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The new A.Y.C.E. Buffet is now open and features open food hall seating and seven stations: The Greenery, The Hearth, The Roastery, World Pan, Smoke & Fire, Revival, and Sweet & Light.
Check out the Palms Buffet Youtube video.
| Event | Hours | Price | Club |
| Weekend Brunch | Sat-Sun 9am - 4pm | $42.99 | n/a |
| * Includes bottomless mimosas (subject to the 1.5-hour dining time limit) | |||
| Weekday Brunch | Mon-Fri 9am - 2pm | $42.99 | n/a |
| * Includes bottomless mimosas (subject to the 1.5-hour dining time limit) | |||
| Lobster Dinner Buffet | Wed-Thu 3pm - 10pm | $79.99 | n/a |
| * Reservations are required for the lobster dinner buffet. Go to Palms website to reserve today. | |||
| Dinner Buffet | Mon-Tue 4pm - 9pm | $46.99 | n/a |
| Prime Rib & Snow Crab Dinner Buffet | Fri 4pm - 10pm | $52.99 | n/a |
| Saturday Dinner Buffet | Sat 5pm - 10pm | $46.99 | n/a |
| Sunday Dinner Buffet | Sun 5pm - 9pm | $46.99 | n/a |
2026 A.Y.C.E. BUFFET THEME NIGHTS
March 28 – Hawaiian Night
Back by popular demand and featuring an assorted poke bar, whole roasted suckling pig, chicken katsu and kalbi short ribs.
April 25 – Blast from the Past
Music from the 60s, 70s and 80s accompanies a nostalgic menu of classic comfort dishes including steak Diane, salmon Wellington, fried fish, meatloaf, liver and onions, chicken pot pie, lobster à la king, prime rib, tuna casserole, Salisbury steak and more.
June 27 – Latin Night
A celebration of Latin flavors featuring menudo, ceviche bar, agua fresca bar, street taco station, cochinita pibil, Cuban sandwiches, arroz congri, pupusas and more.
July 25 – Creole & Southern Comfort Night
Southern favorites including pepper steak, blackened pork chops, fried chicken, char-grilled oysters, gumbo, crawfish boil, Cajun prime rib, shrimp po’boys, chicken and waffles, grilled cheddar jalapeño sausage, catfish and more.
August 29 – Italian Night
Indulge in Italian classics with flair including calamari, braised lamb pappardelle, chicken Marsala, risotto stations and more.
September 12 – Hawaiian Night
The return of one of A.Y.C.E.’s most requested menus featuring assorted poke, whole roasted suckling pig, chicken katsu and kalbi short ribs.
October 10 – Filipino Night
A special celebration of Filipino cuisine timed to coincide with the annual Las Vegas Pinoy Festival.
This buffet was reviewed in the February 2018 LVA; some of the information contained in this review may no longer be accurate.
After trying the Palms’ A.Y.C.E. buffet for breakfast and lunch and doing several walk-throughs, our opinion that this is easily the best buffet value in town hasn’t changed. It’s a Top Ten deal, even at its retail pricing of $21.99 for dinner and Sunday brunch, $15.99 for lunch, and $12.99 for breakfast. But the real prices are $19.99/$13.99/$10.99, because you get a $2 discount for showing the lowest level Boarding Pass players card (President), even if you sign up for it on the way to the buffet. Show the next level card (Gold) or higher and it’s $17.99/$11.99/$8.99. Compare with Bellagio at $38.99/$27.99/$24.99 or Caesars Palace at $54.99/$39.99 (brunch) and you can see the huge price disparity. We’re not saying the Palms is as good for quality as those, or the other super-luxe super buffets, but it’s not that far off. Even M Resort takes a back seat at $24.99 for dinner and $16.99 for brunch, and you can’t even get into M until 11 am, whereas breakfast at the Palms begins at 8.
Breakfast is an egg-fest, with multiple versions of Benedicts and scrambles, plus an omelet station. Many dishes are in small-plate format, like a miniature serving of hash & egg or cauliflower grits. And this is the first time we’ve ever seen shakshouka, an African dish made of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers, onions, and cumin that by itself is worth the price of admission. Other highlights are the frittatas and the potstickers—the latter being part of a small Asian selection that includes bao, egg foo young, miso soup, and cold ramen noodles—plus pancakes, waffles, blintzes, bagels, croissants, quiche, small salads (good breakfast potato salad), and fresh fruit.
Dinner is also small-plates dominated with an amazing selection: walnut shrimp, Moroccan lamb, Singapore noodles, General Tso chicken, Mongolian beef, kalbi, coq au vin, salmon, duck, turkey leg, stromboli, vegan stuffed peppers, lots of veggies (including the big roasted cauliflower at the carving station), and all sorts of salads and soups, featuring individual servings of French onion. Chocolate mousse cake is the main attraction in the big dessert selection. As is typical, lunch and dinner are similar, with a few upgrades for dinner, e.g., beef at the carving station.
The only negative is a noticeable lack of seafood. There’s some fish and individual shrimp cocktails and ceviche, but no lox, crab legs, oysters, etc. The exception is Sunday brunch, which serves lox (as well as siu mai, salt and pepper chicken wings, and a few more additions that we didn’t see during the week). We checked on Friday and found green mussels and clam chowder. It seems like a conscious decision to dial it back on the seafood and probably a good one, allowing the buffet to offer high-quality items in the other areas (kind of like managing a salary cap in sports).
A whole lot of thought went into this buffet, which is only fitting, considering that Station Casinos started the big move up in buffet quality when it debuted the Feast at Palace Station 30 years ago.
