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| - I wish that Yelp would let you give stars on specific aspects of the experience and then average a star rating because parts of my Breakfast Buffet experience were decent and parts were terrible.
First the good:
The food, it was good. Nothing spectacular, but exactly what I expected from a buffet at the Flamingo. Decent variety, food was fresh. I had eggs about 300 ways (with chorizo, rancheros, breakfast burrito, benedict) and they were all good. The shrimp cocktail was the bomb, the chocolate fountain was just kitschy enough to be fun. I wouldn't complain. I left full and ate nothing that was disappointing.
The blah:
The price. Right at $50 for 2 Breakfast buffets, food only. Not worth it. I can't eat that much for breakfast, and I know how much eggs cost. Breakfast buffets should never run over $20 bucks unless I can get lobster, and maybe bottomless mimosas.
The bad:
The service! The women working the cash registers were rude. Our server was incredibly overwhelmed, which was not the real problem. The problem was the other servers in other areas refusing to step in and help out. All we needed to drink were waters. It took us 20 minutes to get water. I tried to flag down 3 servers outside of our own who was serving tables as fast as she could and I was shrugged of by each although their areas were obviously slower than ours. That was a major disappointment. Our server was incredibly polite and apologetic about the wait and once she caught herself up, was very attentive. But overall there was a lack of team work to keep things flowing and customers happy.
Overall I was happy with the food, but for 25 bucks a head I feel like I can expect decent customer service as well. That was lacking and I would not go back or recommend this buffet to others because of this. Sorry Flamingo, you have to do better.
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