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| - If you're a quantity over quality sort of person in Vegas, then head to the Buffet of Buffets - it's worth it! Is it sad that one main reason we planned this trip to Vegas (other than to take a vacation) is to try out the Buffet of Buffets? It is - OK, that's what I thought. =)
However, if you think about it, you will get your money's worth - even if you do not normally eat several buffets. The cost per person is ~$50 ($5 off if you're a Total Rewards member) for 24 hours - if you ate 3 regular meals, you'd easily spend that much money on food (unless every meal was at McDonald's or Del Taco). If at least one of those meals was at a buffet, the cost is anywhere from $25-$40 on average so it's definitely a good deal. Some people say that they can't eat THAT much food and to them I say - don't eat that much food. Only eat what you want at each meal and don't feel the need to stuff yourself. The bf and I wanted to try as many buffets as possible in the 24 hours (which our stomachs later regretted). We got to five buffets out of seven (the Flamingo buffet was closed & we did not go to Imperial Palace due to very poor reviews).
1) Spice Market Buffet (Planet Hollywood - 4:15pm) = we arrived & went straight to the buffet. =) It was a smart move because there was no line at this time and we were able to fit in another buffet later in the evening. Years ago, this was my favorite buffet but in recent times, it has faded. The food here is decent and there's many international choices (Asian, Mexican, Italian, Mediterranean, American) but nothing really stood out as fantastic. The best part of the buffet is the desserts - the best selection of all buffets which included flan & creme brulee (my favorites) and cotton candy to take with you. =)
2) Lago Buffet (Caesar's Palace - 8:30pm) = easily our least favorite buffet we went to. You would think that Caesar's would have a wonderful, lavish buffet but it had the smallest selection. We had to wait about 20 minutes and while waiting, I was really excited because the decor was very nice. However, once inside, the food selection was sad - about one third that of a normal buffet. Even the salad toppings and availability of fruit was poor - nothing here was good in our opinion. The only positives I can see are a decent dessert section - lots of items available (although the same 6-8 items repeated frequently) and there's gelato.
3) Le Village Buffet (Paris - 8am) = great choice for breakfast. In my opinion it's hard to ruin breakfast but it's also hard to make breakfast interesting too. I felt there were many different options for breakfast food items here that you may not see at other buffets. Eggs included scrambles, omelettes, eggs benedict, fritattas...there were waffles, crepes, pancakes and french toast as well. A variety of sausages, bacon, pastries and fruit made this buffet great. Good bacon is important to me and here it was good. =)
4) Flavors Buffet (Harrah's - 11:30am) = better than expected! Here you can expect familiar comfort foods that are done well. Of all the buffets we went to, this was the only one that had fried chicken! It's such a dumb thing to be excited over but I love fried chicken & it tasted great! I also enjoyed baked potatoes, spicy tuna sushi, chow mein, flan and cotton candy here as well. =) Also a plus - gelato! =)
5) Carnival Buffet (Rio - 4pm) = our favorite of the five! Although I do not think this buffet is the best in Las Vegas, this is definitely the best in our Buffet of Buffets list. The variety here is fantastic - so many choices! They also had the most cold crab legs available - definitely no waiting around for new crab legs to be brought out. =) I love that they have Mongolian BBQ and an Asian noodle soup bar which included pho, rice noodle soup, egg noodle soup, udon, wonton soup, hot/sour soup and egg flower soup. Yum! I really appreciate this because often the Asian food section consists of bad fried rice/chow mein, orange chicken and other Americanized versions of Asian food. I think the dessert section is weak here but I'm not a dessert person anyway so this was fine with me. =)
Overall, I think Buffet of Buffets is your best bet if you're trying to save some money on food - the best thing to do is to go early to each buffet to avoid standing in line. I would do this again if we had no specific fancy plans for eating. =)
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