text: I've heard many people talk about this buffet as being one of the best in Vegas. I live in Vegas so I've tried many buffets. I love the Cosmo. It's a beautiful hotel with lovely rooms right in the middle of the strip. I have to say I was really, really disappointed in the buffet. We went today for Sunday brunch. My partner got a comp but we didn't realize that because it's a holiday weekend their prices were almost double the normal price. My fault. As a Vegas resident, I should have known better. We expected to pay about $25-$30 per person but it was $39.99 so we ended up paying over $50 out of pocket. in addition, even a comped meal doesn't get you ahead of the long line waiting to get in. You have to be a VIP of their casino club for that . Okay, our mistake on the cost. After waiting endlessly in line, I was sure that it would be worth the wait. Being a \"holiday\" buffet, should mean some really good food choices.Their gimmick here is small tasting portions in little bowls, pans, and pots. I like that idea but many of the items were weird combinations that didn't look or sound appetizing to me. I love breakfast buffets because I can have a little of a lot of breakfast foods. I love french toast but it was mushy and inedible. There were red velvet pancakes that had a good taste with a bavarian creme to put on top but maybe because they were so thin and small, they were kind of hard so I didn't get more than one. Also the Bavarian creme container was almost empty and my second time around had not yet been refilled. There didn't seem to be anything normal there. No regular pancakes. Eggs Benedict? No, a salmon Benedict and a beef Benedict but no regular Canadian bacon Benedict. Angry mac and cheese (spicy - didn't like), wasabi mashed potatoes (again, not to my liking), spaghetti but with scallops and weird looking noodles. The pork loin was bland. The homemade Italian sausage at the carving station was pink inside (yuck). There was a whole section of Asian food - sushi and Chinese dishes. Not my favorite so I can't comment but one of my companions loves sushi and wasn't impressed. No Mexican fare. For the price we paid, I was sure there would be crab legs or shrimp entrees. Nope. Nothing that really justified the $40 price tag IMO. They had shrimp cocktail in small tasting cups so if shrimp is your thing, you'd need to take a lot of cups. I'm a dessert-a-holic so when the meal wasn't that great, I still had hopes for the desserts. I was disappointed there as well. The cakes were dried out and just okay. There was a pistachio cake, carrot cake, chocolate bundt, and cheese cake. A chocolate lava cake with raspberry sauce on the bottom didn't have a liquid chocolatey middle like most lava cakes I've had. There were some danishes - strawberry and Nutella, and cookies and tarts. The best were the chocolate covered strawberries. They were large and covered in chocolate and either Heath bar pieces or Oreo crumbs. The desserts weren't bad but they weren't outstanding either. After waiting a long time to go to this place, and spending the equivalent of $120, the best thing I can say is that now that I've been there, I'll never be tempted to go again.