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| - I debated whether to give this 2 or 3 stars. It really doesn't matter much, because frankly, a buffet at the Wynn, "entirely reimagined with over 120 new dishes", charging $54 (holiday pricing), anything less than 4 stars is not worth going to.
There are disappointments all over. Let's start with the food. Variety is good, but misses the mark on everything. The items I had:
lobster bisque (very salty)
cocktail shrimp (tiny!)
crab claws (bland)
silken tofu (bland)
sushi (good, sushi rice is actually was great)
nasi goreng (really just a bland fried rice with chinese sausage)
Frank Sinatra meatball (so heavy and dense, and tastes like sausage)
oyster rockefeller (texture was off, there's no crust on the top)
mussels (not good)
cold cuts (good)
tuna sashimi in coconut milk (not a good combination at all)
osso buco (not very tender)
street tacos (story to follow, but terrible)
prime rib (pretty good, but see below)
veal (the end cut was good, the middle piece was overcooked)
desserts (see below)
Look, I *REALLY* wanted to like this place. I was looking forward to eating here because I was hoping this would be a real competitor to Caesars' buffet because competition drives companies to do better. So it is no pleasure for me to give this place such a poor review.
Issues with this place. Let's start with the staff. ATTENTION BUFFET STAFF: If you are unhappy with your job, LEAVE. There were so many frowning faces and pissed off looks behind the counter it's crazy. Of note, the guy scooping out ice cream looked like we were bothering him (yes, a few people ahead of me took their time deciding which ice cream to get, but you're working at probably one of the happiest stations in the entire buffet). The meat carver's eyebrows was furrowed the entire time, and would great you with a loud "HUH?" I asked the man for a piece of prime rib (for the record, I am typically extremely nice and polite, especially to food servers). The attitude was so terrible, I was TOO AFRAID to ask for a piece of lamb.
My friend said that's just how he is, and he's probably not pissed or anything, his eyebrows are just that way. Doesn't matter. Management should've taken note and trained the staff to not greet people with "HUH".
On to the street tacos. Clearly the lady working the grill was not properly trained. On the sign it says you have three choices of meat: carne asada, turkey, and pork. I asked the lady for carne asada and pork. After repeating myself several times "carne asada" and her not understanding me, I finally had to say "beef." "OH, BEEF!"
The grill didn't have any pork, so she carved out a tiny bit of pork (just enough for me, not all the people behind me), and started to dry cook the pork on the flat top grill. One of her coworkers walked by and noticed she didn't use any oil and he taught her she needs to put oil on the meat for it cook.
Oh! I almost forgot about the shabu-shabu station. Shabu-shabu is japanese hot pot. You take boiling broth, dip your meat and vegetables in it, and cook it like fondue. This is not anything like it. It's basically noodle soup. Which is fine, I am always down for noodle soup. The noodles are blanched in hot water, then the ingredients (noodles, raw sliced beef, vegetables, you can also ask for fish balls and some other items) are set in the bowl, then hot soup is poured on top. The soup is supposed to be hot enough so by the time you get back to your table, the meat will be cooked but not so much that it's chewy. At least that's how Vietnamese Pho is.
The problem is, the soup is not hot enough to cook the meat. After letting the meat sit in the bottom of the bowl of soup for 5 minutes, it still came out barely rare at best.
Look, I've had Vietnamese Pho takeout where the soup is packed separately, drive home (15 minutes), unpack everything, pour the soup over the raw meat at home, and the soup was still hot enough to cook the meat. This is simply not acceptable.
Back to the desserts. At a nice buffet, eh, even at an average buffet, I will go back to the table with 6-8 items. I literally went back to the table this time with just 1 cake, and 1 scoop of ice cream. Ice cream = salted caramel, my favorite. Oh wait, did I say salted caramel? Because I'm pretty sure it was just chocolate. No salt. No caramel. Just chocolate.
The other dessert items are just uninspired or look boring. Come on, lemon curd tarts? carrot cakes? We need to step this up here. They do have a made-to-order crepe station but I'm not a fan of crepes so I didn't try that.
I was bored with my dessert selection (it was some sort of raspberry chocolate tart thing), I went back to try some other ice cream flavors. Vanilla and chocolate malt (oops, I meant plain vanilla), and strawberry cheesecake (meh).
Not a fan of this place. I'm tempted to chalk this up to they're still working the bugs out of the system. But I am in no hurry to spend my money here again soon.
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