The Luxor Buffet. Old Country Buffet at twice the price.
I was down here for my Dirty 30 with a couple of friends from high school. Part of our Vegas itinerary included a stop at a buffet. My inclination was to go to the Mandalay Bay buffet. I figured that with the Asian influence and theme, there ought to be some pretty palatable food there.
However, that wasn't the case. My cheap friends vetoed it and voted for the Luxor.
The buffet was very clean and the ambience was nice. Those are the high points. Unfortunately for the Luxor, buffets are all about food and this is where it fell flat. For $20, I expected a pretty decent buffet. Heck, Benihana in Seattle has all you can eat sushi for $15 at lunch. No. Not decent.
The Asian food all seemed like a generic "Super Lucky Grand Panda Buffet" that you see in a bad strip mall. Orange chicken? Egg rolls? Check and check. The pizza made Domino's look gourmet. The only food that was reasonably palatable was the Mexican food. If you get dragged to the Luxor, go to that station and fill up.
Two stars? Yeah. I didn't get food poisoning and got full. But that's it.