Q Cumbers

Q Cucumbers is a very nice buffet style restaurant - 4 stars.I just went to Cucumbers for the first time. I had a family member who was discharged from Southdale hospital after 2 days of fasting. Obviously, he was famished and he requested Cucumbers buffet before driving home since he was extremely hungry. I felt a little stupid though. I consider myself a foodie but I can't believe they've been around for over 30 years and I've never visited.DECOR: The first thing I noticed is the restaurant is unique and quite beautiful. They have a stand-alone building in the Galleria area. The design is, basically, a big circle, like a giant circus tent. The walls are all glass and a big portion of the roof is glass. So the entire restaurant is very bright, cheery, and light colored.CUSTOMER SERVICE: The second thing I noticed was the excellent customer service. The people at the host stand were great. And the woman who bussed our table was excellent. I also chatted with a couple other staff. All of them had outstanding customer service skills.CLEANLINESS: I checked out the entire restaurant and the restrooms before we left. The cleanliness appears to be excellent at Cucumbers.FOOD: Cucumbers is definitely a step up from other buffets I've tried out through the years. Everything is bright, fresh, well stocked, and well organized. They also have a bakery that makes many of their own pastries, bread, and pizza. And all of the soups are made in-house. Very impressive for a buffet! If you arrive for dinner M thru F, Saturday, or Sunday brunch, you'll have many more yummy food selections.LOW CARBOHYDRATE: I was pretty disappointed trying to eat low-carb, keto, carnovore style at Cucumbers. Of course, I'm not a dummy so I suspected this was the case. I mean the name is Cucumbers, right? Duh! But it was worse than I thought. For lunch, the only meats on offer were pulled pork, baked chicken legs, and a pork carnitas thing that I skipped because I suspected seed oils and other possible offending ingredients in the sauce. If you're carnivore, make sure you only visit for dinner or on a weekend to get beef, eggs, and some other animal product offerings. You'll do a lot better with the Cucumbers menu if you're keto. Of course, this is the perfect place to eat if you're a vegan or vegetarian.All-in-all, I wouldn't go back again because of my restrictive diet unless it was Sunday Brunch. But if you're a regular Standard American Diet eater or a vegetarian, you should really love Cucumbers.-Maxx

Pricing is high for what you get, and this buffet/ salad bar is not what it used to be. For $20 a person, food was just ok. Everything was cooked appropriately and the facility was mostly clean, but it was noisy, dated, and food was bland. Service was slow but there were 10-15 employees in sight throughout the afternoon. Tables and booths were not promptly cleared, while 4-5 young employees clustered at the hostess table. It just seemed disorganized and unprofessional. We had all eaten an entire plate of food before we were offered water. I used to love this restaurant so I was excited to revisit and share it with my family...but I felt bad for hyping it up once we got there. I hope they can revitalize this restaurant, update the interior, and boost their food quality and uniqueness. With thousands of exceptional options in the area, they need to step up their game. I really hope it improves.

Q Cumbers was delicious! We went during dinner time on Sunday. The featured items were chicken and pot roast. The pot roast literally melted in your mouth. The chicken, unfortunately did not. It was very dry. Overall, the staff was very friendly and accommodating, clearing your table of plates and glasses. For a buffet, the quality is great. AND the cookies, oh my goodness...they are better than the state fair. So delicious!

Amazing Food and the waiters and waitresses are phenomenal. Lots of options to choose from.

Q Cumbers kinda feels like visiting grandma at the home and going to lunch with her at the included buffet. It's a pretty good sized salad bar, but definitely not the best I've seen. They also have a hot bar of different foods depending on the day you go. These hot foods can be hit or miss. There's a pizza bar with 2 or 3 varieties, coffee, tea, and a dessert area that's basically just soft serve with lots of toppings, fruit, and the best thing here: the chocolate chip cookies. The last couple of times we've gone, it was around 20 bucks a person, which seems high for what you get. You don't really have a "server" per se, but like many other buffets, there are people who clear your used plates as you go.

Overall this place is pretty good! LOVED the huge salad bar. So many fresh and healthy options. The hot bar's quality was a little poor, but still pretty good. Some of the fruit was a little hard and cut too large (same with tomatoes). The staff was really great with clearing plates quickly and keeping the serving areas stocked and clean. My main three complaints are that they absolutely need to put out more napkins. I shouldn't have to ask for extras at a buffet. Also, although it was nice to see the place being cleaned, some of the staff who were cleaning were a little rude and would sometimes clean right where I was, making me move instead of just waiting until I was finished. My last complaint is that they really lack in the baked goods/dessert area. The only baked good they had was chocolate chip cookies. If you didn't like that, hopefully you like ice cream because that's the only other dessert option! I like both, so I was happy (and the ice cream bar had a good amount of fixings).

Have been wanting to visit here for a while and my husband and I finally were able too the day after Christmas. When we pulled up it didn't look like much from the outside, as it's apart of a strip business/mall and is located on the very end of the business segment. Walking inside we found there was a couple reserving space for 27 people. Luckily it was just my hubby and I for a table of two, so we were seated right away. I'm sure this place gets busy so reservations for larger groups especially would make sense. I loved how it was old-school in the food approach. From the cafeteria style trays to the line buffets, I really enjoyed the uniqueness of this restaurant. Everything was so fresh and staff was doing a good job of keeping everything clean. Lots of choices - from soup to salad to a hot bar and even desert section. All at a very affordable price. Will definitely be back here again soon and especially appreciated the owner working right alongside the staff. He also checked my husband and I in at the cashier desk and seated us. Nothing like seeing ownership doing the non-manager and entry level jobs.

The food was decent but the only option is buffet which is not ideal for everyone. However the hot food options for the buffet is very extensive but fruit and desert was smaller selection. The wait staff was kind and engaging.

Their servers steal your plate of hot food when you go get a fork. They don't wait or ask the child who's guarding the table while Grandma gets a fork. No, they just grab my only plate & throwing it away. I don't have the time or understanding of this rude behavior. Their manger said it's a training issue. I dont.pay for their training. I come for service & if Its self serve, then leave my plate alone. I don't have time for your carelessness as a server!! Teach your servers to serve, not take, to ask, to go get forks, to give customers their food, not take it away, to the garbage. I LIKE TO ENJOY MY MEAL, not at Q Cubcumber, France Ave. Edina, MN

Food is always great and fresh qualityPrices amazingly fair for a Buffet Worth the drive from anywhere in the metro