Category Archives: Las Vegas Food

Eat All-Day Long, As Many Times As You Like For $25.00 ($29.00) – Excalibur Hotel!

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Excalibur
Excalibur Hotel

The Excalibur Hotel Casino in Las Vegas is offering a new twist on the All You Can Eat Buffet. How about: “All You Can Eat All Day Long For $25.00 $29.00.” (the price was raised to $29.00 in October)

Pay $25.00 $29.00 and eat at the All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet, where “you can eat all-day long, as many times as you like!” “You also get VIP entrance privileges, so you don’t have to wait in line.”

This is an older post (By Liz Benston) from The LasVegasSun.com:
Deals hit the buffet line: Eat all day for $25
“The economic slump has Las Vegas casinos blitzing the Internet with offers that include free rooms, half-price show tickets and airplane vouchers for future trips.”

“The Excalibur is filling a new niche, so to speak, for the gluttonous crowd.”

“The budget property is offering unlimited, all-day access to its buffet for $25. One can only imagine how much damage can be done to a roast or pasta platter in 24 hours.” read more + comments from The LasVegasSun.com…

Visit the Excalibur’s Official Website

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The M RESORT Is Scheduled To Open March 1 In Henderson, Nevada

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M Resort Pool
M Resort Pool

“Located in Henderson on the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard South and St. Rose Parkway, M RESORT is scheduled to open March 1, 2009.

M RESORT is eight miles south of Mandalay Bay on So. Las Vegas Blvd.”
M Resort
12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Henderson, Nevada 89044

M Resort Phase One:
-Shopping mall consisting of 1,000,000 square feet
-400 room hotel
-Casino containing almost 100,000 square feet of space
-9 Restaurants
…..Baby Cakes
…..Marinelli’s
…..Red Cup Cafe
…..Studio B
…..Terzetto
…..Veloce Cibo
…..Vig Deli
-5 Bars
-Pool
-Spa
-Meeting and Convention Space

More Information From [By Jeff Pope] LasVegasSun.Com
Sat, Feb 28, 2009 (2 a.m.)
“M Resort banking on reasonable prices in tough economy.”

“As of Sunday, residents will have a new place to eat, rest and play south of the Strip.”

“M Resort opens its doors with all nine of the property-owned restaurants and five bars serving guests, a full-service spa and 92,000 square feet of indoor and poolside gaming.”

“Opening night festivities include a poolside musical show with fireworks beginning at 9:50 p.m.”

“Designed with an Italian theme and natural materials, the resort’s wood, stone, warm color palette and abundance of natural light — including skylights in the casino — are intended to create a different environment from a traditional casino, said chairman and Chief Executive Anthony Marnell III” read more…

Access M Resort’s Official Website
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Aliante Station’s Feast Buffet

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Aliante Station's Feast Buffet - photo is from Flickr...
Aliante Station’s Feast Buffet – photo is from Flickr…

Aliante Station’s Feast Buffet
7300 Aliante Parkway
North Las Vegas NV 89084
Phone: 702-692-7777

From South 15 / Airport Take 15 North to I-215 West, Exit Right at Aliante Parkway

“A staple for any casino in Vegas, Feast Buffet does not disappoint. With a variety of live cooking stations of the freshest prepared food, the Feast Buffet menu features flavors from around the world including Asian, Tex-Mex, BBQ, American and Italian.”

“Don’t forget the Steak and Shrimp night on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays!”

Monday – Thursday 11am – 9pm
Friday and Saturday 11am – 10pm
Sunday 8am – 9pm

Lunch:
$10.99 per person or $9.99 with BP Card

Dinner:
Sunday – Wednesday
$15.99 per person or $12.99 with BP Card
Thursday – Saturday
$18.99 per person or $15.99 with BP Card

Brunch:
$15.99 per person or $12.99 with BP Card

Saturday Breakfast: 8am – 11am
$7.99 per person or $6.99 with BP Card
[from Aliante’s website]

Aliante Station offers many restaurants, including steakhouse, buffet, fast food read more from the RJ…

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Aliante Station Casino & Hotel

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Aliante Hotel
Aliante Hotel

This aien’t Vegas, but it is a new twist on the planned community. Question: Which came first, the Casino or the neighborhood? Answer: neither, they were created simultaneously. The Aliante Hotel and Casino is the nucleus of the Aliante Home Community in North LasVegas.
The hotel/casino site has 200 guest rooms, a 16 screen movie theater, six restaurants and a food court.
The Aliante Hotel Casino plans an official opening at 11:11 pm on November 11, 2008.
The Aliante Hotel and Casino

The Aliante community offers: restaurants, a golf club/golf shop, parks, shopping, (proposed) library, homes and 24 miles of lighted walking trails.
Information Gallery is located at the southeast corner
of I-215 and Aliante Parkway. Take US-95 north to the I-215 East
exit. Head east on I-215, exit Aliante Parkway and proceed south.
Call 702-631-0359. Open daily: Winter Hours – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Aliante Community

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Mayflower Cuisinier Chinese Restaurant Blossoms into Woo Restaurant at The Palazzo, in Las Vegas

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Soup's On...

Woo Restaurant
The Palazzo Hotel
3339 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, Nevada
89109
702-699-8966

THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS:
(The Mayflower Cuisinier was a Chinese Fusion restaurant on Sahara Ave. in Las Vegas.)
“Rated among the top 10 restaurants in Las Vegas” by the Zagat Restaurant Guide. [I think this was around 2005.]
“The menu may highlight Chinese favorites, but the real story about the Mayflower is that is [sic] features Chinese cuisine with and Continental influences, making the Mayflower one of Las Vegas’ most cosmopolitan dining experiences. Executive Chef Ming See Woo emphasizes health and quality ingredients, while adding no MSG to her preparations.”

“Executive Chef Ming See Woo has caught the attention of the “experts” as well. The restaurant received a “Best of the Best” five diamond rating from the prestigious American Academy of Restaurant Sciences as one of the top 25 locations in its “Chinese” category. The Zagat Restaurant Guide ranks Mayflower as the top Chinese restaurant in Las Vegas as well as the fifth most favorite restaurant in the city.” [Excerpts are from the Mayflower’s website – restaurant is now closed.]

The Mayflower has blossomed into Woo Restaurant at the Palazzo.

The following is a restaurant revue, for the Mayflower, that I found on the web:
“Reviewed by IN2JAZZ on 09/20/2007.
“Member since March 2000, Total Reviews: 11 (Male, Bethlehem, PA)”
“Wonderful food, creative menu, artfully executed. Very attentive service had a warm family feel to it. I have been told that they are relocating to the Venetian Hotel in January 2008. They will rename the restaurant as Woo (their family name) and the existing restaurant will close. I am sure that it will be excellent food, but I do enjoy finding the out of the way bargains. I was completely satisfied with our meal at Mayflower.”
– Maybe that reviewer enjoyed the DOM PERIGNON, Moët et Chandon 1990 ($160.00.)

THIS IS THE WAY IT IS:
The reviewer was close, the Mayflower did relocate – to The Palazzo Hotel. It’s present incarnation is Woo Restaurant at the Palazzo.

From the new menu:
Beef, Seafood, Lamb Chops, Chicken, Duck, Dim Sum and Vegetables are the basics for the entrees. A few of the variations on the theme(s) are: Lobster on Forbidden and Bhutianese Rice ($36.00,) Stir-fried Scallops in Spicy Szechuan Sauce ($16.00,) Mongolian Grilled Lamb Chops w/Macadamian Crust and Cilantro Mint Sauce ($35.00,) Lobster w/Thai Basil Chili Sauce ($39.00,) and Rock Shrimp Tempura w/Spicy Cilantro ($15.00.)

“Google searches” for the best Chinese restaurant in Las Vegas would often point to The Mayflower Cuisinier. It will be interesting to track Woo Restaurant

Visit Woo Restaurant’s Official Website with full menus, history, photos and more. (Good website…)
Visit The Palazzo Hotel’s Official Website
Visit the main webpages of the LasVegasBuffetClub.Com

Bay City Diner at The Golden Gate Hotel

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Hopefully, when the new investors of The Golden Gate Hotel make the inevitable “improvements,” they will leave the diner as is. And what it is, is an authentic, on-the-street, “Big City” downtown diner.

I’m not the only one who sees something special in The BAY CITY DINER:
“The Golden Gate Hotel’s BAY CITY DINER has been used for a number of Motion Pictures by Hollywood: It appeared, along with many other classic Fremont Street casinos, in the film Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.”

“In the movie PAY IT FORWARD, Helen Hunt worked at The Golden Gate’s Bay City Diner.” The following is from yelp.com: “Have any of you seen the movie “Pay It Forward“? I did, but after I moved back to Boston in 2002. It was filmed in Las Vegas, and I remember flipping out when there was a scene with Helen Hunt as a change lady. At the Golden Gate. Well, Kevin Spacey’s character brings her flowers and they have the awkward “I like you but can’t really tell you” conversation, and then? They speak of the diner.” [all-sic] Read more

The diner’s Art-Deco interior with it’s dark wood & mirrors has a well aged patina that can’t be duplicated with nails & plasterboard and all the master-craftsmen in Las Vegas. Good gosh, leave something of the old Las Vegas…Especially when the something was “so good to begin with.’ Especially when that something is still very good.

There is a certain something that an older building can impart to a human being. Familiarity of ones surroundings can sooth, calm and refresh us from the harshness of the cold world. Even the behemoth Las Vegas should – at least minimally – preserve emotional havens for it’s citizens.
Locals and casino workers etc. need a few anchors to keep them from drifting, so to speak. And most importantly, I need to check in at the Bay City Diner from time to time.
Las Vegas still has the Peppermill uptown. One wonders when that will fall to another pretentious, plastic palace?

“In the mood for a mouth-watering 16 oz. Porterhouse steak at our Bay City Diner? We promise you great food served with a smile and at prices long forgotten by the mega-resorts.” VisitLasVegas.com has photo & other information for The Bay City Diner..
Visit The LasVegasBuffetClub’s pages for The Golden Gate Hotel/Bay City Diner
The USMENUGUIDE says: “Voted Best of Las Vegas year after year.” usmenuguide.com has: Peppemill photos, menus and other information.
Visit the LasVegasBuffetClub’s Peppermill page …

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Commission approves sale of 50 percent stake in Golden Gate Hotel.

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The GOLDEN GATE HOTEL in downtown Las Vegas sells 50% interest to an investment partnership: “A 50 percent interest in Las Vegas’ oldest hotel-casino was sold [Mid-March, 2008] to an investment partnership controlled by two brothers whose family made their fortune manufacturing nuts and bolts in the Midwest.” read more…
“The partnership [“Desert Rock“] owns 19 percent of Riviera Holdings, the parent company of the Riviera, and has made several land investments in the Las Vegas Valley. Through some family trusts, Derek Stevens and his 37-year-old brother recently completed the purchase of the Las Vegas 51s, the top minor-league baseball affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.” read more…
“We won’t touch the shrimp cocktail,” Stevens said of the Golden Gate’s famous menu item. “It’s the best shrimp cocktail in Las Vegas.”
“Desert Rock plans to invest more money in the property to remodel the hotel’s 106 rooms and refurbish the property’s public areas by building new restrooms, adding a sound system inside the casino and enhancing the signs on Fremont Street.”
“Jack Binion, scion of the Benny Binion gambling empire downtown, said he thinks the area will benefit from the upscale boom on the Strip.”
“As the midlevel places get imploded on the Strip, I think it is going to drive more people downtown,” said Binion, 71, whose family no longer operates Binion’s. “Everybody is into nostalgia. There is a lot of nostalgia down there.”

“Review-Journal reporter Benjamin Spillman contributed to this article. Contact reporter Howard Stutz at hstutz@reviewjournal.com or (702) 477-3871.”
The preponderance of this information is from The Review Journal.

“Established in 1906, the Golden Gate is proud to be Las Vegas’ most historic hotel/casino and the smallest hotel on Fremont Street, with only 106 rooms. Our guests can enjoy the intimate atmosphere of an historic hotel and then step outside our front doors into the grandeur and excitement of the Fremont Street Experience, with dazzling free light shows and special events. Our shrimp cocktail started a Las Vegas tradition over 40 years ago, and still is named “Best of Las Vegas” year after year. We offer great accommodations, plenty of gambling action and excellent food in a warm and friendly environment.” [Access the Golden Gate’s Website.]

The LasVegasBuffetClub says: “I hope they don’t touch the diner. The Bay City Diner at The Golden Gate is a classic diner. It’s ambience and patina can’t be replaced.”

Go to The LasVegasBuffetClub’s page for the Golden Gate Hotel.
LasVegasBuffetClub.Com – Home page…
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MonteLago Village Resort at Lake Las Vegas

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On the North-Eastern edge of the desert, past Boulder Highway, about 20 minutes (17 miles) from the Las Vegas Strip, there is a cool oasis which is a man-made phenomenon called Lake Las Vegas. On the shores of 320-acre Lake Las Vegas there is a Mediterranean-style village with hotels, condos, gaming, restaurants, shops, sidewalk cafe’s and a small marina: “Most weekends, the marina offers a one-hour lake cruise aboard the La Contessa Yachtread more…
Also available: Gondola Cruises, Gourmet Dinner Cruisee, Electric rental boats, water toys, Kayaking and more. (click above)

There is a resort just beyond the marina called MonteLago Village Resort.

Lake Las Vegas with the village in the background...
Photo is from the MonteLago Village Resort’s Website

MonteLago Village Resort is a one of a kind luxury Las Vegas resort and real estate opportunity, located just 17 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. Set among the desert mountains of Nevada on the shores of sparkling Lake Las Vegas, the Mediterranean-themed village offers exquisite shopping and dining, golfing, European-style gaming, and access to the championship golf and lakeside recreation of Lake Las Vegas Resort.” [Excerpt is from the MonteLago Village Resorts Website.]

The MonteLago Village Resort is a mix of a modern American hotel (condo) and an old Tuscan structure. Among several restaurants, there is a good cafe that has indoor seating as well as tables on a patio overlooking the town square: “Cafe Tenuta, Located in Casino MonteLago – Features 24-hour café dining with a diverse, breakfast, lunch and dinner menu including steaks, seafood, salads, sandwiches, and pasta.” [Excerpt is from the MonteLago Village Website.] Condos are available to rent (like hotel rooms.) Hotel rooms are available in nearby hotels, such as: Ritz Carlton Hotels or Loews Hotels.

Casino MonteLago is tucked into the hotel’s “wine cellar,” to loosely paraphrase the website: “Casino MonteLãgo offers you an intimate casino setting where value and service is paramount. Just a few miles East of Lake Mead Drive, at beautiful Lake Las Vegas Resort, Casino MonteLãgo charms you with European style and hospitality and is reminiscent of a cozy 17th Century Tuscan winery” read more…
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS Casino MonteLago boasts of over 200 Penny slots, as well as Video Poker and other current, popular video gaming machines; table games and a Sports lounge are active.

“The entire Lake Las Vegas scene is pretty cool allowing that it is just a little bit square.” They do, from time to time, have sidewalk Art shows and music concerts by the marina; the website declares that “The Ice Rink is now open.” It can be quite pleasant to stroll through the village streets, after dinner, or unlax on the grassy-knoll – on a blanket – watching a Jazz concert; they also produce an “Opera Under the Stars.”
The area is Kid/Family friendly…
Click on the web links for maps, driving directions, photos and other information.

The LasVegasBuffetClub’s main website has a page on the MonteLago Village Resort – click this link to access that page.
LasVegasBuffetClub.Com – Home page…
Take me to The LasVegasBuffetClub’s COUPON page

Broadway Pizzeria

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Anthony & Mario’s Broadway Pizzeria – in a strip-mall near the Palace Station (off Sahara) is a great little get-away place. Nondescript, this locals pizzeria in the Smith’s shopping-center is a good place to have a NY slice or two, or a pasta dinner. Nothing fancy, just good food for a few bucks.
From Las Vegas Boulevard & Sahara Avenue, drive west (a few blocks) to Rancho Drive (Palace Station,) turn right and drive a few more blocks till you see the Smith’s grocery store (on the left.) Broadway Pizzeria is on the north side of the parking lot:
840 S Rancho Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89106-3837
(702) 259-9002

This place has enough New York in it to make a Wyoming cowboy squirm…

Take me to the LasVegasBuffetClub’s page for Broadway Pizzeria.
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10Best.com’s list of the 10 Best Restaurants in Las Vegas.

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This is 10Best.com’s list of the ten best restaurants in Las Vegas: 1. Rosemary’s Restaurant, 2. Delmonico Steakhouse, 3. Burger Bar, 4. Pamplemousse, 5. Sterling Brunch, 6. Royal Star, 7. Swiss Café Restaurant , 8. Shintaro, 9. Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare , 10. Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop.

You can click a specific link or click the 10Best.com link below for more information.

10Best.com says: For many years, the dining scene in Las Vegas was considered subpar when compared to major cities like New York or Los Angeles. But just like everything else in this sparkling city, dining has been completely revamped – with overwhelmingly positive results. Here you can find outposts of the country’s most famous (and skilled) chefs, read more…

These are, of course, excellent places to eat! The Las Vegas Buffet Club, however, misses some of the long-gone eats & eateries, such as the BOARDWALK’S $.49 Hobo Stew or their greasy cheesebergers late at night; how ’bout the cheap late night breakfasts at SILVER CITY or a Cobb salad at the STARDUST’S TOUCAN HARRY’S. Speaking of Hobo Stew, there used to be an authentic HOBO JUNGLE behind the HACIENDA HOTEL where you could sit back on a discarded aluminum lawn chair and enjoy real Hobo Stew from a bean can. OH YEAH BABE…How about breakfast with TOM WAITS & CHUCK E WEISS at DUKES CAFE on Santa Monica Blvd. or sitting with RON BROWN & BOBBY BOYER at the IHOP in Hollywood next to the new, hot band: THE MONKEES, while RON BROWN was talking about another new band he just played (Fender bass) for in a recording session: CROSBY STILLS & NASH (before Neil Young;) he was also talking about playing with Stevie Wonder – wait a minute, that was in Los Angeles wasn’t it?