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| - Trying to feed a hungry family on the cheap in Vegas? The Buffet of Buffets is a good option. In a 24-hour period, you can visit seven different buffets as much as you want.
The selection of buffets are widely varied. During our trip we tried Caesars Palace, Imperial Palace and Flamingo. The wait at Caesars was quite long for lunch, but in the end I enjoyed the quality of the food and service, and the environment was modern and enjoyable.
We tried Imperial Palace because we happened to be close to it, and boy, that was a mistake! You could be polite and call the decor kitschy, but the buffet seems like an old run-down cafeteria. With a choice of other better buffets, I would avoid this one.
We tried going to Paris (which we have enjoyed in the past), but the wait at 8pm would have been at least 90 minutes, so we wound up at the Flamingo. The Flamingo was a nice surprise -- it's not the most modern, but the dining room is clean and airy, and the selection is pretty good. Most people seem to be going to the higher-end buffets, so there wasn't a huge wait here. For dinner, they have a lot of Asian selections, including a build-your-own-bowl-of-ramen bar. We also wound up here for Saturday brunch which includes all-you-can-drink champagne and a bloody mary bar (the first bloody mary is free). If you get seated near the windows, you get a lovely view of the garden with live flamingos and koi pond.
If we were being strategic about our buffet visits, I would have skipped Imperial Palace and planned for either Planet Hollywood (which I have also enjoyed in the past) or Paris. Another buffet that you can visit is the one at Rio, but that would be lower on my list. The food is OK, but it's another room that could use some updating. I mean, seriously, could someone please replace the lightbulbs in that crazy 80's chandelier thing? More than half of them are burned out -- that's just plain lazy!
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