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| - After seeing the line stretching into an endless maze that somehow folded upon itself eight times over, I figured the food here had to be really good, or there was a lot crazy people waiting. Either way, the group I was with heard all the buzz about this place and we walked helplessly to the end of the line.
We were only in line for about 3 minutes when someone from my group suggested we asked the people next to us (but further in line) how long they've been waiting--30 minutes. After waiting for another couple of minutes, we decide to take the express line instead. To be rational, we figured that it would've been the same, in terms of time and cost (15 dollars more + 18% tip per person in the express line) if we waited in the original line. And since there was 8 of us, we figured we would be paying gratuity anyway.
In comparison, we managed to snag a table for 8, at the peak of lunch buffet on a Sunday, 30-40 minutes earlier than the group that was 30 minutes ahead of us line.
The selection of food available at Bacchanal was beyond outstanding, and is something that seems to be a response to Cosmopolitan's Wicked Spoon Buffet and Wynn's Buffet. They do this really neat thing of steaming up crab legs by request, offer a wide array of juices, offer an extensive selection of meats, from brisket to prime rib and ham to sausages. They even have a full on gelato dessert station, next to a crepes station in the dessert area. I remember coming back several times for this green pesto based pasta, I don't remember the name of it but it was definitely one of the stand out dishes available.
I decided to give up on my diet that day (only so I wouldn't have count for all the calories), but I hope to make another visit when I'm back in town.
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