Great buffet in market area. Clean, friendly and lots of choices. I guess “Mother Tucker’s” has been updated with a new feel and name. I used to enjoy Mother Tucker’s in Winnipeg until it closed many years ago. Was pleasantly surprised.
Been here three times and have never been disappointed. Wide selection of food, friendly staff, quick to bus the empty dishes. Love the carvery and the main dish table. Only downside is that it's often busy and you may need to wait for a table, but on the plus side, a busy buffet means high turnover of food, so it's fresh.
Jacqueline Robertson
+3.5
My first time at Tucker's . Took my daughter for her birthday. Waiter didn't provide good service as I expected ..never came to our table to ask how we were doing or if we needed a drink since I just at water initially; had planned on ordering a drink and staying longer but he made no eye contact at our table..guess too occupied with other (still tipped him though) customers...food, dessert and everything else great despite lousy service from that particular waiter. I propably would go back but definitely not have that waiter serve me.
We have been there twice in the last three weeks for the first time in 10 years. Both times we had the same. Great service. Great food. The coleslaw was amazing. Great atmosphere. I had two kids with me and the girls at the pasta bar were great with them. They talked them into eating more than just plain pasta! You don't feel like you are eating "buffet food" made in large quantities. It tastes like home cooking. I think it actually is. Great place and good price.
I was there with the family, the buffet has somethings for every one. Ham was very good, the buffet was at the right temperature. Ok the kids enjoy the sweet and I may say very much. Good outing with family with kids.
The staff here take pride in providing the best possible food and service, and it shows. This is one of our favorite places to go, and we're never disappointed.
I really like it here. The food is really good and theres a decent variety. I don't come here too often due to location, but I look forward to it when I do.
Went on a Thursday at 7pm. Service was good. Food was well made. My options were limited because I am on a Low-carb diet, but I was disappointed to not have many options in terms of meat. I ate the beef roast (had to ask carver for more, and he gave me one more slice without issue). Ate a Kale salad which was good... Loved the sautéed carrots. Basically stuck with veggies and meat. Was disappointed that my kids didn't really find anything that they liked, as the options aren't as vast as the Mississauga location we were used to. Plus parking was expensive.
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Went Friday night at 6pm for my Mother's Birthday. The service was friendly and efficient. It was very busy, and if we didn't have a reservations there was an hour wait for a table.
I am on a low-carb diet currently, so my options were fairly limited. What I tried:
-Kale Caesar I actually quite enjoyed it. I had some on almost every plate I got. I'm not even a big fan of raw kale, so I was surprised, but it was very good.
-Garlic Coleslaw was okay. It was decidedly missing something. I think a bit of acid like lemon or vinegar would have taken it up a notch.
-Sweet & Sour fish, I only tried 1 bite, and I wasn't impressed.
-Taco meat was tasty. I quite liked it.
-Roast Beef. One of the better things they had. I ate a lot of it with Gravy & au jus.
-Lamb, I found to be overcooked slightly. It wasn't objectively bad, but it also wasn't good.
-I tried their custom stir fry and it was quite good considering I chose fairly simple items.
-I tried their roasted chicken, which wasn't anything special.
My only real complaint was at the roast beef carving station, I went up a few times, and I asked "Can I get some more please?" after he had put a few small slices on my plate. He told me he couldn't because he would get in trouble from his boss. Not his fault really, but just made it a hassle to have to go keep going back up over and over when I could have just gone up once or twice.
On the expensive side.... Good food and good service. There's a lot of variety and choices of foods and drinks. However, they do not have a lot of asian cuisine to offer. It's mostly salads, pasta, rotisserie and mixed items; mostly '' northern american'' cuisine. It's a bit more ''fancy'' than ordinary buffet restaurants. The only down side is the price. The basic price is 22,95$ for the buffet and all drinks are add ons; not budget and/or student friendly. Either than that, it's all good.
Fresh buffet food. While some menu items at Tucker's may be hit & miss - overall, the food consistently remains fresh and well prepared, living up to their claims. Wednesday nights are student nights - so if you happen to have your student ID on you, you can get a discount on your meal with a purchase of a refillable soft drink (or tea - if that's your preference!) I love the salad bar, as well can never go wrong with any of their chicken/turkey pot pies. Mashed potatoes are wonderful, as is the roast beef. Tucker's is definitely a higher quality buffet than many other greasy places. Although regular dinner prices can be quite high, try to look for specials/coupons or if it happens to be your birthday you can eat for free. A great option for a large variety of Western style buffet foot in the market.
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Great selection of fresh food.. We decided to give this place a try. We have never been and were really excited. We headed there at around 7PM on this Saturday night. The lady at the front desk told us our wait would be around 30 minutes. About ten minutes in we were offered a spicy thai meatball by a staff member and about five minutes later we were seated at our table. Our server greeted us immediately and asked which drinks we would like, told us to go ahead and get our entrees. He returned with our drinks and checked on us several times and promptly removed used plates from our table. The food was FANTASTIC! No greasy buffet style food, a very large selection of tasty, fresh, delicious food. I was so happy to see so many sides of veggies and healthy choices. EVERYTHING was fantastic. I honestly did not put one thing on my plate I did not like. The desserts were great too, normally buffet style places have the crappiest food and this just isn't so here. The staff were fantastic and the food was great. If you haven't checked it out, do so!
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Love This Place!. We decided to stop in at this place after walking around in the Byward Market. We went in and asked how long of a wait it would be; she said about 30-40 minutes. We decided to wait as we were craving buffet. We walked around outside and came back about 10 minutes later. After waiting for about 15 minutes, the woman at the front called us. She walked us to our table and our server greeted us right away. He introduced himself and asked us what we wanted to drink. He was very kind and courteous, telling us to help ourselves to the buffet whenever we were ready. We ordered our drinks and started towards the buffet. There were tons of options to choose from! We started with the salad bar, which had at least 12 different salads to choose from. The pasta salads were all delicious, very fresh and tasty. We then decided to head for the main dish area. We loved the fresh pasta station, as well as the special of the evening (tacos). They had every item you can think of; roast beef, french fries, chicken, rice, and much more! We noticed that once an item was finished, it was replenished right away. All of the servers behind the food counters were helpful in assisting us in choosing the items that we desired. After we went up for the third time, we decided to settle on dessert. There were many dessert items to choose from; our favourite was the chocolate fondue, what a unique item to add to the buffet! Our server was very kind throughout the entire evening; he came to refill our waters as soon as he noticed they were getting empty. Our total came to $45, which we thought was reasonable considering all of the food that was being offered. Everything at this place was top-notch; service, food, and atmosphere. Will definitely return again!
Good food. I and a few friends of mine visited this restaurant and enjoyed a wonderful night of fabulous culinary delights .
We sat there enjoying our choice of these fine eats for about an hour and a half
Believe me when I say we were completely stuffed .
I highly recomend this establishment to all the fine eaters of ottawa and beyond.
I'm very happy. I'm a food critic in the greater Ottawa area and I'd just like to express how happy I am for you guys. Service, food, and envirnoment are spot on. Good for you guys and I hope to see more Tucker's Market Place's open up in the Stittsville/Kanata area. This is not even a suggestion, this is a demand. You can reach me at (613) 898-5673 for futher questions. Cheers
So Delicious !! Plan on going back many times, Its so good and so many options ! and the price really is not bad either
Food was good but not lots to chose from and the service sucked. We had to wait 40mins to get a seat but we saw lots of empty open tables well never go on a sunday again.
Good and Basic. Old 'standby, doesn't dissapoint. Lots of choices...get there early if you don't want to wait in line. Small amounts of each item, means replenished often, keeping things colourful and fresh. A bit noisy if you want a quiet place to talk - Liked it.
Tucker's was a decent All-you-can-eat buffet. The esthetics were nice and the service was prompt and friendly. The food, however, was very average. Some of the dishes (the roast beef, mashed potatoes, and yorkshire) was quite good, other's did not look very appetizing. Great selection of salads and deserts. Also had a made to order pasta bar of which I did not partake. It you are hungry and looking for a quick and simple meal, stop by; but I would recommend other places before Tucker's.
Hungry? This place has a great selection, all buffet style.
3 meat carving station!. Today they had ham, beef and turkey! It was a solid carving station although apparently they dont always have all 3 meats.
The corn, butternut squash and green beens were all very good. As were the deep fried onions. For my last course I had a ham and turkey sandwich with fried onion which was amazing!
There is alot off marginal stuff too but I think that with the selection most people should be able to find some things that they like. The quality was at least decent and the place was clean.
At $17/each its not cheap but it is reasonable.
It was an interesting experience to eat all these different kinds of food at the same meal. Hand carved roast beef to jerk chicken to chicken vindaloo. Crazy times!
Good for a get together. We had our work party here and were very pleased. We were a smaller group so the extra attention we received was incredible. Very happy!
Sorel was a superb server! Got you what you wanted before you even asked. We will be back for sure, great concept and it's not Chinese food which is what you normally synonymous with buffets.
BEST. Why are there not more of these? Great concept, great food quality even though it's buffet, staff is friendly, restaurant is clean. It's just a great place to eat! And it's free on your birthday! It's the gift that keeps on giving!
Worlds best buffet for sure. Massive selection of different foods from a huge salad bar to a huge bakery full of warm rolls and bread to a soup and baked potatoe bar to a huge grill that cooks the best roast beef and prime rib as well as stir fry anything you ask to a massive dessert section with freshly made desserts and tons of ice cream and the toppings to create your own sundae. Overall, one of the best restaurants I have eaten at, and that is saying A LOT!
Tucker’s Marketplace is probably the best buffet in Ottawa. If you’re looking for a place to take a group or a bunch of kids this is the place it’s also great if you just want to eat a million calories.
Last weekend we found a coupon in the Ottawa Citizen weekend paper for a meal at Tucker's Marketplace for $10.95 each with the purchase of a drink. The only hitch, it was good from Sunday to Thursday and expired on November 8th. So last night after finishing work we headed over to Tucker's Marketplace ( 61 York Street, Ottawa ) for some dinner. Normal office hours in Ottawa are 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. So we arrived at Tucker's Marketplace in the Byward Market at 4:30 P.M. to find this location locked up light Fort Knox. Weird, lots of hussle and bussle in the market as workers were leaving their workplace for the day. A couple of other probable customers also looked at us and the store mysteriously as to why the front doors were locked. I scanned the front doors only to find designated hours showing they open at 5:00 P.M. for dinner. So we turned around and decided to explore the market while another set of customers came by shrugged and went to another r
Wonderful service. Excellent quality. What a beautiful experience. Fresh and healthy foods. Amaaaaazing salad bar and taco station!!! Made to order fresh pasta station!! Wonderful roast beef, and soooo much more. We had a birthday supper here and it was effortless. There is something here for everyone. This is a restaurant that demonstrates they care. Families are welcome. Awesome price!!! #localguide
A variety of food to choose from! Definitely a place for everyone! Have been going there for the past 5 years. Service is exceptional (especially the manager). Student and birthday deals are available and facilities is awesome! Parking is easy to find. You can choose from patio or indoors. Always enjoy the ice cream there
The food was good, the selection was great! There's bound to be something you'll like. I was slightly disappointed to find that in most cases, the food looked amazing but it wasn't as tasty as I expected. The prices are reasonable and tip is included in the total. We were well served and all staff we encountered were nice and friendly. We'll go back.
Very good food lots to choose from. Salad choices were good but some were a little lacking in flavor. Over all the experience was good. Would go back again for sure.
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