REVIEW: Rio Village Seafood Buffet

After incorrectly waiting in line at Rio's Carnival World Buffet, I was informed that the Rio had not one, but two buffets on their premises. Tonight, I was after seafood, all-you-can-eat seafood to be exact. My destination: the Village Seafood Buffet, located in the Masquerade Village. Newely re-modeled and re-opened, the Village Seafood Buffet touts itself as the freshest seafood buffet in Las Vegas.
After placing my drink order (they have a full bar within the buffet), I immediately set out to see what the buffet had to offer. It did not take long to realize I was in a place better known as "Seafood Heaven."
My first stop was the Sushi bar. Two sushi chefs worked side by side preparing the likes of tuna sashimi, salmon sushi, spicy tuna roll, California roll, and shrimp sushi, to name a few. I happily helped myself to all-of-the-above and made my way back to my chair. With the price of admission already fulfilled, I ate away.

Next was a mixed plate: crab, shrimp, oysters, mussles, and yes French fries. I was especially excited to see the crab claws separated from the legs. That's right, you can eat just a plate full of crab claws if you fancy.
At this point, I was already getting full, but I wanted to try a little of everything. That quickly proved impossible. There are so many options, it would take a few trips just to try everything once. I got a cut of meat, some chicken wings, a few veggies, and yes, more crab claws.
The grand finale was a well stocked dessert bar, complete with gourmet ice cream station. The creme brulee was my personal favorite. I stopped with just that, but did notice most people helped themselves to quite a few items. I guess they must have started with dessert first.

This buffet is well worth the price of admission, and hard to figure out how the Rio comes out ahead. Next time a group of friends comes to town, I can see skipping the Steakhouse and heading right to the buffet for some seafood gluteny. I can only wonder how long I will have to wait in line once word gets out.








