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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?