Caesars Bacchanal Buffet, Las Vegas

Reviewer: Foodnut.com Caesars Palace 3570 Las Vegas Blvd S Las Vegas, NV 89109 (702) 731-7928 Caesars Palace Website

Is this the Best buffet in Las Vegas?

Bacchanal Buffet Walk Thru Video

The Caesars Bacchanal Buffet was the latest and greatest buffet to open in 2012. They spent $100 million to create the best buffet in Vegas. 25,000 square feet of gluttony. USA Today rated it as the top buffet in 2013. Some have called it the next great buffet after Wynn and Bellagio, so we had to give it a visit. Many people have not visited the legendary Bally’s Sterling Brunch Buffet. How would this buffet compare to the local competition?

How would it compare to the best buffets FoodNut has been to in Conrad Hong Kong Sunday Brunch Buffet or Ritz Carlton Singapore Sunday Brunch Buffet

Check out this review of Macau’s (Asia’s Las Vegas) MGM Macau Rossio Buffet

Remember – There is a two hour limit to the gluttony.

Reservation are via Opentable. There was an hour wait, when we visited for dinner in June 2014, even though they accommodate 600 people at a time. $79.99 a person for dinner. Discount for Rewards Members) No senior discount, no military discount.

• Open Mon, Tu-Sun  – 9 AM – 10 PM
• Open Tu, Wed – 330 PM – 10 PM

Interesting tidbit: They give out cool mini silicon hot mits to prevent burning when picking up hot items.

Summary – Excellent buffet, beautiful modern location
Insider Tip – Come for Dinner

Cuisine – International
Location – Las Vegas, Caesars Palace Hotel

Decor, Vibe – The Bacchanal Buffet spent a ton of money remodeling this area and it shows. Clean, modern, upscale. Nine different food stations serving a variety of cuisine. 500 items every day, 300 items at dinner, makes it easy to find something for everybody. Roughly 15 daily chefs specials are added to the menu.

Buffet Optimization Tips

• Walk the entire buffet and start with the most appealing items
• With each plate, your level of happiness decreases
• Try food you would never order. You may like it!
• Do not fill up on bread, soup, water
• Take only what you will eat
• Do not try to eat enough to make it worth it – You’ll just feel bad later

Bacchanal Buffet Food Pictures

Breakfast Brunch:

Parmesan Fries, Chicken and Waffle cone, Tater tots, pancakes, Red Velvet Pancakes tasted like the cake!, Bacon, Green Beans, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Hash brown Potatoes, made to order Omelettes, Eggs Benedict, churros

Cream of wheat, steel cut oats, french toast, ham and cheese croissants

Salads:
Salad bar. Good selection of fruits and different salads including a wedge salad and caprese salad. Fruit parfait, Yogurt cups during brunch.

5 kinds of House made juices (orange, cranberry, melon) in glass bottles including a very well done Horchata

Unique olive oil mixer and dispenser.

Fair bread selection with danish, bagels, and other items from breakfast, and 6 types of deli meat. (Bresola, Salami, Mortadella, Felino, etc)

Reasonable selection of cheese, but no brie! Check out the Whish Sunday Brunch in Hong Kong for an extensive selection of cheeses.

Seafood:
Mussels, oysters, crab claws, jonah crab claws, shrimp, ceviche, oyster shooters, Lots of chilled King crab legs that were pretty good.

Check out the Singapore Ritz Carlton buffet and their outrageous shell fish selection.

Sauteed mushrooms, Cooked crawfish, roasted tomatoes, seafood tart, Individual shrimp and grits, lobster benedict, several different cold gazpachos, assorted fruits

Carved Entrees:
Oak Grilled Lamb chops, Really good Tender Smoked beef brisket that was full of flavor, good Prime Rib, Slab Bacon, Honey Ham, Mango & Jalapeno Chicken Sausage, Kielbasa Sausage, Oven Roasted Turkey

Nice fatty pork belly and steak and egg individual portions.

Miso glazed Seabass with Wasabi Mashand Bok Choy, mussels meuniere in butter sauce, Ham and chorizo in Saffron Cream sauce,

Mini burgers and hot dogs at dinner – very good

Crawfish with corn, truffle scalloped potatoes

Several kinds of Pizza (exotic mushroom, cheese, pepperoni) and figs and Prosciutto flat bread – very good crust

Side dishes:
Polenta – surprisingly good

Truffle scallop potatoes – decadent

Corn on the Cob, Baby Zucchini, several vegetables, confit fingerling potatoes, mashed potatoes, ratatouille, risotto milanese, broccoli cheese, mac and cheese, baked beans, carrots

International dishes:

Very good Italian section with gemelli pasta, meat balls, and individual served carbonara. Individual servings of Lobster Raviolis were spot on.

Potato salad, pasta salad, Greek salad

small selection of sushi – fair to good quality. At brunch there was spam musubi and Tamago. Seaweed salad, smoked trout.

Small Mexican section includes make to order soft tacos, pozole, chicken chili verde, machaca, arroz, breakfast quesadilla, guacamole, salsa, grilled peppers, and more. Menudo at brunch.

Chinese Food

soups – Ox tail, Hot and sour, Ginseng chicken – surprisingly high in quality. Even a jook or congee station with  yau tiu.

Soup Noodle station with made to order pho, udon, ramen or egg noodles.

Dim Sum – steamed pork buns, shrimp dumplings, pork siu mai, egg rolls, fried wontons – average quality

Beef Chow Fun, chow mein, long beans, yellow curry chicken, Indonesian Beef, roast pork ribs, roast duck, beef broccoli, chow mein, green beans, Fried Rice, ma po tofu, fried catfish, thai noodles, bbq pork fried rice, gai lan with lap cheung, stir fried rice rolls, sweet and sour pork, even Chef’s Special: Chicken feet.

Desserts:

Extensive dessert selection including: chocolate fondant, bread pudding, cakes, brownies, 6 kinds of cupcakes, marshmallows, chocolate bark, churros, tarts, creme brulee, bananas foster, pies, puddings, jasmine rice pudding, 3 kinds of cookies, pound cake, Hershey Kisses, salt water taffy, 5 types of Gelato (Salted Vanilla), 3 kinds of Sorbet, cake pops, made to order crepes etc. Even some Portuguese Egg Tarts.

Fruit: Strawberries, pineapple, berry mix, catalope, honey dew, watermelon.

During Weekend brunch, they transition from croissants, pain chocolate, bear claws, danish, coffee cake, and other pastries to desserts at 1030am.

Chocolate covered strawberries were excellent.

Made to order shaved ice, and green tea mochi after noon time.

Custom made ice cream sandwiches at dinner.

Service – Caesars Bacchanal Buffet had above average service. The waitress was around to help with drinks and plate changes. Better service than most buffets.

Value – Pricing is reasonable, but on the high side, given the location and quality level. Come for brunch on Saturday or Sunday if you want to save money and get unlimited Champagne.

Alternatives – Nearby buffets of this caliber include the Wynn Buffet, Wicked Spoon in the Cosmopolitan, and the Bellagio Buffet.

Verdict – Caesars Bacchanal Buffet is one of the best Vegas buffets. The location and venue are beautiful and modern. Food quality is high but not as high as Bally’s. The food was not as inventive as Wicked Spoon. Their strongest areas are the cooked food section including meat entrees and Italian food.

Buffets in Asia take this concept to another level. Check out our reviews of the Ritz Carlton Singapore Sunday Brunch buffet and the Conrad Hong Kong Sunday Brunch.

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