Gold Coast Buffet Review including Hours & Prices (Cheapest Vegas Buffets)
Gold Coast Buffet Review. Off-Strip but close and well connected to the Strip; very basic and very cheap! Before you keep reading, which we believe is worth your while for your future visit, you need to know that for now this buffet is closed, just like many buffets in Las Vegas. Watch this space 😉
Previous review: it has improved a little but this year but… Is it the buffet for you despite the very low price? Read the important tip further down!
Here I’ll talk about one of such places (but with a surprise in the end), the Gold Coast hotel and casino. It is undoubtedly one of the cheapest places you can go to for a very cheap buffet; this is especially the case if you sign up to their players card (it does not cost anything and you can do it on the post by going to casino marketing, just a few steps away from the buffet entrance). Locals often have further ‘perks’ and, in the end, they can easily eat for a couple of dollars! 
But, if you are not a local, you can still eat here for a handful of change. Will you enjoy it and will forever be thankful for these extraordinary Las Vegas value-for-money deals? Let’s see.
If you are from some part of (expensive) Canada or Europe (or even South America!) for example, you’ll be wondering if you entered an eating Mecca when you enter Las Vegas, just because you will not believe the low prices and the fantastic value for money. So for you this cheaper Vegas buffet will be like ordering a cup of coffee in Vancouver, for example. But, even if you are from the United States, the Gold Coast Vegas buffet has some ‘aces up your sleeve’.
Gold Coast Buffet Review. It used to be a favorite of local seniors with the forever favourites, such as good pea soup, basic clam chowder soup and a 3rd or even 4th soup (it changes), together with the quintessential pasta (which does not taste anything like real Italian pasta) and pizza (the quality – or lack thereof – varies according to who’s making it), Mexican and Chinese sections.
Nowadays I hardly see seniors and I’d say the target market is whomever has a free comp (which are given away easily and generously – it’s almost impossible having to pay for this buffet). Some locals for sure.
They have improved somewhat with offerings (on a good day) like tuna melt sandwich and decent Sushi (better than at other cheap buffets without a doubt). The salad bar is getting marginally better, with some artichokes (on a good day) and olives; bring your own olive oil if you care, we do!… Talking about salads, a few months ago they added, next to a new, tiny deli section, a ready-made bowl of Caesars salad, which was nice enough and better than the very low-end salad bar they usually offer; however, during our last 2 visits, these changes were no longer present and – in fact – the food was overall worse than usual (in our opinion). Families and visitors of course do come, mainly enticed by the very low prices of this Vegas buffet and, above all, by the many ‘free buffet’ promotions they receive (designed to entice customers to their casino); we often ask around (we want to make sure it’s not just us being ‘fussy’) and nobody has told us they really like this buffet. The dessert section is also average for Vegas buffets in this price range (everything tastes as if it was purchased at a cheap store). However, on our last trip they had added gelato (!) and 2 more options at the soft-self-serve ice-cream section (such as coconut). So, on a ‘good day’ (namely when whoever serves or heats up the dishes actually remembers it’s a restaurant and not an industrial assembly line), you can walk out satisfied. But with the Palms buffet across the road, unless it’s free there is still no reason to eat here, I think.
At dinner they have 3 types of decent-tasting sushi (but basic, most likely pre-bought) and – thankfully – a made-to-order Mongolian grill section with a good teriyaky sauce. Sometimes we only eat those 2 items.
Gold Coast Buffet Review Summary and Hot Tip. In brief, if you like good food, well prepared and cooked food, this is NOT the Vegas buffet for you. On a good day you will feel happy you ate here rather than at a junk food joint for the same price, but on a bad day you will struggle to find something to eat. Unfortunately there is still no consistency. But if you want a cheap buffet, a quick meal to fill your belly, this is a place you could visit, although it’s now been superseded by the much better Palms buffet at a similarly fantastic price. Palms is across the road and – for a similar price – it offers much, much better food; when we don’t have to review anything, we go to Palms to eat.
Gold Coast Buffet Review Special Menus: they offer ‘special menus’ for specific days (or usually nights) of the week, though they change often so we’d recommend you double check by calling them:
1 – the 7-Steaks @ 7 -Action Stations bonanza on Thursdays from 4pm (for just about 13 dollars with a B Connected players card and 2 dollars more without a card)
ITALIAN: Steak Pizza New York Sirloin
AMERICAN: Rib Eye Cooked to Order
THE GRILL: Top Sirloin with sautéed mushrooms and onions
SEAFOOD: Beef Oscar Filet
CHINESE: Teriyaki Steak
MONGOLIAN: Spicy Mongolian Steak Sirloin
MEXICAN: Carne Asada Flank Steak
2 – and the ‘All You Can Eat Prime Rib Dinner Buffet every Mondays and Wednesdays (4pm to 9pm), for only about 12 dollars with a B Connected Players card 2 dollars more without the card)
In our opinion, it all sounds better than it actually is. Prime rib night was the worst, in our opinion, because anything else was inedible, sadly.
Hours & Prices (Gold Coast Buffet Review)
Monday – Thursday Breakfast • 8:00am – 10:00am – Lunch • 11:00am – 3:00pm – Dinner • 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Friday Breakfast • 8:00am – 10:00am – Lunch • 11:00am – 3:00pm – Dinner • 4:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday Brunch • 9:00am – 3:00pm – Dinner • 4:00pm – 9:00pm
Sunday Brunch • 9:00am – 3:00pm – Dinner • 4:00pm – 8:00pm
BREAKFAST • MONDAY – FRIDAY 8:00am – 10:00am
Ruby Players Card $9.99 – Sapphire & Emerald Players Card $7.99 – Onyx & Titanium Players Card $6.99
Without B Connected Card $11.99
Children 4-10 $6.99
CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH • SATURDAY & SUNDAY
FREE Bellini Champagne and Mimosas for guests 21 years of age or older. Your choice of flavors: Blackberry, Mango, Peach, Raspberry, Strawberry.
9:00am – 3:00pm
It is not worth wasting a lot of money (in our opinion) gambling to get to the higher players level for only the pittance discounts of an already super cheap buffet.
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