffet
Troy, OH
15 S Weston Rd, Troy, OH 45373
A small-town buffet where 'everything actually tasted fantastic': rose-shaped goons, quality mac and cheese and the best peanut butter chicken of his life. Four stars, five with pizza.
4.0His ratingYelp said 3.8- Rangoons Goonin'
- Pizza NoNo pizza. He says it would have been five stars with pizza; his rating is four.
- Price $12.58/person ($25.15 for 2)
Dishes
- Peanut butter chickenMade with real peanut butter: 'You gotta try this.'03:34
- Mac and cheese'That's what quality mac and cheese tastes like.'01:50
- SkewerActually really good.01:38
- Sweet and spicy chickenActually really good.03:21
- Pasta salad'The new Chinese buffet staple', nicely presented, and actually good.02:12
- French fries'The good fries.'02:26
- Crab rangoonRose-shaped and beautiful (see Rangoons).02:36
- Stuffed mushroomSwimming in water; like Hamburger Helper in a mushroom left out for a couple of days.02:00
- Mushroom chickenLooked tantalizing: 'I can get down with this.'01:20
Halls
What he said
“Does the Golden Bowl buffet deserve 3.8 stars? I'm gonna say no. I think they deserve 4 stars. Everything actually tasted fantastic.”
“Uh, it would have been 5 stars if they have fucking pizza though. Get it together, man.”
“That was good. Wow. This is like the best peanut butter chicken I've ever had. You gotta try this.”
“This is almost an art form at this point. This is a beautiful looking goon. Shape of a rose.”
“This is a recession indicator buffet.”
“You hear that? That's what quality Mac and cheese tastes like.”
Also noticed
- A moderately sized small-town buffet with quite a few options, without being overwhelming. 00:33
- A sign so faded he guesses it's been up since at least 2008: 'a recession indicator buffet'. 00:13
- A MacGyvered fixture and a toilet with racing stripes in the restroom. 01:30