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HomeTown Buffet

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1850 W Empire Ave Burbank CA 91504
Phone
(818) 955-5797
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Toll Free
(800) 871-0956
Fax
(651) 365-2356

Business Hours

Status: Closes in 13 minutes

Sunday
8:00am-8:30pm
Monday
11:00am-8:30pm
Tuesday
11:00am-8:30pm
Wednesday
11:00am-8:30pm
Thursday
11:00am-8:30pm
Friday
11:00am-9:30pm
Saturday
8:00am-9:30pm

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Hometown Buffet is perfect if you're really hungry or you have a big appetite. After you pay you serve yourself from different food stations, such as a sushi bar, salad bar, hamburger bar and of course dessert bar. Then if you get hungry you can go back for seconds or thirds without having to pay again. Each night there are different specials, though there are always plenty of options.

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High quality food at affordable prices in a family atmosphere. Our delicious grill selections, hot vegetables, fresh salad bar and dessert bar are enjoyed by more than 75 million customers every year.

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Burbank 91502 member reviews (1)

Reviewed Business
HomeTown Buffet
Reviewer Name
Helena
Review Date
August 16, 2007
Reviewer Location
Burbank, CA
Average Rating
4

Large variety

Great place to go with the family. Large variety of food, great for everyone. Cheap prices. Clean and friendly service. Always has lots of people in line, but it's worth the wait.

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Other reviews from the web (87)

A messy buffet

Average Rating
60

I like buffets generally. The food is normally decent and plentiful and usually they are clean. This restaurant was not quite up to the challenge of providing fresh food and a lot of the items were empty. One lady was cleaning the sneeze guard but...the Ice Cream bar looked like some kids decimated it. Most of the deserts were old and had been sitting around for a while.

Really just needed a...

Average Rating
20

Hometown Buffet was good years ago. Today, the food was not good at all. The pasta salads tasted bland and overdone, the steak was full of grizzle, the fried chicken was horribly dry, the pizza...

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20

Where to begin? You'd have a better chance at finding George Washington Carver than an actual carver at the carving station. The mashed potatoes were less instant and more pre-mature. No one...

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20

DO NOT COME HERE!! the food was horrible salty AF dry taste old honestly it's over priced for the selection here the stake was very chewy the place was dirty the ice cream machine doesn't work...

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20

WACK! Honestly worst buffet I've ever had. I don't even know what to say besides that. The food is just wack, they have poor selections and for the price I barely wanna eat anything here ! It's...

Average Rating
80

This place was great! It's not like a phenomenal five star restaurant, but it was perfect for what it is and what I wanted. The employees were all friendly and the food options were all great...

Great Eating Buffet

Average Rating
100

Our family visited this buffet last night a bit before closing. The waiter said they had turned the lights out because they were closing. However, he went back and told the manager that five people had just walked in. The manager came up and said...she was going to offer us a great deal. She did and we found the price easily affordable. In consideration of the time we did not dally around , but...

great value

Average Rating
80

Went here on a Thurs night a little after 8 and was told they closed at 8:30. We were in disbelief but didn't want to go looking elsewhere. They told us that the doors close at that time but the food is still available until...at least 8:50 so we loaded up 3 or 4 plates and didn't have to worry about them kicking us out. Most of the food is pretty tasty - the ribs were especially good and the...

Great value! Great Beverage and Dessert section

Average Rating
80

It may be cheap but the assortment of desserts and beverages are enough to make me come back again. The food was better than i expected considering the price and queuing was very organized. The buffet rarely ran out and service was adequate considering how...crowded it was.

okay

Average Rating
60

food is pretty good for all you can eat...wish the food area and dining area was cleaner...very popular for locals

Great Meal

Average Rating
80

Great food selection including quite a few healthy options, great value, especially if you want a nice big meal! I have seen some negative reviews of the place but for the price i thought it was excellent. Lots of variety, my only complaint was that...the standard coffee was empty for my entire visit. But the food was really nice! Great for families & people wanting a large all you can eat meal!

Mediocre, but Expected

Average Rating
60

The buffet has lots of different options, which is nice, but the food had absolutely no flavor at all and all of the staff looked like it was an inconvenience to be at work. But this chain has this expected reputation, so we can't say...we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. It was my grandpas birthday and this is what he chose.

A Buffet in Town

Average Rating
60

Located at the Empire Ave shopping are, a good buffet for fast food at reasonable prices. a variety of fried chicken, fish, fries, some roasts, shrimps, Mexican food, deserts and ice cream as well as fountain sodas, lemonades etc...

Poor Even by Mass Buffet Standards

Average Rating
40

We visited Hometown Buffet because it was a very short distance from our hotel, fully understanding that Hometown Buffet is a place where a lot of diners can access unlimited, inexpensive grub simultaneously. Even so, we were still disappointed and won't return when next in...the area. The reason is how dirty and overrun the facility was, speaking to management and staffing. Debris littered the...

Good Variety and Decent Quality

Average Rating
60

I ate here several times on a recent visit to Burbank, CA. It was walking distance from the hotel. They have a good salad bar, a couple of soups daily, taco bar, mashed potatoes and two gravies, veggies, mac and cheese, a carving station, meatloaf,...chicken and fish dishes, and a good array of desserts and beverages.

Price isn't cheap at about $16 for adults (with beverages), but it is...

Great buffet

Average Rating
100

They had alot of choice of food with a good qulity at reasonable price with agreat staff
I will keep going there untsl i leave burbank .
Thanks everybody their

Average Rating
40

We try to eat clean and healthy whenever we get a chance. Decided to give this place a try. We all felt sick that evening. Not from food positioning but just a weird unwell, "the food had a lot of salt and fat" kind of feeling. our bodies did not like it. We will not be back.

Decent buffet option

Average Rating
60

Good spread but not the tastiest buffet. Certain dishes though were very nice. Some dishes were not filled up often. The service though was very good and used plates were cleaned up very quickly. You need to be real hungry to enjoy a meal here...as there are plenty of options to choose from.

Average Rating
80

Clean location, and the food is good. It gets very busy here as well! Thanksgiving here is really good!

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80

The food is very good but the lines are really long on busy nights.

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20

Oh my gosh.... This place is horrible. I never saw a server until I was ready to leave. The amount of choices for food is so poor. They have like 5...

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60

3 star

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40

Came here to celebrate a birthday with my fiance and his mom. Hoping to beat the dinner crowd, we got here around 8. Short wait and quick to get us to the...

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100

5 star

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100

5 star

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20

Blah!! Not good,NOT coming back ,the food quality doesn't deserve that price next time I would just go to the fast food restaurants :-_

Average Rating
60

Good service, but the food could use a bit of a make over. The restaurant needs more cleaning at the food stations. The restroom was a disaster.

Average Rating
80

It is a nice place, great service, delisious food. I visit there very often because everyone in my family loves here.

Average Rating
100

I am hometown buffet in Burbank at least once a week. That is my favorite one. I have only had one issue with that location. I am 9 months pregnant and about two weeks ago. Me and my husband were having our weekly visit and I was on my second plate. When I looked down and saw a hair in my corn. I have been eating at this particular one for several years now and never had that problem before. So...

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60

3 star

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100

5 star

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80

We always visit HTB in Burbank. There's a variety of food that you can choose from and most of them are delicious. Our kids love the crispy fried chicken & yummy Mac & cheese. I just want to point out that they should always be aware of the cleanliness of the buffet area because during busy weeknights the buffet area looks messy and out of order. Staffs are mostly friendly & a few managers are...

Average Rating
20

need to change the menu more often .to made more variety.

Average Rating
100

I'm always satisfied when I come here. There is a vast selection. I'd say that's my only complaint as I can't try everything! :(

Average Rating
60

Hello. we were in teh other nite and the service was great..but the carved meat station was wonderful till they left it and we had to ask someone to come...

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100

5 star

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100

It is a self serve buffet. It baffles me that anyone says something bad about the service. ????

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100

Yes they have cut back on wait staff. But oh well. When. We have dirty dishes I just throw them in the dirty dish thing myself. The food has got better in the last 6mo ! Thank god for that ! We stopped come ng here because the food quality had got really bad. But our last 4 visit were great ! Looks like me & my daughter will be doing Turkey Day at Hometown. Im A single dad of A 9yr old that is...

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100

Me gusta!

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100

5 star

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5 star

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40

Food was good service realy sucks need to work on being more nice and checking if I need my plate removed I had dirty plates there till I left never going back.

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100

5 star

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20

The service level has dropped dramatically at hometown, won't be going back there again.

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100

5 star

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80

Esta bien, pero no es para artarse. Eso creo yo.

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20

1 star

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100

El restaurante favorito de mis hijos.
Disfrutamos en familia. Lo recomiendo.

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3 star

Too Busy

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60

We decided to come to Hometown Buffet at the Burbank location because of chains we've visited in the past. We came on a busy day so it was difficult to find parking. Upon entering the line was long (wait time was about 15-20 minutes). The...employees seem rushed and the food needed replenishing when I arrived. I'm a pescatarian so all I was looking for was fish but they needed to bring somemore...

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80

4 star

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100

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80

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80

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100

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80

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100

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60

3 star

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20

1 star

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80

4 star

All you can eat boring food

Average Rating
40

I have been disappointed here before, but since they offered a free birthday meal I tried it again. I was disappointed again with the very ordinary food. I'm not an all you can eat fan, but even if the object is to stuff yourself into...obesity, I think there should be one or two main dishes that stand out for uniqueness and flavor. There were NONE. I won't make the same mistake again.

Better than typical

Average Rating
80

If you know the various country buffet restaurant options, you know that it can be an adventure of noisy kids and 'buffet professionals' -- and sometimes the food is large volume, low quality. This location, on my visit for lunch, had a decent amount of...tasty options along with a pleasant staff. If you like country buffets, you'll probably agree this location is worth a try.

Unsanitary place with poor attitude servers.

The most popular foods run out quickly and then we had to beg for them to bring some out. Their response was sorry we are out of steak. Our table had the used dirty plates pilling up-there until we finished desert. Nobody bothered to clean up. Desert

Average Rating
20

if you dont mind eating food that teast like frozen food then you will like home town buffet.the only good thing about home town buffet is it is all you can eat and for a pig like me it is not bad.

absurd

Average Rating
20

FASCISTS TREATED PRISONERS BETTER THAN THEY TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS WHOM ON TOP OF THAT THEY OVERCHARGE WITH HIDDEN "DRINK FEES" AND MAKE TO TAKE FORCED "ADVERTISEMENT" WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO. most ridiculous experience I have ever had in any restaurant. staff is rude and uncivilized. first the cashier oversold me "beverages" on top of regular price. then the server who was cutting the stake was...

Rating system 1 to 5. Food: 2

Truely terrible!. The food was generic and most of the items looked like them came from a carton or a can! I even saw one of their employees purchasing white bread at the 99Cent Only store. That tells you how fresh their food is.

Average Rating
20

If you don't mind the wait, the sticky floors and having runny nosed children stick their fingers in your food then this is the place for you. Yuck.

Hard Deal to Beat: I love the variety. The desserts are really great (personal choice: the cheesecake). They have REAL ICE CREAM & all the fixings to make what you want (i.e., whipped cream, candies, etc.); get...

It's a ""comfort"" food trough

Average Rating
60

If you're looking for unending servings of standard American style comfort food at an okay price, this is your place. However, be prepared for loud, obnoxious patrons and harried staff. The dining room staff here is constantly moving...trying to turnover tables as quickly as possible. They're trying to improve the fare here with special night menus...seafood, prime rib, etc. It just attracts more loud and obnoxious people. I've been here three...all times practically dragged kicking and screaming. Needless to say, I don't like these kinds of restaurants. They're uninteresting,...

It's a "comfort" food trough – If you're looking for unending servings of standard American style comfort food at an okay price, this is your place. However, be prepared for loud, obnoxious patrons and harried staff. The dining room staff here is constantly moving...trying to turnover tables as quickly as possible. They're trying to improve the fare here with special night menus...seafood, prime rib, etc. It just attracts more loud and obnoxious people. I've been here three...all times practically dragged kicking and screaming. Needless to say, I don't like these kinds of restaurants....

They need to have real cooks

Average Rating
60

I like going to Hometown Buffet for the variety of foods that are on the menu. Unfortunately Hometown Buffet in Burbank is never the same every time I go. One time the floor was not sticky and everywhere i looked, looked clean. The selec...

Average Rating
40

We used to come here for their wide assortment of food, but it's now over $10/person and on a weeknight, their special was steak that they s...

Average Rating
100

Hometown Buffet is a great family restaurant to come to on weekends. Be prepared it will be crowded and usually a wait but the food is good...

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Business description (3)

Hometown Buffet can be found at W Empire Ave 1850. The following is offered: Restaurants. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Burbank there are 109 other Restaurants. An overview can be found here.

Located on Empire Avenue, Home Town Buffet offers over 60 dinner items on its buffet-line, seven days a week. Popular dishes regularly found here range from pot-roast and fried chicken, to macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes.

Hometown Buffet is perfect if you're really hungry or you have a big appetite. After you pay you serve yourself from different food stations, such as a sushi bar, salad bar, hamburger bar and of course dessert bar. Then if you get hungry you can go back for seconds or thirds without having to pay again. Each night there are different specials, though there are always plenty of options.

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