My boyfriend and I were visiting Las Vegas for his birthday. We decided to check out The Carnival Buffet since there was a pretty good deal on Groupon.
We came in during lunch time and got seated fairly quickly. Like most international buffets, the food was separated by country, there was American, Italian, Mexican, Japanese, and Chinese. As soon as we were shown our table we were off to the races. We tried a little bit of everything and just as we expected everything was just average. The desserts were just average as well. Nothing to go telling your friends or family about.
With the Groupon came a free wine bottle which we had to go pickup at the bar. When we first went to the bar the bartender wasn't there....10 minutes later bartender still not there....another 10 minutes bartender still not there....another 10 minutes still not there By this time, we were getting pretty frustrated (and we're pretty patient people). We had to ask one of the chefs and he couldn't find the bartender. There was another lady waiting at the bar trying to get her free bottle, as well. I thought that was very unprofessional. To not only leave your station but not even telling anyone about it. It wasn't until we were done with our meals that the bartender showed up. No apologies, no excuses; he acted like there was nothing wrong. He just had a look on his face showing that he did not want to be there. We just took our bottle and jetted out of there.
The service from the other staff members were great! Just the bartender kind of ruined our experience because we were looking forward to drinking our free wine while eating our lunch.
Overall this place is a good buffet to go to if your on a budget. It's not bad but it's not great either. If it weren't for that Groupon, I most likely would never step in here.