Orbital Explorer
Clean, lots of choices, reasonable prices, helpful staff.
Good place to stop while traveling on I-5.
Too bad restaurant is no longer 24/7.
… moreMichael Paulus
No such place. The restaurant seating area is used for storage. The food service kitchen is used to prepare the microwavable meals sold in the truck stop. Maybe they hope to reopen as a restaurant, but they shut down for COVID and haven’t tried to yet.
… moreAngela Hill Roe
I was pleasantly surprised at how much I like the buffet here. The food was homestyle and tasty. It was a decent price in the server was exceptionally friendly. I definitely will probably come back here. My husband grandma and I all enjoyed our experience.
… moreTerry Bushey
Salad bar is great, but the food is very greasy and they try to dress everything up with cheese. For someone that is lactose intolerant I was only able to eat a few things they had out. The servers were nice and friendly. If you want grease for dinner then this is your place.
… moreJan Larson
We were dissapointed in the looks of the breakfast buffet. It must have been out for awhile as some of it appeared congealed! Other bins were empty & cold feeling. We decided to order off the menu instead. When breakfast came, the pancakes & sausage were well done but edible. The biscuit with gravy was closed not open & had very little gravy on it. Our server was great & brought additional gravy with a smile
… moreRandy Lustig
This rather hidden restaurant is a Gem and has been consistently for years. Good for a cup of coffee, great salad bar and equally good buffet. I haven’t tried the menu for years but the fair coming out looks and smells great. Booths, tables and a coffee bar. No wifi
… moreGeno Froelich
AAAAAAA++++++++++. It’s always a delight to eat here. The restaurant side is very clean and kept unbelievable clean. The salad bar was wiped down, each item fresh and full, 4 choices of soup and all full and very good. The hot food side was clean, buffet was wiped down with fresh hot item and great choice. The salad bar had a big selection on salad side (Maybe 10 – 15 items) to choose from. Then they have your fruits and desserts along with macaroni salads and much more. Our waitress Vanessa was a delight with a smile and great attitude and kept our glasses full always. Great job Aurora TA Country Pride.
… moreAl Mac
Below average. This isn’t only for this location. It is company wide, below average, usually edible but undesirable offerings. I’m a truck driver so in many locations they are even closing in the evening, when I’m driving. TA/PETRO and Country Pride/ Iron Skillet are well below average. I wouldn’t waste your money here. The food is usually over cooked barely edible; although if you go top the diesel fuel service area the food is 10 times greater.
So the public knows, this is a resubmission. This company stays on top of their social media accounts. Of they complain Google deletes your review from public view; but doesn’t let you know it happened. So this review may never be seen. There is no way Country Pride has a 4 star rating! They have a 4 star rating because the contest every single bad review and Google is complicit in this. It defeats the whole purpose of reviews. Just so the public knows.
… moreTerry Bushey’
I had the dinner buffet and the fish was dry, the chicken was really dry, and the mashed potatoes were so lumpy that I might as well have ordered a baked potato. I was in the other day for the breakfast buffet and it was better but the waitress was cleaning the seats with the same broom she had just used to sweep under the table. This restaurant needs some help.
… moreKathy Palmer
Once again, but not this particular one, the cook decided to short my husbands order. The waitress stood beside him while he made it right. All tastes the same. Kudos to Maureen the waitress. Bathrooms were clean and well stocked. Could use another checker in the store.
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