Which are the best buffets in Las Vegas?

Question

I am booked to go to Las Vegas for a week at the end of October and wonder which are the best value and quality buffets available.

Answer 1

This site has an up to date list of every buffet in LV, they also rate every one of them.
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/buffets.cfm

The Best Value Buffets
#1 - Main Street Station - L,D
#2 - Boulder Station - B,L,D
#3 - Orleans - L,D
#4 - Palace Station - B,L,D
#5 - Fremont Seafood Buffet Sun/Tue/Fri at $15.99 it's almost as good as the Rio Seafood Buffet for $36.99
#6 - LV Hilton - D
#7 - Fiesta - L

Best buffets - money no object
Bally's Sterling Brunch
Circus Circus Champagne Brunch
Wynn - D
Bellagio - D
Mirage - D
Paris - B

To really save money on your LV trip, take a look at these
2007 American Casino Guide
http://www.americancasinoguide.com

Las Vegas Advisor's POV
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com

We buy 2 of each and then trade with our LV friends for the coupons we need.

You can pick up a set of FSE coupons for free at the FSE office at 425 Fremont Street.
2-4-1 buffets for Main Street Station & Fremont
$10 free play for Binion's & Golden Nugget
about a dozen useful coupons in all.

We go to LV 2-3 times a year for 2 weeks or more at a time and have for over 20 years. We almost always eat at the buffets, we enjoy the variety.

~Jack~

Answer 2

MGM Grand is the best buffet in Vegas! It is more expensive than most of the others $25 for dinner but it's not the usual "Home town buffet" of stuff. It has crab legs cooked to perfection, and many foods from each culinary cuisine. I go to Vegas 4-5 times a year and have tried them all, I always go to the MGM Buffet and next stop would be the Rio which boasts to be the biggest and largest variety. To me, you get what you pay for, if you want topay $15 or less then you might as well go to the Golden Corral off the strip.

Answer 3

I live here and the absolute best buffet for the money is the buffett at The Cannery Resort and Hotel in North Las Vegas. Hands Down!! If you are looking for something in the strip, I would definatly recommend the Bellagio's buffet. Nice price, good food! Try it on a Sunday morning!

Answer 4

You really need to go to the Mirage and go to Cravings! It is the nicest buffet and the prices aren't too bad. They have every kind of food you can think of plus a separate dessert section.... The trick is to go at about 2:30pm. Then you pay the lunch price, and they bring out all of the dinner at 3pm so you get the fresh dinner menu food, which usually includes snow crab and prime rib on top of the other stations including sushi, italian, chinese, bbq..... I believe it is cheaper during the week, but on Saturday and Sunday there is a champaigne brunch with free refills!

The buffet at Treasure Island is pretty good and probably has the best dessert spread anywhere. I also tried the buffet at Caesars Palace; it was expensive and not very good. Absolutely do not eat at the buffet at Excalibur, the food has been sitting there all day and is gross, and I got sick from it....

Answer 5

BELLAGIO.

I haven't been to all but I've been to a few including MGM, Mirage, Aladdin, Mandalay Bay and Bellagio. While all were pretty good, there was one clear-cut winner in my mind for both Quality and Quantity....Bellagio.

We did wait in line for 45 minutes and it was the priciest of the bunch but it was certainly worth it. Not one thing I had tasted Mass-Produced. Everything was fresh and recently made.

Here is one review on the net:

Las Vegas, once known for the cheap buffets and the even cheaper prime rib, has gone through a culinary revolution. Gone are the days where “all-you-can-eats” were the economical way for a casino to reward its players. Much like the rest of the restaurants in the Bellagio have redefined Vegas dining, the Bellagio Buffet redefines the culinary experience of a buffet. No longer do diners have to suffer the choices at some buffets of whether mushy green beans or soggy mashed potatoes would best accompany their well-done prime rib. Instead, how do you choose and where to begin, were the questions plaguing our party!

Foregoing the usual appetizer fare and giving into my carnivores appetite, I started with the carving station, covering my plate with slices of the leg of lamb, a slab of the venison, a slice of the Beef Wellington and a serving of the Kobe beef, not the Japanese variety, but a must-try nonetheless. The leg of lamb was savory, tender and cooked to perfection. The Beef Wellington’s crust was perfectly flaky and its tenderloin melted in my mouth. As satisfying as these selections were, I couldn’t resist the seafood fare. The salmon sashimi, Alaskan crab legs and apple-smoked sturgeon were enough to tempt me, but I couldn’t go without sampling the giant shrimp cocktail, the mix seafood ceviche and the Shrimp Louis. The crab legs were halved and the shrimp peeled, which made consumption no muss and no fuss, and the smoked sturgeon exploded with flavor. Other fare I tried before giving in to dessert was the Mongolian chicken, the grilled Mako shark in a delicious winter citrus compote, the make-your-own-pasta and sides of Caesar salad, polenta and au gratin potatoes.

Although all my entrees were excellent, the call of the dessert island was unmistakable . . . like a siren it called to me, and like Odysseus,I answered. Being an equal opportunity sugar fiend, I thought it best to try the entire array. My favorite and what almost spoiled me for the rest of the desserts was the [conglaise], a sophisticated version of a macaroon about which I have not been able to stop talking. It was larger than your usual macaroon, with a velvety consistency that comes from whipping the ingredients. The floating island was a creamy-dreamy sensation and the mango soup with the hint of the exotic enlivened my taste buds with the contrast between its sweetness and tartness. And if you want to know how good the bread pudding was, ask one of the gentlemen in my party who consumed my entire serving before I even had a chance to take a taste!

If you go to buffets because you want really cheap eats, the Bellagio Buffet is not for you. On Fridays and Saturdays, the days on which their special gourmet menu is offered, the cost of such pleasurable dining is $31.95 per person. Or, if you expect a five-star food and ambiance, skip the buffet and go down stairs to Picasso. But if you’re looking for a gourmet dining experience on a beer budget, the Bellagio buffet is not a bad alternative. For the price of two glasses of champagne at any of the Bellagio’s other fine dining establishments, you can experience a gourmet buffet in a city once known for its $4.99 prime rib.

Answer 6

The buffet at WYNN is the absolute best. It's costlier than most but so worth it. They have so much variety and the food is fresh. They also have chefs who will prepare the food in front of you. I went there for lunch and loved the strawberries and cream which the chef prepared for me. Also loved the congee which you can have the chef prepare with the ingredients you want. There were countless food stations, something for everyone. Whatever you do don't go to the buffet at Cesaers. It's expensive and there is hardly any food. By the way, I haven't been but the cab drivers always recommend the seafood buffet at Rio on Friday nights.

Answer 7

Rio has an excellent seafood buffet, not the international buffet. Don't take reservation

Bellagio has a great buffet too. call for reservation

Paris also has a great buffet with a touch of European tastes, reservation required

Mandalay Bay has a pretty good Sunday brunch buffet. Best value

Those are the best in LV and I have tried them all.

Answer 8

Are you dead-set on buffets (hog troughs)? They're not all that good and are expensive, and you just feel like you hurt yourself when you're done because you ate entirely too much.
That said, Bellagio somehow has a good reputation, but I have gone twice and was not impressed a bit. And people were digging in with their hands.
Rio's intl. buffet really was much better than I expected. The seafood one had a line for days so I've not been there.

There are so many awesome restaurants; I'd recommend those over the troughs.

Answer 9

The Rio has the best seafood buffet, hands-down. The Wynn has a really excellent buffet as well and the food is really top-notch, not standard buffet fare. California has a really cheap buffet for breakfast that while not fantastic, is cheap and has great Portuguese sausage! It was like $5-6!

Buffet to avoid: Excalibur... just not great. Luxor is close enough and theirs is pretty good if you were considering going to the Excalibur's buffet.

Answer 10

well James , have a great trip.. we will also be in Vegas around then.. all of the buffets mentioned are good.. another great restaurant is in the strat.. its Fellini's and a wonderful Italian restaurant. Some of the buffets that we are not crazy about are the saraha, and the Rivera.. all of the station buffets are good and most have pasta bars where you can request pastas... have a great trip..