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| - This buffet is in the Flamingo hotel and has a beautiful location with large windows viewing the habitat area. It's cheaper than most others too: about $20 for an adult dinner.
There were long line waiting to pay, and long lines waiting to get seated. The cashier was really nice. The hostess was less nice, seating my family next to a large table of loud "frat boys". At least all they were was loud since I was expecting them to get rude and vulgar... but they appear to have been well-bred frat boys since that never happened. They left eventually.
The selection is varied but considerably smaller than most other Vegas buffets. What was notable, though, was the clear inferiority of the food. Much of it just didn't look good. Some didn't look like was being described. For example, there was a sign for "chicken and cheese pierogie" but what I tasted was a previously frozen, breaded chicken stuffed with cheese. Nothing at all like a pierogie!
Crab legs were not split, making eating them messy. One interesting item not seen on some of the other budget buffets was crawfish.
Even the salad bar offerings was sparse. Oddly, only goopy salad dressings and not an oil/vinegar option. Wierd.
Best items: the bread rolls (really), and the plain horseradish.
Worst item: the gelatinous brown gravy.
Recommended items: the slightly tough rib roast and baked potato (how can they screw that up... except to mark them as baked SWEET potato). If you insist on sour cream for the baked potato... I couln't find any so substituted the creamed horseradish instead.
Weirdest item: an entire area full of Middle Eastern and Italian "mezze", but practically empty.
We didn't really eat much, and enjoyed even less.
Dessert selection didn't dissapoint in quantity. As expected, some items looked better than others. The kids just LOVED dipping marshmallows and fruit in the chocolate fountain.
I opted for a fresh-made crepe. the guy making the crepe did a nice job making it. then offered a choice of four or five fruit fillings (canned pie filling kids of stuff). Then, in one amazing motion, folded the crepe into a apple-filled football-like configuration, and flopped it onto the plate. Could have been more dainty, I suppose, but it never changed the taste... which was just OK.
The waiter, though, almost drove this review into the 1-star category. He was an nice older man who was tired and seems to have had no aptitude or interest in being a waiter. He was never there when we needed him, and when he did show up never looked at us and took off so fast we couldn't ask him for anything... like beverage refills. Throughout our meal he took care of refills of my wife and kids, once, but seemed to avoid me like I had the mark of Satan on my forehead.
Of course, when we were leaving, he cuddled up and made nice-nice to "Satan"... presumably in hopes of a tip.
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