{"id":3902,"date":"2014-01-07T10:06:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T10:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=3902"},"modified":"2019-06-13T16:50:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T23:50:58","slug":"the-buffet-at-aria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/07\/the-buffet-at-aria\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buffet at ARIA, Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No Vegas trip is complete with a buffet experience! There were so many buffets to choose from, but we soon discovered that breakfast\/brunch is always a better deal than dinner. Our group visited the <a title=\"ARIA Brunch Buffet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aria.com\/dining\/restaurants\/buffet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ARIA brunch buffet<\/a>. $29.99 for the buffet, plus $12.99 for unlimited beverages (beer, wine, brunch cocktails).<\/p>\n<p>Even vegetarians are spoiled for choices at the ARIA buffet! I was tempted by the gigantic trays of crispy bacon (sigh), but managed to steer clear of the bacon. Unfortunately, they don&#8217;t refill your drinks as quickly as they do in NYC, but there are more options to choose from. I enjoyed a very yummy Prosecco.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 1<\/strong>: Headed straight for the Tandoori oven for Indian food! Also mixed a little bit of Mediterranean flavors in there for my first plate. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_12891.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4141\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_12891.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"ARIA Buffet\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><strong>Round 2<\/strong>: I always tell myself to avoid the carbs at buffets, but I just couldn&#8217;t resist French toast and hash browns. Probably unwise to also pick up mashed potatoes and macaroni salad on that same plate. Carboholic! <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_12871.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4140\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_12871.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"ARIA Buffet\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><strong>Round 3<\/strong>: A refreshing tomato gazpacho and vegetarian sushi. I was starting to slow down at this point, but didn&#8217;t want to miss out on sushi. <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_12921.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4142\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_12921.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"ARIA Buffet\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><strong>Round 4<\/strong>: Orange and grapefruit, a mini quiche, and more cauliflower from the Tandoori section. Seriously regret getting that quiche. That quiche is the reason I didn&#8217;t get to try any of the desserts&#8230; way too full! <a href=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_12941.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4143\" src=\"http:\/\/letsnomnom.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/img_12941.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"ARIA Buffet\" width=\"584\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Vegas trip is complete with a buffet experience! There were so many buffets to choose from, but we soon discovered that breakfast\/brunch is always a better deal than dinner. Our group visited the ARIA brunch buffet. $29.99 for the buffet, plus $12.99 for unlimited beverages (beer, wine, brunch cocktails). Even vegetarians are spoiled for choices at the ARIA buffet! I was tempted by the gigantic trays of crispy bacon (sigh), but managed to steer clear of the bacon. Unfortunately, they don&#8217;t refill your drinks as quickly as they do in NYC, but there are more options to choose from. I enjoyed a very yummy Prosecco. Round 1: Headed straight for the Tandoori oven for Indian food! Also mixed a little bit of Mediterranean flavors in there for my first plate. Round 2: I always tell myself to avoid the carbs at buffets, but I just couldn&#8217;t resist French toast and hash browns. Probably unwise to also pick up mashed potatoes and macaroni salad on that same plate. Carboholic! Round 3: A refreshing tomato gazpacho and vegetarian sushi. I was starting to slow down at this point, but didn&#8217;t want to miss out on sushi. Round 4: Orange and grapefruit, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3639,3364],"tags":[93,350,386,1460,2797,2844,3050,3107,3108,3132],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}