900 Lobsters, 5,000 Pounds of Shrimp: Inside the Palms’ Wild All&You&Can&Eat Buffet

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Dozens of steamed lobsters astatine the AYCE Buffet. | Louiie Victa The Vegas buffet goes done 1,750 lobster tails per day. And that’s not adjacent the fractional of it. Located conscionable off-Strip, the AYCE Buffet astatine the Palms is 1 of the much fashionable buffets successful Las Vegas, adjacent among locals. And portion of that entreaty is for its themed meal nights, dedicated to snowfall crab and premier rib connected Fridays and to each things lobster connected Tuesday and Wednesday. Predictably, those who wage the premium for the shellfish-laden events mean concern — avid diners marque aggregate instrumentality trips to the buffet’s stations. Here is simply a by-the-numbers look astatine however overmuch lobster, snowfall crab, and pork belly the buffet goes done each month. Louiie Victa A navigator astatine the AYCE buffet preps steamed lobsters for the buffet line. Whole lobster: 13,330 pounds oregon 900 lobsters per day “Don’t adjacent get maine started connected lobster nights. It’s each crab, shrimp, carving stations, and all-you-can-eat lobster,” says Marcus O’Brien, Palms enforcement cook and elder enforcement manager of nutrient and beverage. Louiie Victa Hundreds of lobster tails navigator successful a combi-steam oven. Lobster tails: 7,000 pounds oregon 1,750 tails per day Louiie Victa In spell the crab legs. Snow crab: 20,000 pounds per month “The astir fashionable dishes are the blistery snowfall crab legs and lobsters full and tail,” O’Brien says. Louiie Victa A heap of peeled shrimp hoisted upon the AYCE crockery bar. Shrimp: 5,000 pounds per month Louiie Victa A enactment of rotisserie meats astatine the AYCE Buffet carvery section. Louiie Victa Rounds of beef brisket, awaiting carving. Pork belly: 22,000 pounds per month Sirloin steaks: 5,240 pounds per month Prime rib: 2,500 pounds per month Louiie Victa A countertop lined with miniature portions of tiramisu, cocoa cupcakes, and crème brulée. Louiie Victa Dozens of mini crème brulées get torched earlier hitting the dessert line. Miniature desserts: 11,000 per month “Check retired the pastry country archetypal due to the fact that you request to devise a program for this,” O’Brien advises. Champagne: 3,200 bottles per month Louiie Victa A buffet idiosyncratic presents a four-pound lobster to beryllium awarded to 1 table. Gigantic unrecorded lobster raffled disconnected and cooked for a winning table: One “We springiness distant 1 five-pound lobster each lobster meal to a random impermanent oregon table. This lobster is presented tableside portion inactive live and past our cook prepares a customized lobster feast conscionable for that table,” O’Brien says. Louiie Victa Whole lobsters boiling for lobster meal astatine the AYCE Buffet. Louiie Victa Some of the 900 oregon truthful lobsters that are consumed connected a lobster meal night. Louiie Victa A buffet server proffers 1 full lobster and 1 lobster process astatine a clip to customers. Louiie Victa Customers tin person 1 full lobster and 1 lobster process astatine a clip — but determination is nary bounds connected however galore times they tin get backmost successful line. The AYCE buffet astatine Palms is $46.99 from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Lobster meal is $79.99 from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Prime rib and snowfall crab meal is $52.99 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. connected Friday and Saturday themed dinners are $52.99 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Reservations are recommended.