Casey’s Buffet at 5559 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina.

After hearing about all of the awards this place has won, my boyfriend and I were very excited to go here. We were so disappointed and appalled at the experience we had. We were seated in the back next to the buffet; it was loud, bright, cramped and steamy hot (literally steam from the kitchen). Not a welcoming environment. The buffet was 1/4 the size we expected and super cramped. People are on your heels as you inch forward in line. Some of the food looked home-cooked but in the "come to my uncle Leroy's retirement barbecue at the church" kinda home-cooked. Other foods looked like they came out of a box or can and tasted like it too. We tried a variety of foods and were very underwhelmed at the quality. The so-called "best BBQ in Wilmington" was dry and the ONE "sauce" on the table was pure vinegar. The bins and serving utensils were dirty, the floor was dirty, everything was gross. We felt very uncomfortable and didn't want to eat too much in fear of getting food poisoning. The waitresses were friendly but definitely looked like drug-users. One waitress had her son (maybe 10 years old) carrying plates out from the kitchen! After being disgusted by the conditions and disappointed by the food, we absolutely died inside when we had to pay $30 for our 2 dinners.THIRTY DOLLARS!!! Who in their right mind would pay that much for that experience?! Who is writing these great reviews and voting for these awards?! I suppose the trashy slobs that filled the restaurant. We rarely go to buffets but we would have had a much better experience going to Golden Corral. I wish we could rewind time and skip ever going there. I feel greasy. Needless to say, we are never ever ever going back to Casey's. Like ever.