Koto Buffet

Placerville, CA · Buffet restaurant

Rating
3.4/5
★★★☆☆ 3.4
Reviews
20
Rank in Placerville
#63
of 116 restaurants
City Percentile
16%
rating percentile
Address
Koto Buffet, 1 Red Hawk Pkwy, Placerville, CA 95667
Phone
(888) 573-3495
Website
www.redhawkcasino.com/dining/restaurants/koto-buffet
Status
Open · Closes 10 PM

Koto Buffet is a restaurant located in Placerville, CA. It is one of 116 restaurants listed in Placerville. Its 3.4-star rating is slightly below the Placerville city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

Hours

Friday12 PM–3 PM, 4 PM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★☆ 4.0 Daniel · Dec 2025

The biggest advantage of this place is the all-you-can-eat lobster on weekends. This alone makes it highly score well for the price. Also, the ingredients feel like they are of better quality than those used at a standard local buffet. ​However, a buffet is still a buffet. The seafood, including the lobster, seems to have been heavily salted for a long time to hide its old quality. Therefore, the food is generally salty. ​The biggest downside, however, is the severe cigarette smoke, which is strong enough to cling to your clothes. I would not recommend taking children here. ​Also, the line is long on weekends. You should definitely make a reservation before you go. Even without a reservation, you will have to wait 20 to 30 minutes.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Douglas Judson · Dec 2025

Outrageous experience to be honest. First time staying at the hotel, two nights, we decided to eat at the Koto buffet. Wasnt that packed, probably 60% capacity, but the buffet was 75% empty tins, all the customers standing around complaining about the lack of food. And it was 6:15 at night, not at closing. After complaining to the manager, sitting around for 45 minutes, and not seeing him do anything to rectify the problem, and being essentially forced to eat stuff we didnt want as thats all there was, we finally asked for our 25 dollars each back. In the meantime they were still allowing many customers in for little food. Ridiculous. Do better Koto. Your closed tommorrow, tuesday. Maybe hire, train more chefs so a buffet actually has ample food as advertised. It was a monday and not that

★★★★★ 5.0 1NonlySunshine · Dec 2025

This is our favorite buffet hands down closest to Sacramento. It’s located inside Red Hawk Casino. We usually eat here especially during the holidays because of their menu. We enjoyed lobsters, snow crab legs, turkey, prime rib, beef short ribs, ahi poke, some desserts. Food is good and staff are always nice.

★★★★★ 5.0 Michael W. · Sep 2025

Koto Buffet inside Red Hawk Casino is one of the best casino buffets in the Sacramento area. It opens every day except Tuesday at this time: lunch and dinner. The food is pretty good by buffet standards. The workers are very friendly and attentive. I love their dining room, especially with the window tables. The view is gorgeous. The dining room itself is clean and comfortable. All the food stations are well organized, and the yummy foods are well displayed.

★★★★★ 5.0 Ginna Patrick · Jan 2026

I think you get the value for your money here. It’s $59 for an all you can eat seafood buffet, which means just crab and lobster really. If you’re looking for a high-quality seafood meal, I would go to a seafood restaurant but if you’re looking for a good buffet locally that has an all you can eat seafood amenity this is your place. I live locally and have not been to the buffet during the week when they’re offering our skilled back, but I’ve been here many times over the years on weekends and have not been disappointed. I just know to make a reservation a day or two ahead of time and try to get there early to have the best experience. I usually like to tie the buffet into a little bit of gaming beforehand or after or even going bowling beforehand or after the activities at Redhawk are lim

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

Buffet restaurant

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