Lukage, you and me are in the same boat. I guess we're big bastards :(.

I remember hearing about a couple who had gotten kicked out of a buffet for eating too many steaks. So much for "all-you-can-eat." :(

i didn't think there was a point where you had to stop but if you eat more than 7 trays of food..you sir/lady needs some help

I can eat the shrimp too many. Which is really a pain 'cause all the other stuff before goes down great, until that freaking shrimp sends the whole thing into turbo overdrive indigestive mode IV

I usually go only 2 rounds. But that's pretty much because I stuff my plate to the brim. And then usually we stuff some more food into my mom's purse or something.

Lol....I think you can be fined for doing that. Well...if you get caught that is. It's either that or they kick you out for good.

I usually have two plates, can only manage a third if I'm really hungry...usually don't even have enough room for dessert (unless its the local Chinese buffet which has amazing chocolate cake!) I've never tried starving myself before to eat as much as possible, because I just hate being hungry!

Question is how much good food is at a buffet. I find buffets usually suck overall, and only get about two plates of food total.

The trick is to eat smart. Rice and shit will fill you up right away. What I do is I eat about 5 lbs. of crab legs and THEN I start on the other stuff. Fish first. That's the key to getting your money's worth.

Five pounds of crab legs isn't worth $7, okay.

Exactly. I even skip the drinks.

I try my best to eat a lot so I don't feel like I'm wasting my money, but I never can, I'm a small guy. I usualy have 2-3 full dishes, and my dessert dishes before I'm packed ;_; . YARGH!

Dude, you guys are like, heros lol.

How?! I couldn't possibly see myself eating that much food without something to wash it down.

I drink when I'm done...if I feel like it.

It'll just get absorbed by all the food you ate, and expand your stomach lol.

Haha, which is why I just take a few sips.

When I go to a Chinese buffet, I just hit up the Mongolian BBQ. Keep the guy tipped with a one-dollar bill every two plates, and suddenly he doesn't care that the fat kid keeps coming back for more.

Five plates of Mongolian BBQ is well-worth the twelve bucks, I think.

As Minion said, eat smart at a buffet, guys. I never got the people who eat things like rice and salad. Like my whole family.

It depends

spur of the monent buffet run: 2 plates MAX
Herbaly-enhanced gluttony: 4+ plates +desert

I usually go for the no wait time.

The most I can usually eat at a buffet is about two plates. That is, unless I want sickness for the next few hours. During hungrier times, I might manage three. (That's only happened once.)
It kind of makes me think that I'm not eating enough for what some buffets can cost...

Maximum I go is two or three times.

Of course, that's before I bring along my water bottle and start filling it up with apple juice and smuggling food out via the napkins.

Yes, I enjoy maximizing my profitability.

I can only manage two full plates and a drink, and that's only with some luck. And one of those plates is usually made up at least partially of salad or fruit or something else light.

I really don't get full value out of the $7.00 meals plan that the university made me buy. ;_;

on that note, is it really good procedure for a university to feed its students fries, alfredo sauce-covered pasta, and other heavy sleepy foods? no wonder people pass out in lectures.

kind of depends on me, if there is MSG in the food, then it is two rounds... if no MSG, I'll go nuts and may have 5 rounds if I am really hungery!

At most I can handle three plates with two drinks and maybe some room in the end for dessert.

However, I never seem to come out of a buffet feeling comfortable. Not to the point of puking, just not at general ease.

Depends on how good the food is. The last buffet I went cost $40 (~USD 10) and I only took about 2-3 plates (not full dishes, just a little bit of some). A cup of coffee, some dessert and I'm done.

True, buffets aren't worth the money unless you can really eat. I had this phobia of buffets after my experience in Pizza Hut.

Hmmmm . . . well I usually only go the chinese buffet but I get around 3 plates, a bowl of soup and dessert usually . . .

I did 6 plates once when I was 12 or so . . . stomach hurt pretty bad . . .