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Vegas Part II (Dining Recap)

TGIF RAWRs!  Are you as excited and as ready for the weekend as I am?!?!  Any exciting plans in store?  We’ll be celebrating my aunt’s birthday at my parent’s house and I cannot wait for mama’s home cooking 🙂  Recently, I took a trip to Vegas for my friend’s bachelorette party and wanted to recap a couple of our dining spots 🙂 (If you missed it, I posted Vegas Part I – Outfits Recap HERE.)  Caution – there was no “healthy” meals during this trip…just pure gluttony. 

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We stayed at Planet Hollywood and it was pleasantly nice. It was a much younger and party-ready crowd (which made me feel “aged” – haha – but I LOVED that it was in the middle of the strip.  It was so convenient to walk everywhere 🙂  The Planet Dailies was a diner we frequented since it was convenient and open 24/7.  Prices were definitely affordable (an average of $15 a plate) and the portions were a good size.   Service was ok, but not great.  

I shared this dish (Pasta Carbonara with chicken ) with one of my gfs and it was perfect to share!  It is a bit rich and garlicy, BUT you can always ask for the sauce on the side and add as little/much as you want. However, I was starving (and I love Italian food anyways) so I didn’t mind. 🙂  We also tried the Potato Skins and Nachos Grande for appetizers which was good. 

We also dined at the Caesar’s Palace Bacchanal Buffet and I have to say, hands down, it’s one of my favorite buffets in Vegas. There was SO much selection and the food was delicious!  It’s about $40 a person, but if you are hungry and want quality food, I would highly recommend it.  There’s just about every type of food you could want – seafood, prime rib, American, Mexican, Asian, Italian, Sushi, and let’s not get started on the dessert bar. YUM O YUM! We also ordered a pitcher of Sangria (SO good) for $25. What a steal 🙂 Here are few other pictures of the buffet.
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For Saturday night, we had a fancy dinner at The Barrymore.  I thought it would be nice to try something different and based on the Yelp reviews, this place got really good ratings.  It was off the strip so we took a cab ride to get there.  It was a very intimate place (probably only seats about 70 people), but the service was wonderful and our server was a hoot!  The drinks and food were great – we shared the Lobster Mac & Cheese (top photo) and I ordered the Short Rib ‘Bourguignon’ (bottom left) as my entree.  I also tried the Chilean Sea Bass (top right), the FIlet Mignon (not pictured), and the Ribeye (not pictured) which were all delicious.  I think the only downside was after ordering our entrees, it took an hour to get our food and it took a while to get our bill after we finished our meal. (We were seated at around 9pm and didn’t leave until almost 1145pm.)  Overall the experience was wonderful and I would revisit the restaurant…probably with a smaller group 🙂
During the trip, I kept hearing about this “secret” pizza place at The Cosmopolitan so we decided to go check it out.  It was literally in a little nook of the casino with no sign or anything…just a long hallway leading this to this teeny tiny pizza place. Haha  

Each of the girls got a slice of pizza (I think they were $4.25 a slice) and it was pretty good. Mine was a little salty, but I did like how it was more of a thin crust.  You could also order your own pizza with different toppings, but we didn’t want to wait 30-45 minutes for them to make it so we just picked from the pre-made ones.  I think the guy just throws whatever he feels like making on the dough haha
Last on our list was, of course, In-N-Out. DUH.  We hailed a cab to the airport, but took a detour to the burger joint first.  I ate all four of them myself. Haha Kidding, but I think I could have.  Since we don’t have one in Houston, it’s pretty much an unspoken rule that you have to seek out an In-N-Out spot in the city you’re visiting 🙂 I like my animal style. Soooo good.

Hope this post made you hungry 🙂  I don’t know when Ill visit Vegas again, but I hope it’s sooner than later.  Such a fun city.
Do you have recommendations on places to eat while there?

Lovelies, I hope you have an AWESOME weekend!  I will be posting my Vegas Part III (planning/throwing a bachelorette party) next week. so stay tuned.

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Comments

  4. Sarah Tyau says

    Awesome, I am going to vegas in a couple of weeks and we planned on trying the caesar’s buffet! I am even more excited now! 🙂

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