Lemoore, California may be known for the location of Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch, the naval air base and a place where Journey vocalist Steve Perry lived at one time but it’s also the home of the Tachi Palace & Casino.
While I don’t gamble, I wanted to do something different for my mother for her birthday, so I treated her, my father and other family members for dinner and for her to partake in the slot machines.
And I’ve heard that the area has a buffet with a huge variety of food and since I had my nephews with us, I needed to make sure that there was food that they would enjoy as well.
So, we went to the restaurant “Pork Chop Hill Buffet”.
According to the website:
Pork Chop Hill Buffet is located on the 3rd floor of the Casino of the moon. Our buffet offers over 60 delicious items to choose from daily, including: Salad/Soup/Shrimp bar, Asian Cuisine, Authentic Mexican Specialties, Local/Seasonal Favorites, Italian/Gourmet Pizza and Pastas, Omelets and Desserts. Pork Chop Hill features a minimum of 6 live cooking stations such as: live action Wok featuring our Chefs creating Asian Delights, made to order Sauteed Pastas and Entrees Gourmet and Specialty Pizza, Two Carving Stations and a Dessert Bar.
First, one could park in the free parking spaces at the Palace and you can bring children, as long as you don’t go out to the gambling areas, you can walk directly to the path leading to the restaurants and take the elevator up to the third floor.
As for the hours and prices:
According to their website:
Lunch:
Monday & Friday, 11AM – 3PM
Brunch:
Saturday & Sunday, 10AM – 3PM
Dinner:
Monday, Thursday, Friday, & Sunday 4PM – 9PM
Saturday 4PM – 10PM
Closed
Closed Daily 3PM – 4PM
Closed on Tuesday & Wednesday
PRICING
Lunch:
Monday & Friday: $14.99 adults | $7.99 kids 5 -12
Brunch:
Saturday & Sunday: $19.99 adults | $9.99 kids 5 – 12
Dinner:
Monday & Thursday: $19.99 adults | $9.99 kids 5 – 12
Tuesday & Wednesday Closed
Friday: $22.99 adults | $11.99 Kids 5-12
Children 4 and under eat free when accompanied by a paying adult
All major holidays: $26.99 adults | $13.99 kids 5 – 12 New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day Prices are subject to change during holidays
DISCOUNTS
Seniors: $2 off any meal ages 55 – over
Military (Active, Retires, Spouses) 10 % off
First Responders with proper I.D (Police, Firefighter, Medical/Ambulance) 10% off
Premiere Club Members:
Premiere: 5%
Preferred: 15%
Elite: 25%
Eclipse: 40%
The restaurant is actually large, clean and spacious, while we went on the afternoon during a weekday, it was a bit busy but there is more than enough room to serve several hundred people at the restaurant.
But of course, what caught my attention was the variety of food featured. It reminded me the buffet selections in major hotel in Las Vegas, catering to those who want to eat vegetables, poultry, meat, seafood, Chinese, Italian, Mexican, sweets, desserts, etc.
But there is quite a variety and as mentioned, it’s similar to Las Vegas buffet prices or less. Depending on where you go.
But it’s still under $20 and there are discounts for seniors and children as well.
While I’m not a buffet person, I figured this was the best way to feed people who can select the kind of food that they want as opposed for me trying to have them try something different and new and find out one half likes it and the other half doesn’t. Especially for children who are so fixated on eating pizza and chicken nuggets or fried rice.
But overall, if you are in the Central Valley and looking for a place where your parents and other family members can eat and fill their belly’s, but also where the adults can also take part in a little gambling or cheap slot machines. And as mentioned, it’s like having a Las Vegas-style buffet but in the small agricultural city of Lemoore.
As for “Pork Chop Hill Buffet”, for buffet selections, customer service and convenience, if $18 is not too pricey for you for a buffet meal, then it’s a restaurant worth considering!
