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Best Vegas buffet

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Eric in McLean

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Looking for a buffet somewhere between Paris and Wynn casino, on the strip. What has the best quality and variety of good? What do you think is the best bargain? Is Wynn's buffet worth the money?

My fiancee's friend is meeting us in Vegas for MLK Jr. weekend and she suggests going to a buffet. I have a reservation for Alex that I might have to cancel :bawl:
 
My vote is for the buffet restaurant in the Mirage Hotel called "Cravings". The food quality and selection is outstanding. Runs about $20 for lunch and $25 for dinner plus tip.:p
 
Bellagio

We love the lunch buffet at Bellagio - which I think is right across the street from the Paris. Well worth the price.
 
I'm Getting Hungry. (Then Again, I'm Always Hungry.)

The people who compile the Las Vegas Top Ten Values list like the Planet Hollywood buffet.

The Cheapo Vegas people like that 1 plus Bellagio, Golden Nugget, Main Street Station Downtown, & Mandalay Bay.

I like'm all. Yum.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​
 
The Paris Buffet is hard to beat, IMHO. For us, the Bellagio is too fancy and overpriced. The Flamingo buffet may not quite up to the Paris, but is a good value.
 
I think for lunch the Mandalay Bay is the best buffet in Vegas.
 
I agree with the Mirage. Very reasonably priced compared to many of the "super-buffets" and the food was excellent.
 
I agree that the Mirage is a great deal for the $$. We were in Vegas in Dec and on 3 different nights the wait at the Wynn was 3 hours so we never ate there.
 
We're a little partial to the LV Hilton's as we get an owners discount and line pass with our HGVC card.

However, I've had nicer buffet's at Treasure Island, Wynn and Rio.
 
We also loved the Paris buffet.. the food was excellent.

UWSurfer: Do you actually have a HGVC card or do you use your HHH card?
 
I think the best buffet is the Bellagio. If there is a line, just bypass it and say you want to sit at the bar. I have avoided 2-3 hour waits doing this! I also went to the Wynn buffet about 6 mos ago and thought it was pretty good. But Bellagio is better IMO.
 
Paris Buffet is hard to beat if you want to eat a lot of heavy meat (beef, lamb, etc..), the Bellagio is excellent for seafood and Wynn has a better atmosphere. They are about the same price and worth every penny. The lunch prices are about $18, or $10 cheaper than dinner and a better value. There are a lot of buffets that are a good value like Mirage, Mandalay Bay, or Monte Carlo, but you don't get as much quality seafood, or beef as Paris, Bellagio, or Wynn. One of my favorites is the New Orleans that has great Barbeque and Mongolian for lunch and it only cost $8.00
 
ksr said:
UWSurfer: Do you actually have a HGVC card or do you use your HHH card?
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We actually have an HGVC card...and using it as a line pass for the LV Hilton buffet is about the only reason I can see for carrying it.
 
We exchanged into the HGVC in two weeks through RCI. Can we also get the owners discount at the buffet? I wouldn't think so, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

Also, on my RCI confirmation form it lists the unit # as "EP". Does anyone know what that means?

thanks.
 
njwhite said:
We exchanged into the HGVC in two weeks through RCI. Can we also get the owners discount at the buffet? I wouldn't think so, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

Also, on my RCI confirmation form it lists the unit # as "EP". Does anyone know what that means?

thanks.
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You can get coupons from the "Welcome Desk", which is another name for sign up for a TS tour desk! :eek: :D

But they will give you the coupons even without taking the tour.
 
ricoba said:
You can get coupons from the "Welcome Desk", which is another name for sign up for a TS tour desk! :eek: :D

But they will give you the coupons even without taking the tour.
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I think it's a booklet of coupons and there were several that we used.
The coupons were very good as I remember. I think it was two-for-one on the buffet and it's a really good buffet. They have complementary beer and wine at dinner.
 
I was in Vegas a little over a year ago, and I was appalled at the prices of the buffets. I remember when all the casinos used the inexpensive buffet price (under $10) to get people in the door. That was about 10 years ago. Now, prices are in the range of $20/person and up. Yikes.
 
I thought the one at Ballagio was superior to the Planet Hollywood one.
 
Everyone has a different "favorite." I was in a group who was treated rudely at Bellagio about five years ago, and I've never gone back.

We tend not to go to the largest buffets (read expensive) these days. skimble is right that they've gotten too expensive. For a good, mid-priced buffet off the strip we like Green Valley Ranch (and I would guess Red Rock Casino is its clone).

For very acceptable buffets in the lower categories, I'd choose South Point, Silverton, and Main Street Station. All of those are reasonably priced and have a good variety of food, although none has crab except on higher priced seafood nights. Recently we ate at the buffet at Orleans, and again, it was midpriced and pretty good. They have several things not seen elsewhere, such as crawfish, gumbo, etc.

If you like sushi, Rio has it on their regular buffet, although we are much more likely to go to the Buffet @ Asia in Henderson. The food is very fresh, there are tons of choices, including at least 15 kinds of sushi and Mongolian BBQ. At night they also have crab legs.
 
We recently enjoyed the buffet at Planet Hollywood. The variety and quality was amazing - the crab legs were huge. As this is not between Paris and Wynn, this recommendation may not be of all that much use to you but after eating at the buffet, a few extra steps might not be that bad of an idea.
 
We love the Paris for breakfast/brunch, and Planet Hollywood's Spice Market Buffet for evening.
 
Fiancee's friend hasn't confirmed that she is coming to Vegas. I've kept my reservation at Alex. Keeping my fingers crossed.

With all these recommendations, I think we will try a few for lunch. We've been to Paris' buffet, and I've been to Bellagio's. Maybe we'll try Spice Market and Wynn on this trip.
 
Update:

We did go to Wynn buffet for dinner on a Saturday night. We got there at 5:30, got seated about 6:30. Price is almost $40. There are crab legs but cold and sheared in half. You can pick the meat out without soiling your hands but I didn't try it as I'm not a fan of cold crab meat. No oysters on the half shell! There are also shrimp cocktail but I didn't try them, didn't even notice if they were pre-peeled.

Lots of different ceviches to try. Big thick slabs of prime rib as opposed to thin slices (but I didn't try it). I did try the rack of lamb and it was delicious - cooked perfectly and seasoned nicely. Many items were overcooked, possibly as a result of simply sitting under heat lamps. I'm not a big buffet fan at all and I didn't really eat much. Can't tell you if it's worth the money since everything in Vegas is so inflated in prices. At a good restaurant in DC, I can get an appetizer for $10 and an entree usually under $30. In comparison, we saw entrees priced around $50 at Snob Hill (it's actually Nob Hill - a Michael Mina joint). Even Chinese food costs twice as much (or more) in Vegas.
 
Update: I went to Green Valley Ranch's buffet last week (on somebody else's dime, or rather, on a friend's Comp). Dinner is $18.99, and that doesn't include crab. The night we were there they had snow crab, and it was $3. extra for a half pound, and $5. extra for a pound of legs. They give you an extra ticket if you want the crab, but I didn't see anybody getting any. Crab was one of the main reasons for it being expensive to begin with IMHO, so its not worth going anymore. There's no sushi, and only an average mix of food.

JMHO. Its a buffet, and everybody's opinion is different.

Fern
 
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