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| - Still a good buffet but the quality and selection have definitely fallen from previous years. Bellagio Buffet used to be my favorite buffet for many years... until now. I had gone to their weekend brunch buffet multiple times from 2000-2004 and it was awesome every time. However, I went there today and for the hefty price and compared to previous times, it was a disappointment.
We got there around 11:30am and there was still a crazy line as it used to have. We waited about 40 min in line before we got seated. I believe if you are staying at Bellagio, you can walk up to the VIP line and skip much of the long wait. The place itself is big, clean, and nice consistent with the style of the Bellagio. The weekend brunch buffet was $23.95 pp without champagne and $28.95 with champagne. There are also different prices for the weekend gourmet dinner and weekday lunch and dinner prices.
Sample of brunch buffet options offered:
- breakfast foods (pancakes, waffles, sausage, eggs, eggs benedict, croissants, made-to-order omlettes, etc.)
- asian (singapore noodles, bok choy, congee, curry with duck, sweet and sour chicken, hot and sour soup, etc)
- sushi (a limited selection of cali rolls, veggie rolls, spicy tuna handrolls that you can ask the lady in the back to made - but wasn't so great, seaweed salad, etc)
- seafood (fresh gulf shrimp w/cocktail sauce - pretty good, grouper, halibut, salmon, etc)
- Italian (a couple different pastas)
- carving station (prime rib, lamb, turkey, chicken wellington - all not that tasty and some overcooked)
- desserts (soft serve ice cream, carrot cake, eclairs, cream puffs, etc.) - none all too exciting
- salads (variety)
- breads and soups
There was a wide selection of weekend brunch buffet food but none this time that wowed me. They used to have the most amazing and buttery seabass that melted in your mouth. But none this time - only some slightly overcooked halibut, salmon, and grouper. They used to have juicy, tender, and large pieces of prime rib - but today it was small, rather overcooked and not as flavorful. They used to offer various cheeses with bread but apparently they have cutback on that too. They used to have lots of delicious scones which they don't offer anymore. There was nothing I ate today that wow'ed me and made me want to stuff one more last bite because it was that good.
Bottom line: Overall still a good buffet but it seems to be a lot more ordinary now and may not be worth the $23.95 price compared to other available buffet options. I think they have definitely skimped from what it was in the past. If you have to pay ~$25 for a weekend brunch buffet, I'd rather go to the Spice Market buffet in the Planet Hollwood casino (which was great) or maybe check out the Wynn Buffer (have not tried that yet). And you may not have to wait in the ridiculous line.
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