My better half believes that the Rampart is trying to seduce her from her normal casino, the Sun Coast. They send her coupons and offers, and what's bad is that they work. We end up showing up there for a buffet we are never sure that we really want to eat. See the Rampart is kinda like a rich crazy aunt. Everything in her house is really clean, but its been around for a few years. There's that distinct smell of early on-set old person, too many cleaning products, and the low-cost air fresheners. You go there hoping you will win that inheritance, but she's not going to give it up anytime soon. You know she has money, it just reeks of money. As my own rich crazy aunt used to say however, "Rich people didn't get rich by spending money." This is very true here.
Although they do offer some great discounts and some normal great prices on the food, you get the distinct impression that it was bought through the same distribute that covers low-rent nursing homes. They work really hard at preparing it, and trying to come up with unique ways of presenting things, but it just doesn't feel right. This is not to say the buffet does not have a few winners - we had fried sushi there that was so incredible... but you can not make a meal out of fried sushi. I still don't get that though, is it still sushi if it's been cooked? On steak night they had flank stakes that were served in large trays marked Rare, Medium, and Well. This is not to say it was horrible its just degradation that I spoke of earlier. The steak was a poor cut, was pressed to cook, and had been kept mostly warm by lamp. This does not make it unpalatable, just defeats what most people refer to as steak. We said on our last outing that the buffet was worth the cost we paid for it. This was true, but how much of that is us becoming Vegas snobs?
The really nice thing about the restaurants in the Rampart is that they are located away from the floor. You can not hear the familiar ding and bells of the slot machines. Even on the floor they are at a quieter level than normal. This makes for a nice dining experience and removes you from the normal high level of noise in buffets (machines, people trying to talk over machines, people trying to talk over people talking over machines, etc.). They have been kind to us, and we are almost tempted to gamble there - but I think we will wait until one of our crazy old aunts are in town.
Although they do offer some great discounts and some normal great prices on the food, you get the distinct impression that it was bought through the same distribute that covers low-rent nursing homes. They work really hard at preparing it, and trying to come up with unique ways of presenting things, but it just doesn't feel right. This is not to say the buffet does not have a few winners - we had fried sushi there that was so incredible... but you can not make a meal out of fried sushi. I still don't get that though, is it still sushi if it's been cooked? On steak night they had flank stakes that were served in large trays marked Rare, Medium, and Well. This is not to say it was horrible its just degradation that I spoke of earlier. The steak was a poor cut, was pressed to cook, and had been kept mostly warm by lamp. This does not make it unpalatable, just defeats what most people refer to as steak. We said on our last outing that the buffet was worth the cost we paid for it. This was true, but how much of that is us becoming Vegas snobs?
The really nice thing about the restaurants in the Rampart is that they are located away from the floor. You can not hear the familiar ding and bells of the slot machines. Even on the floor they are at a quieter level than normal. This makes for a nice dining experience and removes you from the normal high level of noise in buffets (machines, people trying to talk over machines, people trying to talk over people talking over machines, etc.). They have been kind to us, and we are almost tempted to gamble there - but I think we will wait until one of our crazy old aunts are in town.
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