Buffet restaurants fit into their own category. My own personal experience with them is that they usually serve cheap food mass-produced for people who wish to gorge themselves on carbohydrates. As everyone knows, the quality of food varies at buffets, but the fact that there are so many low quality ones gives them a bad image.
So with that said, I am happy to report that The Buffet at the Potawatomi Bingo & Casino is certainly of a much higher quality. There are a number of buffets that have only fried food. Not so with the Casino’s buffet.
Another clear difference that makes it stand apart from the competition is the fact that the food was unusually fresh. Essentially everything that I tried was fantastic, or at the least better than the usual buffet offerings.
And for dinner, there are a number of specialties offered including nights with “international dishes” such as Mexican and Asian cuisine on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, seafood buffets on Wednesday and Friday fish fries. Sunday brunch includes complementary champagne and Sunday dinner features Southern food.
In the end there are only two legitimate complaints about The Buffet at the Potawatomi Bingo & Casino. The first is that the restaurant’s name is terribly uncreative. Calling a buffet “The Buffet” when other restaurants in the casino have names like “The Fire Pit” and “Dream Dance” makes one think they suddenly had a lack of creativity when it came time to name the place.
The second complaint is the price. $10.99 for lunch is a little pricey when compared with other buffets around Milwaukee. And not only is lunch expensive, but Sunday brunch and most dinners run at $15.99 while on Wednesday and Saturday nights, the dinner price is $22.99. But although it is a lot of money to be spending on a meal, one should also consider the fact that the food there is of a higher quality than the usual buffet. College students, or at least those that do not gamble, may not be aware of this place. For a change of pace it certainly is worth a try.
Lunch is served from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Dinner is served from 3:30-9:00 p.m. Monday – Thursday and Sunday. Friday and Saturday it is open until 10:00 p.m. Sunday brunch is served from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Potawatomi is located on 1721 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53233.
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