Monte Carlo Buffet
Las Vegas, NV 89109 (888) 529-4828
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
26 Reviews for Monte Carlo Buffet
Great service and a great buffet! Lots of choices. Mac and cheese was yummy and so were the desserts! We won 2 free buffets playing Spin the Wheel outside the hotel so it was even better!
I went there for breakfast even though I knew I wasn't going to be able to chow down like I would at a normal buffet, because I was still redicuously stuffed from the night before. The omlet station was great as is with most breakfast buffets. They had a wide assortment of breakfast items, nothing really out of the norm. All the food I had tasted fresh and not like some places where you can tell it has been sitting under the lamps forever.
Dining at the Monte Carlo buffet was better than I initially anticipated. Upon first impression, this is your typical expectation of a standard Las Vegas buffet. The cuisine was sufficiently diverse, American, Italian, Mexican, and Steak. There was also a small sushi area. The only aspect that set this buffet out from the others that I have experienced in Vegas was the service. Our server was very attentive, and extremely professional, without being overbearing or intrusive. That is why I am rating this place with 3 stars. If I had friends staying at the Monte Carlo again, I would suggest this place. Prices are average, $20 per person for dinner. Overall, this buffet is good.
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The buffet is big and has a lot of choices. The problem is that literally everything on the buffet was bland. It was like eating the box from a leftover pizza. It was a bit expensive for not much flavor at all.
There's not much else that I can say about it.
The venue is physically as attractive as the Monte Carlo itself. Service (from floor staff as well as the chefs) was good as expected, but the food was squarely average, as good as an Old Country Buffet. Unless you have a buffet pass (we didn't have any, unfortunately), it definitely is not worth the price of admission (around $15, for something that's really worth $7). Beside the decent pasta bar and the salad bar (c'mon IT'S JUST SALAD), their pizza was blah, somewhat overcooked, and the asian selections (Chinese and perhaps Japanese-influenced items) were pretty tasteless. The chicken and prime rib were scarily dry.
If buffets are your thing, hit up the Bellagio buffet - it costs a lot more, but you get SO much more.
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The buffett is overpriced and sorta gross. Their meat was not juicy or flavorful is what I remembered the most. And what I look forward to most is desserts at the buffett. Gosh man. Their desserts were horrible and not much selection. Jello and aged looking cake. YUCK!
Enough, I might throw up.
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My friends and I went down for breakfast one of the nights we stayed there. The only main reason we went was that the room owners got these 2 for 1 coupons with their rooms. The food was okay, better than a Home Town Buffet, but not really comparable to other hotel ones. But then we only paid 7 dollars each and for that price I can't complain too much.
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I'm not really a buffet person too, but I'd say the consensus around my party who I dined with was pretty much mediocre. Also, they had the WORST pizza I've ever tasted here. Now that's saying something. Desserts were sub par too. My husband really liked the pasta he had made, but other than that, just so-so experience.
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For one of the lesser known buffets, this one was pretty decent. For a little over twenty dollars, I stuffed myself with shrimp, clams, prime rib, pizza, salad and tons of other side dishes, as well as the really good and not-too-delicate desserts. Sadly I can't remember everything I ate, but I remember being quite satisfied. As much as I missed my smoked salmon, king crab legs and such, it gave me the much-needed sustenance to carry on with my blackjack until 6 am. the best part of it all was the wait was no longer than 5 minutes!
I am not a "buffet person." I don't like to eat that much at one sitting. And in Vegas, I'd rather wasted the calories on alcohol quite frankly. But after a night of drinking and gambling and making an ass of myself, the waffles, made to order omelets, bountiful coffee, and bacon-bacon-bacon really hit the spot. The servers are sweet here, the line moves fast and it won't break the bank. And for what it's worth, the breakfast is REALLY good.
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Very Average buffet in LV, just a step below those found at Bellagio, Planet Hollywood, and Wynn.
Look above at my pictures to just to see what kind of offerings they serve during dinner time. All the usuals are there and the other reviews in this thread speak about most of them. The prime rib here was very bad and you can tell by the photos above. The meat was not tender at all and had a weird, unappetizing texture. The shrimp cocktail, other peeled was very, very cold and almost frozen. The problem with that is that they set the shrimp on piles of ice instead of a bowl which is surrounded by ice. Stupid stupid!! The desserts were okay, I really liked the fruit tart but everything else was unmemorable.
Dinner is $18.95 and not worth it unless it's comped or you have free buffet passes. Definitely go to the spice market at PH, or Wynn for a few bucks more. It is worth it.
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We got our buffet lunch comped from our few days of getting drilled at the tables. The buffet price was reasonable anyway, around $13.
It was rather small as far as Vegas buffets go, but they have all the basics: fresh carved prime rib, a few mexican and chinese options, fresh salads, plus lots of the standard comfort foods. Nothing I tried was gross, but nothing fabulous either. Decent, cheap buffet food. Solid three stars.
Only bad thing, we had to stand at the desk and wait about 10 minutes before getting seated... and there were numerous empty tables in all sections. The desk people were visibly bored and disinterested with their job, life, everything and everybody.
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I'm not gonna lie - when you get unlimited free food at work, it takes all of the exoticness and novelty out of visiting a Vegas buffet. And that sucks ass, because going to Vegas and not going to a buffet is like going to Disneyland and not eating the churros: it's just not right!
So I had to go, and getting comps from the hotel when I checked in really motivated me to go. Had lunch here on my last full day after a night of partying at Tao, and the meal really cured any remnants of a hangover that I had. The mashed potatoes, mac n' cheese, fried chicken, and egg rolls were all greasily mediocre, but they did their job.
My favorite part of the buffet was the fruit. It was actually good and fresh! And that's exactly what I needed after eating so much greasy food and drinking so much Grey Goose!
If I were staying at or near the Monte Carlo, I'd probably come again for lunch or breakfast. It seems far too small to make a good dinner buffet, so I'd probably go to Rio or Bellagio instead.
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Because we stayed at the Monte Carlo, it was only natural to head downstairs for lunch. For about $13.00, you get a very decent Las Vegas buffet. However, by doing some research, along with some experimenting, you'd easily find better options for lunch or dinner buffets. The service here is fine, and so is the food, as you get an assortment of cuisines from around the world, including Asian, Mexican, Italian, and some others. But if you're willing to spend just a few dollars more, you'd find much more extravagant options at neighboring hotels.
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I stayed at the Monte Carlo and heard that the buffet there was pretty good for the price. I would say it was okay, nothing too fancy and like a lot of other casino buffets I'd been to. Not bad, but not exceptional.
Nothing spectacular...we just ate here because we didn't want to venture off too far since we had just arrived.. We arrived to the hotel around 9ish, checked in, dropped off our stuff in our room and headed to the buffet.. It's a pretty small buffet..not much of a selection.. the dessert bar was a bit disappointing, which is what I look forward to at buffets because it's tons of fatty goodness! Dinner buffet is about 18 something per head.
Reasonably priced all-you-can eat shrimp cocktail, prime rib, and really good dessert!
The bottom line: Gluttony.
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Good price, reasonable food. Nothing to impressive but for a 13 buck breakfast, it ain't too bad either.
The service was pretty bad too. It took like 15 minutes to get our servers attention for a water.
I always come here to eat when I'm in Las Vegas, whether I am staying at the hotel or not (I usually am). My sister and I always insist on them.
Pricing is reasonable, I know that because otherwise my parents would not have taken me there.
It's been awhile since I've been there, but they offer a wide variety of food. I can't exactly say what they have,but whatever it is, it's GOOD.
I ate breakfast alone at the Monte Carlo Buffet three mornings in a row. Very nice. Great success.
Clean, good variety, pleasant (for a casino buffet) decor. Each morning I started off healthy with some oatmeal (brown sugar would have required a jackhammer...doesn't get a lot of attention I guess) and a pile of grapefruit. Then I went back for a little potato action, maybe some eggy thing, and whatever else looked interesting until I got full. It's the usual stuff, lots of meaty things. Vaguely interesting baked tomato with pesto, but nothing too remarkable or delicious. Just solid. On the first morning I was going to get some oatmeal, grapefruit, toast and an orange juice at the spot next door called "The Cafe," but that would have been slower and cost me almost 20, when I got all that and more at the buffet for $12.90 or so.
Downsides:
-The orange juice is basically Sunny Delite.
-They took away my plate and reset my table for other people the first time I went back for seconds. I guess that's what I get for eating all by my lonely and not leaving someone to guard my territory.
-It seems like the magical grease fairy flutters about the buffet with a bucket of pig oil gently brushing it all over the part of the bacon tongs that you are supposed to hold with your hand. Once every ten minutes or so, when no one is looking.
-It's a casino buffet so the bar is low. The whole genre of eatery sucks anyway. On that scale its not bad at all.
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We had breakfast here and it was great. They had alot of good food and a wide variety and the price was reasonable. My husband had a make your own omlette and it was good! Also the wait staff is very on top of there game.
I would not go there if you had to pay for it. Luckily I had 2 free buffet coupons to eat there so it wasn't bad. The food looked like it was sitting there for hours and the dessert was not fresh. Overall the food was okay but definitely not work the price of about $20 per person.
This is an excellent buffet for the price, especially for breakfast. Fresh, good quality items with a number of live cooking stations. Pleasant dining room. As usual, come at the end of the breakfast shift (10:45 or so) in order to take advantage of the switch-over to lunch.
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Terrible. Not even worth writing a review.
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We went to the Monte Carlo Buffet because it was convenient for our tired aching feet. The Monday night price is $20. Buffet had a mix of different ethnic food - small salad bar, mexican, chinese, italian, american, small seafood station serving mainly clams, fried shrimp and cold shrimp. Prime rib was nicely cooked and tasty. Tummies too full to sample the made to order pasta station or dessert. Food was average, nothing special but nothing that made me gag.
Our waiter gave us excellent service but that might be because we pre-tripped him $8.00 on the bill when we purchased the buffet.
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