For me real simple, I eat to much

Las Vegas is just as famous for its buffets as it is for its casinos. All the buffets in Las Vegas are cheap and at the same time they offer the best of food.

Ummmmm-no
there are very good buffets in LV-and these tend to be $20 or more for lunch/dinner.
Most however are less than wonderful.
And at some-if I had no other options-would see me shedding tonnage quickly

Thanks for the suggestion, we'll be there this coming weekend and will try it for breakfast.

Even if you don't eat there, go up for the view. You don't need to go into the buffet for that.

I'm not a huge fan of Brunches but the Renaissance Harbour View in Hong Kong is excellent.

Amazingly, there's one of these on El Camino Real in Sunnyvale, CA. It's got to be related, who would pick a name like that otherwise?

The Nordic Lodge in Charlestown, RI. All you can eat lobster, shrimp, filet mignon, prime rib and lots and lots more. This place has been a RI institution for years. Last year's price was $70/person with soda, tax and tip included.


http://www.nordiclodge.com/

I am fan of the Paris Las Vegas for the breakfast buffet. Great selection of regional tastes (you gotta love scallops in the morning). After breakfast I am set until dinner.

I also like the Bellagio for the dinner buffet. I went with two friends and one kept asking, Is this woth a 35 minute wait? Is it worth the price? He brought his first plate to the table and said the answer was "Yes!" to both questions. Is it as good as many of the resturants in Vegas, no. But it is good for a night's dinner with some variety.

I hit the Wynn Casino Hotel for lunch last week when I was in Las Vegas. The one item that impressed me was jumbo peeled shrimp, which alone was worth the $22 cost, as I love shrimp, and you don't see the jumbo variety at your standard buffet. I also enjoyed the salmon and lamb. I thought the seating was a little crowded but the food made up for it. The dessert bar was rather mediocre with small squares of dessert instead of slices of cake/pie that you normally see at the other casinos. If you want great desserts, this is not the place to go.

Photos linked below.

Tom in Honolulu

The last two mornings I've made my traditional trek over to the Outrigger Reef Hotel on Waikiki Beach for their breakfast brunch ($11.50 after $1 off coupon un tourist magazines). It features scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage, bacon, ham/turkey at a carving table, and a variety of pastries (including coconut and banana nut pound cake, danish, chocolate macadamia nut muffins) and fresh fruit (including pineapple, papaya). They also have guava or pineapple juice. The dining room faces the beach and Diamond Head. They also have a bar with cold cereals (didn't try those). As things tend to be a little pricey in Waikiki (a Big Mac meal, for comparison, is $7.50), this is a pretty good value.

Excellent tip, Tom! This should come in handy - besides being good value was it tasty too?

Fresh pineapple, fresh pastries, and juice are all I need to be happy They do a pretty good job (forgot to add french toast was also available).

The place does bring in a pretty good crowd (and Donald Trump is building condos right across the street).

Another Sydney hotel buffet

Grace Hotel, Sydney (cnr Clarence & King St, near QVB/Town Hall)
A Christmas lunch through work, only $32/head (incl. a large glass of bubbly or wine)
Surprisingly tasty food! (Listing of buffet is linked there)


On the buffet:

• 'Appetisers' Soup (leek and potato on this day IIRC) & bread selection (why fill up on carbs at a buffet? )
• Prawns aka shrimp (peeled), mini octopus salad, vietnamese paper spring rolls, oriental pork
• Small carvery with beef and lamb, beef casserole, fish tikka
• Buffet favourites such as a variety of potato salads & other salad/carb dishes
• Salads, fruits
• Large dessert selection with more than ten choices plus a couple of decent icecreams (inc. coffee!)
  

Some of us are skeptical of buffet food quality but were impressed with the freshness and quality of the offerings.

Room for improvement?
Tea and coffee as part of the buffet. Eating so much made us all bloated and sleepy. Christmas (like Thanksgiving) indeed!

Atmosphere:
The atmosphere at the Grace is okay, nothing too downmarket (though no grand piano performance at this buffet ) and what one would expect of a midsize 3* business hotel in the CBD.

Verdict
Compliments to the chef, cooks and floor staff here - a well-run show. ^

I was there this past Mothers Day for one of their special holiday buffets.
They have it in the HUGE banquet room upstairs... it is quite an event..
good prime rib and beef ribs, plus tons and tons of other good stuff.
A real orgy of food. Personally, I enjoyed it better than anything I had in Vegas.