Seafood buffets are a big braw in Las Vegas because they offer a wide variety of dishes to try at once, ensuring you get a sample of different flavors and textures while getting a great value for your money.
The best seafood buffets in the city will cost you more than $60 but even cheaper $30+ options will still have a lot to offer. Featuring lobster dinners and AYCE snow crabs, our top picks include the high-end luxurious buffets as well as budget options.
There are more than enough choices – from the high-end Bacchanal Buffet with its turmeric grilled baby octopus to the budget-friendly Garden Buffet serving unlimited crab legs. Starting with the upscale Bacchanal, here is your guide to the best seafood buffets in Vegas.
Top Seafood Buffets In Las Vegas: Strip & Off Strip
There are only a few dedicated seafood buffets in Vegas. Most of our picks are brunches or dinners featuring seafood specials, while others include seafood options as part of their regular menus.
For dedicated seafood buffets, pay attention to the Friday Night Seafood Dinner at the Garden Buffet, Crab Brunch at Bacchanal, Seafood Gourmet Dinner at Wynn, Lobster Dinner at Palms Resort, and the Seafood Dinner at Bellagio.
Bacchanal Buffet, Caesars Palace
The Bacchanal Buffet is the largest buffet in Las Vegas (over 25,000 feet in size) with the most items and among the best high-quality dishes.
Overview
With ten interconnected kitchens, nine live action stations, over 250 different individual dishes, and a mind-boggling array of food stations representing the world’s major cuisines, this is a buffet that literally has something for everyone, including the best of Vegas’ seafood.
Seafood highlights
Among the myriad eating options on offer, Bacchanal Buffet has always been known for its seafood selection. You’ll find crabs legs – both cold and steamed – turmeric grilled baby octopus, fresh lobster bisque soup, oysters, seafood boil bags and far more besides.
Bacchanal hosts a Crab Brunch daily from Thursday to Monday. This is their most expensive offer, costing $80+ per adult. Highlights include the popular crab legs, shrimp, pan-seared salmon, and crab Florentine benedict.
The Seafood Kitchen is open every day serving the likes of shrimp and grits, lobster Boursin egg bite, mussels, chipotle BBQ oysters, ceviche, crab claws, clams, bagels with smoked salmon, New England seafood boil, and vegan tofu scramble.
What else do they serve?
The various kitchens at Bacchanal are constantly innovating and rotating their dishes, so you’ll always find new surprises alongside all the classics.
The carvery, the Asian station and the Mexican and Latin American area are always popular. Also, be sure to check out the dessert section for an impressive range of sweet treats – if you still have space!
Opening times and prices
| Buffet | Hours | Prices |
| Regular Brunch | Mon & Thurs: 9 am – 1 pm | Adults: $64.99 Kids (4 – 10): $34.99 |
| Crab Brunch (Weekday) | Mon & Thurs: 1 pm – 3 pm | Adults: $79.99 Kids (4 – 10): $42.99 |
| Crab Brunch (Weekend) | Fri – Sun: 9 am – 3 pm | Adults: $84.99 Kids (4 – 10): $47.50 |
| Dinner (Weekdays) | Mon & Thurs – Sun: 3 pm – 10 pm Tue & Wed: 3:30 pm – 10 pm |
Adults: $84.99 Kids (4 – 10): $42.50 |
| Dinner (Weekend) | Fri – Sun: 3 pm – 10 pm | Adults: $87.99 Kids (4 – 10): $44.50 |
| All You Care To Drink (Beer, House Wine, Sangria, Mimosas) |
All Hours | $19.99** |
Kids below 5 free.
Reservations and dress code
Bacchanal now operates a reservation system to help reduce wait times. You can book ahead at www.opentable.com. Walk-ins are accepted but expect to wait a long time during peak hours.
The dress code is “smart casual”, so you can wear what you want within reason.
- Address: 3570 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
- Phone: 702-731-7928
The Buffet at Wynn
The Bacchanal is the biggest buffet in Vegas with the most items, but the Buffet at Wynn has the highest quality foods, including seafood, in Vegas.
Overview
With no few than 16 live cooking stations and stunningly elaborate décor, Wynn is an exciting high-end buffet that is invariably ranked among the very best in town.
They specialize in preparing each dish in small batches to ensure perfect freshness, offering a wide range of carefully crafted morsels showcasing both American and international cuisine.
Seafood highlights
Any self-respecting Vegas buffet has to serve crab legs, and at Wynn, you can feast on limitless seafood dishes made from fresh bounty of the sea from Maine, the Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, and Japan.
The seafood highlight is the daily Seafood Gourmet Dinner from 1 to 9 pm. Dishes range from endless King Crab, to marinated/braised mussels, Jonah crab, salmon Thai red curry, steamed cod with ginger, opilio crab legs, and fresh oysters.
Kindly note that there is an Ultimate Buffet Experience that includes a one-and-a-half pound Maine lobster tail. It costs over $170 per person and is the only package that comes with a lobster buffet.
What else do they serve?
The non-seafood options are just as delectable, and meat-eaters shouldn’t miss the many types of sausage or the barbecue beef or pork ribs at the carvery.
The Asian station has plenty of intriguingly original creations like pristine sushi and wok-fried specials. There’s a Latin station with pork tamales, cheese tamales, carne asada, chicken mole, Mexican street corn, and chorizo with eggs.
The Carving station serves garlic-infused prime rib while the Dessert station is the most praised In Vegas with assorted mousse cups, coconut guava tres leches cakes, creme brulee. panna cottas, tiramisu, and lemon meringue tart.
Opening times and prices
| Buffet | Hours | Prices |
| Gourmet Brunch | Mon – Sun: 8 am – 1 pm | Adult: $59.99 Kids: $29.99 |
| Seafood Gourmet Dinner | Mon – Sun: 1 pm – 9 pm | Adult: $74.99 Kids: $37.50 |
| Endless Pour Package | Mon – Sun: 8 am – 9 pm | $32.99 |
Kids 3-9 half price.
Reservations and dress code
You can reserve space through Wynn’s priority seating & pre-payment method.
The dress code is “resort casual.”
- Address: Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89109
- Phone: 702-770-3340
The Garden Buffet, South Point
Here is the best option for those looking for affordable seafood options away from the expensive Strip. The quality is still great and the wait times are much lower compared to the above popular seafood buffets.
Overview
The Garden Buffet at South Point has six live action stations. The bright and colorful venue is popular for its daily evening prime rib and peel and eat shrimp servings.
The brunch buffet on the weekend is a main highlight with bottomless mimosas and prime rib specials.
Seafood highlights
One of the main highlights is the Friday Seafood Dinners featuring crab legs and prime rib. There’re also oysters, peel and eat shrimp, golden fried shrimp, steamed Dungeness crab legs, sushi, nigiri rolls, steamed clams, oyster Rockefeller, salmon, paella, creoles, and shellfish.
The Southern fried catfish is also a dish to keep an eye out for alongside the sushi, nigiri rolls, steamed clams, golden fried shrimp, fresh salmon, and Chinese-style roughy.
Varieties are amazing, but what draws many people the Garden Buffet is the fact that you can eat pounds and pounds of snow crab legs with no issues. Other seafood buffets find ways to limit how many crab legs you can take at a time, but South Point is free rein for all.
What else do they serve?
Other than the seafood, the prime rib is the star of the show, but there’s also a whole range of other tempting dishes like roast prime rib. Look out for the Mongolian grill as well as the Chinese, Italian, Mexican, and barbecue stations.
Opening times and prices
| Opening Hours | Prices |
| Breakfast (Monday – Friday: 7am-10am) |
$18.95 regular/$15.95 Club members |
| Lunch (Monday – Thursday: 11am-3pm) (Friday: 11 am – 2pm) |
$24.95 regular/$20.95 Club members |
| Brunch – Prime Rib & Champagne (Sat – Sun: 8am-3pm) |
$33.95 regular/$29.95 Club members |
| Prime Rib Dinner (Sat – Thu: 4pm-9pm) |
$33.95 regular/$29.95 Club members |
| Seafood Night Dinner (Friday: 3pm-10pm) |
$52.95 regular/$48.95 Club members |
Kids 4-8 half price, kids below 4 free. Seafood Night Dinner includes two glasses of wine, red sangria or draft beer.
Reservations and dress code
Reservations are not required. The dress code is casual.
- Address: 9777 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, NV 89183
- Phone: 702-796-7111
A.Y.C.E. Buffet, Palms Casino Resort
Named the Top 5 Best Casino Buffets by USA Today, AYCE Buffet offers not one, but two, seafood dinners – both serving seafood staples from lobsters to snow crabs.
Overview
Among the most recent to reopen its doors, the A.Y.C.E. Buffet at Palms Casino Resort is finally back.
Thanks to the combination of a wide range of high-quality food and surprisingly reasonable prices, A.Y.C.E. is known as one of Vegas’ best value buffets.
However, for seafood lovers who want something a little bit special – and don’t mind paying a bit extra – there are two options that will satisfy all your seafood cravings.
Friday nights are prime rib nights and snow crab nights, and Wednesday & Thursday dinners are lobster nights – and although these options cost more than the regular dinner, like everything else at this buffet, they still represent great value for money.
Seafood highlights
Lobster Nights – Wednesday & Thursday:
Fans of lobster will love the opportunity to gorge themselves on unlimited whole lobsters and lobster tails. The same way you have free rein on snow crabs at South Point, is the same way you can eat whole lobsters as many as you want with no issues at Palms.
The Wednesday lobster dinners are definitely worth it with their tender, fresh out of the kitchen butter poached lobster tails.
Prime Rib & Snow Crab Night – Fridays:
The lobsters are replaced by succulent chilled snow crab legs – as well as prime rib.
Along with these stars of the show, you can look forward to other seafood delights such as chilled or steamed shrimp, seafood ceviche, octopus salad, and garlic butter spiced prawns.
You will also find yourself being tempted by piles of bright red crawfish, shrimp cocktail and dishes such as creamy shrimp and shell pasta. There’s also a good selection of sushi and sashimi along with several seafood dim sum options.
These are highly popular dinners with long waiting times that can span up to four hours. Reservations are highly recommended.
What else do they serve?
At A.Y.C.E, the different areas are organized by the style of cooking rather than country of origin, and there are seven distinct sections: World Pan, Revival, The Greenery, The Roastery, The Hearth, Smoke & Fire and Sweet & Light.
The Roastery and Smoke & Fire provide meat-eaters with all the honey-glazed ham, beef brisket, assorted sausages and roast chicken they can manage while The Hearth specializes in oven-cooked treats like pizza as well as made-to-order pasta dishes.
Revival is a health food enthusiast’s dream, with highlights including jackfruit coconut curry, The Greenery provides a wide range of salads, World Pan offers delectable dishes like Jamaican jerk chicken and Sweet & Light is where to head for desserts like peach cobbler.
Opening times and prices
| Buffet | Hours | Price |
| Brunch (Featuring bottomless mimosas) |
Mon – Fri: 9am – 2pm | Adults: $42.99 Kids (3-11): $25.99 |
| Sat & Sun: 9am – 4pm | ||
| Dinner | Mon & Tue: 4pm – 9pm | Adults: $46.99 Kids (3-11): $26.99 |
| Sat: 5pm – 10pm Sun: 5pm – 9pm |
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| Lobster Dinner | Wed & Thurs: 3pm – 10pm | Adults: $79.99 Kids (3-11): $59.99 |
| Prime Rib & Snow Crab Dinner | Fri: 4pm – 10pm | Adults: $52.99 Kids (3-11): $35.99 |
| Monthly Theme Nights | Subject to change | $52.99 |
Kids aged 3-11 pay children’s rates – those aged 12 and above pay full price while children below 3 eat for free.
The buffet is also open for various breakfast, lunch, brunch and dinner sittings every day of the week.
Reservations and dress code
Reservations are not required, but you should expect to wait in line during peak times. No dress code is stated, so any casual clothing – within reason – will be acceptable.
- Address:Palms Casino Resort, 4321 W Flamingo Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89103
- Telephone:866-752-2236
The Buffet at Bellagio
Perhaps the best word to describe The Buffet at Bellagio is “elegant”, which is only what you would expect at this classy establishment with daily seafood dinners.
Overview
The Buffet at Bellagio has over 18 live action stations and features bottomless beers, mimosas, wines, and select cocktails. As for dishes, they are creatively and originally prepared, each made with meticulous care to ensure it looks just as good as it tastes.
The buffet is open for brunch and seafood dinners.
Although Bellagio is overall similarly priced to the Wynn Buffet, its seafood dinner is cheaper by about $10+.
Seafood highlights
Seafood lovers will be in their element at Bellagio, with delights such as smoked trout, scallop ceviche and piles of juicy cold shrimp waiting to be sampled.
There is also Alaskan cold crab alongside shrimp salads, Alaskan king crab, poached shrimp, smoked salmon, black mussels, clams, and oysters on the half shell.
Enjoy the popular pre-cracked snow crab legs. Dive into fresh sushi, including rainbow rolls, tuna poke, and salmon poke. Additional highlights include shrimp ceviche, oysters Rockefeller, and shrimp cocktails, complemented by Tuscan salmon and caprese salads.
What else do they serve?
If you want more than just seafood, you’ll be more than happy with the other food on offer. American, Italian, Japanese and Chinese cuisines and more are all well represented, and there’s also a particularly enticing gelato station to explore for dessert.
Opening times and prices
| Buffet | Hours |
| Brunch Mon – Sun: 8 am – 1 pm |
Adults: $54.99 Kids (6 – 11): 50% off Kids (5 & under): Complimentary |
| Seafood Dinner Mon – Sun: 1 pm – 8 pm |
Adults: $74.99 Kids (6 – 11): 50% off Kids (5 & under): Complimentary |
| Bottomless Pour Package Daily (2-hour limit) |
$28.99 |
Kids 5 years of age and under eat for free.
Reservations and dress code
It’s possible to reserve a VIP pass to skip the line by following the link on the official homepage. Without a reservation, wait times can be long.
The dress code is “resort casual” – tank tops and swimwear are not permitted.
- Address: 3600 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109
- Phone: 702-693-8112
MGM Grand Buffet
The Buffet at MGM Grand is an ‘old-school’ classy buffet with classy seafood offerings at above average, but reasonable prices. The offerings aren’t many, but they’re substantial for casual diners.
Overview
The MGM Grand Buffet is currently only open for brunch. They also have a special Mimosa Brunch that has bottomless mimosas included in the price.
This may be one of Vegas’ most iconic resorts, but its buffet represents exceptional value, and fans of seafood will be more than satisfied with the sizeable options.
Seafood highlights
The MGM buffet is rightly famous for its crab legs, and you’ll often see people with their plates piled high. They have some good sushi options, as well as mussels and clams, and you can also find classics such as fried fish, shrimps, smoked salmon and more.
What else do they serve?
The barbecue pork ribs and the New York strip steak are always popular. You can also look out for things like roasted turkey, baked ham, fried chicken and made-to-order pizza. They do a particularly tasty eggs Benedict, and the Bailey’s cheesecake is also not to be missed.
Opening times and prices
| Buffet Hours | Prices |
| Weekday Brunch (Mon-Thurs) (8 am – Close) |
Adult: $31.99 Children (5-11): $17.99 |
| Weekend Brunch (Fri – Sun) (8 am – 3 pm) |
Adult: $37.99 Children (5-11): $18.99 |
| Mimosa Brunch (Sat & Sun) (8 am – 3 pm) Brunch with bottomless mimosas. |
Adult: $42.99 |
| All You Can Drink Specials (Gold: Beer, Wine, and Mimosas |
$21.99 |
| All You Can Drink Specials: (Grand: Beer, Wine, Mimosas, and Well Liquors) | $25.99 |
Kids 5 years of age and under eat for free
Reservations and dress code
Reservations are not required but can be made through the official site. The dress code is casual.
- Address: 3799 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
- Phone: 702-891-6373
The Buffet at Excalibur
Overview
The Buffet at Excalibur is one of the more affordable options in town, and although it doesn’t match the sheer range of dishes at Bacchanal Buffet or the classy elegance of Bellagio, you’ll still find plenty of mouthwatering treats to sample – including a good selection of seafood.
Seafood highlights
At Excalibur, you can look forward to mussels, oysters and shrimp along with other seafood-based dishes such as shrimp and spinach linguini. They also have a section serving an assortment of sushi.
What else do they serve?
Other food options include the American station, the Italian station, the carvery, the Asian station and the Latin station. This means you’ll be able to find all the usual buffet classics such as tamales, dim sum and pasta – as well as plenty of desserts if you’re still hungry.
Opening times and prices
| Opening hours | Adult Prices | Children (5 – 11 years old) Prices |
| Weekday Brunch (Mon – Thurs: 7 am – 2 pm) |
$31.99 | $17.99 |
| Weekend Brunch (Fri – Sun: 7 am – 2 pm) |
$37.99 | $18.99 |
| Mimosa Brunch (Sat & Sun: 7 am – 2 pm) Brunch and bottomless mimosas |
$42.99 | |
| All You Can Drink Specials (Beer, Wine, Mimosas, Well Liquors) |
$18.99 |
Reservations and dress code
Reservations are not required. The dress code is casual.
- Address: Excalibur Hotel and Casino, 3850 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
- Phone: 702-597-7476
The Buffett at Luxor
Overview
Like Excalibur, Luxor is owned by MGM, and the food and overall experience there are also quite similar.
It isn’t a high-end buffet, and it doesn’t have the largest range of food in town, but it’s still a good pick if you want value for money – and there should be enough seafood options to keep most diners happy.
Seafood highlights
Look out for all the classic seafood items, including crab legs, mussels, shrimp, crayfish and more. They also serve sushi.
What else do they serve?
Similar to the seafood section, the rest of the buffet is more about serving up popular favorites rather than trying to do anything fancy. Expect plenty of meat at the carvery as well as international fare including Mediterranean, Asian and more.
Opening times and prices
| Opening hours | Adult Prices | Children (5 – 11 years old) Prices |
| Weekday Brunch Wed – Thurs (8 am – 2 pm) |
$31.99 Locals: $26.99 |
$17.99 Locals: $12.99 |
| Weekend Brunch Fri – Sun (8 am – 2 pm) |
$37.99 | $18.99 |
| Unlimited Drinks (Wed – Sun: 8 am – 3 pm) |
$14.99 + tax |
Reservations and dress code
Reservations are not required. The dress code is casual.
- Address: 3900 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89119
- Phone: 877-386-4658
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More Limited Options Nowadays – But Still Many Places Worth a Visit
While the options for dedicated seafood buffets in Las Vegas may be more limited these days, the city still offers some exciting picks. For example, if you crave King Crab, the Buffet at Wynn, Bellagio, and Bacchanal will still offer the delectable dish on special occasions. For lobster fans, the best options remain Palms Resort, Bacchanal, and Wynn.
For those looking to explore even more options, consider honorable mentions like Market Place Buffet and M Resort’s Anthony Prime Steak & Seafood Sunday Buffet. Whether it’s fan-favorite staples or rare treats, Vegas has your seafood cravings covered.