My wife and I decided to come here for the Sunday Brunch because we had about an hour to kill before leaving for the airport and in hindsight, I think we wish we would have just picked up a sandwich at 7-11 because that's what the quality felt like here.
We all know that Vegas buffets are hit-and-miss at best depending on what you like. I tend to lean towards healthy alternatives so I look at a salad bar and the items in includes with a pretty critical eye. When a salad bar essentially has lettuce, carrots, croutons, cheese and some diced lunch meat, that's unimpressive to me. They had one soup which was some weird vegetable slop. The shrimp were about half the size of the shrimp at Mirage. The sushi is low budget.
About 90% of it was cheap breakfast items and low budget lunch choices. I guess if I loved to fill up on lukewarm egg rolls, greasy meat or waffles then it would be more towards my liking but when the hummus doesn't even have anything to dip in it, you know you are in the wrong place.
It just comes across as something that needs an update. For a hotel as big as the MGM Grand, the buffet feels like something you would see Downtown or off the strip.