There is a hint of the old Badayori in Atlantic Buffet Sushi and Grill. This is a restaurant that pays attention to appearances, and whose foods are well displayed. It’s only a hint though. There is none of the air of “conspicuous consumption” that drove some of Badayori’s over the top offerings. No “palm heart” salads, no plates of artichoke hearts. The sushi range from surprisingly good to surprisingly confusing. Unlike Badayori, which had excellent consistency in the beginning, the classic Chinese buffet dishes in the Atlantic Buffet are sometimes good and sometimes ordinary. The crawfish lacked spice. Cauliflower were overcooked. The scallops with black bean sauce were shockingly devoid of black beans.
This place truly shines, though, when you get to the line of their grilled foods, especially the mushrooms, zucchini, and mackerel. The mackerel, especially, is amazingly good. We went back for seconds and thirds on Atlantic’s line of grilled foods.
It’s inexpensive for this kind of eating. $10.99 per adult, with soft drinks $1.59 each. The breads are good here, and they keep warm rolls in a carousel, along with slices of pizza.
It’s clear they’re just getting started, and the service, though, is really excellent. Plates disappear from tables and people are around, refilling drinks constantly.
Highly recommended. Get here fast. Buffets arrive in “blow you away” fashion and can change on a dime.
Atlantic Buffet Sushi and Grill
2059 Scenic Highway #117
Snellville GA 30078
(770) 985-1388
May 5, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Was excited to see we were getting a new resturant in Snellville. Waited all winter and half of spting. Was very disappointed to see it was not a southern resturant. We didn’t need another china buffet, we already have 2 now this one. I wish someone would put up a cafeteria style resturant in Snellville. At the Atlantic Buffet the food is normal fair as the other china buffet we have, lots of MSG and little other seasoning. T
The vegatables were over steamed the chicken was dried out. So dissappointed.
May 15, 2011 at 2:56 pm
The cafeteria model is pretty much dead if even the Pappas family can’t make a go of it (see this link, for example). On top of that, between the buffets offered by John Boy’s and Golden Corral, where is the market for a traditional cafeteria in Snellville?
In Atlanta, Asians, especially Koreans, are at the front of a lot of dynamic new eating. Witness Heirloom BBQ as an example of that.
FnS.
July 3, 2011 at 2:30 pm
true that!
July 3, 2011 at 2:33 pm
well i am sorry to hear that u were dissapointed about the resturant but it clearly said SUSHI and GRILL. so that means that the resturant is a chinese resturant.
July 3, 2011 at 2:37 pm
okay first of all how could the chicken be dried out it has sauce and different stuff on it the chicken is juicy.
September 6, 2011 at 10:59 pm
i am starting to have second thoughts about this place
February 23, 2012 at 11:08 am
Your are full of it,I go here regularly and this buffet is one of the best in the area,you must not have any taste buds
February 28, 2012 at 4:29 pm
well,actuly i do i go to the HOT AND COLD BUFFET WHERE THEY HAVE CHEESE CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
February 28, 2012 at 4:31 pm
I DO HAVE TASTE BUDS!!!
June 14, 2012 at 12:55 pm
well actualy hot n cold is one of the dirtiest buffets did u look at there food inspector score well u should look at it again cheesecake or not i feel sorry for those eating there!
July 19, 2012 at 3:32 pm
well i dont care i like it and im eating there
May 19, 2011 at 5:49 pm
This Restruant has no wheelchair accessable tables in the building. Hoe did it get permission to open?
July 2, 2011 at 9:13 pm
what does a wheelchair table have to do with the restruant?
June 30, 2011 at 4:06 pm
i went there one time and i will never goback to Atlantic Buffet the service is not good and the food are not hot and i dont know why they said there have over 250 item and i can tell everybody hot and cold buffet down stree next BigLot is bestfood in the town everybody sure go there and try .
July 2, 2011 at 9:20 pm
why would u want your food hot anyway u r goin to have to wait until your food is cool and how is the service not good i want u to answer that question four me .
July 2, 2011 at 9:11 pm
u know what yall people crazy the atlantic buffet is good to me cause im only 11 years old and that food filled me up u cant say that the atlantic buffet doest full u up because it is all u can eat just like golden coral . but the atlantic buffet is so good to me i had some seaseme chinese chicken i cant wait until i go again.
July 6, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Raquel Taylor, do you work for Atlantic Buffet? How much do they pay u?
August 17, 2011 at 9:31 pm
hi jeanne i am 11 years old i dont work at the atlantic buffet i am just expressing my thoughts.
July 23, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Went for lunch last week. There was plenty of good choices and all that I tried was good. For that price, in fact not sure what else you could want OR what else would make you happy. I am going back tomorrow for dinner.
Thank you
August 17, 2011 at 9:29 pm
i am happy to hear that u like the atlantic buffet
August 20, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Just from reading the above blog, I find it hard to believe that raquel Taylor is 11 years old. Why would a person that age be so interested in what a blog says about one place as well as the way that this person talks. I am going to try this place out tonight and I just wonder if my servers name will be raquel or taylor or both. I hope that it is a good place to eat as I have been waiting to go there for a while.
August 20, 2011 at 6:42 pm
I also find it hard to believe the person, calling themselves 12 year old Taylor is exactly as stated. Everyone should know why a resturant would need to be handicapped accessable in this day and age, just a downer for us that have aged and need help to walk or keep ourselves from falling. The furniture in Atlantic Buffet is all banged up like it was used prior to opening in Snellville, but that is ok. I really had a problem with the serve yourself for dipping your own ice cream. Everyone putting there hands down in the cooler to dip there ice cream, including children with dirty nasty hands, crawling up on the side with there feet and shoes touching the inside of the wall where the ice cream is not sanitary. If you have to have a sneeze shield on all the other food they need a ser n save ice cream dispenser, at least that is not as bad and is a little more sanitary. No one I have spoken with says they will never go back.
September 6, 2011 at 10:54 pm
well when you go there tell me what u think about the restaraunt
September 6, 2011 at 10:57 pm
when u go to the buffet tell me what u think about the place
September 8, 2011 at 8:17 pm
hi vicki remember i am only 11 years old so i cant be your server
September 8, 2011 at 8:11 pm
emmewheeler@comcast.net i dont know if you were talking about me but i am 11 not 12 i dont know if they alow wheelchairs or not i really dont know. but maybe they should alow wheelchairs so that the elderly can enjor their food to.
September 8, 2011 at 8:14 pm
also just like golden coral the children dig their dirty hands in all the little candies they have for example the gummy bears i want to take some so badley but i cant because of childerens dirty little hands u dont know where there hands been.
September 8, 2011 at 8:15 pm
please respond i want to hear your thoughts i would appreciate it
September 12, 2011 at 8:05 pm
hey guys i want to ask u something where do u think i should take my parents on their annerversiry? i`m thinking olive garden but that`s too common. i have this place in mind called the maccoroni gril in the avenue i really don`t know because i want to take my parents to a nice place pleeeaaseee helppppppppppp thankyou
October 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Take them to Atlantic Buffet
November 3, 2011 at 9:59 pm
well you see dian my mom is sort of a vegetarian not meat i am thinking of taking them to olive garden or applebeas.
December 6, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Atlantic seafood buffet is awesome….period.
February 28, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I HATE SEA FOOD!!!
December 19, 2011 at 10:36 am
After reading the reviews, and realizing most people only bother to write a review when they’re dissatisfied, my family opted to visit the buffet.
The establishment was clean, the food was plentiful and hot, the employees were efficient. I recommend it!
January 9, 2012 at 9:00 pm
good answer!
January 24, 2012 at 12:55 am
I went for Christmas and the food was fresh and hott!!! I love the dip your own icecream I also loved the service .
January 24, 2012 at 12:56 am
I will be going today for my birthday
February 28, 2012 at 4:38 pm
I HOPE U HAVE FUN
February 28, 2012 at 4:40 pm
WHAT DO U MEAN” I WOULD LOVE TO DIP YOUR OWN ICECREAM”
January 30, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Atlantic Buffet is the worse thing ever. I can’t believe they call themselves a restaurant. That is insulting, and now, everytime someone says the word atlantic, I have an autonomic gag reflex. This is very painful considering I live by the atlantic ocean. So if anyone who works here sees this, I want you to know. Make your food taste like it wasn’t made several years ago, or just stop trying.
Food Entrepenuer and Explorer
Sara.
February 28, 2012 at 4:35 pm
I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT SAY BUT HOW OLD R U DO U WORK SOME WHERE (SORRY ABOUT THE HUGE LETTERS )(CAPSLOCK)HAVE A GOOD DAY
February 28, 2012 at 4:38 pm
THAT WAS REALLY MEAN SARA IBRE WHAT IF SOME ONE FROM THE ATLANTIC BUFFET LOOKED AT YOUR COMMET THEY MAY JUST CLOSE DOWN BUT I DONT GO TO THE ATLANTIC BUFFEF I GO TO HOT AND COLD BUFFET I LIVE CLOSER.
June 14, 2012 at 1:05 pm
OMG! WE GET IT UR BASICALLY TALKING TO URSELF! GEEEZ!
July 19, 2012 at 3:34 pm
shut up stupid
June 3, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Bad customer service
October 7, 2012 at 11:47 am
Sorry, but I thought this place was pretty bad. I just went for sushi, and it was not what I was looking for. Most of the sushi was stuffed with cream cheese, or fruit! And the hot food, was not much better. My suggestion is to spend a few more $$ and get legit Chinese or Japanese.
November 8, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Atlantic Buffet is CLOSED. The first time I went was soon after it first opened, it was not too bad so I thought I owed them another visit. Unfortunately, I got food poisoning on that second visit. My only regret is not reporting my illness to the proper health inspector or someone in the health / food safety field.
I was not suprised when I drove by there recently to find the place CLOSED. The crudely handmade sign on the door suggested they were going to reopen under new management.
If they do reopen, PLEASE think twice before eating there. The thought of how sick this place made me still lingers.
January 23, 2013 at 4:00 pm
true
February 27, 2013 at 3:19 pm
this place is really good I eat here all the time and really hot and cold? tht buffett is crap I was looking for desert and I picked up somwthing tht looked like it would be good I bit into it it was a dam gram cracker with icing in the middle