Wicked Spoon

Wicked Spoon rewired the Vegas buffet when it opened: individually portioned dishes — small bowls, cocottes, single-serve plates — instead of communal troughs, which still makes it the most grazeable spread in town. It lives on Level 2 of the Cosmopolitan's Chelsea Tower, running breakfast and lunch dayparts daily with weekend brunch as the flagship service.

Two structural updates matter in 2026: dinner is gone — the buffet now runs daytime only (weekday breakfast ~$48, lunch ~$55, weekend brunch $55-59, bottomless drinks +$30) — and industry reporting names it among the last three MGM buffets slated to close by mid-2027 as the company winds the format down (unconfirmed by MGM, but the trajectory is public). Translation: this is a while-it-lasts institution.

The experience holds: gelato counter, better-than-buffet pastry, stations that reward sampling wide because portions are pre-sized for exactly that. Lines build late morning on weekends — arrive at open — and the +$30 bottomless only pays past the third mimosa. Critics slot it just behind Bacchanal; the format loyalists put it first.