Top 10 Buffets in Las Vegas Worthy of Your Money

Our preferred first for buffets in Las Vegas is the well known Bellagio Buffet. The Bellagio Buffetserves all three important meals of the day. Breakfast starts at 8:00am and lasts until 10:30am for $13.95 (bargain), Lunch being from 11:00am until 3:30pm and is a mere $17.95, and finally Dinner begins at 4:00pm (don't be late) and ending at 10:00pm at a very affordable $25.95. Sat & Sun Champagne Brunch 8:00am - 4:00pm $27.95 and Friday and Saturday Gourmet Dinner 4:30pm to 11:00pm $33.95, with those prices it will fit any ones wallet. The Bellagio offers a "gourmet buffet" every Friday and Saturday night that includes Kobe beef, venison and buffalo. They serve especially good soup and bread. The lamb and king crab legs are a definite must, as is the shrimp cocktail (not the petite shrimp, but the vast ones). Other specialties include breast of duck and game hens. There is no carving station, but you can get the meat pre-carved.

Le Village Buffet is the second choice running also serving up the three square meals a day, although there's nothing square about these meals. The meal times and prices are as follows Breakfast 7:00am - 11:30am $12.95, Lunch 11:30am - 5:30pm $17.95, Dinner 5:30pm - 10:00pm $24.95, Sunday Champagne Brunch 11:30am - 4:30pm $24.95, Dinner until 11:00pm on Fri & Sat. Dinner starts at 4:30pm on Sunday. Buffet stations are grouped according to French regions, and though in theory entrees change daily, there do seem to be some constants, including most of the following dishes: In Brittany, you'll find things like made-to-order crêpes, surprisingly good roasted duck with green peppercorn and peaches, and steamed mussels with butter and shallots. In Normandy, there's quiche and some dry bay scallops with honey cider. The carving station shows up in Burgundy, but distinguishes itself by adding options of chateaubriand sauce and cherry sauce Escoffier. Lamb stew is a possibility for Alsace, while Provence has pasta to order and a solidly good braised beef.

Village Seafood Buffet available in Rio Suites Hotel serves a wonderful dinner buffet Sun. - Thu. 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM Fri. and Sat. 4:00 PM - 11:00 PM. Rio puts itself on the buffet map with an inexpensive $29.95 per person. Rio's nautical-theme buffet is complete with American, Mexican, Italian, and Chinese serving stations. At the American station you can load up on seafood salads, snow-crab legs, oysters on the half shell, peel-and-eat shrimp, seafood gumbo, grilled salmon, broiled swordfish, oysters Rockefeller, poached roughy, steamed clams, and lobster tails. Then come the ethnic ocean entrees, such as seafood fajitas, cioppino, seafood cannelloni, squid chow fun, and Kung pao scallops. By the way their lobster, crab and sushi are awesome.

Also at the Rio Suites Hotel is the Rio's Carnival World Buffet serving up all three important meals of the day. Breakfast 7:00am -11:00am $11.99, Lunch 11:00am - 3:30pm $14.99, Dinner 3:30pm - 10:00pm $19.99, Weekend Brunch 9:00am - 3:00pm $19.99, Children four to eight years of age receive $4 off listed price. Children three years of age or younger eat free. The buffet looks like an upscale food court, with stir-fries, Mexican taco fixings and accompaniments, Chinese fare, a Japanese sushi bar and teppanyaki grill, a Brazilian mixed grill, Italian pasta and antipasto, and fish-and-chips. There's even a diner setup for hot dogs, burgers, fries, and milkshakes.

Mandalay Bay Bayside Buffet Offers break fast lunch and dinner starting at 7:00am - 10:45am for a tasteful breakfast, $12.25. Lunch 11:00am - 2:45pm $14.75, Dinner 3:00pm - 10:00pm $21.75, Sunday Champagne Brunch 7:00am - 2:45pm $21.75. Items include Dungeness crab legs; chilled peel & eat shrimp; cocktail sauce; opillio crab legs; Dover lox; smoked trout; sliced tomatoes; assorted cheeses; assorted cold cuts; fresh cut fruit (mostly melons). Mexican serving station, carving station, Asian station, and Italian serving station.

Like most local buffets, flavors tend toward the middle-of-the-road--but at least at the Mirage Buffet the road is a broader one. Their buffet hours are as follows Breakfast: 7:00am - 11:00 am Lunch: 11:00am - 3:00pm Dinner: 3:00pm - 10:00pm They also have a Champagne Brunch: Saturdays & Sundays 8:00am - 3:00pm Their buffet prices being nicely affordable are Breakfast $12, lunch $18, dinner $22, Sun brunch $22. The ubiquitous carving station is complimented by a fajita station, an Asian station, and a pasta station. The pasta station features made-to-order sauces, starting with either a cream or tomato base. Note the standout salad bar, which features surprises like hummus, baba ghanou, and couscous, plus a variety of veggie-intensive dishes.

This next one strikes the perfect balance of cheap prices, forgettable decor, and adequate food. Excalibur's Round Table Buffet's hours and prices are: Breakfast 6:30am - 11:00am $8.99, Lunch 11:00am - 4:00pm S-T $9.99, Dinner 4:00pm - 10:00pm S-T $11.49, Dinner - Friday & Saturday 11:00am - 11:00pm $11.49, Children 4-12 get $1.00 off for breakfast and lunch. Children under 3 eat dinner free! The plates are large, so you don't have to make as many trips to the buffet tables. Buffet is a low cost buffet and still gives you the shrimp and prime rib that the more expensive ones do.

Emperor's Buffet is served at the Imperial Palace, don't let the name fool you there are no royalty prices here. The Emperor's Breakfast Buffet: is from 7am - 11:30am, $8.25; the lunch buffet goes from 11:30am - 5pm, $9.75; and finally the Emperor's dinner buffet starts promptly at 5pm and completes by 10pm, $11.75. The Imperial Buffet have prime rib and crab legs buffet daily just to name a few, 4-10 p.m. daily, $12.95.

The Imperial Palace isn't the only that knows how to have a pheast, Pharaoh's Pheast that is. Served up at the Luxor Hotel is the Pharaoh¹s Pheast Buffet: breakfast, 6:30am to 11am, $9.99; lunch, 11:30am to 4pm, $10.49; dinner, 4pm to 11pm, $16.49. Children younger than 2 are free. Their buffet is known for having the largest fresh fruit and salad bar in Las Vegas.

Has food gone to the birds, of coarse not, it's the Paradise Garden Buffet at the Flamingo Hotel. Their Paradise Garden Buffet serves brunch, 7am to 2:30pm, $10.95; prime rib. Shrimp and crab dinner, 4:30pm to 10pm, $15.95. A little information about the Flamingo Hotel, which is very nice I might add. It is a 28-story casino hotel on a 30 acre site featuring Wildlife Habitat, 15 acres of pools, lagoons, streams and waterfalls all while being on the prominent Las Vegas Strip.

Sometimes it's better to save the best for last. The Four Seasons Hotel offers the Verandah Restaurant, bar and lounge. The Verandah is as sophisticated and delightful as they come. Their buffet information is as follows: 7am to 1pm Sat.-Sun., $22; $9 for children 4-11. The Verandah's bountiful daily breakfast includes an array of fresh juices and exotic fruits, and the weekend breakfast buffet is a must. Lunch and dinner menus offer a mix of American with contemporary Italian influences. A unique component of the dinner menu includes the "Anytime" menu which features such popular favorites as the Maine lobster ravioli, lemon chicken pappardelle, baked Chilean sea bass and Hudson Valley spiced duck.