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Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun
A server takes a beverage order from MGM Mirage employees at the Aria buffet Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.
Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 | 11 a.m.
After three years and strong consumer reviews, the buffet at Aria has closed to remake its food and atmosphere.
The buffet, located on the pool level, closed Monday and is expected to reopen by the end of the year, officials at MGM Resorts International said today.
Expect the new buffet to have different food choices, a redesigned layout and a new color scheme. Full details were not available. Reopening is set for late December.
The buffet received above-average to excellent reviews from diners on Yelp, including a four-star rating by one customer just two days before it closed.
In September, Caesars Palace opened an expansive new buffet, which cost $17 million to remake and drew lines of people who waited for hours to pick from more than 500 dishes. The Aria’s renovation is not expected to be as extensive.
Aria and City Center opened in 2009 in the midst of the recession, but the $8.5 billion project has survived through tough economic times.
Stayed at the Aria last year. WONDERFUL but we thought the Buffet Restaurant was mediocre. The food selection was poor and the price was way too high for what was being offered. Glad to hear that this is possibly going to change as we are returning in Feb. 2013.
I thought the Buffet was just right. Wonderful King Crab Legs, Lobster, and all you can drink wine included. I hope they don't screw it up. I expect a bunch of cheap tourists thought it was too expensive but we really enjoyed it. Tourist to this town want everything but don't want to pay for it.
"After three years and strong consumer reviews"? where are you getting your sources from? For a classy place the buffet is a fail.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-buffet-at-ar...
You don't stay at the Aria and go to the buffet! LOL. Have some class, people.
I ate here a few times during my last stay and all of us agreed it was very expensive. I thought the food was good, but you could go down the street and pretty much get the same thing for about $10 less. Hopefully they bring the price down a bit and make it on par with the Bellagio, which we all agreed was MGM's premiere buffet.
I ate at this buffet a few times only because of "convenience". Either I had tickets to see a show or I received a dining credit as part of my hotel package.
For a more reasonable price and food selection, I prefer to eat at adjacent casino's buffet. Least to say, I got a nice walk after eating so much!
The worst service I ever got on or off the strip.
Place was almost empty. Waited maybe a half an hour to get our first drinks. Not wanting to eat without a drink, we waited to get our food. When we returned with our first plate of food, our table was cleared off. Had to wait again for drinks and now silverware. The server later said something like I got fresh coffee for you this time and threw out what you got before cause it was sitting around all afternoon. Or sorry I can't help you for a while, I'm going on my break.
I was embarrassed to take some friends of mine that gamble to this buffet. The dinner menu consisted of cheap pasta dishes. The quality of the meat was poor and overall it was a really crummy dinner buffet. For a few bucks more you could go over to Caesars new buffet which is far better. These gambler friends of our left the Aria. Some flunkee cost analyst set up this menu and frankly the word out is to avoid the buffet at all costs. No wonder the place is generally empty at dinner. You can renovate it all you want but the food is the key.