A mere six days after returning from her friend's funeral in Kansas
City, The Widow Dorothy and I went to Las Vegas last week. I'd never
been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still looking for a
$1.19 breakfast. That should have been my first clue. She lives in the
past.
The weather was lovely, though we didn't see much of it. We stayed at
the Monte Carlo and ate at their buffet a couple times. I complained to
the manager about lukewarm food and she said she checked it with a
thermometer and it was hot and I should take my food from the bottom of
the container. Feh.
I told my Niece The Travel Agent to slap me if I ever mentioned the
possibility of travelling with Dottie again. Rob and I will go again
sometime -- he and I will do some walking around and sightseeing.
The End.
--
-Barb
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail;
a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn,that was fun!"

Its Lost Wage$, BTW

Went there last June for a meeting and stayed at MGM Grand for 10
days, and yep,, the food and rooms are a lot more expensive than they
were even 10 years ago (when I was there last). And the chow was
nothing to write home about..the Wolfgang Puck place at the MGM Grand
was the best as far as I was concerned for quality and cost. I did
visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$ though. Not as good as
I was led to believe..the fries sucked
On the way from Lost Wage$ to GC (though Boulder City, theres a 50's
diner in downtown Boulder City..awesome burger and malts, and
phosphates)

I stopped off at the GC on the way back and it was awesome.

Anyway, it was my 30th wedding ann last Aug, so this May the spousal
unit and I are going to Lost Wage$ for a couiple of days, and then
we're off to Sedona at a B&B (very very expensive) for 4 days, and
then off to the GC South Rim for 4 days.

I was very inpressed with the food quality and cost at the GC (Bright
Angel Cafe, and the El Tovar dining room) ..much better that Lost
Wage$

"Jerry Ranch" > wrote in message
...
<snip>

I did visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$ though. Not as good as
I was led to believe..the fries sucked

<more snip>


Jerry,

Order your fries "well done", next time.

Jason, who'll have a 3x3, animal style, w/o, ketchup and mustard instead

"Jason Tinling" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Jerry Ranch" > wrote in message
> ...
> <snip>
>
> I did visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$ though. Not as good
as
> I was led to believe..the fries sucked
>
> <more snip>
>
>
> Jerry,
>
> Order your fries "well done", next time.
>

And order your burger "Animal Style" next time. Until I learned about this,
I considered In-N-Out burgers to be pretty ordinary. Now they're
extraordinary.

Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Cheers,
Melanie


Jerry Ranch > wrote in message >. ..
> Its Lost Wage$, BTW
>
> Went there last June for a meeting and stayed at MGM Grand for 10
> days, and yep,, the food and rooms are a lot more expensive than they
> were even 10 years ago (when I was there last). And the chow was
> nothing to write home about..the Wolfgang Puck place at the MGM Grand
> was the best as far as I was concerned for quality and cost. I did
> visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$ though. Not as good as
> I was led to believe..the fries sucked
> On the way from Lost Wage$ to GC (though Boulder City, theres a 50's
> diner in downtown Boulder City..awesome burger and malts, and
> phosphates)
>
> I stopped off at the GC on the way back and it was awesome.
>
> Anyway, it was my 30th wedding ann last Aug, so this May the spousal
> unit and I are going to Lost Wage$ for a couiple of days, and then
> we're off to Sedona at a B&B (very very expensive) for 4 days, and
> then off to the GC South Rim for 4 days.
>
> I was very inpressed with the food quality and cost at the GC (Bright
> Angel Cafe, and the El Tovar dining room) ..much better that Lost
> Wage$

In article >,
(Lululemon) wrote:

> Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
> and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
> heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
> won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.
>
> Cheers,
> Melanie

Maybe rec.food.restaurants or its archives.
--
-Barb
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail;
a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn,that was fun!"

On 23 Jan 2004 11:00:02 -0800, (Lululemon)
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

>Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
>and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
>heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
>won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Without a doubt: The Palms at Caesar's Palace. I've had 2 meals there,
2 years apart, and both were memorable, but none more so than the lamb
chops. Wowser! The last time I'd had lamb chops that good was in the
in Madrid in spring.

PF Chang's is a chain, found all over the place, AFAICS. Not bad, but
no trip to the moon, as it were.

And if you're going to see Cirque du Soleil's "O," prepare to be
dazzled.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"

thats not raw is it??


>
>And order your burger "Animal Style" next time. Until I learned about this,
>I considered In-N-Out burgers to be pretty ordinary. Now they're
>extraordinary.
>

I was there for almost 10 days, and I must say that I had no memorable
dining experience there. It was disappointing.
Jerry

On 23 Jan 2004 11:00:02 -0800, (Lululemon)
wrote:

>Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
>and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
>heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
>won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.
>
>Cheers,
>Melanie
>
>
>Jerry Ranch > wrote in message >. ..
>> Its Lost Wage$, BTW
>>
>> Went there last June for a meeting and stayed at MGM Grand for 10
>> days, and yep,, the food and rooms are a lot more expensive than they
>> were even 10 years ago (when I was there last). And the chow was
>> nothing to write home about..the Wolfgang Puck place at the MGM Grand
>> was the best as far as I was concerned for quality and cost. I did
>> visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$ though. Not as good as
>> I was led to believe..the fries sucked
>> On the way from Lost Wage$ to GC (though Boulder City, theres a 50's
>> diner in downtown Boulder City..awesome burger and malts, and
>> phosphates)
>>
>> I stopped off at the GC on the way back and it was awesome.
>>
>> Anyway, it was my 30th wedding ann last Aug, so this May the spousal
>> unit and I are going to Lost Wage$ for a couiple of days, and then
>> we're off to Sedona at a B&B (very very expensive) for 4 days, and
>> then off to the GC South Rim for 4 days.
>>
>> I was very inpressed with the food quality and cost at the GC (Bright
>> Angel Cafe, and the El Tovar dining room) ..much better that Lost
>> Wage$

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article >,
> (Lululemon) wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
> > and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
> > heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
> > won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Melanie
>
> Maybe rec.food.restaurants or its archives.


alt.vacation.las-vegas

www.chowhound.com

--
Best
Greg

Lululemon wrote:
> Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
> and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
> heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
> won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Aladdin has one of the best buffets. There are plenty of off the strip
restaurants also. I happen to like Sergio's for Italian, but it is in the
opposite direction of where you are headed.

Every casino has a reasonably priced buffet, a higher price "sit down"
restaurant, and a top scale one or two. I've never h ad a bad meal at any
of them. Let your wallet be your guide.
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> I'd never
> been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still looking for a
> $1.19 breakfast. That should have been my first clue. She lives in
> the past.

You can still find them. Honest, they exist. The "third tier" casinos still
try to draw in people by offering cheap food. I'd not recommend going into
some of those places though.
--
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

Jerry Ranch wrote:
> I was there for almost 10 days, and I must say that I had no memorable
> dining experience there. It was disappointing.
> Jerry

I don't really care to go to LV much, but I go at least once a year, three
times last year for various reasons. On every trip I've had at least one
excellent meal. Roy's is great. We had a private room at Sergio's when a
group of us went and had a fantastic meal and great time. The seafood
buffet it the Rio is something to see and taste.

If you could not find a memorable meal, you either got some very poor advice
or had a very low budget. :LV has dozens of really good eating places of all
different types. Hey, if nothing else, get a big box of Ethel M's
chocolates for dinner. Expensive, but it would be memorable.
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:22:05 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

> I told my Niece The Travel Agent to slap me if I ever mentioned the
> possibility of travelling with Dottie again. Rob and I will go again
> sometime -- he and I will do some walking around and sightseeing.
> The End.

I'd like to know how you have the time to travel so much!


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Melanie wrote:

> Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
> and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
> heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
> won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

The best dining experiences I had in LV were at the Bellagio, although none
of them were cheap. The absolute best was Aqua, and the second-best was
Shintaro. I give each of them a very enthusiastic recommendation. (And if
you're going to see "O", you'll be in the Bellagio anyway.) For a
less-expensive but fun meal, check out the Samba Grill in the Mirage: it's a
Brazilian restaurant where the waiters carry around swords full of cooked
meat. The side dishes that come with it are tasty, too.

I was in LV last weekend, staying at the Venetian, but I have only negative
food experiences to report from that: AquaKnox was very trendy, but the food
was both pedestrian and overpriced. Emeril's Delmonico Steakhouse was good,
but I got sick from it. (I had high hopes for Lutece, but couldn't make it
there because the Emeril sickness was still with me the next night.)

If you're going to see "Zumanity," let us know how it was! I tried to get
tickets, but it was completely sold out. We saw "Mystere" instead, having
seen "O" on a previous trip.

Bob

In article >, icu2@pipeline
dot com wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:22:05 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> > I told my Niece The Travel Agent to slap me if I ever mentioned the
> > possibility of travelling with Dottie again. Rob and I will go again
> > sometime -- he and I will do some walking around and sightseeing.
> > The End.
>
> I'd like to know how you have the time to travel so much!

I don't work outside my home (and not much inside it, either.)
--
-Barb
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail;
a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn,that was fun!"

In article >, "Edwin
Pawlowski" > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > I'd never
> > been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still looking
> > for a $1.19 breakfast. That should have been my first clue. She
> > lives in the past.
>
> You can still find them. Honest, they exist. The "third tier"
> casinos still try to draw in people by offering cheap food. I'd not
> recommend going into some of those places though.

What I figured. :-) The cheaper the food, the longer the waiting line.
TWD is woefully out of shape and can't stand in place (e.g., in a queue)
for long without discomfort. Guess who waited in line while she sat.
We took a freebie ride to Laughlin. Trip included a free buffet.
Twenty minutes before they opened there were 40-50 people ahead of us/me
in line.
--
-Barb
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail;
a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn,that was fun!"

Naomi Darvell wrote:

> I think I'm probably just too lazy and jaded to enjoy buffets. I like
> having my food served to me! But also, the prices are generally so
> reasonable in LV that $35 will get you a meal at a whole lot of
> interesting places.
>
>
> Naomi D.

But to get what is available at the buffet, you'd spend $100 in most places.
Most dinner buffets are $12 to $16. You have to know how to use them to
best advantage and it can be fun tasting the different offerings.

First you have to walk the entire buffet to see what they have. You don't
want to fill up on something mediorcre only to find one of your favorites is
down at the other end. Take small, even tiny portions to get a taste of
food you are not familiar with. Chances are, the "prime rib" is not as good
as you will get at a real steakhouse, so pass it up in favor of another meat
prepared some unusual way. Go for the unique, the unusual. Grilled pork
chops? You can make them at home, but there may be beef ribs that you never
make at home.

Sure, dining in a nice quiet restaurant with good service is a treat, but it
can be much more expensive to do on a regular basis. It comes down to
priorities and budgets. If I'm going to a show for $100 a ticket, I'll take
the buffet over a 3 hour $100 per person dinner. Your money, your choice.
When we go on company business, there may be 10 or 12 of us. The company is
not at all cheap, but there are tradeoffs when dinner and a show can be
$1200 for either one.

--
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

kilikini wrote:
> Las
> Vegas has the largest Hawaiian population of any other city in the
> nation.


I did not know that and my daughter and her Hawaiian husband live there. Of
course I eat Hawaiian when in town. He does most of the cooking. --
Ed

http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 07:21:09 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

> In article >, "Edwin
> Pawlowski" > wrote:
>
> > Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > > I'd never
> > > been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still looking
> > > for a $1.19 breakfast. That should have been my first clue. She
> > > lives in the past.
> >
> > You can still find them. Honest, they exist. The "third tier"
> > casinos still try to draw in people by offering cheap food. I'd not
> > recommend going into some of those places though.
>
> What I figured. :-) The cheaper the food, the longer the waiting line.
> TWD is woefully out of shape and can't stand in place (e.g., in a queue)
> for long without discomfort. Guess who waited in line while she sat.
> We took a freebie ride to Laughlin. Trip included a free buffet.
> Twenty minutes before they opened there were 40-50 people ahead of us/me
> in line.

I live in California and can't say I've been to the
"gambling meccas" very often. However, the one thing that
struck me the last time I was in a breakfast buffet line at
some place I'd laughingly call a casino (don't even ask me
to estimate how long ago that was... 20 years maybe?)... I
vividly remember the line of slot machines that we went
past.

We had a "complimentary" $5 worth of nickels in our pocket
and passed the time putting nickels into the one armed
bandits. Hey, they PAID OFF handsomely, but as we neared
the eating area - they paid of less and less until we
finally had no more nickels. Of course, by that time we
were addicted to winning and we were completely stupid - so
of course, we got more nickels to throw away.

Buyer Bewa Our meal cost us a LOT more than the
advertised price!



Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> A mere six days after returning from her friend's funeral in Kansas
> City, The Widow Dorothy and I went to Las Vegas last week. I'd never
> been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still looking for a
> $1.19 breakfast. That should have been my first clue. She lives in the
> past.

Actually, there's a nice $1.99 steak and eggs deal at the cafe in
the San Remo. The San Remo is on Tropicana Blvd directly across
from the MGM Grande. The food there is basic, but good. The
same cafe also has a $1.99 prime rib meal which is pretty good
for the money. Both deals are available 24x7.

Sam D. > wrote:

> And order your burger "Animal Style" next time. Until I learned about this,
> I considered In-N-Out burgers to be pretty ordinary. Now they're
> extraordinary.

What's animal style? I was to In-N-Out burger in Vegas on my previous
visit there a year ago. It was pretty good, but not worth the long line.
I thought Fat Burger was better, but more expensive. The big plus for
the Fat Burger though is its more conveniently located to where I
usually stay in Vegas, which is at the Luxor.

Lululemon > wrote:
> Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
> and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
> heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
> won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

PF Chang's is good, but its not where I would go in Vegas to eat.
Why? Its a chain and I can eat at PF Chang's here in my home town.
When I travel, I prefer to eat at restaurants where I can't eat
when I am close to home.

I have been to Vegas numerous times and will be there again in a
month or two. Off hand, I can't think of any good inexpensive
Chinese places. You might enjoy the Pyramid Cafe in the Luxor.
You can get get away with a meal there for well under $45 pp.
If you want to try something really glutenous, try the buffet
at either the Belagio or Paris casinos. The price is well under
$45 per person, but be sure to build enough time into your
schedule because the lines can get pretty long at either buffet.

Jerry Ranch > wrote:
> I was there for almost 10 days, and I must say that I had no memorable
> dining experience there. It was disappointing.

Like any city, Las Vegas has plenty of mediocre restaurants and
many superb ones. Where did you eat exactly during your stay in Vegas?

Naomi Darvell > wrote:

> Roy's is good too, but if you get to Hawaii I would suggest you go to one of
> the branches there.That's where it started and that's where they do it best.

Agreed. I dined at the original Roy's in Hawaii a few years ago.
The lamb chops I ordered were superb. Even so, I wouldn't dine
at Roy's in Vegas simply because there's a Roys only ten minutes
from where I live on the east coast.

Edwin Pawlowski > wrote:

> Every casino has a reasonably priced buffet, a higher price "sit down"
> restaurant, and a top scale one or two. I've never h ad a bad meal at any
> of them. Let your wallet be your guide.

Actually, there are some casinos on the Strip that do not have a buffet.
One example that comes to mind is the Venetian. Oddly enough, all the
times I have been to Vegas, I have never eaten at a buffet for dinner.
I prefer to do any big eating like a buffet at lunch or breakfast so
I have the rest of the day to burn off the calories. For brunch, the
Paris buffet can't be beat. For a lower priced lunch buffet, the one
at the Monte Carlo is a good deal.

Edwin Pawlowski > wrote:

> You can still find them. Honest, they exist. The "third tier" casinos still
> try to draw in people by offering cheap food. I'd not recommend going into
> some of those places though.

Why not! Some of the "locals casinos" in the Vegas area can be a lot of
fun. As for eating, even some of the major casinos offer some good deals.
My favorite is Mr. Lucky's $7.77 broiled shrimp and sirloin steak dinner.
For those who don't know, Mr. Lucky's is a diner type place that's located
inside the Hard Rock Casino. The $7.77 is not listed on the menu, but if
you ask for the waitperson about it, they'll know what you're talking about.

They were so immemorable, that I don't recall.
And I wasn't skimping..I had a company budget, and generally dined
with my some of my fellow workers.
Others who went raved about some of their experiences..we just must
have visisted the wrong places (a bad crowd perhaps, that I was
hanging with)

But I am going next May with my wife for our 30th..I'm paying
attention to this thread to get some ideas..a nice Italian place would
be nice..we're not big on seafood either (allergies), but fish would
be nice. So I'll just settle back and listen to all of you.
Jerry


On 25 Jan 2004 05:07:44 GMT, wrote:

>Jerry Ranch > wrote:
>> I was there for almost 10 days, and I must say that I had no memorable
>> dining experience there. It was disappointing.
>
>Like any city, Las Vegas has plenty of mediocre restaurants and
>many superb ones. Where did you eat exactly during your stay in Vegas?

Fat Burger is the one just north of the MGM Grand in that little
stripo mall, right?
I saw that but never visited..


>
>What's animal style? I was to In-N-Out burger in Vegas on my previous
>visit there a year ago. It was pretty good, but not worth the long line.
>I thought Fat Burger was better, but more expensive. The big plus for
>the Fat Burger though is its more conveniently located to where I
>usually stay in Vegas, which is at the Luxor.

In article >,
(Lululemon) wrote:

> Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month
> and would like to go somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I
> heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin anyway) We
> won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.


Be aware that some people really like Las Vegas and some people don't.
I'm one that doesn't, and avoid the place when possible. About 30 years
ago I was assigned to work there for a week. Most of the people I worked
with always liked to be assigned there, but I was happy to get home. The
people seemed very "plastic". My wife and I drove to LV about two years
ago. I went to a conference and she went hiking. The most obnoxious
thing was the people handing out cards. They literally shoved them in my
face, clicking them the whole time to get my attention. My wife was never
offered the cards. Both men and women were handing out the cards. They
all had pictures of gorgeous women, and an offer of $50 an hour on up for
a "massage" in your motel room.

Most meals were offered with the conference (box lunch and buffet
breakfast), but we ate at the America at New York, New York. Their
special for the night was a one pound ribeye steak with sides for $12.95,
which was delicious. We also had the buffet dinner across the street. I
forget the name of the place but it had a horse and knights theme. I
think it was $9.95, and included lots of expensive stuff, like shrimp and
prime rib.

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

In article >, Jerry Ranch
> wrote:

> thats not raw is it??

No, but I'd advise finding out what it is before you order it. I believe
they add mustard before they cook it. I think there's onions involved
also. Frankly, I don't find anything special about In-N-Out burgers, and
refuse to wait in their absurdly long lines. There's one not far from my
work, which I've never been in but have driven by and seen the lines.
I've eaten at the one in Pleasonton a couple of times while attending
training there. It's a little out of the way, so I think it is less
crowded. I also don't go there during regular meal hours.



> >And order your burger "Animal Style" next time. Until I learned about this,
> >I considered In-N-Out burgers to be pretty ordinary. Now they're
> >extraordinary.
> >

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

"Jerry Ranch" > wrote in message
...
> thats not raw is it??
>
>
> >
> >And order your burger "Animal Style" next time. Until I learned about
this,
> >I considered In-N-Out burgers to be pretty ordinary. Now they're
> >extraordinary.
> >
>

Standard "Animal Style" (if I can accurately remember middle bro's days at
I-n-O)...replace the raw onions with chopped, fried onions. Apply ketchup
and mustard to the patty prior to (during?) cooking to carmelize the sugars
and create a pseudo-BBQ sauce. I'll take mine "w/o" (the onions).

Jason

Jerry Ranch > wrote:
> Fat Burger is the one just north of the MGM Grand in that little
> stripo mall, right?
> I saw that but never visited..

Right. Its right next to a McDonalds in that little strip mall!

Jerry Ranch > wrote:

> But I am going next May with my wife for our 30th..I'm paying
> attention to this thread to get some ideas..a nice Italian place would
> be nice..we're not big on seafood either (allergies), but fish would
> be nice. So I'll just settle back and listen to all of you.
> Jerry

Check out the alt.vacation.las-vegas newsgroup. That's a great source
of information about Vegas, including restraurant recommendations.

For a nice romantic restaurant, try the rotating restaurant atop the
Stratosphere Tower. You pay extra for the atmosphere, but the view during
sunset of the Las Vegas area in lights is spectacular. The food there is
superb, as is the service, but I admit the place is touristy. You need
reservations. The contact info is on the Stratosphere's web site.

If you enjoy seafood, try Emeril's Fish House. I haven't been there, but I
have yet to hear a bad review of it by anyone I know who has dined there.

Then there's Delmonico and Commander's Palace, both of which are widely
regarded to be world class restaurants. There's a wonderful Italian place
in the Bellagio casino. The name escapes me at the moment, but I think
its called Olives that is very good too. It overlooks the fountain.

For a wonderful Sunday brunch, visit the buffet in the Paris casino.

You might also get some ideas from http://www.cheapovegas.com

Dan Abel > wrote:

> Most meals were offered with the conference (box lunch and buffet
> breakfast), but we ate at the America at New York, New York. Their
> special for the night was a one pound ribeye steak with sides for $12.95,
> which was delicious. We also had the buffet dinner across the street. I
> forget the name of the place but it had a horse and knights theme. I
> think it was $9.95, and included lots of expensive stuff, like shrimp and
> prime rib.

You're probably referring to the Excalibur. That place is widely regarded
as a dressed up Holiday Inn, more for kids than adults. The buffet there
is okay, but its nothing compared to some of the others such as the one
in the Bellagio, Paris, and Alladin.

Thanks Stan
we'll be in LV only 3 days, because THEN we're off to Sedona for 4
days, and the GC for 4.

Any adice on restaurants in Sedona..I'd be interested in local style
cuisine

Jerry

On 28 Jan 2004 00:59:45 GMT, arranged random neurons,
so they looked like this:

>You're probably referring to the Excalibur. That place is widely regarded
>as a dressed up Holiday Inn, more for kids than adults. The buffet there
>is okay, but its nothing compared to some of the others such as the one
>in the Bellagio, Paris, and Alladin.

Whatever you do, if you're a grownup and you want to be around other
grownups Do Not Go to theme hotels such as the Paris or New York New
York or the cheap joints such as The Stratosphere or Circus Circus.
Places are lousy with kids. Not that I don't like kids - my kids, my
grand kids - but I don't want to have to deal with herds and hordes of
anyone else's kids when I'm on vacation. So, I stick with the Monte
Carlo, Bellagio, Caesar's Palace and - our last trip over New Year's -
at the JW Marriott way off the strip. Now, *that* was cool. Had an
entire bar practically to ourselves for the Bowl games, could actually
make a bet without standing around forever in the Sports Book, and the
spa wasn't jammed, so I could get a last minute pedicure and massage.
It had pretty loose slots, tew :-)

And I cannot *stand* buffets. Why would I want to pay for a meal
that's been sitting on steamers for God knows how long when there are
some pretty great restaurants to be had? Besides, I am a woman with an
easily satisfied appetite and buffets are lost on me. One small salad
and a modestly filled entree plate and I'm done and then some.

OTOH, if your budget's your bottom line, I guess some of the buffets
might appeal. <shrug>

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

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In article >, wrote:

> Dan Abel > wrote:

> > which was delicious. We also had the buffet dinner across the street. I
> > forget the name of the place but it had a horse and knights theme. I
> > think it was $9.95, and included lots of expensive stuff, like shrimp and
> > prime rib.



> You're probably referring to the Excalibur. That place is widely regarded
> as a dressed up Holiday Inn, more for kids than adults. The buffet there
> is okay, but its nothing compared to some of the others such as the one
> in the Bellagio, Paris, and Alladin.


Thanks, that was the one. It wasn't the best food in the whole world, but
I thought it was a good deal for the price.


The best part about Las Vegas was leaving. We went to Hoover dam and
checked that out, and then camped two nights in Death Valley. Then back
to home and back to work.

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

Jerry Ranch > wrote:
> Thanks Stan
> we'll be in LV only 3 days, because THEN we're off to Sedona for 4
> days, and the GC for 4.

> Any adice on restaurants in Sedona..I'd be interested in local style
> cuisine

Sorry. I have never been to Sedona.