Cathedral Buffet and Banquet Center

Love love the cleanliness here!!! Look around. Everything is so clean! They seem to really take pride in their restaurant.
The food is delicious and fresh. A lot of the items seem like homemade.
The people are very friendly and attentive as well.
No complaints. For the price, the Sunday buffet is a steal. All you can BBQ ribs (homemade) and the potato salad??? Yummoooooo. Come try for yourself!

Okay the food is good and all but you need to drink the coffee. Its from Indonesia and its the best coffee I’ve ever had in the U. S…possibly the world. I’ve had coffee in Colombia and this stuff is as good or better. I’m not crazy. I’d come here and pay buffet price just to drink a few cups of the coffee. Ignore the televangelism and drink up.

There was an OK selection of food for dinner and the place is kind of creepy inside. Its creepy because the staff who comes and takes your dishes act like a bunch of zombies because you never hear them talking or anything. They just walk around to other tables and grab the dishes. It was really dark in there and the desserts were not the best. The cupcake I had was terrible and tastes like its been sitting out for a while and the cookies were dry. The only food I really liked was the pasta salad and the chicken. There is also a basement where you can pay to see some Jesus statues which I thought was creepy to have in a restaurant and there is also a gift shop there. Even though the food was not the best, it was very clean inside and I also noticed there were a lot of older people there. I would not recommend this place for someone to go to except when its close to Halloween because its that creepy.

First the plus sides.
It’s all you can eat.
The drink is included in the price.
It’s a no tipping establishment because it’s completely self serve. The only people you see are bussers who grab plates every now and then.
It was $ 58 and some charge total for our family of 5 which is cheaper then we normally get away with in non-​fast food places.
The down side.
The food is «meh», and I’m being really generous calling it «meh». It’s like institution or bad school food. I feel like they had a goal to make the food edible but not very good to keep you from eating much so that they could keep costs down.
The plastic table clothes are a little bit sticky. I made sure to keep my utensils on a napkin and not directly on the table at any time.
I had go back and grab a 2^nd spoon because the first one I grabbed had food and lip smears on it.
There are dusty fake flowers and bad religious decorations all around.
It was ok but I doubt I’ll go back. I’m a fat girl who loves buffets so I’m a little bummed it was that bad.

This place should be condemned. This is called a Buffet. I would get better food at my school cafeteria. The food looked to be sitting out far too long and was starting to get warm in the right cases and cold in the others. The seats were old and probably not properly cleaned. The place probably has not been updated in 30 – 40 years. It probably has not been cleaned in that long either. I caught one of the managers replacing napkins. They are from GFS not Sysco or another restaurant provider. How much other stuff is from there. I mean I was just totally in shock. Why did I go here you ask? Because I was invited. I would not give this place or its owner my money on my own accord. If I could give this place multiple 1 star ratings just to lower its overall Unilocal rating I would. The veggies they used were giant veggies, usually used by restaurants for soup. As they are grown giant so they can be cut up. The desserts look slapped together by someone who was putting together a two year old’s puzzle. Im sorry I am not a good cook nor baker but at least my desserts would look presentable. Must have high school degree to make dessert here. Guess not. Must have elementary school degree to make dessert here I mean this place is worse, let me repeat worse than Golden Corral and that is saying something. Seriously don’t go here. The whole area that surrounds this buffet is in flux right now. Old and poorly kept shopping strips torn down. Piles of dirt that should be a new shopping strip by now waiting to go up. Its kind of like the bad area that is trying to re build itself. You wanna know why that area is struggling its because scams like this are sucking the hard earned cash out of the innocent people in this area. You can buy… BUY the same foods at GFS and prepare it yourself for less money.

Wife and I returned here with a church group. There were approximately 30 of us. The large table area was at the most ²⁄₃ full, and I would really estimate closer to ½ full. I state the fullness due to the fact, that they had our group packed in like sardines. There were 10 of us seated at tables that would have normally sat 8. Again the furniture still hasn’t been updated. It appears that like Rex, Ernest is more interested in the profits than the atmosphere. Our entire group mentioned the rips in the chair seats and backs. I don’t think any of us had a chair that didn’t have stuffing falling out of the rips. Sad to have a place open to the public and that serves good home style food, to be in such deplorable shape. It’s almost like Angley figures since many if not most of his customers are senior citizens, he doesn’t need to replace old worn out furniture.

The Cathedral Buffet in Cuyahoga Falls is one of those places that I should be embarrassed to enjoy so much, but… here we are.
I am bummed out that they no longer do the awesome Saturday brunch. My friends and I used to make the trip semi-​regularly to stuff ourselves on delicious deep-​fried french toast sticks, bacon and fried chicken, all covered in maple syrup, before heading downstairs to check out Jesus feeding the masses with two fishes, painstakingly depicted in one of many life-​like dioramas.
America!
All kidding aside, the food IS really good, and I have to say that the Life of Christ exhibit and the rest of the museum downstairs is well done and fascinating. The employees and volunteers are all extremely kind and friendly as well! It’s a winner!

In my opinion, The Cathedral Buffet is the best buffet in Ohio! For decades, it has always been a very big attraction, and longtime lunch/​dinner favorite for busloads of area Church Groups.
The Buffet is owned by the dynamic Television Minister, Rev. Ernest Angley, who raves about it having the best fried chicken and ice cream in the vicinity.
Additionally, they have the best (seasonal) ham, BBQ Ribs (cooked outside), cakes, cookies, and cupcakes around.
They also have a large soup and salad bar, coffee (with a original or french vanilla cream machine), a variety of other hot and cold beverages, wheat and white rolls, a variety of tasty vegetables, baked and fried fish, baked chicken, stuffed green peppers, etc.
Be sure to check out the Gift Shop, and the beautiful «Life of Christ» Display on the premises. And if you so desire, you can take a short walk next door and attend a church service in the beautiful, historic Cathedral Church.
After night church services, the buffet opens for two hours – for a late night dinner (usually around midnight). The price is only $ 6.00, but the menu doesn’t include the entire regular buffet items.

Great food and atmosphere. Visa/​mastercard accepted. All you can eat for just $ 9.99 beverages and deserts included. Best Bbq ribs (seasonal) same low price. Fried chicken, collard greens and sweet potatoes every Sunday. Check it out if you’ve never been. Closed Modays. Call 1^st for hours. 330−922−0467