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| - Price defnitely hits you over the head, but for the quality of food (and if you acknowledge the fact that EVERYTHING has gotten more expensive over the years, and that this is Vegas after all) it really isn't that bad. Currently, it might be the highest-end buffet in Vegas.
The decor is visually jarring (they need to fire their interior designer), and obscures half the buffet line. But every time you turn a corner, there's more food! They have a unique approach for some of their items: they give you little finger oven mitts, because some of the foods are already pre-plated (especially stuff like baked pastas or the Asian soups), which seems to be catching on at other buffets as well. Overall, I liked the selection, and ate too much, as usual.
Highlights:
-Dessert selection is hit-or-miss, but during dinner, usually a hit: awesome macarons (they get them from the café adjacent to the front of the buffet), good selection of mocha when they have it, Oreo mousse dome--nom, and on weekends, they have a Japanese Yam/Taro parfait-looking thing that's wonderfully different
-The sliders--ughhhhh so tasty
-Pesto orecchiette and crab flatbread are definitely the stars of the Italian section
Not-so-great subjective stuff:
-Selection of juices at the start of the line--cucumber juice tastes exactly as it sounds. Which is to say, gross (or "healthy" as my mom puts it).
-Shrimps are huge but relatively flavorless
-Oddly placed decorations; navigating some areas is a mess
-Some foods are hard to get because the serving pot is high while the sneeze guard is too low
If you're a glutton whose standards aren't unreasonably high, you're going to like this place. Bring a wheelchair to roll yourself out post-gorging.
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