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| - My husband went to the one in San Antonio, so he thought this chain would be good here, too (and I can't tell you how long it's been since he first mentioned it). Enter Easter Sunday, we were headed to Metro but they were closed (darn, I really wanted Metro, my absolute favorite pizza, since college). I thought of Chapala's (but they too were closed, we learned when we went to WalMart later), but we were passing this place, and my husband suggested Cici's.
First off, it's not gourmet pizza, so if you know this, you are not going to expect much. It's along the lines of Little Cesar's (five dollar single topping pizza) or Chuck E Chees. For the buffet, it's $5.49 each. It's super cheap. I hadn't been to a pizza buffet since Pizza Hut's, back in the day. I wasn't at all excited, I thought it was going to be a generic place with so-so food.
As you enter, there are chimes of "Hello, Welcome to Cici's!" from the friendly, enthusiastic staff (you will get a hearty greeting when leaving). You pay first. When you get the receipt, the hostess told us that we could do the survey and get the next buffet at $3.99. Also, get the card, because after a few (one stamp per visit), you get one for FREE. You get cups from the host. You choose where you sit. The place is pretty big. From the outside, it looks small. It's clean, too. There were several families having lunch and there is a little game area in the corner. Drink machines are in the back. Salad is the first station, followed by the soup (daily was chicken noodle soup) and pasta section, followed by the pizza section (lots of variety), and finally the dessert station.
Choices of pizza (which are all thin crust, btw) are the following: cheese, florentine (spinach), white, supreme (everything), pepperoni, buffalo chicken (spicy), cheeseburger- had seen this flavor in other pizza joints (my husband's 2nd fave), and macaroni and cheese- never seen this before (my husband's 1st fave). I might be missing a few flavors, but this is what I remember. I tried the cheese- basic, hard to mess up, right?, florentine- very good, white- also, very good, and buffalo chicken- not for me, the spicy sauce was too weird for me (and I normally like weird). Overall, the pizza was pretty good. Lots of selection, and every time there was a fresh baked pie, an employee would almost yell it out. The soup was good, except I was a little hesitant to eat the "chicken" because it resembled something like Cup-A-Soup like, so I ate the large twisty noodles and the broth. I didn't touch the pasta so I can't comment on it at all. The salad was pretty good! There were two kinds, so you don't build your own, like other places (Chuck E Chees). The choices of dessert are the following: thin brownie with powdered sugar dusted on top (very good!), apple pie pizza (very sweet), and a cheesecake like type that my husband loved!
There are not many buffet type places that are NOT located inside a casino nowadays. I used to like Souper Salad but that's now closed (besides it went downhill the last few years too). Sweet Tomatoes is pretty good but it's not anywhere close to our neighborhood. So, I am sure we will be back again, because it's a pretty good value. Of course, my husband felt like he had a carb overload after that meal, haha. It's not like we eat buffets all the time, either. Everything in moderation.
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