text: I know that a lot of people are raving like crazy about this place, but my review is a little different. But first, some quick tips!\n\n1. The parking for the Cosmopolitan is located in a lot on Harmon Way.\n\n2. The buffet is located fairly far into the hotel on the second floor near the guest elevators.\n\n3. You can also access the Cosmopolitan via the walkway between Crystals/Aria or coming from Planet Hollywood.\n\nThere are a lot of different things that put me off about the Wicked Spoon and a few that make me want to love it. I'll start with the things I didn't like and relive the happy memories of what I did like.\n\nService is an incredibly important thing to me. This is considering the fact that we are all paying nearly $40 (dinner) to eat. It's almost unacceptable to me that they don't think about serving people better according to the price tag of the buffet. The thing that bothers me is that the first time I visited the Wicked Spoon, we were given the worst service I have ever witnessed. \n\nI must note to you guys a disclaimer. My girlfriend and I have agreed to a set policy of tipping our waiter AFTER the buffet is over. We use the tip to rate their service. If you did awesome, we will tip incredibly generously. Anyhow, the first time we went to the Wicked Spoon, our waiter didn't seem to want to check on us and a lot of the time he would pass by our table and go to other larger parties and schmooze with them rather than serve us. I noticed that he was also neglecting another table next to us that was getting angrier by the second. So angry that they asked another sections bus boy to clear their tables and refill their drinks. Whenever I asked the waiter to refill drinks, it would take at least 10 minutes for anything to come. Finally fed up, we were able to get the manager to come and to relay to her our problems. She apologized and comped us two buffets each.\n\nWe ended up giving away a set of our comps to our family members, and we used the comp on ourselves for our second visit. The second visit was no better than the first. A waitress was incredibly distant and the only redeeming factor was the busboy who was friendly and very efficient. We tipped him, but neglected to tip our waitress and asked for the manager yet again. The manager was disappointed by our experience, and comped us again for dinner.\n\nAs if I couldn't stay away from a BAD situation, I decided that we had to try the Wicked Spoon at least one more time and use up our comp. This time service was passable, but mediocre. It wasn't great, it wasn't bad. We left a standard 15% tip and called it a night.\n\nNow onto the good things and the reason why the Wicked Spoon gets two stars. The food ranges from amazing to terrible, but nothing far in between. The food here is more \"high brow.\" You'll see your gaspachos, you'll see your confits, and you'll see your bone marrows. It's incredibly interesting the way they serve their food, whether it's by tiny skillets or by tiny frying cages. There are a few standout items, but for the most part the Asian offerings are almost always a miss. The Italian pastas and paninis can be a hit or a miss. Sometimes the pasta is nicely cooked and other times it is vastly undercooked or overcooked. \n\nI really love the meats that they have coming out of their carving station as well as their seafood. It's pretty fresh and tasty. The bone marrow is interesting for first timers, but I enjoy it though it seems a little bad for my cholesterol. One of my other favorite things is that they do have a made to order station, my favorite being the mac and cheese. It sounds simple, but being able to add toppings such as bacon, chives, and other mac and cheese favorites and have them cook it in front of you is pretty cool.\n\nMy favorite part of their buffet is dessert. My only complaint in that area is that they don't really seem to have that many macarons and they are prone to running out. In comparison, the Bacchanal Buffet seems to have an unending stream of macarons. The other thing that I really enjoy about the dessert is the gelato. My favorite is the mint chip! I love the little chocolate balls since the texture is pretty interesting.\n\nI hope that your service experience is different than mine and that you enjoy the food!