Review of The Buffet at ARIA

I didn’t have a great experience. It was difficult to get someone to help me go through the buffet and point out gluten free foods (nothing was marked). The chef that finally helped me warned me that everything was at risk for cross contamination right out of the gate. He seemed to be knowledgeable, said the fryers are shared, etc. then took me around and pointed out which things I could have. But, when we got to the pasta section he said gluten free ravioli was available and I asked if it was boiled separately from regular pasta. He said “no”... 🤨 He asked me if it needed it to be boiled separately (not sure how he understands contamination in fryers but not boiled water) and then asked the pasta chef to boil the raviolis in a separate pot for me, which he did. But then the pasta chef took my boiled ravioli and tossed it in a pan with sauce... and it was an unwashed pan he was using for the regular pasta dishes. I didn’t eat it. I mostly ate lots of crab legs which made the 40.00 lunch worth the price but I was so very disappointed after waiting in a line for over an hour to be seated, another 1/2 hour to get someone to help me, and having to stick with boiled seafood in the end. I’d eat there again for the crab legs & fresh fruit, only if there wasn’t a long line. **Just to clarify, the chef pointed out a good number of things that were gluten free but because of the issue with the pasta and the cc warning upfront, I didn’t trust this place and chose to eat things that were naturally clean, boiled seafood and fruit.