Emperor’s Buffet

For some reason I remember this place better… but it used to be cheap (or free a couple times) and that was when I was 21, poorer and less worldly with my food choices.
This buffet is on par with others for price but is extremely small. The food is not that good and has nothing special on it. Luckily for them I ate here first before delving into the likes of the Bellagio’s buffet that trip or I might have gotten upset or unruly with a more direct comparison. I had no problem with over eating here — which maybe is the only good thing to say about this buffet. I’m all for their soft serve ice cream (difficult to mess that up) but even that shows up at most of the other buffets so meh.
Honestly I would avoid… unless it was free and then maybe it’s worth it if that’s an important component to you. If you can arrange for them to pay you for your attendance that might also do — a Unilocaler attendance fee anyone? :)

I demanded and received a refund. Had to wait 10 minutes for the refund since cashier is not allowed to void a check and there is no manager in the restaurant. Smallest buffet ever. Weekend brunch was more like a continental breakfast. They renamed the hotel QUAD instead of Imperial Palace but this room looked every bit of 40 or more years old. Caesar’s should be ashamed they continue to leave this place open. It’s an embarrassment. Go to Harrah’s buffet next door!

This place really sucks. I wish I could say it in some better way, but if you try it you will know what I mean.
The single worst part of it isn’t even the limited variety, it is the SALT LEVELS in the food! Avoid if you value your appetite.

Poor food. Poor customer service. Terrible!!! Don’t waste your money!!!

Terrible, This place was greasy, bland, and had very little choices to select from.

I rarely give out any 1-​star reviews unless it’s for poor customer service, but avoid this place like the plague.
We only went in here because we had the 24 Hour Buffet Deal and was craving some greasy chinese food. Since its the Imperial Palace and it’s called the «Emperor’s Buffet» we assumed that it would fulfill our needs.
HAHA.well we were way off. Décor is dingy and out of the date. It resembles a tiki lounge if anything. To get to it from the casino (which is half of is under a major construction project) you gotta go through multiple hallways and escalators.
Hometown Buffet serves better food then this place. Everything looks reheated and just doesn’t taste very fresh. Nothing very appetizing, and all in all, it was just an epic fail.
The worst part? We didn’t even get our greasy Chinese food. I
Literally came in for 20 minutes and left right away. Employees are nice but that’s about it. SKIP IT!

This is where I come if I want my ass to fuckin explode.
It’s Vegas, its a dam buffett and sometimes buffetts are cheaper then the restaurants. Not the case for this one, its worth paying more to go to a restaurant. Worse buffett I been to. Small selection, and OMG the food was all terrible. I know at some buffetts some food can taste like its out of the box, or it rubbed up against the oven, but dam this is terrible.
Sushi is all bad, the rice was mushy, chinese food tasted like it was the bottom of a burnt barrell, pasta was like canned food, american food was over cooked or just tasted like spoiled ass. The salad bar was probably the only safe thing to eat. Their desserts is even worse. I had a slice of apple pie and that tasted like plastic. I had the worse after experience and spent the rest of the night in my hotel. FAIL!!!

If the food here was fit for an emperor, the cook would be beheaded for serving such lousy dishes.
The buffet was located inside the Imperial Palace which is an extremely long walk from the center of Vegas strip. Let me first point out that walking here was a complete waste of time and had I researched Unilocal first, I never would’ve stepped foot in here. (My bad, I was only interested in the crab claws and my hunger got the best of me).
Believe me and everyone else that echoes the horrible (or lack of) food choices here. The crab claws were mediocre and not fresh, the vegetables were wilted (mushrooms were turning black), lobster bisque was full of salt, and the prime rib was way too dry or overcooked. The food was sitting tepid and didn’t get rotated quickly enough.
If that wasn’t bad enough already, I was seated at my table for a good 20 minutes before anyone cleaned my plate. I had to go grab my own sodas and not once did anyone come by to see if I needed anything. There was literally no one eating here and the waitstaff just breezed through my table without even looking at me.
I would give them a half star if it were possible. I would not come back ever again under any circumstances.

After leaving Flavors at Harrah’s, we headed next door to the Imperial Palace to try out the Emperor’s Buffet. Our second stop during our 24 hour Buffet binge. And I must say, if this is what the Emperor is eating on a nightly basis, I feel sorry for him.
The food here is horrendous. It’s old, it’s stale, seems like food has been sitting there since the morning and we hit this place around 6pm. People always complain about those greasy, dirty Chinese Buffets but if given a choice, to paraphrase Patrick Henry, ‘Give me Chinese Buffet, or Give me Death’.
You wanna know how bad this place is? I saw rats leaving the buffet in masses and heading for the nearest dumpster.
1 Star might be a little too generous.

This buffet is just depressing. We felt like having a quick and cheap breakfast on our last day in Vegas because we had already donated all of our money to the slot machines. Two brunch buffets for $ 14.99? A total steal.
The buffet is totally empty on a Sunday morning and the décor is reminiscent of a sad, forgotten, dimly lit tiki restaurant. The food is just not good. There is absolutely nothing special about this buffet.
Imperial Palace is in SUCH dire need of renovations that it’s not even funny anymore.

It was terrible. I was on my honeymoon with my husband and on our last night we decided to go to the buffet. Now, since we have been in Las Vegas for a week, my feet were sore and my ankle was in a lot of pain. We were staying at Imperial Palace so we decided that it would be best if we just stuck to the buffet in our hotel. I should have sucked it up and walked. The décor is bad… I felt like I was back in the 80’s. It was very empty and they charged us $ 22 for a semblance of a buffet. Bad selection, bad quality, and badly cooked. The only good thing were the crab legs… and I didn’t even get to finish that because my husband got very sick mid-​meal and we had to run, yes RUN back to the hotel room. He was sick to his stomach for the next day and a half. It’s not worth the money-​take your money to a better buffet.

I’m cheap, ok? I don’t deny it. So when I see a breakfast/​brunch buffet for just $ 12.99, I get really excited. Unlimited food for $ 13 bucks!!! HELLS YEAH!
Unfortunately, it quickly became a «hells no» :(
Tuesday morning, circa 10:30am, there was no line and no wait for a table. Great! My tummy was growling, mouth salivating, and my mind racing with all the yummy things I was gonna pile on my plate. Got to our table and I promptly ran to grab a plate. Salad bar? Eh, not for breakfast. Omlette bar? Looks alright, but I don’t eat eggs. Pass. Meat station? Not for a vegetarian! I settled on a couple pancakes with syrup, diced potatoes, biscuit w/​jelly and lemonade. Unfortunately, if you don’t eat meat or eggs, your choices are pretty limited.
Pancakes were rubbery and the syrup is the cheap kind — thin, watery sweet stuff. Biscuit was alright, but cold. Diced potatoes tasted like the frozen generic brand from your local Vons. The lemonade (as well as OJ and apple juices) was not drinkable — i’m not kidding, I couldnt force this stuff down! It tasted like a powedered drink mix full of chemicals that they added tap water too. SO NASTY!
After not being able to eat anything on my plate (an amazement all on it’s own for a fat girl), I went for my very last remaining options: Salad bar and pastry stations. Salad was ok — I piled it high on my plate and filled it with veggies. Pretty hard to eff that up. Pastries did NOT look appetizing at all, so I just grabbed a hard, plain crissant and was on my merry lil way.
Bottom line, I spent $ 13 to eat low quality salad and drink water. What a disaster! Seriously — dont be a cheapo when it comes to buffets — spend a lil more and skip this place!

I know this is a rare 3 star review for this place and I will preface it by saying it is the only Las Vegas buffet I have ever been to, so I have nothing to compare it to, but enjoyed the experience.
I went here for dinner while wandering along the strip one night and I thought it was your typical buffet with a wide variety of options that weren’t gourmet but still good. I think the key is to choose the right options. The crab legs were awesome and totally worth the $ 20 since I probably ate $ 30 of legs alone. Other favorites included prime rib, mashed potatoes, and spicy tuna rolls. Salad bar was just OK and so were the desserts.
This is a really good deal if you are hungry! The atmosphere is pretty tacky but it is within the Imperial Palace so that’s to be expected.

Buffet of Buffets Marathon — Stop #3 of 7 12:00 PM
The 3^rd stop in our single day tour of the Buffet of Buffets lead us to the Imperial Palace and the Emperor’s Buffet. Located on the 2^nd floor above the casino, the buffet is the smallest in size and variety of the seven. Our expectations were pretty low, so we weren’t going to fool ourselves into expecting any pleasant surprises.
After browsing the buffet line for a while, I decided to try out the Desserts. Nothing on the main buffet line looked appealing to me and I wanted to save a little room for the other 4 remaining buffets. The Desserts were OK… the Cakes were very dry. I’m glad I passed on most of the items here.
Overall, it’s the lowest rated buffet in the Buffet of Buffets. Will it fill you up? Sure. Will you feel satisfied? To each their own, in my case, no. To end on a high note, the employees here are friendly.
Return Factor — 2%

Third buffet in the Buffet of Buffets tour. It was difficult to get in as there is no separate VIP line for people with line passes or special privileges. Apparently they don’t think any Seven Stars or Diamond card holders would ever bother with this buffet.
The selection is poor and everything looked gross. I tried some ice cream which was nothing special. We all said it reminded us of the buffets of our youth — which was not a good thing.
One good thing — it’s an easy buffet to sneak in and out of. I got to run some errands, get change, go to the restroom, make some phone calls. But that’s not enough of a reason to give it more than one star.

When I walked into the main room and started to browse through the food, scenes of the buffet from Vegas Vacation began to flash through my mind. Remember that scene where Clark is at the buffet and there’s blue chicken and yellow beef and his cousin was shoveling that nasty bread pudding into his mouth?
I’m overexaggerating a little, there wasn’t any blue chicken, it was green. Just kidding… but I’d rather die than come back here again.

DO NOT EAT HERE!
We bought the 24 hour buffet pass and we ate at most buffets so we decided to try the one at imperial palace… omg it was horrible! Horrible salad horrible soup horrible choices of food and nothing was fresh. When we go back to vegas we will definitely skip the buffet at imperial palace.

Second stop on our buffet of buffets journey. I did not like this one at all. Not much looked appealing. I only had a liitle cottage cheese, a tomato, and a fried shrimp. The shrimp was rubbery. My wife had a mushroom salad and a macaroon. The macaroon was decent. There are many much better buffets in town. I will not be back.

have you ever had a meano hang over and wanted to eat all the bacon in the world, and then you got a chance to eat all the bacon in the world, and started eating all the bacon in the world, and halfway through you decide you made a mistake wanting to eat all the bacon in the world? that pretty much sums up Emperor’s buffet.
I’ve eaten all meals here, breakfast, lunch and dinner. I can’t really knock them too much because they’re one of the least expensive buffets on the Center Strip. The items are all basic stuff. Eggs and bacon (yummy turning into bleh) for breakfast, turkey carving station and fried chicken for lunch, meatloaf and roast carving station for dinner. Nothing fascinating or especially spectacular.
But, it’s inexpensive and the lines are not too long. Plus, it’s on the same floor as the sports book. 2.5 stars.

Since we got the «Buffet of Buffets» 24 hour pass, we wanted to see which buffet we would like better. Online, it said Emperor Buffet had the best Asian food and sushi. When I got there, I was so disappointed. Sushi was just veggies rolls and nothing else. Asian food, yeah right, there was fried rice and chow mien. If you go to any other buffets, it would have the same items. They were closing… What kind of buffet closed for a couple of hours in VEGAS before opening for dinner. And when we got seated, our server told us we need to get all the food we wanted to eat b/​c they’re closing their kitchen in about 5 minutes.
Plus the Emperor Buffet was upstairs away from the casino. It was a little hard to find. I would NOT recommend anyone coming here… should try the other harrah’s buffets.