I don't know why there's a lot of bad reviews but with those aside, the Gold Nugget buffet was decent. We went on Thanksgiving and it took about thirty minutes before we got in to be seated. The food stations were all busy especially the pasta line where you could customize the pasta to your liking by choosing the pasta, sauce, and the type of meat. I was actually waiting to go further for the other food since people were waiting when really it was just the pasta line. The rest of the food I tried like the sushi were good in my opinion. There was a whole section for dessert and their ice cream was pretty good. It wasn't self-serve but that was fine. Our waitress was nice and friendly as well. I thought this was a good buffet.