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| - Ah Wicked Spoon how I've heard so much about you and how you are now the new King of Buffets. Well...I don't know if you deserve to have that title as of yet. First off the décor, I'm a big fan. The orange-ish (I know not a word)/yellow hues and the brown give it a modern restaurant feel, it doesn't feel like you're inside of a cheesy buffet. The tables are set up in ways similar to some restaurants in town and they actually give you water in a bottle (whether its really tap or not) instead of just slamming a glass of water on the table and having to refill it with the old school yellowish clear water pitcher that's been used 7,498 times and probably not washed, very refreshing. Not to mention the service was pretty good. Everyone that worked there was quick and attentive so I like that as well.
Second, this may not mean anything to anyone but they have a bathroom inside the buffet. I find that to be huge. It's not vital but listen the last thing I wanna do after I've been cracking crab or eating something else with my hands is dig in my pocket for my receipt, walk out of the buffet in the casino to the nearest bathroom, and then come back just to stand near the exit and convince the people there that I was already in there and just had to use the bathroom. Is it really that big of a deal? No, but as with other things if it requires less effort on my part, then I'm all for it.
Finally is the food which I'll have to split into two parts: the quality and the setup. The food quality kind of disappoints. The food selection is alright, the side dishes were okay, and all the meats I tried at the carving station were chewy and tough. The fruit and vegetable section was impressive but the overall quality of food was less than stellar. It was not as good as the buffet dinners at the M or the Bellagio. Maybe it was an off night because I keep hearing nothing but good things about the dinner and the brunch but I just felt very dissatisfied by the food quality.
The setup is different, I like it but I don't. I would say that a good part of the buffet has dishes that come in tapas style or small single servings in these little mini pot like things. So lets say you want soup, it already comes in a mini pot with a handle. You want shrimp cocktail there's two small ones in a bowl with cocktail sauce at the bottom and a small lemon. This is a good idea in theory and saves the company money. It's a good idea if you just like to graze and taste and you're not exactly sure what you want, it gives you a little taste of everything. It also saves the company money from people like my friend greedy Nick who piles on 17 shrimp and a glob of cocktail sauce knowing damn well all he's going to eat is four shrimp.
However, for people like me I usually know what I like and sometimes I like to go to just one item and eat all of that. Well that's kind of difficult to do with these small little bowls and pots. You could try to load them all on your plate but you'll maybe get about 5 small bowls without having to do a juggling act. You might think, well that's not too bad, but it just gets annoying. What if I feel like just eating shrimp or crab claws in those little pots. It's like finding a certain chip you like and only being allowed to put five on your plate and having to get up and walk back to the kitchen and go to the bag for five more chips. I know my inner fat kid is coming out. So you may be wondering is it really that big of a deal? Not really, but I get my exercise else where and then after I'm lazy ...just let me get a bigger serving so I can save the exercise for later.
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