Friday, November 30, 2012

REVIEW: RIO CASINO AND HOTEL - VILLAGE SEAFOOD BUFFET

RESTAURANT: RIO CASINO - VILLAGE SEAFOOD BUFFET

TYPE: BUFFET

LOCATION:   3700 West Flamingo Rd. 
LAS VEGAS, NV 89103

NEIGHBORHOOD:   The Strip 
SCALE: 0-Never going back 1-Awful 2-Bad 3-Ok 4-Good 5-Awesome
PARKING EASE:                                      0          1          2          3          4          5
LIGHTING:                                             0          1          2          3         4          5
WAIT TIME SEATING:                               0          1          2          3          4          5
WAIT TIME FOOD:                                   BUFFET
CLEANLINESS OF RESTAURANT:               0          1          2          3          4          5
CLEANLINESS OF UTINSELS/PLATES;        0          1          2          3         4          5
CLEANLINESS OF RESTROOMS:                0          1          2          3          4         5
SERVICE:                                               0          1          2          3          4         5
SERVICE RECOVERY:                               N/A
PROFESSIONALISM                                 0          1          2          3          4         5
FRIENDLINESS                                        0          1          2          3         4          5


Summary:  The parking is great if you know where to park. Rather than parking in the main parking garage, park in the Carnival World Parking garage that is next to the Goldcoast Casino.  The entrance to the buffet is literally about 100 ft.  The lighting is good from the parking garage to the doors.  Wait time "this trip" was great.  It certainly can be frustrating some days.  The cleanliness of the restaurant was great, and the utinsels and plates were ok.  The cleanliness of the restroom was very good.  Our server had a great attitude and was on top of assisting guests. Unlike other servers that disappear for minutes at a time, this server was at the end of his area waiting and watching for guests to get his attention.  The professionalism of the staff was great today, but some days they are very passive.  We eat at this buffet about once per month.  The friendliness of the staff overall is ok. 

The crab legs this time were perfect.  It's hit and miss with this buffet as sometimes the crab legs are soggy.  Their sushi was good, but there isn't a large selection and they somehow nearly "liquified" the wasabi.  All of the food was fresh with the exception of my daughter biting into what seemed like a brick.  Their bread is often left for long periods of time and are very old.  The spaghetti sauce was bland and it seemed a bit old also.  However, the food overall is great for the price.  Locals get half off an already inexpensive buffet.

 

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