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| - I urge investors of the Blackstone Group (the hedge fund that purchased the Cosmopolitan after Deutsche Bank dumped it due to lack of profit) to see why this place has not made a buck's profit since it opened. It used to be a Ritz Carlton property--boy, is the downgrade obvious. This used to be the BEST buffet in Vegas. We're still smarting from the shock we experienced on Saturday night (which is when Vegas buffets are at their most opulent).
Only beef available other than stringy ribs, was prime rib which was SO tough, I could not cut it with a knife. Sausages so tough I could not get my fork in them. Cheap chopped fatty ham in every other pasta dish (the poor man's attempt to provide flavor). Asian station was deplorable--horrible vegetable fried rice (who puts big cauliflower chunks in fried rice?), only noodle dish was Pad Thai which consisted of slimy tofu, and strange water underneath the noodles. The pork belly skin (best part of Chinese pork belly) was so hard, I could not even chew it.
The bread in the tikka masala Indian station tasted old, and while they used to have yummy fried chicken dishes, the only thing they had in that vein was fried chicken wings--come on folks, this is an expensive buffet, not a bar--chicken wings are your only chicken entree? They didn't even have roast turkey at the carving station. Tortillas in the two item "Mexican station" were stale.
Now to the Italian station--arancini tasted only like lemon, and not ONE pepperoni pizza for the kids--but they had red cabbage pizza! Yuck! I figured, "surely they have cheese pizza at least"--well, if your kids like gamey goat cheese. Even the breads were gross.
Desserts, once the crown jewel of the Wicked Spoon were an embarrassment: the pumpkin filling in the eclairs tasted like soap, and the spices were off. The bundt cakes were so dry, they crumbled when I put my fork in them. The only edible thing was the red velvet whoopie pies. We were also very offended that the dessert crew started to pack up the desserts at 9:30, when we were told no food would be packed up until 10:15. Also, I wish someone in management there would exercise some brain power and realize that putting the hottest dishes in the dessert station is unwise, as everything melts. For example, the chocolate on the strawberries melted the minute they hit the plate.
They only had cold crab legs and guess what? Even though they charge the price of buffets that have King Crab legs, they were in fact measly snow crab legs. Staff behind the food stations were surly and clearly did not want to be there.
On a Saturday night, before 9 p.m. when we walked in, there was no wait and only 3 tables occupied. Compare that with Thursday night when we went to Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars at 9 p.m. and they had a 2 hour wait (and that was Thursday folks--so we paid the express fee and it was worth every penny). Trust me people, there's a reason.
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