Top 5 buffets in the BR area

I’m a self-admitted glutton, and I love a good buffet (despite popular opinion, they DO exist). Here are my picks for the Top 5 buffets in the Baton Rouge area, in no particular order:

1) Thai Pepper. I’ve been going here since Thai Kitchen was in this location. It became Thai Pepper about 20 years ago and during that time, despite multiple ownership changes, it has remained consistently excellent.

2) Sushi Masa. Yeah, it’s not the same quality as what you’ll find at Umami or Sushi Yama, but it’s still damn solid and a great deal for those with massive appetites, such as myself.

3) Foo Chow (Walker). On Saturday nights, you can get all of their usual offerings, as well as snow crabs, blue crabs, and Louisiana crawfish - and they’re actually good. The snow crabs are actually some of the best I’ve had.

4) Swagat. For years, Bay Leaf was my go-to. But with each visit to Swagat, I am more and more impressed. They’re friendly people and they appear to be doing good business, so I’m sticking with them for my Indian cravings.

5) El Magey. I miss the awesomeness and nostalgia of Pancho’s as much as anybody else, but El Magey more than holds its own in the Mexican category. AYCE lengua tacos and that melon drink they have — yum.