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Somehow I thought this would be a classier version of Cici's pizza. Instead, it's like a more ghetto version of Chuck E Cheese.
The place is huge with multiple huge dining rooms. We went on a holiday Monday around 4:00, and it was packed. We had to go into 3 dining rooms just to find an open table! I can't imagine how it looks on Saturday at lunch or dinner time!
With all those folks wanting to eat, the kitchen needs to be CHURNING OUT some pizza! But they are not. Patrons are waiting 3 and 4 deep for the next pizza to come out to the buffet and then you have to be willing to throw elbows on some kids to get a slice. I got a salad from the salad bar, and they were out of 2 of the 4 dressings! Like completely out. I couldn't even scrape together a tablespoon or so for my sad lettuce. Same with the dessert bar. There are about 6 or 8 different desserts on the buffet, plus soft serve ice cream off to the side. Sounds pretty awesome, right? Not when literally ALL BUT ONE of the dessert stations are empty.
On the plus side, they have fried chicken, and it seemed to be well stocked.
The pizza is ok, when you can get it. I think it's on par with Cici's, which is about all I can possibly expect from a pizza buffet.
Seeing as how there are hundreds of people moving through the buffet area, picking up drinks and foods, there are lots of spills. John's does not have the staff to deal with these spills. There are cones set up everywhere, blocking off sticky areas, which forces the foot traffic around the buffet to be even worse. Plus, it's dirty and off-putting in a restaurant.
The games are ok. I appreciate that it's big and they have a couple rides in there, too, but there were very few games that younger children would enjoy and of those, seriously half were broken.
$11/adult.
Glad we checked it out, but I won't be back.
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