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| - WOW! Village Seafood Buffet you had me at Sea... Why would you need a Seafood Buffet, when every buffet in Las Vegas has Seafood? If you are like me sometimes you go to the buffet JUST for the seafood. If you skip all the other dishes and head straight to the seafood, Village Seafood Buffet located in the Rio Hotel is for you!
My first time staying at Rio.. I was getting ready to go to the Carnival World Buffet (which is Las Vegas largest buffet), but I read about the Seafood Buffet AYCE Seafood, lobster, king crap, and oysters. WHATT???!!! Oysters and Lobster! That's a first! Every Buffet has king crap and shrimp, but raw oysters? YUM! At around $38 dollar per person, this buffet easily rivals Wynn Buffet for the most expensive buffet in Vegas. After checking in to the hotel I received a coupon book with $10 bucks off. How could I say no?
When you first enter the buffet it looks sorta like Todai (YUCK don't ever go there!!), but a lot better. I highly recommend going for the Oysters and King crab first. Also, another great strategy would be eat the raw foods first and go for the cooked seafood later. I would not recommend using the same fork for raw and cooked food, maybe you can wipe it off with a napkin. Keep you stomach happy and you will be a true AYCE specialist.
Oysters were awesome! No fishy taste or smell means they are fresh! King crab legs and claws with butter and I'm in heaven. The cocktail shrimp was pretty normal. I was hoping they would be jumbo shrimp like Wynn and pre-peeled. The lobster tail did not blow me away. I expected something like Boston lobster or at least lobster tail with butter, but instead I received chopped up lobster tail with pieces of shrimp. If it weren't for the shells, most people would not be able to tell the difference between mini lobster tails and shrimp. This did not look like the images on the TV outside of the buffet. Keep it simple don't fry my lobster! This method dries out the lobster at that point you might as well just cock shrimp, its cheaper. Just broil it and give me some lemons and butter.
There are other items like steak and some Asian cuisine, but I recommend skipping those items completely and focus at the task at hand which is concur the seafood! The other items are delicious, but save it for another day another buffet. Man vs. SEAFOOD Only please! Get your 40 dollars worth. Stock up for all the days you wanted seafood and couldn't have it. Another side note... the desserts were very disappointing. I think I have more options of dessert in the frozen section of a grocery store. No pies or cakes just mini tart things and by mini I mean MINI. The gelato or ice cream what ever it is. Didn't taste like gelato, ice cream, or frozen yogurt so I'm not sure what it was exactly. The coffee "gelato" did not taste like coffee. It taste more like a sbucks frappuccino after the ice melts and its just cream and ice water. Next time I will skip the dessert and just eat the seafood. *Small disappointment.. where the Cajun/ creole food?? I want some gumbo, jambalaya or at least some Lobster bisque. The service was great! Servers constantly empty the shell baskets and refilled my delicious ice tea and coffee.
Highly recommend for seafood ONLY. Get ready to get your hands dirty and enjoy the freshest seafood you have ever tasted in the middle of the desert. Bring a friend and coupon. Enjoy.
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