Chuck-A-Rama Buffet

Went here when we first moved Idaho falls thinking it would be a nice buffet… It was Gross food! Crappy options literally watery nasty horrible. Worst buffet ever. Don’t waste your money!

Oh, where to start?
I remember when this opened. I can’t believe it has been over 10 years already. I thought this place would be good but couldn’t be more wrong. The food is average. The barbeque chicken makes me sick and I can’t eat it. I honestly don’t know why people love this place so much. My guess is because they can take their many children and eat at a place fast for a reasonable price. The only good thing I can say about this place is that, it has really great scones, they have a wide variety of things on a buffet that other buffet’s don’t offer. That’s a hint for Sizzler.
As some of you might know, the building that is now Red Robin used to be JJ North’s. That was some of the best buffet food ever.
Overall recommendation. I don’t care for it and I wouldn’t recommend it either.

We could have spent less money for much better choices, but I was craving good macaroni and cheese. I was disappointed. The Mac and cheese tastes like noodles with melted Velveeta. Thoroughly unappetizing. We should have gone to Sizzler or Pizza Pie Café. Both are cheaper and significantly better.

This place should be called the suck a Roma cuz it sucks not one thing I got was good it was all awful chicken sucked potatoes sucked. And so on just horrible don’t waste your time or money just go some where else

Good usually, I have been here three times now and it has been good only. The food is generally good, but sometimes the variety is poor. They have good pasta and meat, but some of their salads aren’t the best. The biggest complaint I have though is the restrooms have always been dirty! Very friendly staff though, good place for a quick buffet.

I like it. It may not be for everyone:
The Good: The food is basically good. I love the salad bar and the different prepared salads. You can always get prime rib and roast beef, and then the specials of the day. The staff is always friendly and quick to refill your drinks.
The Not So Good: Lots of little kids running around bumping into you, Lots of people on a Saturday night, pretty crowded. I do not like their desserts, and the soft serve machine is always crowded with little kids.
I like it, go there often. Go on a week night, better. The price is reasonable.

This place was clean, friendly and delicious! I went with a couple of roommates and we each left stuffed and happy. Price is great since it is a buffet. I would definitely recommend and I plan to stop by again before heading back home to California.

This was our second trip to Idaho Falls, and the only thing we could talk about as we traveled was driving ‘all the way out’ to Ammon for Chuck a Rama. Not only is the food selection and quality great (the stuffing is to die for) but it is a true crossroads of America (aka awesome people-​watching). We stuffed ourselves to the point of sickness but it hurt so good…

I love everything about this fantastic place. The first time I went I cried. I cried because it was so beautiful. I just want to jump into a hot tub of that New England clam chowder. Naked. I had to take I giant crap tho

Great place to eat! Price not so good! Overall quality of food is alright! They seem to serve an awful lit of chicken?! Need to restock things faster one time I had to wait for like 5 – 10 minutes before they brought it out! Pretty clean overall nice place staff seems friendly. Staff needs to pay better attention sometimes to what drink there giving people that’s been messed up a couple time the last few times I was there.

As family buffets go, this one is my favorite.
The salad bar is wonderful. They have a large variety of fresh toppings as well as many delicious dressings.
Some items are the same everyday, but they have a section that changes each day of the week.
Sunday: Turkey dinner
Monday: International day (stuffed bell peppers and chicken fried steak)
Tuesday: Chinese food (I highly recommend the general chicken)
Wednesday: BBQ day (delicious)
Thursday: Mexican Food day (everything for tacos or a taco salad)
Friday: Sea Food Day
Saturday:Italian Day (lasagna and other pastas)
Tuesdays and Fridays have breaded shrimp and coconut shrimp available during dinner.
I love the baked goods and the dutch oven section (it is there everyday) I highly recommend it.
I like how hygiene oriented everyone is. A manager is almost always watching the food. One time I saw a child touch the food. The manager quickly whisked away that food item and replaced it with a fresh untouched batch.
I have a friend that works there, and she tells me that they also wash all of the soda machines at night as well as the salt and pepper shakers.

My husband and I went to Chuck-​A-​Rama Buffet for the first time this week. The food was fresh, hot (or cold as required), and everything tasted great! The menu is generic All-​American: fried chicken, baked ham, roast beef, mac and cheese, a green salad bar and a macaroni/​potato salad bar.
My only complaint was the seating. As first-​time visitors, we really had no idea how the seating was set-​up and got kind of stuck in a corner with two large families around us. Everybody was polite, so it was no problem, but it would have been nice to, I don’t know, have the checker assist us in finding seating — like they do the large groups.
The waitress assigned to our area was friendly. Very friendly. Almost too friendly, like she was making sure that it was noted that she paid attention to you to make sure you left her a tip — even if out of guilt. Again, I don’t know if that is company policy or not.
Would we go again? Yes, oh yes, and I’d put on 50 lbs a week, lol!

Great selection, fresh, hot, and a wonderful salad bar– and, wow, the dessert bar – nothing diet there, oh so delicious.

This all you can eat Buffet style restaurant in my opinion is exceptionally good, even my Dad likes eating here, and he’s into his food big time and expects a lot. Everything here is made fresh and each day of the week there’s a different main course meal. Today was Mexican day, my favorite. They have other choices of foods from salads, breads, fried chicken, soups, hand carved ham/​beef, breads, cookies, desserts, and much more. The drinks are included with your meal purchase as well.
My only complaint-​the Woman’s Bathroom-​you have no privacy, there may as well be no separate stalls, because the gap in each one is that wide to see in, out, and you can see the stall next to you. I’m surprised knowing how ultra conservative this area is and for being a restaurant. Has anyone complained about the Women’s Bathroom? All they need to do is add liners to fill in the wide open gap. Us Women want privacy!
Oh and one more thing, not really a complaint, their desserts are a lot to choose from and I really like thier soft serve ice cream, but there’s no ice cream cones for the soft serve ice cream!

I am quickly falling in love with Chuck-​A-​Rama. Each day provides a different menu of items that anyone could love. I just went tonight (Wednesday) for the ChuckWagon menu which features some amazing entrees such as Dutch Oven Confetti rice and bbq pork spare ribs to dutch oven Corn bread. The Roast beef was amazingly tender and like always the Mashed potatoes were freshly made from real potatoes. There was also a Spicy sausage and Chuck wagon beans which were incredible. You could also find fresh roasted chicken and a huge Salad bar for the salad lovers. The desert bar alone is worth the whole trip. Fresh baked cookies and Soft serve creamy ice cream really make for a great finish to eat Lunch or dinner. The whole establishment is very clean and the staff is super friendly and very quick to refill your soft drink or coffee. I have gone to Chuck-​A-​Rama now about 15 times since 2006 and each time has been great. The buffet also has a lot of kid friendly items such as pizza and macaroni and cheese and many more items.
If your looking for a great priced lunch or dinner and want to fill up on freshly made items from scratch and want a great desert to boot, I highly recommend you visit Chuck-​A-​Rama and give them a try if you havent already.