Nelson's "Barnyard" Buffet

Excellent tasting food and many food and desert choices. Price for the buffet is on point with the many items you get to choose from. Service is great. Restaurant and restrooms were very clean. A few more weekend visits to this establishment and they have been pretty consistent. 10/12/25 Visited again on a Sunday and it was packed - was seated quickly and food was continuous been brought out to the buffet. Server was great. 2/15/26 Visited on a busy day and was quickly seated. Food and service was excellent

The variety is amazing from the salad bar to the entrees to the dessert selections. A can't miss meal choice. Warning, wear loose clothing. You'll need the breathing room.

Excellent little restaurant in Saraland. Very good "Soul Food" based buffet. The entrees change daily. The mac and cheese was fantastic. I also enjoyed the smothered pork chops in gravy.

Overall it was decent. The best parts were the catfish nuggets, fried fish, fried chicken and macaroni and cheese. Other items were simply ok but overall it’s a good value lots to choose from. Our waitress was beyond amazing. Drinks come with buffet price and they have veteran discount.

In the beginning, this buffet was "great" as well as the service. After their updating the restaurant, it has changed. The price of the buffet is a bit much. The food is not as good, cooking is not what it was. The dessert choices have go way down. The service is still pretty good, but the people who work in the kitchen and refill the bar are pretty rude. They will cut in front of you, push you back and ignore you. The last time we chose to eat there, we told the waitress that our meal was not very good and we did not enjoy it as we previously have. We were told that the manager was not there and the only thing that they could do was offer $5 off our next visit. We have chosen not to dine here anymore.