I very rarely complain about the food at restaurants, but I was shocked by how much I disliked the buffet at the Flamingo. Usually I've got to the pricier buffets when I've been in Vegas, and always liked them, but we decided to look at something a little cheaper to make up for our other expensive meals of the weekend, and found ourselves at Flamingo. \n\nThe food wasn't very fresh. Nothing was warm or cold - just a lukewarm temperature. We tried the spring rolls, several of the vegetable dishes, fried rice, shrimp, cocktail sauce, crab legs, salads, desserts... basically gave everything a try. The spring rolls and crackers were chewy, while all the sauces were inedible. The cocktail sauce had such a strong horseradish taste that I nearly choked on it, and I'm not sure what was in the Caesar dressing but it was awful and had a weird, gritty texture (almost like sand). My dining partner said the desserts were very good. \n\nThe saving grace for dinner was the make your own pasta bar. It was something that I easily could have made at home, but it was fresh, tasty, and the only reason that I left feeling full. \n\nThe service was also very friendly and helpful, but with food like that I'd rather spend the extra money to go to the Buffet at the Aria.