Newer hotels aren't bothering at all, and some are embracing food halls instead, including Famous Food Street Eats at Resorts World and Proper Eats at the Aria, which happens to have a pretty cool speakeasy hidden behind the doughnut counter. Meanwhile, Station Casinos decided it was done with the concept for good at its properties. Longtime favorites like Le Village Buffet at Paris, Carnival World & Seafood Buffet at the Rio, and Studio B at The M Resort never reopened. More than three years and a few vaccine shots later, Vegas is thriving again with pool parties, nightclubs, and other fun stuff, but the buffet scene looks quite a bit different. The closure of buffets in 2020 was the first sign COVID-19 was a problem that couldn't be solved with a sneeze guard.
After overcoming the depths of the pandemic, everything is back to normal in Las Vegas.
