Had dinner at Alex in August. It was great and the tasting menu was excellent. The service and food is comparable to what you would normally get in a top French restaurant in Europe.

Compared to restaurants like Picasso and Le Cirque in Bellagio, the food and service has more of a European/French feel. Ladies with seated in a chair (not on a sofa) get a foot-stool for their handbags. The lay-out of the room and the double-story ceiling give a very airy/spacious feel to the room unlike the intimates surroundings of Picasso and Le Cirque.

Looking forwards to the new Alan Ducasse restaurant at the FS for a full blown european style french restuarant

SW is also excellent. Alex is not past the banquet rooms; it's before them. The menu is similar to the old Renoir (same chef) but the room is much nicer. They have added a fabulous high-end sommelier's tasting if you can fade $375 a person.

Ducasse is opening a restaurant at Fiesta Station?

QL

Thanks for all of the advise and info.

Since this will be dinner after Avenue Q @ Wynn on Sunday night, decided that SW Steakhouse would be a nice choice. Alex would be a bit much for me at 10:30PM.

Looking forward to SW this weekend !

---- Michael

I personally think the Wynn blows, especially compared to the Bellagio. It might have been an off day, but should a luxo-casino-buffet ever have an off day? Food was blah, service was worse.. my buddy and I vowed never to go again.

If you want ethnic variety, then Aladdin would be your choice. In terms of quality though, Bellagio still takes it.

Bellagio, Aladdin, and Paris are my top 3. I would rather go to 5 others before the Wynn.

But IMO of course :)

My co-worker and I tried the Wynn buffet a few months ago, and both agreed that the Bellagio was still better (and a few $ cheaper, IIRC). I also found that they seemed to crowd too many tables into the Wynn seating area.

We just got back from Vegas last week and ate at both the Bellagio and the Aladdin buffets. We had eaten at the Aladdin buffets many times before and was very pleased with the food again. Great split crab legs, tasty desserts, and fresh food.
It was our first time at the Bellagio and will never go there again. Food was not fresh and the variety just could not compare. I'm a chicken meat person and there was not one piece of chicken to be found, if you can believe it. I ended up eating only crab legs and fried rice. The service was cursory, like they felt that we should be so lucky to be there. Never again! Plus it was more expensive. Even kids (mine were 7 and 11) were the same price as adults $26.95.

I've found that the Bellagio buffet tends to have more "exotic" foods than other buffets and that can really dictate how much somebody likes the buffet. Some people prefer more customary foods, and thus find a better selection at buffets like the Aladdin. Whereas if you're looking to trying something that you usually don't have, I've seen the Bellagio offer venison, quail, pheasant, kobe beef, etc... So, to my mind the difference is a matter of taste.

I did try the Wynn buffet over the New Year's weekend, and thought it was very good. I was there for brunch, so it's a bit hard to judge since I kept mostly to breakfast foods. I did like that the carving station was slicing off huge chunks of bacon. (nothing says Vegas to me like all-you-can-eat bacon) I did feel that the variety was smaller than you would get at Bellagio or Aladdin. As noted, the variety of desserts is not as large as at the other casinos, but the ice cream station is excellent.

I did the Aladdin's buffet on New Year's Eve and for breakfast on New Year's Day. It was very good, as usual, and I do like some of the variety they throw in. They had cotton candy at the dessert station for dinner, and they had smoothies for the breakfast.

I'd have trouble deciding on which was better amongst Bellagio, Aladdin, and Wynn. I'd have to say they were pretty equal to me, with Bellagio getting the nod for desserts and exotic-ness, with the Aladdin getting credit for consistency. I'd have to put the Wynn up there with both of them in general. I happen to think the Mandalay Bay buffet is pretty good, as well - a very solid performer.

Now that you mentioned it, you're right, there are very few chicken dishes at Bellagio.

I tried Wynn again about 4 weeks ago and it was better. The prime rib was quite tasty and the crab legs were meaty. Salads were fresh but the desserts were still humdrum. Judging by other posts it seems they are still inconsistent in their food quality.

I also tried the Mirage Cravings buffet for weekend brunch and found it to be rather good which is a surprise considering I found their dinner buffet to be quite bad about 6 months or so ago.

I agree that the new Cravings buffet was decent (I believe it just reopened in Sept/Oct after a revamping), and they did have a good variety of items. My preference for the Bellagio may be the more exotic items they offer, but possibly it is being downgraded with the change in ownership of the property. I fear this may happen as well with a number of other properties (Paris, Rio, etc) that Harrah's has now acquired.

Wynn & Bellagio
 

I had the Bellagio lunch buffet on Monday; the Wynn lunch on Tuesday. All in all, I'll give the Wynn the nudge. The restaurant is nicer, the service a bit friendlier and the buffet itself a bit more refined. They're both pretty much on par with the same offerings, I just thought the Wynn was better.

Just got back from the Wynn and as I mentioned in related post elsewhere am definately not a buffet person but somehow always manage to get dragged to one. However, four of us did eat at the Wynn for dinner on two occasions during this trip and as picky eaters were very pleased with not only the food but the service. We received the buffets as comps but I would have definately paid after trying it the first time...but free is always good. :-)

I have tried other buffets in Vegas in the past and while nothing really stood out all tended to be okay with naturally some better than others. While not as extravagant as the Wynn or Bellagio, the "local" places such as Suncoast and Orleans do a very nice buffet and the Seafood Buffet at the Rampart (J.W. Marriott Resort) was very good.

Hmmm, after re-visiting my past buffet experiences maybe I really am a closet buffet lover, LOL!

Wynn is currently running a special for new slot club members, earn 50 slot points for a free buffet. Normally 500 points. Maybe this will make the buffet taste a little better!

Wynn Buffet
 

I was just at the Wynn Buffet last week for supper and thought it was wonderful! Great choices, nice king crab and large shrimp! Although I thought they didn't have enough choices for dessert, what they did have was great! Tiramisu & chocolate mousse were excellent. We did the players card promotion, get 50 points and they give you two free buffets. Although, they did say on the weekends you need 500 points. We had the supper buffet to maximize our value. Going back in April and I hope the promotion is still running, my husband can get his card this time and we can have another nice buffet.

Then try this one next time:

NUTELLA CREPE

I know that Nutella is not very common in the US, but in Europe it is the best you can get! A friend of mine from Denver visited Germany some years ago and fell in love with Nutella.

Greetings from Germany,

Oliver

Superbowl VIP party at the Wynn
 

A high-rolling friend has recieved two tickets for a VIP, invite only superbowl party at the Wynn... Since I am not her #1 pal, she's invited someone else... Now, I'm looking for my own set of tickets. Anyone have any extra???

I've read that the Casino's are getting around the superbowl broadcast rules by having 'invite only' parties.
Thanks,
Steve