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[Max Rockatansky]

As for the casino buffets, I can't speak for the Las Vegas ones. However, there have been times where the cost of the buffet was more expensive than a nearby restaurant.

I've only been to Las Vegas one time, as a teen-ager back in the 90s, but, from what I've heard from others, the idea that Las Vegas casino buffets are cheap harks back to a time even before that when they actually were cheap—but they haven't actually been that good a deal in decades.

Casinos down in Laughlin used to have killer deals on buffets.  I used to staff at the Edgewater quite a bit on work trips and ate like a kind almost every time.  Yeah sure, the plate usually cost close to what a conventional dine out restaurant would.  Thing was that those buffets had no limits on how much you could fill up.  It wasn't too difficult to win vouchers for a free buffet or one with a large percentage taken off.

[Rothman]

As for the casino buffets, I can't speak for the Las Vegas ones. However, there have been times where the cost of the buffet was more expensive than a nearby restaurant.

I've only been to Las Vegas one time, as a teen-ager back in the 90s, but, from what I've heard from others, the idea that Las Vegas casino buffets are cheap harks back to a time even before that when they actually were cheap—but they haven't actually been that good a deal in decades.

Casinos down in Laughlin used to have killer deals on buffets.  I used to staff at the Edgewater quite a bit on work trips and ate like a kind almost every time.  Yeah sure, the plate usually cost close to what a conventional dine out restaurant would.  Thing was that those buffets had no limits on how much you could fill up.  It wasn't too difficult to win vouchers for a free buffet or one with a large percentage taken off.

Kind Max

[Max Rockatansky]

As for the casino buffets, I can't speak for the Las Vegas ones. However, there have been times where the cost of the buffet was more expensive than a nearby restaurant.

I've only been to Las Vegas one time, as a teen-ager back in the 90s, but, from what I've heard from others, the idea that Las Vegas casino buffets are cheap harks back to a time even before that when they actually were cheap—but they haven't actually been that good a deal in decades.

Casinos down in Laughlin used to have killer deals on buffets.  I used to staff at the Edgewater quite a bit on work trips and ate like a kind almost every time.  Yeah sure, the plate usually cost close to what a conventional dine out restaurant would.  Thing was that those buffets had no limits on how much you could fill up.  It wasn't too difficult to win vouchers for a free buffet or one with a large percentage taken off.

Kind Max

I believe it was Alps who once asked me if I ever had anything negative to say about food I've consumed.

[Rothman]

As for the casino buffets, I can't speak for the Las Vegas ones. However, there have been times where the cost of the buffet was more expensive than a nearby restaurant.

I've only been to Las Vegas one time, as a teen-ager back in the 90s, but, from what I've heard from others, the idea that Las Vegas casino buffets are cheap harks back to a time even before that when they actually were cheap—but they haven't actually been that good a deal in decades.

Casinos down in Laughlin used to have killer deals on buffets.  I used to staff at the Edgewater quite a bit on work trips and ate like a kind almost every time.  Yeah sure, the plate usually cost close to what a conventional dine out restaurant would.  Thing was that those buffets had no limits on how much you could fill up.  It wasn't too difficult to win vouchers for a free buffet or one with a large percentage taken off.

Kind Max

I believe it was Alps who once asked me if I ever had anything negative to say about food I've consumed.

Still, I do bemoan the loss of cheap casino buffets.  Haven't seen good deals at casinos since the early 1990s and now the pendulum has swung to luxury buffets where you pay through the tooth to eat there.

[jeffandnicole]

As for the casino buffets, I can't speak for the Las Vegas ones. However, there have been times where the cost of the buffet was more expensive than a nearby restaurant.

I've only been to Las Vegas one time, as a teen-ager back in the 90s, but, from what I've heard from others, the idea that Las Vegas casino buffets are cheap harks back to a time even before that when they actually were cheap—but they haven't actually been that good a deal in decades.

Casinos down in Laughlin used to have killer deals on buffets.  I used to staff at the Edgewater quite a bit on work trips and ate like a kind almost every time.  Yeah sure, the plate usually cost close to what a conventional dine out restaurant would.  Thing was that those buffets had no limits on how much you could fill up.  It wasn't too difficult to win vouchers for a free buffet or one with a large percentage taken off.

Kind Max

I believe it was Alps who once asked me if I ever had anything negative to say about food I've consumed.

Still, I do bemoan the loss of cheap casino buffets.  Haven't seen good deals at casinos since the early 1990s and now the pendulum has swung to luxury buffets where you pay through the tooth to eat there.

There was certainly a shift in the 2000's from cheap buffets to luxury buffets. At the time there were few cheap buffets left. Same with the cheap steak breakfasts for $7.77 or something along those lines.

Today, if a buffet is cheap, the quality is cheap.  Casinos aren't as concerned about keeping people on the casino floor in exchange for a free meal, or even a free drink.  Sure, you gamble enough, you'll get the perks.  But they're not hurting where they need to entice you in anymore with a roll of quarters or a discount in a restaurant.

In the 1990s, we used to go to Atlantic City a lot for the same reason - cheap buffets.  It was only an hour's drive away, and a cheap date could be had even factoring in the drive and parking.  Today there's 2 main buffets in town - at the Hard Rock ($45 for dinner) and the Borgata ($38 for dinner).  If those aren't the exact prices, they're around that price point.  Breakfast and lunch are a little cheaper, but not by much.  The other casinos have generally done away with their buffets, although occasionally something may pop up elsewhere.

I also don't have the ability to stretch my stomach to make a buffet the AYCE deal it once was. I get stuffed much faster nowadays. 

[kphoger]

But they're not hurting where they need to entice you in anymore ...

They were hurting before then?

[Scott5114]

Honestly, the best thing you can do for food in Las Vegas is rent a car and drive (or if you like thrills and excitement, take the bus) out to a restaurant off-Strip. They have to be good to compete with the Gordon Ramsay-type fare on the Strip, and they have to be reasonably priced because the locals eat there.

[Max Rockatansky]

Honestly, the best thing you can do for food in Las Vegas is rent a car and drive (or if you like thrills and excitement, take the bus) out to a restaurant off-Strip. They have to be good to compete with the Gordon Ramsay-type fare on the Strip, and they have to be reasonably priced because the locals eat there.

Sounds good in theory.  But as someone often saddled with the duty of driving off-Strip for food I can attest to how awful it can be.  Something five miles away can turn into a 25 minute slog even without traffic if you hit the traffic lights just wrong.

[Scott5114]

Honestly, the best thing you can do for food in Las Vegas is rent a car and drive (or if you like thrills and excitement, take the bus) out to a restaurant off-Strip. They have to be good to compete with the Gordon Ramsay-type fare on the Strip, and they have to be reasonably priced because the locals eat there.

Sounds good in theory.  But as someone often saddled with the duty of driving off-Strip for food I can attest to how awful it can be.  Something five miles away can turn into a 25 minute slog even without traffic if you hit the traffic lights just wrong.

Well, don't use Flamingo then, silly.

[Max Rockatansky]

Honestly, the best thing you can do for food in Las Vegas is rent a car and drive (or if you like thrills and excitement, take the bus) out to a restaurant off-Strip. They have to be good to compete with the Gordon Ramsay-type fare on the Strip, and they have to be reasonably priced because the locals eat there.

Sounds good in theory.  But as someone often saddled with the duty of driving off-Strip for food I can attest to how awful it can be.  Something five miles away can turn into a 25 minute slog even without traffic if you hit the traffic lights just wrong.

Well, don't use Flamingo then, silly.

Easier said than done on a trip to Chinatown Plaza.

[Scott5114]

Honestly, the best thing you can do for food in Las Vegas is rent a car and drive (or if you like thrills and excitement, take the bus) out to a restaurant off-Strip. They have to be good to compete with the Gordon Ramsay-type fare on the Strip, and they have to be reasonably priced because the locals eat there.

Sounds good in theory.  But as someone often saddled with the duty of driving off-Strip for food I can attest to how awful it can be.  Something five miles away can turn into a 25 minute slog even without traffic if you hit the traffic lights just wrong.

Well, don't use Flamingo then, silly.

Easier said than done on a trip to Chinatown Plaza.

Frank Sinatra to Sammy Davis to Mel Torme to Spring Mountain.

(Or if you're on the east side of the Strip, Koval to Sands to Spring Mountain.)

[Max Rockatansky]

Honestly, the best thing you can do for food in Las Vegas is rent a car and drive (or if you like thrills and excitement, take the bus) out to a restaurant off-Strip. They have to be good to compete with the Gordon Ramsay-type fare on the Strip, and they have to be reasonably priced because the locals eat there.

Sounds good in theory.  But as someone often saddled with the duty of driving off-Strip for food I can attest to how awful it can be.  Something five miles away can turn into a 25 minute slog even without traffic if you hit the traffic lights just wrong.

Well, don't use Flamingo then, silly.

Easier said than done on a trip to Chinatown Plaza.

Frank Sinatra to Sammy Davis to Mel Torme to Spring Mountain.

(Or if you're on the east side of the Strip, Koval to Sands to Spring Mountain.)

Even Frank Sinatra gets bad (usually on the west side of the Strip).  At least you'll get a decent overview of Deliveries Only Way.

My own situation and patience is probably not helped by the fact that I've been dealing with Las Vegas surface traffic consistently since 2001.  I'm usually not really in the mood to be driving away from hotels after a day of doing stuff.  But then again I think the casino owners know that and count on the infrastructure not really permitting east egress.

[Scott5114]

Even Frank Sinatra gets bad (usually on the west side of the Strip).  At least you'll get a decent overview of Deliveries Only Way.

I suppose that I might just be lucky and always hit it at the good times. Still, at least on Frank Sinatra you have more locals traffic and less of the insane taxicab nonsense you get on streets that directly connect to LVB.

If Frank Sinatra is bad, find the quickest route to connect to Valley View, which in my experience is nearly always free-flowing. If there's an event letting out at T-Mobile, the fastest route may be to go all the way down to Russell (or cut through the Mandalay parking lot to connect to Hacienda), but...