T2A

From my experience you get more premium options during dinner. It might be worth checking the sample menus ahead of time. Hope you enjoy the Bacchanal, it's by far my favorite of the Vegas buffets.

eponymous_coward

Main Street Station is a fine option in the mornings: $8 breakfast, $12 weekends with unlimited "sham payne" (read: not very good sparking wine or mimosas, but jeez, $12), BOGOs/50% off not hard to come by. Fremont is a touch more expensive ($8.49/$13.49) but is generally similar (not shocking because they are both Boyd joints). Both have the usual prime rib/seafood nights at $25ish that I generally am not as interested in (though maybe a BOGO/50% deal... maybe). IMO they're a bit above Golden Corral in variety/quality, but you won't be blown away by it.

Haven't tried Golden Nugget because IMO at their price point ($16 for breakfast, $23 for weekend breakfast, $30 for weekend dinner) the value isn't there and the any possible gain in quality from standard industrial style buffet cooking isn't there either. I'd rather spend money on actual coffee shop breakfast/lunch or maybe EAT, or an actual sit down dinner once we get to those ranges. The BOGOs aren't as nice either (usually it's some "Monday-Thursday" thing).

FWIW, if you're a downtown and Vegas buffet aficionado, I strongly recommend the Las Vegas Advisor coupon book and American Casino Guide. You can likely make your money back on matchplay/freeplay (as long as you walk away after you win or lose the play) and they are loaded with BOGOs/50% off for casino buffets.

azepine00

Due to temporaty lapse of judgment (i blame on complaining kids) went to aria buffet for breakfast/brunch. Awful barely edible food pretty much across all station aside from meat and potatoes.
I do recall eating there a few years ago and it was ok but boy has it gone downhill...

Yahtzee

I do like the windows, but my last visit there was pretty uninspired as well. Good gelato.

MichaelKade

From reading the last couple pages of this thread it seems like the heyday of the LV buffet is over. Have to position there for a MR/VR to China coming up and was thinking about booking an extended layover (4-5 hours) to grab breakfast in town. I remember 12-15 years ago the breakfast at the Paris was incredible!

Is the general consensus to stick with my current 52 min turn?

Low Roller

Breakfast buffets are still very good (especially Paris and Bellagio). It's the dinner buffets that have deteriorated. I was very disappointed with Aria on my last visit.

1flyer

Recently I got a few free dinner buffet coupons for the Bellagio. The cheapskate that I am, we used them all.

A few choices were just all right, others were bad. I think I wouldn't spend my own money on that buffet but choose an a la carte restaurant instead.

Low Roller

I agree. I gave up on the Bellagio dinner buffet some time ago, but they still do a good breakfast. I did do the dinner buffet at Paris a few weeks ago and it was very good. It doesn't have the huge selection that some of the others do, but everything is very tasty. I think it's my new favorite.

greggarious

I'm interested in all you can eat sushi - I've heard good things about Jjanga, do people agree?

(Also looking for traditional buffet suggestions but IIRC the sushi is not as good at those as one specifically dedicated)

eponymous_coward

Weekday or weekend? If you're talking a weekend, you're looking at a $15-20 premium (cost of Uber/Lyft round trip) to the cost of a buffet (let's say Wicked Spoon buffet at Cosmo). At $36 pp, you're dropping $50-60 for this. Granted the lounge/eating options at LAS aren't great (though I think the chophouse in T3 isn't terrible, though it's overpriced), but I don't think I'd spend $60 on a lot of Vegas buffets...

wontfix

Any good ones for breakfast and brunch/lunch around vdara?

Low Roller

Bellagio buffet is about a 7-8 minute walk from Vdara and Paris is just across the street from Bellagio.

gengar

Aria and Cosmo buffets are also very close to Vdara, as they are both relatively close to the respective property entrances closest to Vdara. Probably 5-6 mins walk.

RustyC

Paris USED to be really good for dinner back in the 1990s. It's still OK but costs more and delivers less...much more in line with what is paid now. Also a lower grade of crab legs now and, tellingly, not as much of a feeding frenzy when they first put them out like in the good-ol-days.

In terms of value I've become a real fan of the Saturday night prime rib and crab legs buffet at the Virgin River in Mesquite for $15.99 (and it's popular). I realize the impracticality of this for Vegas, but if you have reason to be in the area it's worth checking out.

Zorak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Las_Vegas

"Paris Las Vegas opened on September 1, 1999"

So, for four months?