BUFFETS
Brad and I aren’t foodies, but thankfully we get some frugal food reports from friends, including from MissCraps on the vpFREE forum. Here are some of her recent buffet recommendations:
AYCE buffet at Palms is now offering unlimited champagne and mimosas for $10 extra with any meal (lasts up to 2 hours). On Sunday it is served free with brunch. Tip – arrive around 3:30 pm, pay lunch price, and at 4 pm they put out a few changes including excellent French Onion soup.
Gold Coast Sunday buffet brunch is one of our favorites with free champagne, chocolate fountain, strawberries, delicious cupcakes, big desert selection (much better than AYCE), salmon, shrimp, great omelets, carved beef and turkey, etc. etc. Use your club card for a discount. (Keep an eye out for half-price coupons for Coast buffets in the Las Vegas Review Journal. Sometimes in the Friday Neon section. Check fine print for which days they are good for).
Adding to this buffet report, we also like the new AYCE buffet at Palace Station, which is much like the one at the Palms. It is also open all night since the coffee shop is closed and that whole area is being remodeled.
The buffet at Silverton used to be one our favorites, but it seems to be going downhill. But bring back your sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, and pulled pork – one of our favorite dishes – and I will forgive any other shortcomings!
STATION CASINOS
One good thing to report here: If you have two (or more) mystery multiplier bonuses on the kiosk on one day – like a general public multiplier and a senior one – we have found that if you have two different numbers after you have swiped, you will get the larger of the two. Nice to see a casino do a logical and “right” thing for their customers!
A new way to earn Boarding Pass points – use their newly-introduced myRewards Mastercard. Go to this website page to learn all about the earning and redeeming structure plus the bonus new cardholders can earn.
Recently I tried to take advantage of the following option for Brad and me, listed in the Station Casino players club rules:
Up to two (2) eligible Boarding Pass members residing at the same address may link accounts to share Boarding Pass points. Both members must be present with valid photo identification at the Rewards Center to link accounts. Either member may request that a link be removed from his/her account in person at the Rewards Center with valid photo identification.
Each Member of a linked account will be issued an individual Boarding Pass program card and account number. However, all Members on a linked account may modify any linked account data and will share Boarding Pass points. Visit the Rewards Center for additional linked account details.
I found this was not an easy task. Most employees at various club desks where I went had never heard of this, much less knew how to do it. At one casino the employee said they didn’t like to do this because players “didn’t understand it and were confused with the details.” I said I wasn’t the smartest person in the world, but I was sure if they explained it to me I probably would be able to understand it. So, I finally found out what was linked and what was not. Your tier status stays separated; each of you earn that separately. Your redeemable points are combined and either member can redeem that total. That is important for us and other couples, especially those that are elderly. In case of illness, for example, and one is not able to go to the casino to cash in points, the other would be able to do so.
The Palms still does not have a senior program as does all the other Station properties. Can’t figure out why not. Sure they are trying to attract the millennials, but we perennials have more money and time to spend in casinos and I don’t think this younger group will stay away just because they see a lot of grey-headed players. Doesn’t the Palms need our money? Another mystery – their check-cashing program also doesn’t offer as good of prizes as in other Station properties.
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I found this article, “The Story Behind the Most Famous Missing Apostrophe in Las Vegas,” interesting and perhaps many of you might also, even if you aren’t a former English teacher.
George B Stay away fr Green Valley. Go to RED ROCK Casino and play VP at Southpoint. As I have said before if RED ROCK Casino is good for Fertitta’s $25M daughter’s wedding it is good enough for me.
What about Green Valley Ranch, how is their buffet. I found out, if I went on a lux trip there, at 50X tier points for rooms, $2,000 for a week in a suite, would get me President’s Level. So this does seem like a generous system to me, even before I gamble.
https://www.sclv.com/MyBoardingPass/FAQ
My wife & I have had our comp points linked at Station Casinos since we started playing there several years ago.
I agree with Kevin. I’ve had lunch at the SP buffet three times since the remodeling started. I don’t know if they offer prime rib every day, but all three times I’ve been in, I had very good prime rib. Twice they also had fried shrimp on the menu. Prime rib and fried shrimp for $7.95 is a good deal in my book. When I used my 1/2 off mailer and the remainder in points, it only cost me a little over 1000 points. All I can add is, take your time on the remodeling. “I’ll be back”.
Kevin Lewis I don’t like to argue with u but SP Buffet is lousy. Prudence dictates that u close the buffet for 2-3 weeks. Their Buffet was never good. I go to SP to play VP. If u want a GREAT BUFFET ( I should get paid for this ) it’s M. I admit a little pricey but worth it. BTW Stations must be laughing all the way to the bank. As I have recently stated One of the Fertitta brothers had a $25 MILLION wedding for his daughterat Red Rock casino.
Charles, first of all, the South Point’s buffet still offers everything it always has. As they remodel various sections, they’ve improvised, for instance setting up omelet stations on a few of the customer tables and setting up salad bar trolley carts. They’ve done that quite well and there are never any of the usual food offerings missing.
Moreover, they’ve been offering “hard hat pricing” during the remodel, which is $2-3 off the regular prices. I’ve also had success in asking at the front desk for the funbook (even if I’m not staying there), which contains a 1/2 off breakfast or lunch buffet coupon.
I don’t think their keeping the buffet open during remodeling is being “cheap.” They host a LOT of events, such as equestrian and bowling tournaments, that whole families attend. Even when the buffet is open, lines at the two other casual eating options, the coffee shop and Steak N’ Shake, are long. Closing the buffet would overwhelm those other two restaurants.
I personally rate the South Point buffet fairly highly for a combination of quality and value. The weekend brunch includes all-you-can-drink mimosas; what’s not to like?
Read carefully what I wrote – you do NOT link tier credits.
I would think that after linking cards a couple could then play only on one card to gain a higher tier faster. Stations lets us play on one card now, but access to the points for both will be GREAT!! Appreciate this piece of info very much. May the royals be with all.
I tried to combine my account with my wife’s account and two locations told me that they no longer do it. I guess I will have them pull up the Player’s Club rules the next time I visit.
The Palms was always all about millennials and teenies using fake IDs and maxing out Daddy’s credit card. It never was meant to appeal to seniors. They seem to have moved away from their initial focus of trying to also be a locals’ casino.
As long as the buffet prices remain the same, there will still be at least one reason to go there–but you know those prices will soon skyrocket. Gambling-wise, it’s now a wasteland. They don’t even have MEDIOCRE video poker now, their promos are near-worthless, and the table game rules are lousy and the limits high. Go there, enjoy the buffet, then walk right back out the door.
I never go to Palms. It caters to the Hip. Buffet is average. I go to Red Rock Casino and Palace Station. Once in a while I go to Southpoint. Do mot go to the Buffet at SP. They have closed 1/4 of the buffet for remodeling. SP is so cheap that instead of closing the buffet for 2-3 weeks they remodel in stages. VP is great.
I am Young at Heart in the Stations Program and do not have much in the way of grey hair. But I would like Palms to get in line with the rest of the cousins.