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| - I have given this restaurant a few tries, thinking that maybe the first or second time was a fluke. I have found, however, that it just isn't all that good. It's perfectly clean and the servers are nice enough, but I have never left thinking "wow, I certainly have to come back next week!"
I have tried many different options and really have never been satisfied...
I came for the breakfast buffet, but was disappointed by the large amount of foods that seemed to be boxed or frozen and not homemade like the "Amish kitchen" in the name suggests.
I have tried the dinner buffet and salad bar, and I think that the only draw behind that is that you can go up as many times as you please. Personally, I only wanted to go up one time as the chicken I selected was raw and that kind of decreased my appetite.
I recently tried just ordering a dinner from the menu, thinking that perhaps the buffets were not the strong suit of the restaurant.... Friends of mine ordered the "dinner special" which was swiss steak that came with the salad bar and a piece of pie for dessert. They were later informed that they were out of the swiss steak so they had to pick something else. I ordered the turkey dinner with mac and cheese and mashed potatoes... they were out of mac and cheese. I ordered the chicken noodles instead. My dinner came out with everything on the plate completely covered in a canned gravy, and everything was the same bland color. The turkey was ok, the potatoes were delicious, but the noodles tasted like nothing at all. They had no flavor AT ALL. The only person who was really happy with his dinner was my boyfriend who had meatloaf and fried potatoes (it was a monstrous serving and he licked his plate). The waitress was very apologetic for all of the things they were out of and gave us all a piece of pie on the house for the troubles. The friends who ordered the swiss steak each ordered strawberry rhubarb pie... there was only one piece left. It seemed like we couldn't win! I had the "fresh" peach pie. It didn't taste like any fresh peaches I have ever had... the crust was delicious but the filling was not.
The biggest plus of the restaurant is the fresh rolls that are brought out to the table along with the apple butter and peanut butter spread. Absolutely delish! I have bought both the butter and spread in the store on the way out so I could enjoy them at home without having to come in to the restaurant and have a subpar meal just to enjoy these treats
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