I was in town visiting and some family members were staying here so my little bro and I took the journey from The Strip alllll the way out to Aliante. They had $100 credit from the hotel, so the 6 of us decided to eat at this buffet. We went downstairs on a Tuesday night (two days before thanksgiving) & were relieved to find a rather short line and a big sign that said "HAWAIIAN NIGHT Every Tuesday!!!" Um, whoa! Sa-weeet!! Three of us are from Maui so we were super happy to see that sign.
We were seated promptly and our waitress was very sweet. Excellent customer service.
Now, we didn't expect the food to blow us away. You should never expect that from any buffet. Anyway, it was satisfying. Besides the "Hawaiian" Food (lechon - a whole roasted pig, kalbi ribs, haupia, etc), they had a Chinese bar, which was cool. They had steamed dumplings, yummy fried rice, sweet sour pork, etc. They also had a mexican bar with fajitas and enchilladas, and an Italian bar. Of course I focused on the Hawaiian food (which I was happy to see that they did NOT toss pineapple on random items and call it 'Hawaiian'). The food was satisfying but it doesn't reach the level of awesomeness that you can reach with the food in Hawaii. Duh.
The dessert bar was cool. Your usual pies, cake, cookies, fro-yo, and ice cream. An attendant scoops your ice cream for you and adds whatever type of toppings you want.
I think the buffet would have costed us $17.99 per person, which is honestly a little pricey for the quality of food. It wasn't terrible, but I am glad that it was free for us!