I’ll take some of the yella, and don’t get cheap on me 😆

Back when my dad used to take the whole family to Vegas in the early 90s, we “upgraded” from the Motel 6 by McCarran to the Circus Circus. I thought we were living high, especially when he’d take us to the Circus Buffet or the Arby’s that was located in the strip mall next to CC (since demolished). Memories that will last a lifetime.

This was the GO-TO back in the 80's. I remember my siblings and I so excited when our dad announced we were going to Vegas. That meant Circus Circus arcade and their fabulous buffet (to us kids at least). The food was simple then but oh so delicious. The servers were warm and friendly and treated all the customers like VIP. The manager was always an older man in suit walking around getting to know their guests, super friendly and joked with my parents. THAT was old Vegas which we all miss.

I worked at Circus Circus in high school, and all I can say is that you're braver than I am.

Even early 2000s they still had super cheap buffets. Crazy that everything is so ridiculously priced now.

Nothing looked appetizing at this buffet except for the exit.

$30???? I thought $15 for Golden Coral was bad. Thanks for taking one for the team Ms Ruby.

I appreciate that Ruby actually went and tried Circus' buffet. You always hear how bad it is and now wehave verifiable proof. I like how it seemed like she was goung out of her way not to hate it. When things like fried shrimp and chicken and waffles are "highlights" it's best to head elsewhere.

I think the only reason Vegas kept the buffets is because Vegas is very identified with buffets. But they failed to realize is Vegas is identified with cheap buffets. Not overly priced buffets. Vegas vacation, friends anytime they were in Vegas the buffets were cheap or free.

That $1.49 buffet Clark and Eddie had in Vegas sure has gone up in price! 😳

I am literally obsessed with this channel, i've always loved Vegas so this channel is so fun to watch. You are literally just naturally funny. I appreciate how positive and honest your reviews are!

I lived in Vegas for a couple of years back in 85 to 87. Back then, Circus Circus had what was advertised as the 'Worlds Largest Buffet' and it was only $5.99. Excellent value and huge choice of food. We loved it! :)

Thank you for steering us clear of a bad buffet . It looked nasty and the food looked old 🧐

Thanks Ruby for giving the Circus Circus buffet the old college try. It's easy to assume the worst with certain places when sometimes there turns out to be a unknown treasure inside. Not in this case, but still thanks for trying.

Wow! $30 for that? Looks like a lot of low quality blah food. Thanks for doing this review. I won't bother going there, not that I would have done so.

So nice to find an honest, unbiased Buffet review for a change.

This video had Cousin Eddie and Clark at the buffet in Vegas Vacation vibes.

Super impressive review…Ruby I have eaten in over 5,000 restaurants, for free, in my capacity as a Tour Manager….I have as many as 50 guests dining with me as well…your non biased reviews, always looking for the positives and giving the benefit of the doubt make what you say that much more authentic and genuine, and TRUSTWORTHY…. Your knowledge of food is exemplary, ganache versus frosting a minor example, and therefore is educationally factual…I am a guide of the Deep South, the Pacific Northwest, the UK, and am an expert guide in the entire European Communities, with an emphasis on Italy… Keep up the good work, and it is a pleasure to subscribe to your channel.

I remember the Rio buffet being incredible, but that was in the mid 90s. $14 bucks then....That was a GREAT time to be living there

I actually stay at CC with my family when I was growing up in the 70's and it was a good place. The buffet was like $1.99 and everything was good. The place was clean and busy. However, to this day, The Steak House at CC is still one of the highest ranked in the city. I've eaten there and it is excellent.

My Memaw loved the Circus Circus. She'd venture out to slots of fun and occasionally to the Stardust. She went so often for so many years that she never paid for anything, she knew all the change girls, the cleaning ladies. The hotel was great for her to take me because I could go to the circus, to the midway, the pool, and it was like a big family. My Pepaw retired from the airlines (we flew cheap) and I remember the first time flying to Vegas they still had a smoking section onboard (I had lots of questions about this at age 4!) All the food I ever ate was ok, but I was 15 the last time I went.

Boy I remember back in 1981 breakfast $199 lunch $299. Dinner $399 . Those were the good ole days. But still love Circus. Circus. Great review ruby👍

$30.00 dollars for the buffet at Circus Circus?!?! Damn! I'd spend the Summer in the late 80's with my dad & he'd take me there for dinner. I think it was $3.69 for dinner.

I feel bad for those baked beans. Can you imagine the pressure for them? Being the only good thing in the entire buffet and having a million dollar food area all hinging on those beans. "please PLEASE! don't fail us now beans. You're the only reason they come back. We're all doomed if you don't dazzle them with your secret Bush's recipe" The manager before opening every night frantically pacing back and forth wearing a trench into the kitchen's tile...."Yes...fine ok fine...BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BEEAAANS! Will they be on par tonight!!! We must not open without them!"

Never a good sign when no one is in line and the booths are empty. The bill of fare doesn't even look appealing at each station. Sorry you had to endure that horrible buffet! At least the dessert was decent. Thanks Ruby!

You are a brave soul, thank you for taking this deep dive into gastroenteritis.

I once stayed at the CCH, and when I was in the parking garage elevator the other passengers would all grab the cellphones, out of their pockets, and hold them in their hands. After observing this behavior a number of times I finally asked someone as to why this behavior was commonplace. The reply was “ we grab our phones so we can more quickly call for help when the elevators fail between floors”.

Thanks for the vid, Ruby. Just subbed. Your honesty is really refreshing and at times, accidentally amusing. Looking forward to lots more.

I really like that you keep an open mind when you go to all these different places. Definintely seems way more honest.

Damn $30 for food that was reheated out of a can/box. They should be ashamed to server pre-made corndogs and Jose ole taquitos smh

Thank you for doing this. Helps when we plan a trip. Mahalo!

I have no idea why your channel popped into my recommended because I don't travel much at all, but I'm glad it did. I love all the information you give and your personality is killer. (Too many stuffy travel bloggers out there.) I've never put Vegas near the top of my vacation list before but it's definitely there now. I don't gamble so the place never appealed to me. However, you've shown there's so much more to do besides gambling. I loved your Must-Do, Overrated, and Underrated videos and will definitely keep that stuff in mind when I visit. Thanks Ruby!

Las Vegas seems like a huge rip-off now.

i would be ok with this buffet if it's $15-20. This looks like good old comfort food, and i'm not that picky. i can add salt and pepper on your own to add more flavor.

Great, honest review Ruby, thank you for sharing this.

Love the honest review!

I had this once in the early nineties back during the days it cost three ninety nine for dinner. The food in this video looks millions better than it had been back then. To this day it was the most terrible restaurant I’ve ever been to. Even the grated cheese in the salad bar looked inedible. I think I maybe just had croutons because everything else had been unappetizing. My mom got so mad at my dad for taking us there I’m pretty sure our family left to go somewhere else. I’m pretty annoyed to see they’re charging so much now for food that is still pretty bad. I’d rather pay a little more to get the breakfast at the Wynn, fill myself up on that delicious food, and then just not eat much the rest of the day. Crazy that one is only $8 more.

You’re a natural at food reviews Ms. Ruby. Me, I wouldn’t expect circus circus to be no more than two stars ⭐️ ⭐️.

Oh my God! What a fun video. Thank you so much for this one and I can’t remember Circus Circus so well when I was a kid ha ha

Perhaps one of the most honest reviews I've ever seen! Nice job.

This buffet is depressing the hell out of me 😂

I'm surprised this buffet didn't have a frozen food section, where you microwave it yourself...

I love your honesty! Thanks for the wonderful review

It's always fun to watch the worst buffet's, hotel's, etc. - Thanks for the video - very informative !

How things have changed. It didn’t really look like it was worth $30. Last time I visited Vegas was in the early 1990’s. I saw a show called Crazy Girls which was popular at that time. It included a delicious huge dinner buffet It was at the Riviera Hotel. Buffet and show all inclusive was $12 lol

Looks like the stuff at my grandparents' favorite place, the Golden Corral. Which is fine, but not at $30 a head.

Love the fear and loathing references in the beat ruby!

Your channel is really helpful for over see visitors to view before heading to the USA & Vegas !!!xox

The food brought back memories of eating at the senior center with Grandma in the 70s. No salt no flavor. Some items looked decent.

You are a brave soul. $30 bucks for mac and cheese , corn dogs and whatever that brown stuff was. wow

Travel Ruby- Watching your videos, they have been so informative. I’m next for a first time trip to Vegas an I feel I been already 😂 I watch so many of your videos, know so many places an attractions

Doing research for my students at a Cooking school in France and your channel has been very helpful. The food here looks all pre-prepared or frozen! Your review says it all :(

Circus Circus holds a place in my heart from my early trips to Vegas (2005 onwards) hit my first hand pay there also. We use to go to the buffet a lot, it was always busy and not too bad....I visited the buffet early 2020 for brunch and it was horrendous 😢. I ate at the steakhouse a couple of weeks ago which is better than ever. Great video, thank you for sharing, have an awesome rest of your trip.

Wish you would have tried the food from the carving station for a complete review. Many people go to buffets for the carving station alone.

Ruby rocks! Thank you for your reviews.

Lol - love the fear and loathing sounds in the background!!

Over the years we only ate at three buffets in Vegas; the Rio, the Bellagio and the Wynn when all three were new hotels. This was back in their glory days, cost was $50, very expensive at that time. King crab legs, Prime Rib, all the very best! Those were the days my friend…

Happy New Year to you and the mister. I love your point of view on all things Vegas. I think the buffets have made people expect less and less for their money. If you spent $30 a person at Denny's, you'd get a lot more bang for your buck. It looks as though Circus is re-purposing left-over food and double or triple frying to "freshen" it up. Buffets get a bad wrap cuz they're wrapping them badly, does that make sense?🤔😄 Hope y'all have a great year 🥂🎰🙋🏼‍♂️

I luv the honesty!

Thanks for the video. New to your channel. Enjoyed your honest review !!

You started at the cheap fillers- vegetables and Mac/cheese. Always do a reconnaissance of the full buffet then start at your favorites.

I went there in July and the food was good, at first I thought the fried Chicken would be dry and it turned out very tender and moist. My daughter and I enjoyed it very much, are there better buffets in Vegas? Yes but we totally enjoyed our meal at Circus Circus.

I'm a - can I say - super great cook at home. Going to be SO fussy next time we go to Vegas. Thank you for all your videos Ruby! xx

My parents used to bring me and my brother there for $1.99 breakfast buffet every time we came to Vegas back in the late 80's and early 90's. My brother would eat his weight in nothing but bacon and rice 🤣🤣🤣

You're out here doing the Lord's work. We should all take up a donation for Pepto Bismol.

I love the background dialog from fear and loathing!

thanks my first look at your work and I subscribed

Used to stay and play at Circus Circus in the late 80's and early 90's. Followed the Miss Circus Circus hydroplane as a racing journalist, and the hotel's VP, the late Mel Larsen, treated us like royalty. Now the place is overshadowed by these cold, stodgy mega-resorts with no soul. I'll stay away from the "modern" Las Vegas and keep my wonderful memories of "Vegas with a heart".

Good work, Ruby. From what I could see, and my experience in the industry, Most of what they serve they only heat or prep. It comes out of a can, box or bag. At the better buffets (Paris, Rio, Caesars, etc.) they actually produce the dishes so they can keep it fresh, adjust the taste and use the large professional banquet kitchens & bakeries on site. Most all that comes in on a truck from a distributer for "heat & eat". Even the cakes & pies. Sad since they used to do better but they've raised prices, cut cost and reduced staff post covid.

Loved when you bit into that corn dog. Haha

great honesty !

I know this video is pretty old but I just found the channel and I love it. I don’t know if this is your intention but I like the fact that you review and do the things that 90% of the people who visit Las Vegas do. You eat at regular places, and stay in regular rooms. I appreciate that, thank you. But the real reason I posted was to let you know why the meatballs and the taco meat tasted like breakfast sausage. If they grind meat for their kitchen to make meatballs etc then you will probably want to know: The sausage and probably bacon that didn’t get eaten at breakfast were almost definitely thrown in the grinder with the beef. As a butcher, I can tell you this was a very common practice in restaurants and supermarkets until the very early 90’s. Some shady places probably still do this. Circus circus is definitely one of them.

Thanks for the warning Ruby. It looks worse than PF Chang's. I didn't think that would be possible.

Your underlying Hunter S. was a fabulous touch. Love your streams and reviews. :) Peace

You played a clip from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.. love it. 🤣

Ruby, you should have tried the carved meats just to give us a look. This buffet would be OK for $15 or $20. Keep in mind, 90% of the food at these buffets is frozen and fried/heated, or out of a package or can. Of course, nothing wrong with that if you want a quick, cheap meal.

I was a little surprised at Vegas. I thought you'd be able to go out for dinner at 10pm. But some restaurants were closed early week, or open just for dinner only. You still could find something open at anytime, I just thought the major restaurants would be open later.

Thanks for the heads up ruby

😑 I had such high hopes for the corn dog. But it was not to be. Thank you for your review sis.

I’ve been on the planet for a long time but I’ve never seen a corn dog on a buffet 🤦‍♂️

$30 a person????? What a ripoff…

So happy to be a new subscriber to your channel you make these videos and they are so much fun and your so beautiful just makes my day thank you for all your hard work for these videos I will be looking forward to seeing more of these !!!

Thanks for sharing this information with us...

I went there like 25 years ago with my mom when I was a little kid. It looks EXACTLY the same!

3O$ IS INSANE USED TO BE 12,99$ insane the rip off nowadays in Las Vegas

Thank you for great video!! I love your T-shirt which you was wearing in this video. Are you gonna add into your store???? I love love love to purchase.

Love the Fear and Loathing in the background 👍

That looks about as good as a grade school serving a buffet😂

This Buffet looks perfect for kids, I had the CC buffet 2 years ago and it was very similar to your visit. I love Fried shrimp, so I had that as my main ayce choice and worth the price with beverages, dessert and sides. I would choose this over any MGM Property buffet any day.

As a Las Vegas local for over 30 years everyone in town used to call this buffet the "ol' slurp and burp", or "all you can puke!" It was that universally hated. 🤣

I remember the Circus Circus Buffet was the talk of the town back in 1978. It was the premier place for this food genre......How times have changed!

looks like standard Golden Corral buffet. Thank you for taking one for the team

I’ve noticed over the years, about the past ten, the quality of food at buffets has gone down while the prices have gone up. It is a shame.

I love the audio clips of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! I can recite most of that movie (the book too lol).

Love the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas playing in the background😂

I've said it a bunch of times being a Las Vegas native. There are NO buffets worth 60-75 dollars per person. Circus used to be just stainless steel warming tables full of slop but I'd still rather eat there than spend 65 a person lol. Great video guys.

Ruby have you guys been to the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars? Pricey, but it looks amazing. I wonder if the buffet out at the M is still as good as it was when they first opened?

Love the fear and loathing sound in the beginning. 😆

Love the fear and loathing beat!!!

just from growing up in Vegas I could mentally taste everything from flash back memory senses and all I can say is thank you for doing what most people wont by making this video... this is definitely a must go to buffet if your too drunk to leave circus circus