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| - So this was a total waste of time. After all the raving I'd heard about this buffet and a family member's recommendation...I decided to make my way with my mom to try out this buffet. My naivety made me think that the Cosmo, being a proponent for the alternative lifestyle would cater somewhat to a vegetarian. So I paid ~$28 per person for a brunch buffet.
Let me preface the rest of this review by saying that if I only had 2 dishes to sample and they were of excellent quality...I'd keep my mouth shut. I had a large number of dishes to sample...none of them inventive, none of them delicious and none of them memorable in any way. The salads were bleh...there was a greek salad, kale salad, oven-dried tomatoes, caprese and beet salad. ALL of which did not entice seconds (considering I couldn't even palate the one tablespoon of each salad I took). The angry mac and cheese was shells, velvet and some hot sauce. Although purportedly vegetarian, I spied a few bowls of them with bacon bits. Not cool.
There was the usual Italian fare...gnocchi with a basil tomato and black garlic sauce (average), sweet pea risotto (horrible) and cheese pizza (how uninteresting). The Asian section had chicken powder/stock in everything. I was told by one chef that the udon was vegetarian...then another one said, no it was not. I gave up and didn't even try it. I asked if they could make me a simple vegetable roll with soy paper but low and behold...the sushi they get is prepackaged and bought from some conglomerate like Sysco. Cosmo...weren't you supposed to be different and awe-inspiring?
The bread offered was BAGELS (like two types) and there were three types of sad cheeses on the charcuterie. Pathetic. The only thing I had with some glee was the red velvet pancake.The chocolate covered strawberries was a nice touch but the rest of the desserts not too good. They do have a pretty legit gelato bar if that's your scene.
I had about $5 worth of food. My mom is pissed off at a bad lunch and I'm seething with anger at the absolute blasphemy that is Wicked Spoon. Wynn, Bachannal and Bellagio are way better that this crap. In other news, service was OK and the decor was as if I was in a conference room.
Avoid.
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