After a night of partying, mostly at Mixx, Borgata Buffet Borgata Buffet seemed like the way to end the weekend. We were mostly in sweats, hoodies, and sneakers, half awake, and dehydrated. I'm a little prejudice against buffets but for about $23 after tax, I was satisfied with what they offered and I give them an extra thumbs up for not charging extra for beverages.

They had an omelet station, meat carving station, and the standard trays of eggs, bacon, grits, waffles with toppings, and lots of fried stuff. I didn't try any of that because I just wasn't in the mood. Instead, I went for a random pick of things that may not have fit together. The chocolate muffin was good although the coconut flakes did not add any flavor. I enjoyed the cheese danish and chocolate croissant. The biscuit was quite good, buttery and flaky, and still a bit warm. The cous cous was forgettable but I really like the beet and fennel salad, to my surprise because neither are a favorite of mine. The lox paled in comparison to the large shrimp cocktail that I went back for three times, piling on more each time. The pizza was another surprise because it was good and there's no picture of it because I finished the slice before I reached our table. Same goes for the fried squares of potato that they called home fries but were really bite sized French fries.


The dessert display was really quite impressive (more cause they were cute, pretty average in taste) so I tried most of them. The blueberry pie and pecan pie were pretty good. The chocolate peanut tart was so-so.

The Sacher Torte was really dense and almost chewy. The cheesecake was standard, and you couldn't really taste the mango in the Mango Mousse Tart.

The Coconut Cream Pie had that same problem. Where's the coconut? The Sugar-Free Jello looked awesome but I couldn't try it. (I assume it has food coloring.) The last surprise was that the Sugar-Free Chocolate Layer Cake was the best dessert. It had a nice dark chocolate flavor and it was extremely moist.

They also had a gelato station but I was unimpressed with the bit I tried from Olivia and at this point I couldn't fit anything more in. Nothing was super duper but most of it was better than I expected. I'm not solidly for or against this buffet but if you like cocktail shrimp, you'll get your money's worth.