During my second trip to Vegas this past week, one of my first destinations was the Bellagio Buffet since I didn't have time to come here during my first trip (went to the Rio Village Seafood buffet instead).  I've heard great things about this buffet and even some felt that it was better than Rio, so I HAD to try it.  Long story short, its not all its cracked up to be in my opinion at least; in fact, I think its a bit overrated.\n\nMy wife and I arrived here about 8:30 pm and there was still a line to get in.  The wait was extremely long and many times the line wouldn't even move for 5 minutes or more.  The process of checking customers in was extremely inefficient and slow.  After standing in line for over a half hour we were FINALLY seated.  The price with tax was close to $70 for both of us.\n\nAfter being seated were were greeted by a very helpful waiter who took our drink orders.  The table itself was nice, fitted with a nice white table cloth and our silverware was gold in color.  Overall the look of the restaurant was nice and much different from the buffets at the Luxor or Excalibur. \n\nHowever after getting food, I could not really tell any difference between the food here and at less expensive buffets such as Luxor; they tasted nearly exactly the same.  Also Bellagio served many of the same foods as Luxor and other than crab legs (which Luxor also had), and mussels, there wasn't really much in terms of seafood.  The California rolls were stale tasting and I could barely get them down.  The selection of the food was no where close to what was advertised on internet websites and I was a bit disappointed.  I am glad however that I decided to go to Rio instead of here on my first trip to Vegas last year.   This trip to Vegas was going to be an either/or between Bellagio and Rio, but after being disappointed with Bellagio, I decided to go BACK to Rio during my last night in Vegas.  Rio is more expensive than Bellagio, but the food is so much better and there is a greater variety.\n\nWhile the waiter service was superb, to me the food just didn't measure up to the asking price.  As a result, this will mark my first and only visit to the Bellagio Buffet.   If you don't mind not being in an upscale environment and not having gold eating utensils,  you can get the same type of food at other buffets and not have to spend as much.\n\nI still think the Rio Village seafood buffet is the best buffet I've been to in Vegas, and despite all the raves about Bellagio, I don't think it even comes close to Rio.