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| - Located in the Casino level of the Southpoint, this buffet is priced right for what you get. It has Chinese, Mexican, and Italian sections, as well as a salad bar, other more "American" stuff, and soups (during lunch and dinner). At breakfast, obviously, the offerings are different. But I can't imagine coming into this place with a hankering for a certain taste and not finding it. There is plenty of protein and even a Mongolian BBQ grill. We didn't try it but it looked intriguing.
Before paying and going in, get a club card and a coupon book. It's free. In the book, you'll find a coupon for free lunch and breakfast M-F. Each coupon is good for two people so if you and your partner sign up, you'll have more than one free meal if you're there during the week.
The front-end is a bit chaotic, with employees at the top of the line yelling over a wireless communication system, for other people deep within the dining room to locate appropriate tables. It seems, no matter what time of day you arrive, you'll stand in line. I'm not sure why... often the restaurant isn't full. Go by early morning on New Year's Day. 80% empty and still a line. That is a testimony to the inefficiency of their table assignment methodology.
Our service varied. The first time we went there, we had to beg the guy for drink refills. The second time, the lady was right on it. In fact, she simply brought us a pitcher of iced tea for our table. What a concept.
It's hard to recommend specific dishes, seeing as how they vary the selections from day to day. I did enjoy the clam chowder. It was quite savory, with plenty of clams. You can get good-sized tail-on shrimp in the Chinese section and put it over a salad for a nice shrimp salad. They also have a good taco bar. I broke the taco shells and made a tostada out of the meat, beans, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, and corn (from the salad bar). The taco meat was really good. They also had tortilla chips and guacamole. Both were pretty good.
I'll never understand why people bring stroller-aged children to Las Vegas. Seems the smoke inhalation alone would kill them. But, no, I see people cruising the casinos with kids screaming in strollers. Hey, I'd scream too. And I felt like it when a large family with one screamer couldn't shut her up. Makes me feel like I'm waiting at the DMV when actually I'm just trying to enjoy my breakfast. So one would think with the complex seating assignments, they'd come up with a way to put people like that in a padded room or something. Sigh.
Oh, and then there is the element of society that goes in there to steal food. Unbelievable, one little old lady in a double-knit suit boldly went up to the pastry area and put a stack of at least 10 bear claws on her plate and took them back to her table. 5 minutes later all were gone but her giant purse sure was fatter. She repeated this several times while we were having our breakfast. Isn't anybody in there watching for that kind of nonsense? If my college aged son tried that, he'd probably get booted out by Security within minutes. Reverse age discrimination. Let the cheapies get away with whatever, subsidized by the ones who play by the rules. It's a turn-off and makes it look like the hotel / restaurant could care less.
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