Boma: don’t think I can do it anymore

[North of Mouse]

I don’t know if anyone else feels this way. I have always been kind of a germophobe. Have always enjoyed going to Boma, but last time I went (and nothing overly gross happened), I just became more aware of how kind of gross it is to continue to use the same utensils, and not knowing if people touching the food, etc.
I see a shocking number of people who walk out of the bathroom without washing their hands.

If you're done with Boma, I would say you should be done with eating out any place but your own home. That's the only place you can mostly control how groceries are bought and prepared, no take out or previously prepared dishes.
Any place that I've personally known people that worked there can tell you some stories you'd rather not hear or know. Thankfully, most of us have fairly good immune systems that can handle a lot. We take our best precautions and hope for the best.

 

[North of Mouse]

Double post

 

[BarbLynnM]

We’ve eaten at Boma several times for breakfast and dinner, and never had a bad experience. I’ve eaten at many buffets; some I’d never return to, and some (like Boma) I’d have dinner at every day if I could afford it.

I’ve had food poisoning at least 6 times that i know of; the last time was from dinner at the Brown Derby in D.H. How do I know it was from there, one may well ask? I didn’t have anything other than a light breakfast 10 hours prior, and was sick within hours after my dinner. I ordered the pork chop and it came back pink..was assured that the meat was safe that way. I decided to put my instincts aside and ate it, regretted it that night—the night before we started our 1200 mile car trip home. That was a fun ride.

I’ll never eat at McDonalds again, never have pink pork again (no matter how it’s raised), will never order from a grocery store deli again, and am side-eyeing campground salads with suspicion (didn’t hear about the lettuce recall until too late). But bad food experiences can happen to any restaurant or eatery, anywhere. It’s the luck of the draw.

 

[Dulcee]

We don't do buffetts for several reasons but this is one of them.

Cross-contamination from multiple patrons handling utensils is one reason. And, while Disney is better than most, the amount of time food is held out makes me uncomfortable. I tend to have no-go ingredients that I won't eat unless prepared at home or in a restaurant of higher quality. Deep fried nuggets, while not a delicacy, are unlikely to make me ill from quick service, but I'll probably pass on the raw ahi-tuna unless it's from a signature.

Sure, it's never 100%, even at home, but we've found those choices tend to keep us reasonably healthy.

 

[Bomahog]

Are you able to tell from my name where I will, every trip, continue to dine??

 

[TheDailyMoo]

Bring on the buffets!!!!

My former next-door neighbor delivered for a beverage distributor for almost 30 years, and the stories he shared about restaurant backrooms would definitely make you never want to eat out again.

So true. Many years ago in college I used to cook at a chain restaurant (Thank Goodness It's Between Thursday and Saturday) and I remember the grill cook dropped a burger on the VERY disgusting floor, picked it up...put it back on the grill but on the wrong side that didn't hit the floor. Someone probably had a long night in the bathroom that night! Regardless if you knew what happened in most restaurant kitchens you would NOT eat out again.

That said so many Disney World patrons at buffets are really gross. Kids AND adults...sometimes adults much worse.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Not a germaphobe but have a healthy dislike of buffets for all the reasons listed here which boils down to people. Some people follow hygienic habits, some people do not. As such I leave the field wide open for others.

 

[DizDaD7]

I don’t know if anyone else feels this way. I have always been kind of a germophobe. Have always enjoyed going to Boma, but last time I went (and nothing overly gross happened), I just became more aware of how kind of gross it is to continue to use the same utensils, and not knowing if people touching the food, etc.
I see a shocking number of people who walk out of the bathroom without washing their hands.

So, The main gripe , has a little to do with BOMA, and mostly due to the contamination factor...Which definitely is a concern, but I'm guessing that any buffet style would be a no no for you. I'd say that there are others that are a lil worse than BOMA IMHO as cleanliness goes.....

 

[Mazz519]

We love Boma was just in DW last week but had to cancel our reservation because my son was sick. We haven’t gone there in a long time and was looking forward to it and Yes buffets are not the most sanitary way to eat