So... has the staff at Bellagio gotten lazy or something? I've heard so many great things about the buffet at Bellagio and how their "gourmet" selections offer the best value. However that is not the case at all.
This place is still popping, with my group having to wait 40 minutes around 2pm. Once we got in, we were seated extremely close to other tables and it felt a little weird. In fact, I think the layout of the place is weird.
I was really excited to try the Kobe beef at the carving station but the piece I received was way too well done. It felt like I was chewing leather and all the good things about Kobe beef was not there. I decided to give it a 2nd chance and went back for another piece. Slightly better but still, the meat had nothing going for it. Wasn't seasoned well, and I think I can definitely make a better steak. It just felt like they popped it on the grill and the oven and just forgot about it.
All the other foods are alright in comparison to some other buffets. I do like how they crack the crab legs in half already for you so you don't have to do work. Dessert station is the only thing worth mentioning since there is a good selection and that creme brulee is magical. I probably ate around 4-5.
The buffet probably was good when it first. The quality of this buffet has probably dropped and I think that's a problem that all hotels face eventually. They have to find ways to reinvent themselves or just somehow maintain that standard that make them great the first go around. Unfortunately, Bellagio definitely needs to do that or else nobody will shell out $30-40 again for the buffet.