Came to the Orleans Hotel with a roommate who scored free tickets to the Bill Maher show (He was hilarious)... decided on the buffet since the line wasn't long and none of the other restaurant options there seems interesting.
Being a native Las Vegan who was born here. I have not eaten at the Orleans Buffet since 1998 when I was 16.
That being said I was actually surprised by it.... the salad bar had nice crisp lettuce as well as all of the other options for your salad looking and tasting fresh and crisp as well. the salad plates were stone cold too which was a plus!
Of the options they had on the buffet line I didn't try any of the Mexican or Italian selections, I stuck mostly to the seafood area (They had a sign out that said due to unforeseen circumstances they would not have any craw fish, when I asked, the response was that they wouldn't have any for another week.) but the peel and eat shrimp were nice and plump and easy to get into and the Seafood Newburg and Cioppino were surprisingly good.
The beef ribs were disappointing however as was the cut of prime rib. I also didn't like the Salisbury style steak that they had with a mushroom gravy, I went in at it with a fork thinking it'd cut right through it however the fork bounced back and almost took my eye out.
not much for seafood selection and as I said before the Mexican/Italian section didn't have anything that looked appetizing, the Mongolian section had SUSHI though which is kinda strange however the rice was pretty good and the fillings were decent for basic buffet sushi.
TIP!: MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR B-CONNECT CARD BEFORE PAYING!! (The regular price of the buffet is 14.95 without that card however it drops down to 9.99 after you get the card. 1 B-CONNECT card is good for two people to enter and the 5-10 minutes you'll use getting it is worth saving 5 bucks per person.
Overall it was not terribly bad however it wasn't amazingly good, but it'll make a turd.