>I'll will be going to Vegas for three days this coming weekend and would >appreciate any recommendation on dining spots that I should not miss. Please >suggest the best buffet/breakfast/nice dinner selection. Thanks in advance. On Sundays and one other day of the week the Fremont has a Seafood Buffet that is outstanding!! Lines get long, so go early for dinner. "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned!!!" S. Okpych (a professionally frustrated CPA) Article 2861 of alt.vacation.las-vegas:
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Ken L. wrote: >I'll will be going to Vegas for three days this coming weekend and would appreciate any >recommendation on dining spots that I should not miss. Please suggest the best >buffet/breakfast/nice dinner selection. If you like Italian, there is a very good restaurant about 1 block east of the strip, called Battista's Hole in the Wall. It is on the side street that runs between Barbary Coast and Bally's in a shopping center. It costs a little more than a buffet ($12-15), but has great atmosphere, excellent food (great sauce!), and you get a carafe of house wine included with your meal. I ate there last September when I was in town for a weekend, and we all enjoyed it. I've been to the Sands buffet for dinner. It was very good, and reasonably priced. Also, Harrah's has a great lunch buffet. AVOID CIRCUS-CIRCUS (shouting intended). It is very cheap, so I tried it and got pretty sick about 1/2 hour after leaving, and I can eat just about anything. I hope this helps. Have fun in LV! Guy A. DeRose Manager, Senior Physics Laboratory Caltech Article 2862 of alt.vacation.las-vegas:
Someone wrote: > I'll will be going to Vegas for three days this coming weekend and would appreciate any > recommendation on dining spots that I should not miss. Please suggest the best > buffet/breakfast/nice dinner selection. > Thanks in advance. Someone gave a recommendation for the Freemont seafood buffet -- a warning that this has always recieved very mixed reviews here. Just a note. Sunday brunch: I still love the old standby -- Ballys. You want the high end buffet that is served in one of their high end dining rooms. Expensive ($30), but amazing -- last time I had caviar, 3 types of lox, lobster newberg omlet, rabbit, sushi, bananas foster, and all the champagne I could handle, along with all of the expected brunch items prepared at a very high quality level (the prime rib was some of the best I've had anywhere). Make reservations. Dinner: Someone else will comment on the high end gourmet rooms. I love the Caesars buffet for dinner -- about $12, with great shrimp and crab. I like the atmosphere sort of in the casino, you may not. Caesars Bachanal (sp?) is a multi-course meal at $65-80 per person, but apparently is quite an event. Never gone, and I think you can probably do better price/value, but its a thought on the high end. Other options: The Rio buffet is tremendous, but you have to time it to avoid the lines. The Mirage buffet is excellent as well. For sit down, we have enjoyed the steak place at the Stardust (very traditional, however), and the high end Italian place at the Rio. I have also heard good (but overpriced) things about the Japaneese place at the Flamingo. I think the gourmet rooms at the casinos are overpriced myself, but to each their own. Article 2874 of alt.vacation.las-vegas:
Ken L. wrote: >I'll will be going to Vegas for three days this coming weekend and would appreciate any >recommendation on dining spots that I should not miss. Please suggest the best >buffet/breakfast/nice dinner selection. >Thanks in advance. > I've found a couple of good non-casino places to eat. There is a restaurant/bar called Kiefers (not sure of the spelling - pronounced Keefer's) on the top floor of the Carriage House. Get a booth by the windows and you can watch the sun set and the lights come up on the strip. It's on Harmon Avenue behind Polo Towers. Very good and moderately priced (entres $8.95-13.95 if I remember correctly) with a casual atmosphere. There is a very good Italian restaurant called The Venetian. It's either on Sahara or Charleston west of the strip. Looks kind of scary from the outside but again it has great food and a casual atmosphere with moderate prices (early bird specials of less than $10 and menu items from $9.95 into the $20 range for more exotic things). I found both of them in The Unnofficial Guide to Las Vegas by Bob Sehlinger. A great guide. (No, I'm not Bob Sehlinger surfing the Net incognito!) Mike Manvell Telecommunications Analyst Business Communications Systems Sun Life of Canada Toronto, Ontario Article 2905 of alt.vacation.las-vegas:
I would recommend the Italian restaurant that is next door to the Liberace Museum. Great food, very reasonable prices. We visited the first time when we saw the Museum (small, but great fun!) and then went back on our last visit because we enjoyed it so much. I do NOT recommend any of the restaurants at the Mirage. Very overpriced, in my view, for ordinary food. Article 2872 of alt.vacation.las-vegas:
Someone wrote: > If you don't > go to the buffet at the Rio, you might just as well not even go to Vegas. I went there recently. It is a good buffet, with an international selection. Some of the service there (like being served drinks) may be poorer than other buffets, because it's so busy. But be sure to get there at least 1/2 hour before 2:30 pm. The price doubles from $3.95 to $7.95 for the same food! To get to the Rio, if you don't have transportation, is to take the free shuttle from the Barbary Coast to the Gold Coast, then walk across the street to get to the Rio. I don't suggest walking from the strip to the Rio, over the bridge over the 15 freeway. It is a longer walk than it seems, plus it isn't very safe because there is no sidewalk for part of your way. Article 3207 of alt.vacation.las-vegas: