Buffet News from CET: So, prices are up again for Caesars Ent’s "Buffet of Buffets" pass, which is now $49.99 (or $54.99 without a Total Rewards card, but those are free, so get one). The pass, which enables diners to eat as many meals at as many buffets as they can stomach in a 24-hour period, was formerly $47.99/$49.99 (originally $29.99, with a players card, when the concept debuted in 2010, but there have been so many price hikes since, we can’t even count them).
But wait, there’s more. Much more. After much online sleuthing, coupled with some official misinformation, we can confirm lots of other stealth hikes have been added to the cost of using this "discount" pass. For one thing, the price quoted above now only applies during the week. Back in December, CET introduced a weekend surcharge, and Friday/Saturday it’s now $64.99 with a Total Rewards card or $69.99 without. We’ve seen them allude to this in a few places now, but only on the B-of-B FAQ page did we find disclosure of what that price actually is, and the official recorded information on the B-of-B dedicated hotline has not been updated to reflect the change. Nor had the change ever been disclosed to us, and we call every single buffet in town every single month, specifically to check prices (see today’s ultr-timely Question of the Day, which is all about our Buffet listings.)
Talking of the hotline, this also fails to mention that the up-charge for using the pass at Caesars’ uber-gourmet Bacchanal Buffet has also been increased. While it was formerly a flat fee of $15 on top of the price of the pass, should you wish to include this buffet in your 24-hour chowdown, it’s now an additional $15 for breakfast, $20 for lunch, and $25 for dinner. We called Caesars and were told summarily that, "It’s always been that way." No, it hasn’t! And if you don’t believe us (or any of the other third-party sites, reviews, and blog entries we checked), just call CET’s own recorded-info line on (702) 862-3530 for proof!
So, this means that, if you wish to eat the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars for dinner on the weekend as part of your "Buffet-of-Buffet" experience, and you don’t have a Total Rewards card, it’s going to cost you … wait for it … a total of $94.99 for the pleasure — and that’s not inclusive of tax.
The one tiny bright spark in all of this is that the upcharge for using the pass at Rio’s Village Seafood buffet, which was added to the pass-eligible list back in April 2011, has been dropped from $15 to $10. They don’t tell you that on the info line, either.
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