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En The Common, te damos la bienvenida a un espacio donde disfrutar de la auténtica cocina americana en un ambiente familiar y acogedor. Nuestro buffet libre ofrece una gran variedad de platos, desde opciones para el brunch hasta una completa barra de ensaladas y deliciosos postre...

The Common

Eclectic, brunch · Brooklyn

4.2 · 4,109 reviews Google
www.thecommonbrooklyn.com

About The Common

En The Common, te damos la bienvenida a un espacio donde disfrutar de la auténtica cocina americana en un ambiente familiar y acogedor. Nuestro buffet libre ofrece una gran variedad de platos, desde opciones para el brunch hasta una completa barra de ensaladas y deliciosos postres, ¡para que cada mi...

En The Common, te damos la bienvenida a un espacio donde disfrutar de la auténtica cocina americana en un ambiente familiar y acogedor. Nuestro buffet libre ofrece una gran variedad de platos, desde opciones para el brunch hasta una completa barra de ensaladas y deliciosos postres, ¡para que cada miembro de la familia encuentre su favorito! Ven a descubrir por qué somos un rincón especial con sabor americano en Brooklyn.

What Customers Say About The Common

The Common (Golden Corral) receives mixed reviews. Many praise the friendly staff and generous servings, especially highlighting positive experiences with specific staff. However, cleanliness issues, inconsistent food quality, and overcrowding are recurring concerns.

Popular Dishes

fried chicken steak (4) orange chicken fried fish rolls

Best For

Families Groups Casual

Tip: Be prepared for crowds, especially during holidays. Some reviewers suggest the food quality can be inconsistent, so manage expectations.

Features

🅿️ Parking 🚗 Delivery Accessible 🌅 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner 🥗 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy Trendy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family 👥 Groups

Frequently asked questions about The Common

The Common is located at 4555 North Expy, Brownsville, TX 78520, Brooklyn.
The Common offers eclectic;brunch cuisine.
The Common has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
The Common offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway, delivery.
The most recommended dishes at The Common based on customer reviews are: fried chicken, steak, orange chicken, fried fish, rolls.
The Common is ideal for families, groups, casual dining.
The Common (Golden Corral) receives mixed reviews. Many praise the friendly staff and generous servings, especially highlighting positive experiences with specific staff. However, cleanliness issues, inconsistent food quality, and overcrowding are recurring concerns.
Be prepared for crowds, especially during holidays. Some reviewers suggest the food quality can be inconsistent, so manage expectations.
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The Common Brooklyn Reviews

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Reviews (26)
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Kate

I had a great experience! The food was good and fresh. The atmosphere was welcoming and comfortable. Our server, Kitzel, was amazing very friendly, attentive, and made sure we had everything we needed. She provided excellent customer service and made our visit even better. I would definitely come back again!

Addicted to Profit
Addicted to Profit

I was pleasantly surprised, best golden coral experience in a decade. The manager has this place running good, and Donna our waitress was awesome.

Chris Mcearchern
Chris Mcearchern

Very crowded for Thanksgiving but accommodation good

Mercedes Salas
Mercedes Salas

I’ve gone several times and everything was great! From hospitality to the food! Everything thing was hot and fresh! The environment is welcoming and the staff were very friendly! I love going because I always have a great time and enjoy delicious affordable food!

Ninfa
Ninfa

Golden corral has very delicious food! For safety the staff is now serving the plates as you make line for the food. They are always generous with the servings but you can always ask for more and they are more than happy to serve you. Mini burgers, spaghetti, seafood, steak, orange chicken, salad, and so much more to choose from. If you get there before 4pm during the week you save a few dollars. Highly recommended!

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Romane

The staff is what make the place. I wish the restaurant had name of the food prepared but, it was good. This place needs a make over.

Miatha Pizana
Miatha Pizana

So this is the 1st time I decided to order a big meal and was pretty damn impressed so while I drove all around trying to find me some good fried chicken I remebered they have awesome fried chicken but I've never bothered to ask if any meal prep to carry out to my surprise they did and let me tell you they did Not let me down... everything seriously was made to order and fresh. When I saw the chicken at the bar to serve yourself I thought they would get it from there... they said no Ma'am we make yours fresh boy they weren't kidding freshly made fried chicken and yes fully cooked not raw I was damn impressed. They did give me heads up that it would take abt 30 to 40 min but I was ok with that but next time I feel like eating that I will call in advance. Anyways for the price and the amount people you will get your moneys worth. It even comes with desert wow! And dbl yum. I will return and if you all wish to order plz do so and be patient what I love is they have both fried and Baked chicken. That is my next order till next time. Thank you Golden Corral for your hospitality and awesome service. My dinner to go I highly recomend this. Beats other fast food. The taste is great and fully cooked. For my 1st time here in this location, it was good, super packed, but because I was not aware, it was Veterans' free meal day. It was overwhelming, I suppose, for the staff, yet the food I chose was very good and well cooked, so thx golden coral.

Jackie Drake
Jackie Drake

Restaurant was very crowded. There was a long line for a small 4 oz. steak. It was uncomfortable to have to carry my plate of food through crowds of people, and felt unsanitary. The steak was good, but everything else just so-so.

Joel Ruiz
Joel Ruiz

I had not been here in a while. It seems that their menu selections have changed. I was craving Turkey with gravy. They don't have it anymore. Some of the items (cauliflower and corn) were cold to my liking. The fried fish with tartar sauce and steak were delicious. I almost forgot about the pecan pie. It was great!

Ming-Lei Wu
Ming-Lei Wu

Not a bad place to eat with families without a lot of noise on Thursday night right after shopping at Home depot and Lowes. Food cook fresh, but steak did not satisfy my daughter's need (mine was ok 80% satisfaction), salad sections were low on vegetables, and desserts section were also not as many as before, not a lot of choices.

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Mark Gasca

Food selection was not what makes Golden Corral the place to have lunch after Church.. To start of the plates were set out wet, so I had to grab napkins to wipe off. The buttered bread was not buttered, food did not follow when food trays were about to be empty.. Seen a little girl and her Dad wait a couple a minutes for pizza.. Brownsville GC need a tune in Management and service, and especially food presentation.

Eduardo Gonzalez
Eduardo Gonzalez

Service was okay , the cashier took a long time to charge.the food was decent but not worth it , paid $47 for two people.

Vanessa Perez
Vanessa Perez

Party of 8. 6 children 2 adults paid $153.01. While we were waiting in line getting our drinks a server kept cutting my kids off to get drinks for their tables. No excuse me or anything. At the table we waited 15 minutes with no greeting I had to get up to get silverware for the entire table. Only 2 of my kids got refills from a server. The rest of us had to get up and get them ourselves. Not to mention the buffet line cooks couldn't keep up with refilling the food. The steak cook was putting 2 chunks of meat down at a time even though he had a line of 8 at one point. I witnessed him telling the people in front of me that people like to get double steak at once because they're too lazy to walk so we have to wait longer because of that. Won't be back.

Evanjelina Hernandez
Evanjelina Hernandez

This was my first time ever coming to the Golden Corral in Brownsville, my go to is usually the Harlingen one. It was alright! We went during lunch, so there was a pretty good amount of people there- but we were taken care of fast. The rolls were awesome, but everything else was lackluster. The macaroni was cold, the pot roast just tasted off, and the broccoli/cauliflower was nothing to brag about as well. The highlight, for sure, was the dessert. Their ice cream is so good, and all of the pies were great. I love the toppings, variety, and all of the stuff offered in that section. Also, the strawberries were VERY fresh! In terms of service, our waitress was meh. We had Lily and she didn’t really take the time to refill our drinks at all. 🤷‍♀️ Overall, a below average experience. Probably wouldn’t return here if it wasn’t for the dessert

Sharon Vargas
Sharon Vargas

Took my daughter to the restroom and just seeing this trashcan stained with poop is disgusting. Looks dried up like it's been there for weeks, I'm sure months. It's disgusting that they would just change out the trash bag but not fully clean. As for the food. It was alright. There wasn't much selection for entree but tones of sides.

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Cynthia Martinez

2 adults, 2 seniors, and 1 child age 5 yrs. and our bill was over $130... the food was absolute trash... someone warmer must have been turned off or not working properly because I went to grab some fish and it was barely room temperature... there was no one there to cook you a piece of steak 😭 and there were several warmers at each station that were just completely empty... the food that was available looked like it had been sitting there for a good minute... it looked like anything but appetizing... The staff was mediocre, quite a few kitchen staff just walking around and whistling back and forth to each other... our server only came to our table to collect the used plates, but never offered to refill our drinks... we had to ask for more drinks... they took out the chocolate fountain and replaced it with a waffle station since the last time I was there... I went to check it out and noticed a cockroach 🪳 dining on the syrup that was spilled everywhere... he was chilling and I didn't want to disturb his dinner, so I returned to my table, grabbed my family and we left... this place has really gone downhill... we where extremely dissatisfied 1,000%

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Caitlin Flores

SO this used to be a good buffet. Food was hot before, lots of variety, decent amount of meat and vegetables. Now? Maybe one or two selections of meat. They advertise the hot dogs on a griller but the grill sits there unused while the hot dogs sit in disgusting water. The beef stew is usually too hard to break apart with the spoon if you even get stew. Mostly you get the vegetables that come with the stew and no meat. Steaks are always cooked terribly, if they even have them ready. Food is never ready. Broccoli is always hard and not steamed. Soups are old and gross. Not many salad toppings. Honestly isnt not worth the price anymore. Breakfasts are even worse.

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Melissa Rocha

Absolutely disgusting! Nothing was hot at this buffet . Nothing was fresh, the kitchen was so dirty. The servers never pre bussed. My daughter and I saw a live tiny cockroach at the salad bar. Management needs to be on top of all That . I didn’t even complain at restaurant cause honestly what would they even do at this point . Not many people , so I under stand the food just sits there but wouldn’t have this problem if it were busier but to be busy you need better quality and better management . If I want Golden Corral the drive to Harlingen would definitely be worth it. 10xs better there .

Esperanza Betancourt
Esperanza Betancourt

Customer service was good when we paid so we thought the experience was going to be good. Unfortunately, the food was not! We usually go to the Harlingen location and stopped going to this location in Brownsville because of tbe bad experience in the past but we decided to give it another try.(Will definitely not be returning.) For the price we paid the food should have been better and the cleanliness around the food should have been kept up with. Bad experience all the way around. Didn't take pics woukd have been too many!

Tim Thompson
Tim Thompson

We stopped going about 4 years ago due to various reasons. I saw on Facebook that there is a new owner, so we thought maybe things will finally change for the better, we were so wrong. Stopped in for breakfast this morning 1-3-26. Not many customers at the time we stopped. Not much has changed. The food on the buffet was cold( as it was in the past). Server was notified and she did tell someone but it seems he wasn't bothered by the news as he sat down to eat his breakfast. We didn't make a scene, just got up and left. I know for sure we will never go back. It's such a shame. So much potential but it seems the staff doesn't really give a damn.

Taylor Hubbard
Taylor Hubbard

The food wasn't replenished very small selection compared to every Golden Corral across America's worlds worst Golden Corral I have ever been to. Bathrooms had poop on the floor. The manager should be ashamed of this establishment. Corporate needs to do an overhaul. With a quickness.

Chelsea Mendez
Chelsea Mendez

Spent so much money on crappy food. No variety of food options and mostly all the trays were empty! When asked if they had any more waffles or pancakes they said they ran out of batter. They have to get more out of the managers office to make some. This place used to be great now they are so cheap with their food.

Alejandro Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez

Food was great, but my complaint is that the men's restroom did not have a soap dispenser only hand sanitizer. So much for "Employees must wash their hands before returning to work"... This is gross and an obvious health code violation.

Lyle Williams
Lyle Williams

Good evening faithful review checker, I wont go into the painstaking details of the interaction I had with the waitress Nora and kitchen manager Manuel Ortega at the Brownsville, TX location to receive an automated apology later. I would simply like it to be known that when you tip at the front counter at the golden corral, the host will write the word "Tip" and the dollar amount left in pen so the waitstaff can see it from a far. As Manuel agreed this undoubtedly affects the quality of the service received and it has been an issue with this establishment. The gratuity is already printed on the receipt and included in the total amount at the bottom indicating the discrimination is purposeful and with intent. please beware.

Javier Montiel
Javier Montiel

My elderly mother paid 140 dollars for the thanksgiving feast and was told she would be getting quart sized containers filled with sides that would feed 6-8. They were not even filled half way. This would barely serve 2-4 much less 6-8. This is ridiculous that they would charge this much for half servings. The fact that an organization this large would take advantage of the elderly to make a profit on thanksgiving is revolting . I will boycott going to the Golden Corral in Brownsville Texas due to their poor poor service.

vic ros
vic ros

Used to like eating here but looks like management changed. Carpet looks like it hasn't been cleaned in a long time. Haven't seen these many flies in a restaurant. Had to cover my food and drink so they wouldn't take over. There were flies all over the desserts and a roach by the turkey. Had to leave,, couldn't take it anymore.. Hope this is taken care of because I really used to like it before.

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4555 North Expy, Brownsville, TX 78520

Brooklyn, NY 78520

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Good Rating
4.2/5 stars
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Many Reviews
4109 reviews
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Moderate Price
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eclectic;brunch
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🥞 Breakfast
🥐 Brunch
🍽️ Lunch
🍾 Dinner
Coffee
🍰 Desserts
🥗 Vegetarian Options
🌱 Vegan Options
🥡 Takeout
🚚 Delivery
🍴 Dine-in
🚗 Curbside Pickup

Dining Options

🍽️ Dine In
🥡 Takeout
🚚 Delivery
🚗 Curbside Pickup

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🕐 Hours Today
10:30AM-8:30PM
Rating
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💬 Reviews
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⏱️ Typical Visit
People typically spend 45 min to 1.5 hr here
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🌐 Website
www.goldencorral.com
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