Las Vegas Buffets -- Question from 1st time Vegas visitor
Nemeses
Al
says...
Go to: http://www.lvol.com/
and select Las Vegas Restaurants & Buffets
GO8GO
to ask, so I can plan our first Las Vegas trip better.
Are the famous Las Vegas buffets (such as those at the Mirage, =
Excalibur, Bellagio, Aladdin's, Luxor, etc.) the =
all-you-can-eat-for-one-price type? Or do you pay one price and then go =
once through a line? How do they work exactly?>>
Same as everywhere. You wait in a line (some like Bellagio are ridiculously
long so try to get a line pass), pay, and you take what you like. Only, please
remember to tip.
<<And finally, I know a lot of the buffets are probably best picked =
according to the type of food you're looking for, and price, but is =
there any concensus as to which major hotel buffets are definately ones =
to stay away from?
Any suggestions or advice, and your answers to my questions above, are =
very much appreciated in advance! =20
>>
Ones which are notorious for their bad food are Circus Circus, Boardwalk and
Imperial Palace. Although others may rank high, those are the ones most
mentioned.
Sam D.
"Nemeses" <no-...@spam.not> wrote in message
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I know this is probably the newbiest question ever, but I'd still like to
ask, so I can plan our first Las Vegas trip better.
Are the famous Las Vegas buffets (such as those at the Mirage, Excalibur,
Bellagio, Aladdin's, Luxor, etc.) the all-you-can-eat-for-one-price type?
Or do you pay one price and then go once through a line? How do they work
exactly?
And finally, I know a lot of the buffets are probably best picked according
to the type of food you're looking for, and price, but is there any
concensus as to which major hotel buffets are definately ones to stay away
from?
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You pay one price when you enter and, after you are shown to a table, you go
through the line(s) for your food and then return as many times as you like.
If you read the recent thread that began 4/3/04, you'll find that a thorough
discussion of the Las Vegas buffets just took place that should answer all
your other buffet questions and more.
Marcia Rovins
GO8GO wrote:
Stay away from the Sahara, as well.
Marcia
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"Nemeses" <no-...@spam.not> wrote in message news:s5WdnXn3ap0...@comcast.com...
John5240
>get food as often as you like during your time at the buffet. The best =
>way to judge a buffet is by looking at the outside of the hotel because =
>how well they take care of the hotel is a good indication of how well =
>they take care of the food. If the place seems like a dive then chances =
>are the buffet will not be good! In What's On Magazine's Visitor's =
>Choice issue the people chose Carnival World Buffet at the Rio number =
>one, The Buffet at the Bellagio number two and Spice Market Buffet at =
>the Aladdin number three. I hope that I have helped you in your search =
>for Las Vegas nirvana.
>
>Sincerely,
>Kaycee Bowen
>Internet Coordinator
>What's On, The Las Vegas Guide
>(702) 851-3142 Phone
>(800) 889-2194 Fax
>www.ILoveVegas.com
>www.VegasShows.com
>news:s5WdnXn3ap0...@comcast.com...
> I know this is probably the newbiest question ever, but I'd still like =
>to ask, so I can plan our first Las Vegas trip better.
>
>Excalibur, Bellagio, Aladdin's, Luxor, etc.) the =
>all-you-can-eat-for-one-price type? Or do you pay one price and then go =
>once through a line? How do they work exactly?
>
>according to the type of food you're looking for, and price, but is =
>there any concensus as to which major hotel buffets are definately ones =
>to stay away from?
>
> Any suggestions or advice, and your answers to my questions above, are =
>very much appreciated in advance! =20
>
> Thanks!
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>in your search for Las Vegas nirvana.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Sincerely,
>--
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Thomas W.
may be the most popular according to What's On, but also one of those
you should stay away from. If you replace it with Paris in the list
below, you'd have the top three LV according to many people in this
newsgroup.
Thomas W.
lowbass
"Nemeses" <no-...@spam.not> wrote in message
Thanks!
My wife and myself are buffet lovers. So if you don't mind, I'll give you a
few tips and some suggestions on "buffet eating" in Las Vegas.
Don't believe all the hype of the $1.99 all you can eat buffet. Those days
of the super cheap buffets are long gone. You're going to pay any where from
$5.99-$10.99 for bad-to-not so bad buffets. And $10.99-$15.99 for a good
buffet. You can also expect to pay $16.99 to $20+ for a great buffet. In
general these are "strip prices". If you go off strip, you can get a good
buffet at most of the "Station Casinos" and the "Orleans" for $10.99 or
less. For around $15.99 there's a few off strip buffets like at "Main Street
Station" where you'll get a great buffet.
Now you ask, just how bad is a $9.99 dinner buffet on the strip? I would say
it compares closely in price and quality to your local "Golden Corral" or
"Old country buffet" etc. For a few dollars more, you can eat at a good
buffet and get better quality, and twice as much selection. And if you don't
mind spending around $20 apiece for a buffet you can eat at "Mandalay
Bay"(one of my favorites). What you'll get for that price is shrimp, crab
legs(hot and cold), turkey, ham, veal, chicken, prime rib(they will even
grill your prime rib if it's not done enough for you) fried fish, baked
fish, soups, salads, cold cuts, etc, and more deserts than you can shake a
stick at! And best of all is that it tastes good. The bottom line is that
you pay for what you get. My favorite buffet review site is
http://www.a2zlasvegas.com/food/food.html
One tip I try to give everyone that wants to try some of the buffets, is to
ask the hostess if you can go in and look around before you pay. That way
you can look at what they have to offer and see if it looks appealing.
Have fun.
BASS
Annie
>Are the famous Las Vegas buffets (such as those at the Mirage, =
>Excalibur, Bellagio, Aladdin's, Luxor, etc.) the =
>all-you-can-eat-for-one-price type? Or do you pay one price and then go =
>once through a line? How do they work exactly?
Every buffet I've been to is AYCE. Only exception I remember is one of
them, forget which, where you paid a couple $ extra and got a ticket for
one lobster.
Hey, calories don't count in Las Vegas! :) Right? :)
>And finally, I know a lot of the buffets are probably best picked =
>according to the type of food you're looking for, and price, but is =
>there any concensus as to which major hotel buffets are definately ones =
>to stay away from?
IMAO, you don't go to a casino buffet for an epicurian experience. :)
To be really honest, I currently don't have a favorite buffet in Las
Vegas, and right now I can't think of one that I want to recommend
to others as being a guaranteed good meal.
It's my opinion that 80% of the buffets are very OK, with a lot of
variation and inconsistency in them. Each trip it seems like the ones
we've liked in the past have gone downhill, and the ones we try again
after a long time have improved. On the last trip, we were very
disappointed in Palace Station and Gold Coast, two of the cheaper
buffets that had always been consistently good. Sunset Station was,
however, still good. And Gold Coast still has great desserts! {yum!}
A couple years ago the new buffet at Suncoast was great! But 2 trips ago
it was definitely not worth the trip out there. Yes, I think more have
gone downhill than have gone uphill lately!
Breakfast at the LV Hilton last summer was great, but the dinner the
same night was really bad.
Most people, me included, agree that Circus Circus buffet is totally 144
to the max, ya know. :) I don't think I've met anybody who liked it.
Now, most will say that the Boardwalk buffet is awful, but the one time
I was there I actually enjoyed it. We had a group with us, all hungry,
and we couldn't agree on a place to go so we kinda settled on the
Boardwalk buffet as a compromise, since it was the only buffet open at
that hour. Of course none of us were really, uh, that cognizant that
evening :) All of us liked it. I remember I had some kind of a noodle
dish that was quite tasty. Never been back there, though.
All the people I know who have been to the big buffet at Imperial Palace
hated it. I've never been there, but there's a smaller buffet up at the
coffee shop at IP. You can look at it, if it looks good, you can have
it, or else you can just order from the menu.
We have never been to the newer "gourmet" buffets at Bellagio, Paris,
Mandalay (I assume it has one) or that ilk. If you're gonna pay that
much for a meal, you might as well go to a very nice place and get
waited on. :)
Which reminds me, my number-1 gripe about buffets. With most of them,
you get seated, you get your food, you start eating, and EVENTUALLY,
MAYBE, somebody comes around for your drink order. Then, when you're
ready for seconds or dessert, you finally get your drinks. {profanity}
I've actually got yelled at once for taking a glass and going behind the
partition to the soda dispenser to get a drink myself. I really
appreciate it when a buffet is self-service for drinks, or at least
has that as an option.
We're still looking for one that has good prime rib or filet, but those
don't seem to be around now. :(
Oh well, so it goes, I guess I've ranted enough for tonite. :)
DonB
> The buffets here in Vegas are the type that you pay one price and can
> get food as often as you like during your time at the buffet. The best
> way to judge a buffet is by looking at the outside of the hotel because
> how well they take care of the hotel is a good indication of how well
> they take care of the food. If the place seems like a dive then chances
> are the buffet will not be good! In What's On Magazine's Visitor's
> Choice issue the people chose Carnival World Buffet at the Rio number
> one, The Buffet at the Bellagio number two and Spice Market Buffet at
> the Aladdin number three. I hope that I have helped you in your search
> for Las Vegas nirvana.
>
> Sincerely,
> --
> Kaycee Bowen
>
THere are different categories of Buffets. There are what I would call
the
Gourmet buffets. These would include Bellagio, Paris, Alladin. The
next level I would call the moderate buffets. Moderate in both price
and selection. This bunch would include Rio and in my opinion Main St
Station, Station casinos. Now many of the moderate group have an
excellent selection.
DocTCW
>next level I would call the moderate buffets.
And then comes the low-rent buffets, as in Chevy Chase's Vegas Vacation and
Circus Circus. Cattle call affairs.
Tom
Marcia Rovins
DonB wrote:
A small detail, but I wouldn't lump Green Valley Ranch Station in with the other Station properties. It's much,
much better.
Marcia