Now you might say that those grill items sound like lunch menu items, but when you get to the hot servers you will find all of the same hot meats and dishes that are found at dinner. There was beef brisket being carved, there were hot dogs, Angus beef burgers and cheeseburgers, and marinated chicken breasts all being grilled, along with pizza at the grill station. On Wednesday afternoon at lunch you are not going to get Prime Rib, however, there was a lot to be found on the two grills. The Prime Rib is featured on two of the grill areas. Wednesday night is Prime Rib Night with full Prime Ribs of Beef cut to your order. This $9.99 lunch buffet was offering us everything that we would find had we been there on Wednesday night for $15.99 with the only exception being found at the grill area. We went up to the buffet servers to find that both sides were completely full of food - and all of the serving trays had items that would usually be found at dinner. On this Wednesday afternoon there were two grills running. At dinner there are two to four grills running with several different items on each. There are two very long buffet servers that spread out to each side of the center of the serving area with four separate grills to the front. Shady Maple is a very large buffet restaurant - and that is all that it is - buffet. There were also a few tour bus groups seated in a separate dining room. Our lunch at Shady Maple was on a Wednesday afternoon. So if you are paying that much less you must be getting a lot less - right? Wrong! BUT during the week at Shady Maple, the lunch buffet is just $9.99 and that includes the beverage! This is from $4 to $9 less than the evening dinner buffet prices. At Shady Maple the Saturday lunch buffet is just one dollar less than the dinner buffet price - $15.99 instead of $16.99. Saturday lunch buffets are often set to be the same as Saturday dinner buffet. I have had lunch there only once before, and that was on a Saturday. I have had dinner there many, many times. It is one of the best - wait - not one of the best - THE BEST buffet. I have written here many times about Shady Maple Smorgasbord in East Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was not going to chance the 150 plus miles in the dark on icy roads so we decided to have our buffet dinner for lunch. Also stop over and check out Shady Maple Market and the Goods store, too.I generally save my buffet dining for dinner but, while in PA for the day on my way back home the weather turned to snow and my original plan to drive back at night after dinner was quickly changing as the light snow turned to ice on the roads. If you do go here, don’t forget to go to the gift shop downstairs, it is huge and has so many items. The staff were very pleasant and helpful. ![]() We were both very pleased with the cleanliness of the facility and quality and price of food. ![]() For dessert I had an apple dumpling which was pretty good and a second cup of coffee. The hot bacon dressing here is to die for delicious! The baked haddock was also very good. When I finished my first plate of food I then went and made myself a spinach salad with red onion and topped with hot bacon dressing and also took a piece of baked haddock. My friend found one of her favorites, grilled shrimp and said it was delicious. I filled a cup with decaf coffee and went back to the table. ![]() ![]() I also took a ham ball, stuffed pepper, and green beans on my first plate of food. My friend and I both tried the roast beef and mashed potatoes & gravy which was delicious. We decided to walk from one end of the very long line of buffet tables to get an idea of what was available. The table numbers are easy to see which is good because the place is huge. We were seated quickly by a very nice hostess. This time, no lines, probably because it was around 1:30 PM. That time I didn’t feel like waiting outside in the heat. hot day and there were lines around the building to get in. I had been here previously on a very, very. We figured since we couldn’t check in to our hotel until 3-4 PM maybe doing a late lunch would be a good idea. My find and I stopped here for lunch on arriving in Lancaster County.
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