I stopped by here this past Saturday night with my fiance for dinner. According to the menus that were hung everywhere in the casino that meant that it was prime rib night which I was eagerly looking to. I also noticed on a ton of signs that is was the largest buffet on Fremont Street which is interesting since the Golden Nuggets the next morning seemed bigger. As we were walking into the buffet I was quickly reminded of some Rain Forrest cafes that I had been to. It had those large palm trees as well as some other lush tropical looking plants.
The food at this buffet was just ok. It actually reminded me quite a bit of the Golden Corral, lots there but no quality to it. Yes there were peel and eat shrimp and crab legs but they were fairly meager which I guess is indicative of the price here. They are had a random collection of other ethnic foods including a taco bar, sushi and random Chinese food. Finally the prime rib. What can I say about the prime rib? Was it really prime rib or was it another cut of a tougher meat? I have never had prime rib with the amount of connective tissue that was in some of the pieces of meat that I had here. With that being said I really enjoyed the Cajun-esque seasoning that they put on it and I went back for more 3 separate times. The desserts were really where this place shines as there were a ton of them and what I had was pretty good. I ended up having key lime pie sans the crust and some carrot cake and both we pretty tasty.
The bottom line for me is that I might stop by here again in the future. It's not the worst buffet that you can get downtown but its not the best either. I guess it all depends on what you want your price point to be and what kind of quality you want in your food.