Garden Buffet

Notes

*Children 4 to 8 dine at half-price.

*Children 3 & under dine for free.

LVA Review

This buffet was re-reviewed in the August 2020 LVA when the hotel was still named South Coast; some of the information contained in this review may no longer be accurate.

If you want to include a buffet in your dining itinerary, this is the least expensive of the three options by far at $9.95 for breakfast, $11.95 for lunch, and $18.95 for dinner Sun.-Thurs. when you show a players card ($3 more without the card). The next least expensive option at Cosmo is almost twice the price of the South Point dinner. We went for breakfast for a couple reasons. First, breakfast is unique in that it comes with unlimited Bloody Marys and we wanted to see how that’s handled. And second, LVA members can download a 2-for-1 coupon for breakfast from our online “Printable Rewards,” which makes this a ridiculously good deal.

Putting aside the fact that we hate the staff-served format, there’s not many ways to shoot this one down. If you do nothing but have some fresh fruit, a made-to-order omelet, and a Bloody Mary or three, you’ll absolutely crush it. But there’s a lot more to choose from, including a Mexican station with Spanish breakfast specialties, a selection of soups, sautéed mushrooms and spinach, cereal, oatmeal, grits, and a carving station with ham, pork belly, and kielbasa.

The Bloody Marys used to be lined up on a bar for you to serve yourself, but due to the bar prohibition, they’re delivered by your server. These will get your day off to a very Vegasy start.

This buffet was reviewed in the February 2006 LVA when the hotel was still named South Coast; some of the information contained in this review may no longer be accurate.

South Coast—Mirroring the status of the rest of the casino, the Garden Buffet seems not quite finished. Labels are off or missing and some of the stations seem to be lacking a few elements. But what is there is good. This one gets the designation of superbuffet, due to its multiple serving stations and a Mongolian grill. The carving station is a little funky, dishing up ribs and pork, but no roast beef. Check out the good beef barley soup and the cheesecake and bread pudding for dessert. The seafood section is strong, with small-medium peel & eat shrimp, crayfish, and something you don’t see often in any buffet: large breaded oysters. Notice also the bargain prices—breakfast $6.45, lunch $7.45, and dinner $12.95 (with specialty nights up to $16.95).