Thanksgiving

I'm going to be in Vegas for Thanksgiving this year. Trying to figure out if I want to do a buffet - or sit down dinner. Anybody have any good experiences on Thanksgiving or recommendations. Looking to keep it under $50/person.

I was in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving a couple of years ago, and I would suggest you forget about a buffet option. I have never seen lines at the buffets as long as for Thanksgiving. The lines of people at the Rio and Paris buffets were enormous. Wait times were at least two to three hours. I talked to a server at the M Resort buffet the day earlier and he said the wait time the previous year was three hours. Several restaurants on the Strip offer a fixed price menu for a Thanksgiving dinner. We made reservations at Mon Ami Gabi and had a very nice turkey dinner which included a dessert for under $50. Judging from what I saw, I don't think any of the locals prepare dinner at home that day.

Many coffee shops have great Thanksgiving specials--went to Silverton's the last 2 years. Buffets are very crowded on Thanksgiving and they start lining up early.

Thanks! I'll cross buffets off my list.

The coffee shop thing might be a good way to go =)

I've done Thanksgiving in Vegas three or four times. The only thing special about the buffets on Thanksgiving is the longer lines and higher prices (the food is essentially the same as any other day).

Every year the LVRJ creates a webpage about a month before Thanksgiving and updates it daily right up to a few days before Thanksgiving with special menus at area restaurants, Generally there are some that are ridiculously expensive special meals and some that are fairly priced. Here is a sample from last year: https://www.reviewjournal.com/thanksgiving-2014. I would imagine the URL would be the same except it would likely end in 2015 when they update in October or so.

Two places we have eaten on T-day with specials that were good and reasonable were the Cortez Room at Goldcoast and Twin Creeks at the Silverton.

Reservations are a must.

ST

So here are my observations and my final choice. I did some research on the plane's wifi connection and went to each casino's website to see what they were offering for Thanksgiving.

There's a three hour difference between Indianapolis and Vegas....so when I got off the plane it was morning in Vegas but afternoon from where I was coming from. So I was ready to eat. I noticed if you go early on Thanksgiving 11-1PM you have plenty of options available. I almost went to the Cosmopolitan buffet as it was not a long line....but I couldn't bring myself to pay $50 for turkey. But that buffet was easily accessible around noon.

Over the course of the day I saw plenty of seating available at plenty of locations. Pick your sit down restaurant and there were seats available. I noticed Hash-House at Plaza had some nice plates.

My choice:
I ended up driving out to Boulder Station. They were offering up 10X points in the casino and were only charging $12.99 for the buffet. And the line was non-existant in the early afternoon. It had everything you would expect for Thanksgiving and all made with real ingredients: Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and pies. Nothing original or exciting - but neither is that the case when I make Thanksgiving dinner at home. If you just want the Thanksgiving basics, cheap price, and accessible line then Boulder Station a fine choice. They also had Pierogies which were pretty good.
All the Station mid-range properties have the same buffet - so that would be Sunset, Santa Fe, Boulder, Palace and Texas. Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock were slightly more expensive and the Fiesta properties were less expensive.