How to book Good Time Country Buffet

Good Time Country Buffet is an all-you-can-eat Southern buffet at 166 First Avenue, at 10th Street in the East Village^1,2,5. It comes from David JoonWoo Yun, Yong Min Kim and Steve JaeWoo Choi, the partners behind Kisa and C as in Charlie, and it opened on September 12, 2026³. All three grew up in Atlanta as Korean Americans, where many local country buffets were run by Korean immigrant families, and Yun's first job was as a cashier at a friend's buffet^3,5.

The format is a fixed-price, self-serve buffet at $26.99 per person, with discounts for seniors and children^1,5. Every seated guest pays for the buffet¹. The spread includes fried chicken, fried catfish, rib tips, Salisbury steak, meatballs, collard greens, mac and cheese, cornbread and corn on the cob, plus a salad bar, with banana pudding, peach cobbler and made-to-order sundaes for dessert^3,5. To drink there is sweet tea, beer and a full bar of frozen cocktails, among them a peach drink called the Southern Twang^1,3,5.

The team modeled the place on chains such as Golden Corral and Old Country Buffet³. The room has wall-to-wall carpet and a vintage-style price board at the entrance⁵, and the tables carry custom salt-and-pepper shakers³. The Infatuation described it as "extensively carpeted" and "'90s-coded", and its reviewer admitted the food is not the finest while still recommending the experience⁴.

Tables are booked on Resy, which releases them 15 days ahead at 6 PM, and more than half of the seats are kept for walk-ins¹. The line tends to be long at opening time and shorter later in the evening⁴.