text: I checked out The Buffet at Bellagio on a Friday night The group I was with were looking for the right combination of a good buffet and a reasonable price The Buffet at Bellagio based on a few online reviews I read seemed to meet those requirementsnnThen I walked innnFirst of all they charged me a holiday rate because of Columbus Day weekend Columbus Day is a horrible holiday for many historical reasons in my view but that aside I was there in a Friday Columbus Day was on the following Monday Why would they gouge customers for three days before a random holiday nnAnyway that was not a good start to the experience But I want to review this place irrespective of those shenanigans and provide an unbiased assessmentnnThe food was decent and diverse They had a couple meat stations one which was serving prime rib and corned beef and another which was serving goat shanks and lamb chops The corned beef was really flavorable as was the lamb shanks Those who tried the other options had a similar assessmentnnThey had a few seafood stations one which had shrimp cocktails another with several different types of crab legs and a sushi station The crab legs were sliced in half vertically making it easy to eat The shrimp was okay The sushi was underwhelming especially the sashimi nnThey had a pizza station which was pretty good They had a few different kinds of thincrust pizza and I appreciated thatnnEverything else for the most part was pretty meh for a buffet nothing better than you would have in your average buffet in other parts of the country nnThe one thing I will offer specific praise for is the dessert section They had several different options cheesecakes brownies flan cookies creme brulee ice cream etc After trying a bite of a few different options I can say that they were all good except for the flannnUltimately when factoring in even the regular nonholiday rate I would say that it is not worth the price when there are several better dining options nearby It is definitely not worth Ridiculous