My husband and I were staying at the Rio therefore we decided to try the 24 hour buffet pass. It's definitely not for everyone and I think the next trip to Vegas we would probably not do it again since we now have a better sense of what is available in Vegas. The cost for the weekend is about $70 per person with the taxes in and with the Total Rewards discount. We attempted to squeeze in 4 meals during this time period. We figured trying to squeeze in 2 dinners and 1 breakfast and 1 lunch would be the better value. In hindsight, I think it would have been better to squeeze in the 2 breakfasts instead since we would have had overnight to recover from the gluttony prior to trying to eat again. Although we narrowly made it to the last meal at 8:45pm (the dinner on the 2nd day), we could barely enjoy it since we were still full from the lunch we had around 3:30pm. With the buffets, I felt as though you could just have 2 meals a day and be full. In addition, by the end of our stay I felt almost nauseous looking at food and I don't think I could go to another buffet again for the remainder of this year. This is coming from someone who can eat and typically has a huge appetite. I think I gained about 3-4 lbs in the 3 nights I was in Vegas if that is saying anything.
Sadly, we only made it to 2 buffets during our stay (the Rio and the Le Village Buffet at the Paris Hotel). Rio had more selection and had less of a line up (likely due to it being off the strip). The line up at the Rio was only about 5 minutes (during off peak hours) and the Paris buffet was about 20 minutes (during off peak hours). We passed the buffet at Caesars during the same time period and the line up was HUGE. The buffet at the Paris hotel was mostly French food. I was disappointed with the quality of the desserts at both buffets in terms of taste. The selection and presentation was good but the taste was not as good.
Next time, we will try all the cute little restaurants that we saw during our tour of all the various hotels. The prices at the restaurants although not cheap seemed reasonable.