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* Drive-up betting
* Billed as "The Ultimate Buffet Adventure"
* $9 lunch (save $1 with your Amigo Club card)
* No breakfast, but you can go to Denny's in-house
Located in the dingy and cheerless Fiesta Rancho, a Station Casinos property. Judging by the appearance of the Fiesta, Station has a bifurcated strategy--keep the high-end properties in tip-top shape while letting the 2nd-tier joints lapse into disrepair. The Fiesta is only about ten years old but looks 25. It's in an unappealing part of town. The only reason to go is to redeem a 2-for-1 buffet coupon.
I wasn't crazy about the Rampart Buffet, but I liked it better than the Fiesta. The first thing you notice is holiday stun tunes blaring over loud speakers. Forget about having a civilized conversation trying to shout over the music.
The serving stations are Italian, American, Mexican, and "Mongolian." The best feature is the stir-fry station where you select your veggies and the guy fries 'em up. He'll toss in various meats and sauces. Some diners leave a $1 tip.
I couldn't finish my helping of dry, tasteless, stringy chow mien noodles. The meat loaf was bad. The pork egg rolls were dry and tasteless. The American section had small, shriveled filets of a nameless fish (tilapia I was later told).
The Mexican station has a do-it-yourself taco bar. There's really nothing to like about this buffet. I would never pay full price here. At 2-for-1 it's barely worth it. I gave it three stars, however, to compensate for my anti-buffet bias.
A server told me a lot of neighborhood regulars come here, but attendance has trailed off since the economy went into a tailspin.
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