Overview Of Las Vegas Buffets

S ince the first buffet           The best seven-day a week buffet   opened at the El Rancho in      in Las Vegas is the Buffet at      the early 1940's                Bellagio. You can count on         (all-you-can-eat, for a dollar,       gourmet food, prepared impeccably  from midnight through 5:00am),        at this lavish buffet. Chances     there have been Buffets in Las        are high that they will be         Vegas. Over the years the buffets     serving food that you have never   have evolved and improved their       tried before. You can also count   offerings. There are now over 40      on paying $25-$40 per person,      hotels in Las Vegas that offer        depending on the time of week and  buffets, and it would be easier       year.                              to list the few hotels that don't                                        offer one. Competition among the      Not surprisingly, the Wynn Buffet  casinos has forced the buffets to     is also excellent, with sushi and  improve the quality of their          excellent shellfish, and high      food, or to compete by offering       quality steaks for meat eaters.    low prices, or a little bit of        The desserts are outrageous and    both.                                 worth the calories. Again, as is                                         the case with all of the very      The highest quality buffet in Las     best buffets, you will pay for     Vegas is the Sunday morning           the honor.                         brunch at Bally's Steakhouse.                                            Their menu includes caviar, Beef      Other truly excellent buffets      Wellington, and lobster. The          include the slightly less          desserts are superb, and              expensive Spice Market Buffet at   everything is top shelf. Priced       Planet Hollywood (a really good    at over $40 per person, it is         hold over from when the hotel was  also the most expensive buffet in     known as the Aladdin), the very    Las Vegas.                            solid Bay Side Buffet at Mandalay                                        Bay, Le Village Buffet at Paris,   and the Carnival World Buffet         Truly cheap meals are available    just off of the Strip at the Rio.     at the "locals" casinos. The       The Rio really deserves credit        Station Casinos are inexpensive    for the current crop of excellent     to begin with (with the exception  Las Vegas Buffets, they raised        of Green Valley Ranch and Red      the bar when they opened the          Rock Casino), and they are         Carnival World Buffet in the          incredibly cheap with a            early 1990's.                         two-for-one coupon. These coupons                                        are available in the American      The best values on the Strip          Casino Guide, which contains       include the Round Table buffet at     dozens of coupons, and are sold    Excalibur. The food isn't nearly      in the gift shops at the           as good as the food at Bellagio,      Stations. It is possible for two   but the price makes it a great        people to eat breakfast or lunch   value and the quality is              for fewer than ten dollars, and    acceptable. The buffet at the Las     dinner for slightly more.          Vegas Hilton is a bargain if you                                         can get ahold of a two-for-one        The variety of Las Vegas Buffets   coupon, either by signing up for      reflects the variety of Las Vegas  their slot club or by finding one     Hotel Casinos, you can opt for     in one of the free tourist guide      first class or you can choose a    magazines.                            bargain.                                                                  About the Author The author, Mike McDougall, has lived in the Las Vegas area since 1990, and visits nearly every Las Vegas Casino on a weekly basis. He often stops to eat at the various Las Vegas Buffets, and writes about the Best Las Vegas Buffets on his website, Las Vegas Buffets. Info. Published At: www.Isnare.com