Wicked Spoon, like the Cosmopolitan Hotel it is housed in, is a welcome breath of fresh air in the culinary buffet scene. While buffets like Wynn and Bellagio have long dominated, Wicked Spoon does things entirely differently....and succeeds. It is easily the best new buffet in years.\n\nFor $29 ($37 with unlimited mimosas, bloody marys, and champagne), the weekend brunch presents the following:\n\n- selection of cooked items across more ethnic cuisines than any other buffet can match. Fried chicken, korean short ribs, Vietnamese Shaking Beef, Thai curry, and dim sum to name a few.\n\n- excellent presentation and an attention to flavorful and delicious food, not just quantity\n\n- the best dessert selection of any buffet. Rather than soft serve ice cream like many places, they have a full on gelato bar here. Wow.\n\n- Prime Rib, slab bacon, linguica, Rack of Lamb, and Prime Rib Bone are just a sampling of the excellent carving station\n\n- more high-end pasta dishes and artfully presented in small metal pots than I've seen anywhere. If you like pasta or carbs, Wicked Spoon will clearly win you over. Gnocci, butternut squash ravioli, Smoked Mac and Cheese and Cavatelli are among the top choices. \n\n- great salad and fruit bar, again with innovative and new items like gazpacho puree, blt salads, endive salads, and dipped strawberries that look more like a high end restaurant than a buffet\n\nThe only thing keeping Wicked Spoon from 5 stars and possibly not clearly being the top buffet in Vegas is the following:\n\nSushi - California and spicy tuna rolls. No nigiri, no other rolls, and no sashimi\n\nSeafood - they had cocktail shrimp and smoked salmon, but no crab legs, jumbo prawns (Aria, Bellagio), or lobster claws or any other notable seafood\n\nSoups - could only find a miso soup. Missed the rice porridge from Bellagio (for the Asian high rollers) and other soup options. \n\nOverall, I was thrilled with the value and the variety of Wicked Spoon. I will clearly be coming here again, but for true seafood lovers, I can see them liking Bellagio, Wynn, or Sterling more. Nonetheless, while not every item was great, so many things were done right and so differently that Wicked Spoon will be one to bookmark for a long time.\n\nWicked Spoon accepts credit cards, including American Express.\n\nMy Buffet Rankings:\n1) Westin at the Bund, Shanghai - $60/person and an excellent selection of sashimi, seafood, roasted suckling pig and fresh hand tossed Chinese noodles. \n2) Hakone, Oahu - all-you-can eat toro, uni, kobe beef, and amaebi, $60/pp. \n3) Sushi House Goyemon, Las Vegas - great nigiri, sushi rolls, and cooked appetizer and dessert selection for an unbelievable $26/pp.\n4) Navio at The Ritz Carlton - only down a slot secondary to the astronomical price ($88/price) but made up for with a spectacular view, top notch service and great food. \n5) Wicked Spoon, Las Vegas - great cooked selection, variety, and high end presentation. Unmatched desserts and gelato. $29/pp\n6) Bellagio, Las Vegas - congee, prime rib, shrimp/crab, sushi $35/pp
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