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| - So I had this listed under my bookmarks under "Best Buffet in Vegas". Guess that's gonna change...
Although I'm the family member who is most willing to go out anywhere, my sister would follow only on the condition that she would go back to the Wynn Buffet. I wouldn't blame her, as on the last visit she devoured those legs of lamb by the handful. We're talking about the person who doesn't eat pork, prefers not to eat red meat and would rather stick to seafood. On the last family visit to Vegas, she kept on pestering me about coming back. Doesn't help that she's 1 year away from 21.
We checked in our hotel and out of curiosity, called the number to determine the wait time. "2 hours" as of 2pm Thanksgiving Day.
Me: Uh guys, we better start falling in line if we're gonna eat by 5.
When the family got to the buffet line, we noticed that it looped around once ending at the "Mojitos" sign nearby. It only got worse. Turns out there were 2 lines, a line to GET in the line and the actual line. Luckily, the pre-line only took about 30ish minutes. When we got to the end of the pre-line, we had an option to wait in line, or skip to the VIP line, which would only shorten our line by 20 minutes (but we get a free drink), but it would cost an additional $15/person. The Thanksgiving dinner was already $45ish/person. My sister timed the entire line wait to be about 2 hours and 30ish minutes, compared to the last visit was around 45ish minutes.
The dining area is very clean, on par with sit-down restaurant standards, which is saying a lot for buffets, as they usually are not. Lots of use of floral imagery and pastels all around. We were promptly asked for our drinks. This can also be said where the food is being served. Presentation is superb for buffet food and the areas are also kept clean. The areas are segregated by type of foods, from seafoods to meats to salads.
Right away the family went straight for the king crab legs and the rack of lamb. When I tasted the rack of lamb it wasn't the taste that I remembered, something was a bit off. I guess it wasn't as savory. My sister agreed, but still ate it anyway. At one point I was even enjoying my mashed potatoes more than that. I also got the prime rib, tastes like what I would get at a Black Angus as opposed to a real sit down place.
The tom yum soup was too watery and didn't have enough vegetables.
The pasta section was too rich for me to eat it all.
The dessert section is the nicest section of them all, a huge selection of desserts. Their warm brownie is excellent, hot and moist, went well with the vanilla gelato. Their creme brulee, was bland. A good creme brulee is supposed to have a deep custard base, I felt as if I was eating more of the sugar than custard. Bread pudding was pretty good, warm and stiff.
Funniest part about the experience was that my sister and brother got those candied apples. It was too hard for them to directly bite into it, so they kept on tapping it with a fork. My sister got tired of it, so my brother kept on continually whacking at it for a good 10 minutes. Finally, the candied apple broke and ate it, said "Meh". and set it alongside the food to be taken away.
And so I iterate this advice to all: For the money you could be spending on a nice buffet ($40ish/person), spend it on a nice sit-down restaurant.
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