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| - After reading all high marks this place gets and pictures posted, I thought that I would finally take the opportunity to dine here while I'm here alone. I was able to make a reservation the night before on Open Table. This buffet costs $105 per person. It does include unlimited champagne, mimosas, bloody Mary's and the regular sodas, coffees & OJ.
The restaurant is on the casino floor right next to Buca Di Beppo all the way in the back. Already out of the gate, I experience an issue. I walk up to the hostess and stand right in front of her for about 10-15 seconds before she even acknowledges me. At most high end restaurants, the hostess will greet you with a smile before you even approach their post. Not here. After waiting about 5 minutes for my table to be ready, I finally get seated and just watch the server walk past me with no acknowledgement. So I decided to just go hit the buffet. After coming back from the buffet, the server still does not come around to take my drink order until another 5 minutes has passed. Throughout my brunch, the server did not refill my drinks and I had to ask him. He paid more attention to everyone else around me. I know I was dining alone, but it would have been nice to have been asked if I wanted a refill. Towards the end of my meal, I asked for wet naps and the check. He actually forgot the wet naps and disappeared for another 10 minutes before he brought my check.
So that's my gripe about the service. As for the food, I say that you are wasting your money here. I would have been ok paying $25 for the quality of food they served here. I know they have lobster tail, prime rib, lamb chops, king crab, stone crabs, blue point oysters and filet mignon to name a few, but the taste was not good at all. I would highly recommend spending the $50 at Bacchanal in Caesars Palace over this place. The buffet here is about 1/4 the size of Bacchanal's. First off, the lobster was not dry or anything, it just had a weird taste to it. I can't really explain what it is, but I was not a big fan of it. The melted butter did not go well with it IMO. I did have to squeeze lemon on top just to make it edible. The prime rib was very dry. The carver gave me the end where it was well done. This is actually my fault. I should have paid attention and asked for the medium cut instead. The lamb chop was too gamey. I just took one bite and I could already taste the gaminess and had to spit it out. The filet mignon was very dry and lack flavor. The shrimp cocktail was ok. They were very big and plump though. The rock crab was a joke. There was no taste and just full of water when I bit into it. Normally you can taste the brininess of the crab, but not here. The blue point oysters for some reason didn't taste fresh to me. I had some oysters yesterday at Bacchanal's and those were fresher than these. Their dessert was very minimal at best. Nothing there to really wow you. I don't know if they had an off day or not, but I am not willing to risk spending another $105 to find out. Even the table next to said that the buffet was not spectacular. That's really saying something when you spend over $100 for a buffet. I'm really surprised since this is a Steakhouse, you would think that their food or at least their meats would taste a lot better.
I don't like to write bad reviews, but I feel that it's my duty to let everyone here know not to waste your $105 on this place. You will regret it afterwards. Go to Bacchanal instead.
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