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What had been a rewarding relationship with the Garden Court Buffet (abbreviated GCB) has become volatile and unpredictable. On its good days, GCB is a reasonably priced buffet serving decent (not great) food. Excluding themed buffet nights, $10.99 with a Boyd card is a sweet deal for a buffet in downtown Las Vegas that is walking distance to the Fremont Street Experience. A handful of my Fremont Street Experience adventures plus two visits to the IRS were anchored by dining experiences at GCB. Although the GCB selection has trailed behind many of the popular Las Vegas buffets, there was always a few delicacies to reward my taste buds. I have enjoyed their meat loaf, salmon, lasagna, rice pilaf, miso soup, and Asian foods station. A sweet dessert would top off the experience.
With any volatile relationship, the bad days pull you away. Yesterday was one of my few bad experiences here. And it is a shame because it was my day off and I just happened to have my mind set on topping off an afternoon in downtown at the GCB. This experience started off promising. By 5:30 pm, a line to the cashier had developed. Being proactive, management opened two cashier stations leading to a smooth transition to the host then table. From there, I might as well been as present as a utensil to the server. It took a while for him to acknowledge me. Finally he'd bring me my two glasses of Pepsi then pass over checking up on me afterwards. When I was on the buffet cues is when he'd clear off my table (small portions on my plate). Near the end of the meal I'd give up on waiting around for him to ask me if I wanted coffee, if he would of even done that. But forget about the service, I was disappointed with the food.
Supposedly this had been coined the Best Buffet in Vegas. I tend to disagree. I have dined here on and off for nearly a decade and no way this was the Best Buffet in Las Vegas. Today GCB is supposedly one of the top five buffets in Las Vegas according to their advertisement. No way! Right off the bat I could say that better buffets include Carnival, Red Rock, The Orleans, Boulder Station, and South Pointe. And if you add the higher priced buffets in the Bellagio category, GCB falls lower on the Las Vegas Buffet totem pole. On its good days it has been simply "good."
There are a few reasons why yesterday I was disappointed with the food. First off, sushi which is currently my favorite buffet food was nonexistent. No sushi whatsoever. Boo! Then there was no peeled shrimp. Ditto for the meatloaf. The fish was unappealing. Celery spoiled the taste of the rice pilaf. Not much choices at the Asian foods station, which is my current second favorite buffet station. On a bright note there was miso soup. Disappointingly , the miso soup that I have relished in the past was now dull and a few degrees short of the warm temperature of how I prefer my soup. Regardless I'd fill up on miso soup. A complaint I have with their miso soup is that the soup cups are not much larger than the ones that you put cocktail sauce in when there are peeled shrimp. With my options running out, I'd place spaghetti on my nearly empty plate. If this is supposed to be the fifth best buffet in Las Vegas, how come they skimp over meatballs? Why did it taste like can pasta? And why would I go back here in the foreseeable future?
My relationship with GCP has become volatile and unpredictable . The way I see it, you live once. If you live once, why settle for unpredictable experiences? It has come to the point that I will now separate from GCB for at least six months.
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