Flavors Buffet
Harrah’s Las Vegas
Atmosphere 1.5
Food 1.5
Service 1.5
Value 1.5 What does this mean?
Oh dear… Where do I start? Outside I suppose. After playing in casinos all afternoon my Mother and I started looking for dinner. We happened to be near Harrah’s and oogled at the pictures of the Flavor’s Buffet. We wandered around a while until we found the meandering line for the ‘non special people.’ We hesitated at the register as we looked passed the cashier at what appeared to be a rather dumpy restaurant. Undeterred and encouraged by the photographs we paid the $21.99 a piece and waited to be sat. We learned quickly that the booths were reserved for the aforementioned ‘special people’ with premium players’ cards. We were sanctioned to a table outside of the area with booths. I don’t know that the ‘special people’ really were all that better off. The whole restaurant was a dump, the bar wasn’t clean, the floors were filthy and the décor was not only out of date, but tacky for any era and rather dirty. Relegated to a small table we tried to be optimistic as we waited for our server. Eventually we got our drinks ordered and began the trek to the buffet line. No other buffet has reminded me more of the elementary school lunch line as this one. The food was horrible. Just about all of it. A long line of patrons looking for something, anything tasty milled around the sections with left-over old deep fried chicken nuggets, battered shrimp, cocktails, a depressing salad bar and mediocre BBQ. I’m a fan of prime rib and thought that maybe it would be Flavor’s saving grace. Not so much. Avoid the pizza. I think it was pizza… It’s the same stuff Banquet lables as pizza in their frozen dinners. My mother and I decided to find something to make our time and money worth the stop, we both settled on the miniature éclairs that you can find in the frozen foods section in WalMart. It was all very depressing. Our server failed to replenish our drinks without repeated requests. The only thing that made this meal memorable was an accidental flan flipping by yours truly, to a fellow patron a few inches away who was mindlessly munching on some dried BBQ. Oops. Oh ya, and, if you fancy chocolate covered fingers try the fountain. I think it’s supposed to be stocked with fruit, but there are plenty of toothpicks to dip to tide you over. For the first time ever, I actually considered asking management for my money back. It was that bad. Another first, and hopefully last, we actually warned others waiting in line about the carnage. You might notice that not even Harrah’s site has a picture of their buffet, opting instead for a stock photo of a chef and some eggs. See for yourself.
Bottom Line: I cannot believe this place is still in business, someone PLEASE tell them their restaurant is a JOKE and should not be allowed to take up space on the strip.
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Other info:
Hours:
Breakfast 7a.m. to 11 a.m.
Lunch 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dinner 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday Breakfast 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Saturday & Sunday Brunch 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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