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MORE certainly has a diversity of offerings, with a 30-foot salad bar, a homemade pizza area, two carving spots, two omelet stations, and a dessert kiosk with French pastries and sugar-free sweets. You expect many of the mass-produced food to be pedestrian, but some of it was downright bland or bad.

The Champagne brunch (Saturday and Sunday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.) was the best meal. We use "best" loosely, though. The scrambled eggs were obviously made from powder, but the veggie quiche was yummy, as were the apple-stuffed crepe and the applewood-smoked bacon. We found the small dessert cups to be the best bets of the buffet, especially the caramel flan and the pistachio crème brûlée.

Aside from the desserts, the Champagne brunch is noteworthy for its all-you-can drink mimosas, which will have you primed and ready for a day of alcohol consumption.

We came back for dinner that night and when we entered the lower-level restaurant we could tell we were in for a bad experience. Since we had the the all-day buffet pass (instead of a one-off buffet dinner), we figured we could avoid the long line waiting to pay and get seated by going on the VIP queue. We could just flash our waterproof bracelets (so that you can go in the pool without worry of destroying your meal ticket) and we'd get seated immediately.

But we were shooed over to the pay line, where we had to wait at least 20 minutes. It may not sound like a long wait, but given the fact there were tons of empty tables in the serve-yourself dining room, it was frustrating.

During dinner, we were less successful in finding good food. The best dish was probably the popcorn shrimp, which isn't saying much. Easy comfort-food dishes like macaroni and cheese failed, and the prime rib at the carving station was too fatty. Surprisingly the fish was serviceable and the sushi—usually something we avoid in a buffet—was a notch better. But no dish compelled us to go up and get a second helping.

We held out for the desserts, hoping for another score. But we were disappointed to find that most of the goodies were the same as the morning's offerings. We tried the carrot cake, probably one of the worst we've ever had, and a dried-out raspberry tartlet.

Overall, the food is nothing to brag about, but if you need an affordable option, you can make the Luxor's buffet work for you. As for us, we pretty much couldn't bare to look at the mostly sub-par food anymore and promised ourselves that our next meal would be buffet-free.

The buffet is available for breakfast Monday to Friday 7 to 11 a.m., lunch Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner daily 3 to 10 p.m.

[Photo: Jennifer Kester]