Some years ago, I enjoyed coming here, and so arriving back to the province today I brought my wife here for dinner, and I am besides myself with how terrible the food was. I am floored, actually. Although the roast beef was good, the Yorkshire pudding was dense and cold, hard and cake-like (I couldn’t eat it, actually, and love Yorkshire), the carrots were unbuttered and totally unseasoned, and the corn was chewy. Then, I tried the rice pilaf which would have been okay had it not been over-salted by about x3, which made it quite awful. Then, I get a salad from the salad bar and the croutons are clearly not fresh, but even *stale*. In addition, in the past there were many more buffet items, the items did not look appetizing at all, but would you believe that this $25-per-person buffet had *crispy onion topping* as a buffet item? Unbelievable. We also ordered a long island iced tea that wasn’t made correctly as it was like a fizzy pop and not like a brewed tea. I was so astonished that on leaving, I told the manager all this, that I used to eat there and that this tonight truly deserved a refund, as almost every item was really poorly prepared, and he said, “Well, we would like you to come back. You can come back and try us again.” Really? I mean why would you offer someone this when they just finished telling you how each item was terribly prepared, and after they told you that you used to be a fan? It’s not like a few items were bad, but it was all cheap and insulting. So we paid $63 in total for all-you-can-eat food prepared by people who could care less. I will never go to a Mother Tuckers (Ottawa) again. Save your money. If you once liked it, like me, it is not the same at all so you best go elsewhere.