text: I know that a lot of people are raving like crazy about this place but my review is a little different But first some quick tipsnn The parking for the Cosmopolitan is located in a lot on Harmon Waynn The buffet is located fairly far into the hotel on the second floor near the guest elevatorsnn You can also access the Cosmopolitan via the walkway between CrystalsAria or coming from Planet HollywoodnnThere are a lot of different things that put me off about the Wicked Spoon and a few that make me want to love it I will start with the things I did not like and relive the happy memories of what I did likennService is an incredibly important thing to me This is considering the fact that we are all paying nearly dinner to eat It is almost unacceptable to me that they do not think about serving people better according to the price tag of the buffet The thing that bothers me is that the first time I visited the Wicked Spoon we were given the worst service I have ever witnessed nnI must note to you guys a disclaimer My girlfriend and I have agreed to a set policy of tipping our waiter AFTER the buffet is over We use the tip to rate their service If you did awesome we will tip incredibly generously Anyhow the first time we went to the Wicked Spoon our waiter did not seem to want to check on us and a lot of the time he would pass by our table and go to other larger parties and schmooze with them rather than serve us I noticed that he was also neglecting another table next to us that was getting angrier by the second So angry that they asked another sections bus boy to clear their tables and refill their drinks Whenever I asked the waiter to refill drinks it would take at least minutes for anything to come Finally fed up we were able to get the manager to come and to relay to her our problems She apologized and comped us two buffets eachnnWe ended up giving away a set of our comps to our family members and we used the comp on ourselves for our second visit The second visit was no better than the first A waitress was incredibly distant and the only redeeming factor was the busboy who was friendly and very efficient We tipped him but neglected to tip our waitress and asked for the manager yet again The manager was disappointed by our experience and comped us again for dinnernnAs if I could not stay away from a BAD situation I decided that we had to try the Wicked Spoon at least one more time and use up our comp This time service was passable but mediocre It was not great it was not bad We left a standard tip and called it a nightnnNow onto the good things and the reason why the Wicked Spoon gets two stars The food ranges from amazing to terrible but nothing far in between The food here is more high brow You will see your gaspachos you will see your confits and you will see your bone marrows It is incredibly interesting the way they serve their food whether it is by tiny skillets or by tiny frying cages There are a few standout items but for the most part the Asian offerings are almost always a miss The Italian pastas and paninis can be a hit or a miss Sometimes the pasta is nicely cooked and other times it is vastly undercooked or overcooked nnI really love the meats that they have coming out of their carving station as well as their seafood It is pretty fresh and tasty The bone marrow is interesting for first timers but I enjoy it though it seems a little bad for my cholesterol One of my other favorite things is that they do have a made to order station my favorite being the mac and cheese It sounds simple but being able to add toppings such as bacon chives and other mac and cheese favorites and have them cook it in front of you is pretty coolnnMy favorite part of their buffet is dessert My only complaint in that area is that they do not really seem to have that many macarons and they are prone to running out In comparison the Bacchanal Buffet seems to have an unending stream of macarons The other thing that I really enjoy about the dessert is the gelato My favorite is the mint chip I love the little chocolate balls since the texture is pretty interestingnnI hope that your service experience is different than mine and that you enjoy the food