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Not aware of any, but can't see that it would be worth it as food is so cheap in the buffets etc

TC
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Also not something you would want to do, given the huge variety and you are unlikely to stay in your own hotel other than pool time and sleeping. You certainly don't want to tie your eating and drinking to one place.

I suppose the MGM deal is like full board though, with the buffet passes.
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The Imperial Palace was doing an offer of food and drinks inclusive, but it wasn't cheap and you are far better eating and drinking elsewhere.

luci :wave
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Mandalay Bay also has an all-inclusive deal this summer...but agree with Luci, both it and Imperial Palace really aren't value for money when you consider the cost of eating in Vegas. I suppose for those who want to have quite a few drinks, don't gamble (so won't get them free from the cocktail waitresses)...then maybe the all-inclusive deals might make sense but really depends on the price of the deal and what you'd expect to save from it...but I wouldn't want to be tied to my hotel myself - so many options in Vegas to feel stuck in one place to eat and drink.
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Ive just come back from Anaheim LA and Las Vegas and i can tell you that eating even buffets are a lot of money. Cheap food is KFC and Mcdonalds. I found eating in the Fashion Mall upstairs fairly reasonable for dinner, ate at Bills the night before we left and still cost us £40. Water is expensive £3 a bottle, it took us a while to find cheaper places eg, ABC shops in Planet Hollywood and even bought drinks on the bridge for 80p. We ate a very good meal and a lot of it in the Harley Davison Cafe which cost us $120 for a started each and mains, plus two bottles of bud lights and one glass of wine. Bars are very expensive for beer (bud, stella etc for less than a pint it was £5.00, cost us $21 for a bud and a pint and half of stella ! For a first timer i was fed up with trying to look for decent places to eat for a reasonable a mount of money. As soon as you left the strip everything was a lot cheaper.Buffets were $29.99 all you can eat in Manderlay bay, abit cheaper in other hotels.
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there certainly are many expensive options in Vegas, but loads and loads of good deals and money off vouchers if you look for them. I know our first few trips we hadn't really looked into much in this respect, but if you do there are many ways to have very nice meals for very good prices. restaurant.com vouchers, Tix4Dinner, American Casino Guide vouchers, Las Vegas Advisor vouchers to name a few.

Drinks are expensive at many casino bars and restaurants, but are free (with tip) if you're gambling at all...plus several places like Casino Royale do drinks specials to get you in the door....their $1 Michelobs are very nice we think.

I totally agree that Vegas can be really expensive in terms of food and drink, and it can also be one of the greatest value for money holiday destinations with a bit of advance research.
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Wow, the Harley Davidson Cafe has always been great value. I am guessing this has a lot to do with the price of beers/wine because as a couple we could comfortably eat in there with refillable soft drinks for $35-$40 depending on how many courses we eat, but even so, I doubt beers and wine would make up that difference. How much were mains? I suppose it all depends on what you have, but they used to do a pretty awesome Philly Cheesesteak with fries for $8. Burgers were less.

I go to the USA with the the intention of not drinking alcohol (I don't like wasting time in the USA with hangovers, plus I can do that any Friday/Saturday night in Norwich), and in Vegas only in casinos when gambling or when there are 2 for 1 offers kicking around. Last August we had a manic night in the MGM bar crawling (Vegas tends to do that to me), but all those drinks were comped at the end of the stay (as well as all the other MGM Mirage drinks we had during those 6 nights). I do agree with you, drinks are not cheap in casino bars. It's actually cheaper to put a $5 in a Video Blackjack machine and play with that and get a couple of drinks through the waitress. I made $10 last ages in the Rio last year and got 3 or 4 drinks for a tip each time (it was during the day though).

For soft drinks defintely check out the cheap tourist shops where cans/water are often 2 for $1, water on the bridges is $1 as you say, and I do agree that the food court in the Fashion Show Mall is good value, certainly for a lunch bite to eat.
Buffets are a luxury in Vegas imho, we usually have a couple of breakfast ones but I prefer to just go to somewhere like the Studio Cafe in the MGM for a bagel/muffin and two drinks, often coming out at about $7-$8 in total. I still maintain a budget of $15 for breakfast, $10 for lunch and $50 evening meal can be stuck to in Vegas (swings and roundabouts across all meals of course), but that is without alcohol, just refill soft drinks. We budget this much in any USA city and have never had an issue. Of course we save money in places like Orlando because meals are cheaper, but Vegas does stretch that a bit but we manage.

Worth also mentioning the likes of Nathans Hot Dogs who always do BOGOF vouchers (normally in the NYNY), Hagen Das was BOGOF last August in one of the smaller casinos and sometimes you can get cheap pizzas as well. Not ideal food and no way does it constitute a main meal but for a snack it helps keep costs down.
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