24 Hour Buffet Pass in Vegas - Details and Advice

Try and go to any Strip diners (even somegroup and they have another offer, which will be
outside the Strip); you will be exposed to someexplained in the next paragraph.
hard sale to keep you glued to the same resortThe drawback is that it promotes eating until you
for as long as you stay in this city. Some resortsdrop - which is actually bad for you - and the fact
offer this and others go even beyond this: theythat you end up in their restaurant for most of
want you to stay glued to all their resorts byyour stay rather than out and about enjoying this
offering you to purchase a wrist-band whichcity. We cannot do it because we like to sample a
allows you to dine at all their establishments forvariety of dishes and, if you are stuck to one
just over 30 dollars plus taxes. The latter isrestaurant only, you cannot do this. But, it may
certainly better value for money (but is it really?).be for you if you eat 3 times a day and you
Both have some drawbacks. Let's see the details.don't mind eating at the same place. The other
The MGM group resorts (except for the beautifuldrawback is that - as we said - their food is
and delicious Bellagio, of course) offer a one dayusually less good than it used to be.
binge for thirty dollars. Other smaller chains suchA different option is offered by the Harrah's
as the Stratosphere (which is the cheapest 'eat allgroup (they have also dropped in quality), which
you want' diner on the Strip which howeverallow you to eat at any of their 7 all-you-want
offers decent quality food) also offer a one dayrestaurants within a twenty-four-hour period, for
binge wristband. Basically, you show up ata whopping thirty-five dollars plus taxes (and tips,
breakfast, buy the wristband (usually thirty dollarsof course). It's better in that you can at least go
if you are talking about the MGM Group, or afrom restaurant to restaurant and sample a few.
whopping 34.99 if it's the Harrah's group), unlessBut, on the negative side, the Rio is not included
you are at the Stratosphere) and can go at their(which is a shame because this huge diner offers
restaurant anytime during that day, even if it'ssome unique dishes) and, generally speaking, all
just for a snack. The Excalibur lets you gotheir restaurants have decreased in quality and
without having to line up again and you can justrange of dishes since the introduction of this offer.
show up for a cup of coffee, literally. If youThe 2 good all-you-want restaurants where you
consume much food and many beverages everywill enjoy sampling several dishes are the Paris
day it may be worth it for you. We personallyand the Spice Market at Planet Hollywood and, in
could not eat that much nor that long at theour opinion, even here the some flavours have
Excalibur, for example, because the dishes arebeen sacrificed since the introduction of this offer.
below average in every aspect and limited inBut, with the Harrah's group, you can at least visit
ranget. This is the case in many 'eat all you want'different restaurants; but you will have to line up
restaurants and, in our opinion, this day-bingeeach time so you can't pop in for a cup of coffee
wristband has lowered their standards throughout.anytime you like. Again, not many of those are
Just a note here to highlight that the best 'all youactually worth the visit.
want' restaurants, notably the Bellagio and (to aWe still prefer eating for less on the Strip,
much lesser extent) the Wynn, do not offer thisenjoying the best 'eat all you want' restaurants by
day wristband, for obvious reasons. Out of all theusing the coupons, the 5-dollars-off-per-person
top restaurants that do offer this deal, the bestflyers and the 2-for-1 deals. There are many
ones are Treasure Island (in terms of quality butways to EAT FOR LESS and really well in this
not in terms of range of dishes) and Cravings atgreat city!
the Mirage. The other 2 belong to the Harrah's