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| - The Wynn seems to go out of its way to stand out from the other hotels on the Vegas strip and usually accomplishes its task. At first glance, the buffet looks every bit "Wynn-y"with perhaps the nicest seating area of any buffet in town. But in this instance, looks can be deceiving. Where they fail is on the price/performance of the food and a gauche money grab during peak times. Let me explain further....
First the food. What they serve is reasonably well prepared. The pork belly and maple bacon were outstanding and the prime rib was a solid offering cooked medium rare - as it should be. Dessert station might be the best in Vegas with cook to order crepes on top of the usual sweets. Selection overall was an issue however as the breadth of offerings of different types of food were sparse. Sushi station was annoyingly small with not much to offer beyond the standard rolls you would find anywhere. Dim sum was limited to some egg rolls, a few dumplings and congee. The rest was salad bar (does anyone really grab salad at a buffet?) and a few hot dishes of fish and chicken. Where they fail is their cold seafood. While they had crab legs (snow crab, not dungeons or king) they were still frozen and kind of pathetically small. Cold shrimp seemed under cooked to me. They offered raw oysters (which I ordinarily love) but couldn't get the thought of a Vibrio infection out of my head just by their appearance. Maybe they were fine but I wasn't gonna risk food poisoning to find out.
All-in-all, for the $48 price tag (lunch, dinner goes up to $53) I was disappointed. Again, what they served was great, just limited compared to other buffets that are far more reasonably priced or just have some unique offerings (Wicked Spoon at Cosmo comes to mind on this latter point).
Next, the awkward part. When we dropped by, there was a bit of a line and were told there would be a 40-minute wait. In order to cut the line, Wynn offered a cut the line pass for an additional $20/head. We refused on principle. While I come to expect that high rollers get differing service, is the Wynn really so hard up that you have to ask for an additional $20 from your average Joe? I realize it's Vegas and anything can be bought but come on dude - you're the Wynn not Hooters. Act like it!
While this experience has not put me off of buffets in general, it certainly has put me off of "The Buffet"
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