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| - This must be the most under-rated buffet in Las Vegas. We went late on a Friday for lunch, and left so full that I had to skip dinner. By only taking a single bite out of every dish, I managed to try 33 of them - and there were probably twice as many that I had to skip. I can say that while the meats were generally dry - maybe a result of the buffet having been open for 3 hours before we got there -, the dishes almost universally had very good flavor. The two things I would skip altogether were the potato pancakes, which tasted as if they'd been in the fridge uncovered for a while, and the chocolate cream pie, which lack chocolate flavor. Everything else went from good to delicious.
The stars of the buffet are the kalbi short ribs (in the Hawaiian section) and the Delmonico potatoes in a blue-cheese sauce. If you were served those in a five star restaurant, you'd leave happy. For dessert, don't miss the warm, moist, perfect bread pudding. Just don't be a fool and add either of the overly sweet, otherwise flavorless sauces. The pudding is wonderful by itself.
Other recommendations are any of the Thai curries (refreshing and authentic, the pork loin and madagascar beef, both in mustard cream sauces) and the tri-tip, which is marinated in a chimichurri-like sauce.
Lunch prices are very reasonable, $8 for adults if you get a free Palms players club card. Kids, however, are $10. There are coupons at restaurant.com and travelzoo for perhaps better deals.
Note, even though this buffet opens to the casino, the air was perfectly breathable and our meal felt relaxing.
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