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| - 2.5 STARS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT $15.99 DINNER
Following hours of hiking up in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, I decided to make the Santa Fe Station Feast Buffet my post - hike supper. This review is testimony that I should of picked one of a hundred other restaurants for dinner. I have a frustrating relationship with Feast Buffets. Sometimes they are rewarding dinners in Boulder Station and Red Rock Resort Feast Buffets or poor experiences in this Feast Buffet for example. This is my second time here in person and the first time as a Yelper. My first experience was around 2009 before the remodel. I attempted to try it in 2012, but in the 24/7 City of Las Vegas they shut down at 9:00 on Saturday night.
There was a moderate line to pay for the buffet. Nothing like the lines I have stood on at Red Rock, Sunset, Boulder Station, or Green Valley Ranch Feast Buffets. The $15.99 plus taxes brought my Saturday night special dinner to $18 before the tip. The deal was there was nothing special about this Saturday night special that was advertised steak and seafood night. There was zero value to the meal. Unless I was missing something I failed to find a seafood station. The only seafood I saw was the live shrimp scampi at the Italian foods station. Where was the peeled shrimp? I really dislike the steak and seafood gimmick that many casino operators use to jack up the price.
In general, there was a poor selection of food. Right off the bat I could tell a good buffet from their Asian foods station. I can assert that their sister property Boulder Station has a far better Asian foods station with at least double the selection. In reality, $18 brought me a couple of bowls of wonton soup, cabbage based vegetables (where is the description of the food?), chow mein noodles, rice, wonton soup, shrimp scampi, cola, coffee, and desert. The food lacked flavor just like the coffee. I only took a few sips of the coffee and said, "forget this." Finally, the sushi that Red Rock Feast Buffet (similar price) features is nonexistent here.
A hardworking yet unfriendly woman served my two colas, cleaned the table, and served my coffee.
There are two compliments that I will bestow this Feast Buffet. First, the Halloween presentation of the pastries was neat. And second, I appreciated that the wontons are in a separate bowl from the broth. A major complaint I have in regards to their sister Feast Buffet at Sunset Station is that they frequently run out of the wontons.
Based on my experience of paying close to $20 for a gimmick steak and seafood night, I have to rate it 2.5 stars. If I return on a night when it is $9.99 and get value, I might pen a review update. In conclusion, Station Casinos is their own biggest problem. A few miles south on the 215, their Red Rock Feast Buffet offers far more at a similar price. Most likely I will return to the Red Rock Feast Buffet before I return to the Santa Fe location. In conclusion, Santa Fe Station Feast Buffet can feast on 2.5 stars.
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