text: This is just your standard run of the mill buffet My friends and I got a discount from the TixTonight booth so we got to go at around on There are plenty of options for food however food options do not equal food quality The atmosphere is pretty drab and nothing too big stands out in a positive way other than a cool fire place over the carving station area I will say the dessert area is pretty good but almost all the other food is just dry or flavorless This was the first and only buffet me and my friends went to on our Vegas trip I would say here you get what you pay for so it might have been worth it to pay a little more for a nicer buffet somewhere on the strip at a nicer hotel Overall I was not impressed at all by anything at the Carnival World Buffet but rather disappointednnPROSnFood Options They pretty much have every type of cuisine here from carving stations to Seafood Chinese Mexican Italian Salads Desserts etc Now the quality of the food is a whole different storynnPrice If you get your meal through the TixTonight booth you can get the buffet for dinner down to which for Las Vegas or anywhere in general is not a bad price for dinnernnCONSnFood Quality While I have certainly had worse food at a buffet I have had much better too The food herennLocation The only reason we went here is because we were going to see Penn Teller that night at the Rio so we said why not eat here So if you have to go to the Rio and eat there I would try another place seeing it is off the strip in the isolated Rio nnAtmosphere It seems to be a pretty dated and worn out place for me The drop down ceilings make the place look cheap and drab and the lighting does not look romantic or intimate but makes me feel like they just cannot afford good lights