Buffet in the western burbs?

I am looking for any and all kinds of buffets in the western burbs. I got a request from my sister to check this board out for something that adults and my 12 yr old nephew can enjoy.

My nephew is willing to try most things but I am not looking to scare anyone. I took them out to Todai in Schaumburg a few weeks ago. It went over pretty well. Maybe some foodies in the making.

I know that traveling into Chicago isn't an option. I have used the search function and found good stuff but in the city. Thanks for the suggestions!

There are two that I think would satisfy all tastes and both are ones my vegetarian friends like as well. Cuisine of India has a nice buffet that is well marked, nothing is too spicy and it comes with or without the tandorri chicken which kids should like. The other is a new place in Aurora in the Fox Valley Mall area called Miga59. It's a Korean BBQ but not like anything I was expecting. They have a nice buffet ranging from tradional American salad fare to Kimchi on one side then on the other side is all sorts of Korean dishes, many which are seafood. Everything is well marked and presented very attractively. BBQ items ar availible for an additional price. They are cooked for you at a station in the dining room. It's located on the outer edge of the Mall near the McDonalds on the east side.

Cuisine of India
1255 E. Ogden
Naperville

Miga59
4430 Fox Valley Center Suite 102
Aurora

http://miga59.com/

Some ideas:

1) Most of the Indian restaurants on E. Schaumburg Rd. have Sunday buffets that are pretty good - Udupi Palace and India House come to mind.

2) It is not cheap but Texas de Brazil in Woodfield would also fit the bill.

3) The buffet at the river boat casino in Elgin has pretty consistent food. I am not real excited about taking young people to a casino boat but there are a lot of families there.

The luncheon buffet at Epicurean Hungarian in Hillside is quite good.

Consider the GNR in Hillside - Priscilla's Soul Food Buffet. Definitely best in the class.

Priscilla's is a good rec, although I would consider it more of a cafeteria style place than a buffet.

God help me if Priscilla's was all I could eat.. mmm.. smothered pork chops...

I have only been once, but other members of my family have been several times and have always had good luck with the brunch at Drury Lane in Oakbrook. It is not anything mind-expanding, but for me it did deliver on the brunch staples, and has made to order omelets.

scanz wrote:I have only been once, but other members of my family have been several times and have always had good luck with the brunch at Drury Lane in Oakbrook. It is not anything mind-expanding, but for me it did deliver on the brunch staples, and has made to order omelets.

LOL!!!
Shhhh!

Seriously tho. I second this one.

"Nicely baked salmon fillets, eggs benedict, a waffle station, and fresh fruit."

DING!

"What are things seebee would love to have every day for breakfast, Alex."

jimswside wrote:Priscilla's is a good rec, although I would consider it more of a cafeteria style place than a buffet.

God help me if Priscilla's was all I could eat.. mmm.. smothered pork chops...

Did not realize that "buffet" means
all you can eat." Hey apparently Priscilla's did not either!

More seriously, is the query really looking for all-you-can-eat deals? I took it more literally, but in thinking about it, I guess I do not see the reason to specifically look for good buffets. People ask about brunches regularly, but not buffets.

I always thought that buffets and brunches were the same thing, only that brunches were regarded as only breakfast/lunch affairs, whereas buffets could also include evening dining.

I got the idea that the OP was looking for ethnic buffets and not a standard American brunch that's why I suggested the two I did. They mention wanting to try new things. I also forgot to suggest Reza's in Oak Brook for Mediterranean- Middle Eastern food.

http://www.rezasrestaurant.com/

Brunch &/or buffet works for the request. I was just looking for something that can give variety and quality. I have rarely gone to a buffet place or brunch because I don't have good luck. When I try the selection stinks and the food is ok or the food choices are wide but the quality isn't there.

I am the adventuresome one. I can pull the others with me if I ease them into it. Todai went well. I want the buffets to experience the variety first and they can find something that they like. I wouldn't want this roll to die b/c they got one bad dish off a menu.

The recs are good. Thanks. I haven't been to a brunch in a long time. I will suggest this thread and provide details.

The "family style" meals at the various Greektown restaurants, while not buffets, offer a great variety of foods and give you as much food as 99% of the population could hope to eat is a single setting.

My wife and I stopped into the Parthenon on a Saturday afternoon a couple of years ago and were served three cold and hot appetizers, two entrees, coffee and dessert. We ate perhaps 40% of the food and took the rest home.

Gaylord by Woodfield Mall - Indian cuisine.