Comparing the CHEAPEST vs MOST EXPENSIVE Las Vegas Buffet! - Is it worth it??

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Good morning adventurers!
So yesterday we had one of the longest travel dates ever, maybe the longest travel day ever.
We made our way from Australia over to one of our favorite cities in the world, Las Vegas.
Yes, it was very brutal but we survived, we're feeling good, you can't be too tired in Vegas.
I feel like it just has the best energy.
So we're not huge gamblers but when we used to live in San Francisco it was a super cheap
flight over to Vegas so we would come here all the time and we loved just roaming the
strip and checking the place out and going to shows but what we loved most of all was
going to the buffets.
So Vegas is actually known for having tons of buffets and today we are going to find
out...
Whoa!
Oh!
So today we are going to check and see if it's worth it to pay for the most expensive
buffet or to stick with the cheapest one.
Alright, let's go get our buffet on.
First up we have found what we believe is the cheapest Vegas buffet.
It is here at Arizona Charlie's.
What's the quality going to be like?
Are we going to get food poisoning?
I don't know, let's go find out.
So we're heading in but I think we are going to have to sign up for their players card
to get the cheapest price so...
Yeah, we'll see.
See how that goes.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you.
A little champagne and a piece of cake too
And we might get that in a bit. Thank you though
Apparently it is the casino's anniversary today. So you get champagne and cake
I think this is a good omen for how today's gonna go.
Hi, can you sign up for the rewards card?
Yes
You guys will get 10% discount when you go in any of our dining
Okay
Thank you
We are officially members
We have our champagne
Now let's go try this cheap ass buffet
We've gotten free champagne and now they're giving us
Free strawberry daiquiri
I'll take it
It's a little sweet but it's good
Woo!
Very cold
It is still the cheapest buffet but we actually came on a Friday
So they upped their game
You get prime rib tonight
So I think we ended up paying $17.99
But on a weeknight
You would pay $11.99
I'm not sure how we get to the solid legit and epic stage
But uh
So technically you can get this buffet for $9.99
So that is the cheapest buffet
The cheapest
We have been seated. We are about to head up to the buffet
See what it's all about
It smells good
And we are very hungry so
And we have another expensive buffet that we're gonna eat later today
So we gotta take it a little bit easy
Alright let's go
So they seem to have
All of the usual things
Pizza, pasta, salad
They also have a little Mexican food section
And a little Chinese food section
And then your prime rib and carving station
Lots and lots of desserts
So far just by the look of it
It doesn't look as bad as I thought it was going to be
No it's actually
Maybe they are putting on their A games
Since it's their anniversary and it's a Friday night
But not as bad as I thought
Let's load it up and see how it tastes
So pizza I feel like is notoriously
Bad at buffets
So I'm very curious to see how this pizza
Compares to the more expensive
Buffet that we are going to go to after this
It actually doesn't look that bad I mean as
Buffet pizza goes
Having a hard time deciding what
Desserts to get I mean I guess it's a buffet
So we could get all of them
I don't know what are you gonna choose? I don't know
I think I wanna do the carrot cake
Look how cute he's got a little carrot on him
I on the other hand am sticking with the cheesecake
Oh yeah
Alright our early-ish dinner
Whatever we're calling this is served
So I got the
Prime rib which I'm very excited
To try I also got some
Macaroni and cheese because I feel like that's a staple
Of a buffet I got their fish
Just to try and see what fish
Is like at this buffet and then I got some
They were called drunken noodles and then
I can't remember what this was like some Asian
Chicken stir fry and then
One cheesy ravioli to see how
Their pasta goes let's put their prime
Rib to the test I haven't had prime
Rib in a really long time I feel like
Get a center cut piece
So he was cooking all this fresh up there and it
Looks pretty juicy and pretty delicious
Nice they put some sauce on there they also had some
Grilled veggies on the side that you could have gone
Or gotten to go with it let's see
It's really good
I'm impressed
It's really tender really
Flavorful not chewy
At all I would eat this at home
So you have to come on Friday to get
The prime rib yeah Friday and Saturday
So this doesn't come with the cheaper buffet
But we really wanted to try it anyway
I got a lot of buffet staples I feel like
On my plate I got the vegetables because vegetables
I feel like are always hit or miss
And I got the pizza as I mentioned earlier
I want to see what the pizza what the quality
Of the pizza is and how it compares to the next buffet
Little piece of chicken and then
I think there's like a tamale in here or something like
That I'm not really sure it'll be a surprise
But first I'm going to give this piece of pizza
A try I put a little parmesan cheese on there
Mmm
The crust is a little
Bit chewy but the flavor of the pizza is
Actually pretty good it's really cheesy
And nice and salty and I think that
Inevitably the pizza just kind of sits
Up there and kind of bakes under that lamp
So it gets a little bit chewy but the flavor
Itself is not that bad next up is
The chicken now he was grilling all this
Fresh back there and you can see it looks nice
And juicy and tender and
I think it's actually going to be pretty tasty
Mmm
Mm-hmm
Pretty good piece of chicken it's moist
But it is a little drier than it looks
It doesn't have a ton of seasoning on it so there's not
A ton of flavor other than just the chicken and the little char marks
Which isn't too bad but all of it so far
Has been better than I was expecting for the cheapest buffet
In Vegas what are you going to try next?
I'll try the fish
Because I'm scared of it getting cold
Um don't have
High hopes but we'll see
Oh it's cold
To be honest I usually
Stay away from the fish at a buffet just because it's never
Usually any good usually not a great
Idea it is really mushy
Not really flaky anymore just mushy but
There's a lot of seasoning in there
It was in like a whole vat of
Butter and seasoning so
It's really salty I guess the
Flavor is nice just the texture
Is not very fishy anymore
Alright little macaroni
Let's see how you are
Why is it so hard to get a bite?
The macaroni looks good macaroni is hard to
Mess up though I think
Is it? I don't know
It's buffet macaroni
And cheese
It's not going to win any awards but
It tastes like macaroni and cheese
I guess so that's a win
It almost tastes like
Nacho cheese on there or something
It's really creamy
I guess at least that's nice
With the vegetables the question is
I'm sure they're previously frozen but are they microwaved
How long have they been sitting up there
Are they cooked thoroughly the carrots a little
Hard so maybe not I think the carrot
Is the measure because those
Everything else can be cooked okay and the carrots still be cooked poorly
It's not that bad the carrots crunchy but not too
Crunchy it's got some kind of sweet
Sauce or something in there just a subtle sweetness which is
Nice and I mean
They're definitely previously frozen but I really can't tell if they were
Microwaved or just quickly heated up or something
Like that
We've dug into everything and I'd say the highlight for me was
Probably this tamale it was
In a little husk over here
And actually had a lot of flavor to it
I was surprised it's pretty good
I had some of this chicken in here
The deep fried like Asian chicken
And then in this noodle dish
And the fish were all not good
The only meat that was
Pretty good was the prime rib
I will say though everything
Was seasoned pretty well
Just most things were
Over cooked or dry
And they do have some made to order sections
Up there that we do like stir fries
I think and made to order pasta
So maybe give that a go when you're here
But now maybe the point of redemption
I don't know
We've got cheesecake and carrot cake to try
Alright little carrot guy
That seems a little squishy in there maybe it won't be dry or anything
The outside is pretty dry
Has like a little lemon taste to it
It's actually the flavor is really good in there
I guess no complaints
For the price we paid for the buffet
Last but not least
We have this little piece of cheesecake
Now cheesecake is probably my favorite dessert
Of all time
And I've had some pretty good ones in my day
So I don't know if this is really going to stack up
But I remain hopeful
So we've got a little strawberry sauce on there
Let's give it a go
The flavor isn't too bad
But the texture is not that great
It's just really creamy pudding texture
It almost tastes like pudding
Tastes like vanilla pudding a little bit
With a little cheesecake flavor to it
I mean it's all really cheap artificial kind of ingredients
Obviously because it's a cheap buffet
But for being a cheap buffet not that bad
Will I eat the whole thing?
Probably not
Would you like a bite?
So we have officially tried the cheapest buffet in Vegas
Now we have to kill a few hours
Before we try the most expensive one
And I think I know just what to do
The next buffet we're heading to is in Caesars Palace
This place is going nuts you guys
It's Friday night everyone's going crazy
We are staying down at the end of the strip
And it is like snooze town USA
Yeah compared to this
We've been lost for a minute I'm not going to lie
But we saw a sign for the buffet
So we're going to run to it right now
You guys look at how much we just paid for this buffet
Holy cow
Most expensive buffet we've ever paid for that's for sure
It better be good
Alright we've been chosen
They're literally giving us a tour of all the food before we sit down
I don't even know where to start here
Our host told us that
There are over 500 dishes
At this buffet
They have a lot of things like our last one
They have a fresh Mexican station
A carving station
But this one also has a whole
Sushi section
A dessert area
I thought buffet desserts could not be good
But this is proving me wrong
But now I guess we have to go find things to eat
I am really nervous about this
It's so much pressure
I don't even know where to begin
But we're going to give it a try
You guys they have a whole ramen section over here
Everything looks so fresh and delicious
I'm freaking
I feel like I'm in heaven
Whatever price they would have named I would have hated
It's beautiful, it's absolutely beautiful
Guys look at all this sushi that they have right here
Holy cow
You can have any of it
All of it, you can take that tray probably to your table
Don't mind if I do
We got crab claws
Sea snails
Chilled tiger prawns
Snow crab legs, pacific oysters
Holy cow
I don't even know how to eat half of these things
Because they're so fancy
This place is certified bananas
It gets a one banana
Maybe two bananas
Maybe like three bananas
So we have pretty much looked at everything in this buffet
We're completely blown away as you've seen
We're not really sure where to start
So our idea is we're just going to go to one end
From one end to the other
And get all the goodies we can find
Okay we did our first pass
I think there will be many passes
We tried to get some things that are similar
To what we got at the last place
To give you a little comparison
From our cheapest buffet
I don't know if it's even fair
To do this though to be honest
Okay but let's start with
The prime rib here
Already the piece of prime rib here
Is about 50 times bigger
At the last place
It is absolutely beautiful
Look at this it's huge
Oh my god
The prime rib was the draw at the last place
I feel like the prime rib is like
Maybe the last thing people would get here
After the crab legs and sushi
And all the stuff
Here we go
I didn't even put any sauce on that
And it's fantastic
I think it was like coffee
Crusted prime rib
Or something like that
Oh my gosh
It's so good
So we got a bunch of crab legs
But I think we're going to wait to try these off camera
Just because we don't have the cracker
And we don't even know how the heck to eat crab legs
But just know that they exist here
They also have cold already sliced crab legs
If that's more your style
And it is just completely unlimited
Oh yeah and we got the biggest cup of butter to go with that
I'm going to try this pizza
Because it looks a lot better
Than the pizza we had this morning
This looks like a real piece of pizza
I almost feel bad saying that all this stuff
Was good at the last buffet
Because I had no idea what was in store for us
This piece of pizza looks so much more legit
Than the one this morning
And I have a feeling it's probably going to taste a lot more legit
Everything just tastes
So much more high quality and fresh
And really the main difference
Is the crust
You know the crust
At the first place we went was like a piece of cardboard
That you were kind of gnawing through
The flavor of the pizza wasn't that bad
But this is better
And the crust is just so much more legit
And you can see the operation that they have going back there
Looks pretty legit as well
Pretty dang good piece of pizza
I thought buffets only had one type of macaroni and cheese
This is proving me wrong
This is like fancy macaroni noodles
And the sauce looks super thick
And homemade
This is rich
And creamy
And tastes very authentic
And not boxed at all
So there is so much stuff you can get at this buffet
And they're about to close
We really don't have time to try it all
Our waitress just came by and she was like
It looks like you guys are having fun taking your photos
But I just want to let you know
The buffet is closing in about 30 minutes
We at least wanted to compare the stuff that we had this morning
To the stuff here
But obviously they have a whole bunch of stuff
Like the crab legs
Sweet potato tots
This is one type of lamb
I believe they have like 4 different types of lamb
This is some little puree
With peas
They had also lamb shanks
And all sorts of stuff
Different types of duck
Pork belly
I want to try one of these tots
I think they might have maple syrup on them
Or something
Oh yeah
Oh my god
It's so good
I think we did this buffet right
Look at our feast we have here
Oh my god
We've got tacos
Some tonkatsu ramen over here
All kinds of stuff
A big tray of desserts that we're going to try in a bit
I mean you guys they even have raw oysters
Like what is this
Only in Vegas at the buffet
It's amazing
Oh man
That was amazing
It was perfectly sweet not fishy at all
Oh my gosh it was so tender
I would have never said
Eating buffet oysters a good idea
But at this buffet do it
I would say yeah if you want to jump start a diet
Or go to the hospital yeah
That's how you eat oyster buffets
Or buffet oysters
It is officially dessert time
They had such an insane dessert spread up there you guys
We've got a little creme brulee over here
This is a key lime tart
We've got a turtle cheesecake
Guy over here brownie
And then of course this is cherry cheesecake
We had strawberry cheesecake this morning
But I'm going to give it a try and do a little comparison
It definitely has
Little chunks of fresh cherries in it which is a good sign
It's good but I wouldn't say
It's that much better
It's marginally better than the one I had this morning
I feel like cheesecake
Even when it's bad it's still pretty good
I think we've done all the tasting we can do on camera
They're about to kick us out of here
So we're going to devour all this
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Also leave a comment down below and let us know
What the best buffet that you've ever been to is
Whether it's in Vegas or somewhere else
Just let us know what your best experience is
And how much it costs that's the most important thing
And if you decide to come to this buffet
I would say if you come earlier in the week
It's a little bit cheaper
But regardless of the price I would say it's worth it
The food is incredibly delicious
And I think the diversity and the quality of it
Is what makes it worth it in my opinion
But just make sure that you come early
So you're not pressed for time trying to stuff your face with everything
Before they kick you out
This has been amazing
So we grew up in the Midwest and we are used to some buffets
That were a lot like the first one we went to
We've never experienced a buffet like this
Oh my gosh
Hands down one of the best dining experiences
I think we've ever had
We're going to go to bed very full and very happy
But we will come back at you tomorrow
With more Vegas stuff
So goodnight adventurers
We'll see you on the road
Oh my god this creme brulee
My body says stop but my heart says
Keep going
