The South Point Buffet

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Wouldn't consider the SP buffet to be the best, but it's probably best in terms of quality to price ratio.

Yeah, "best" is subjective: best quality, best value, or best something else altogether? 

Given the drastic decline in the number of Vegas buffets, the ones that remain are often mobbed; I've gone to South Point, taken one look at the line, and said "uh-uh." But there's an escape hatch: I eat at Zenshin, with their great happy hour.

  I stay/eat at South Point all the time when I visit Vegas. The busiest times for entry into the buffet are Fri/Sat for dinner - or when they give Veterans a free buffet on Veterans Day. The rest of the week the lines are usually not that long - no longer that for the other buffets in Vegas. The price is cheap compared to ALL of the other buffets and the varity and quality of the food is outstanding. The buffet is not the Bacchanal or Wynn's - but the price is much less expensive. 

It's not cheaper than "ALL" of the buffets, especially not on specialty nights/the weekend. The quality is pretty good, though the offerings at some of the "stations" are weak. Ultimately, whether it's worth it or not is up to you. I'm less compelled to eat there when I'm at South Point because I don't like standing in line for an hour+, and there are other options I like such as Primarily Prime Rib and Zenshin. The Mexican place, the name of which I forget, has some great specials.

The real issue now for non-locals is now that they've cut players' club points in half, there's much less reason to go there at all. I can't believe that they did that.

I go to buffet every visit. Lines long yet moves fast.Go to Palms too long lines slow.

If one compares "cost" values and associated relative quality  among Vegas buffets, South Point ranks highly. Average South Point customers know they're not going to experience the Bacchanal or Wynn and the associated gouge pricing when they get in South Point's buffet line. The bottom line is it's pretty good and very good on a comparative value basis. I don't know but I'll bet the SP buffet line wait is less than AYCE at the Palms on average ( in our experience).

Yeah, everyone I've talked to who's been to both says that the Palms line is usually longer (in duration). I've been to both places, mulling over the possibility of having dinner--i arrived on a Thursday non-specialty night (no lobsters, etc.) in each case, at about 5:00, with the idea of beating the lines. Palms was already what I estimated to be a 90 minute wait. SP, the next Thursday, looked easier, perhaps a 45 minute wait. But I didn't join the Palms line, because I don't like standing in lines for that long, and at SP, the Zenshin happy hour lured me away (and I had an incredible meal for less than the boofay would have cost).

South Point is still a fair value overall and retains some of the virtues that used to make it a good value, such as decent VP and BJ. Unfortunately, their decision to slash their players' club benefits also killed their best recurring promos. Sic transit gloria. 

 2 trips ago I used the Advisor coupon for the AYCE buffet at the Palms. I found the buffet a step down from the South Point buffet - in selection. The food as good, no real line to enter (breakfast) and with the coupon inexpensive. Overall, given a choice, I would eat at South Point. JMHO

David, yes the LVA / AYCE coupon combo is a good value and we've used it twice this past year. I think the SP buffet with players card and the AYCE thing are both worthwhile for buffet patrons.