Heritage Buffet

No stars this was one of the worst experiences of my life. the food is not worth the price and when we asked for oysters the lady said there were none but the people in line behind us got oysters. Absolutely horrible do not waste your money here. I give them one star for pettiness

Heritage Buffet is located inside Vicksburg’s Ameristar Casino. After you go through the main entrance into the casino, stop by the cashier to pick up a free MyChoice player’s card if you don’t already have one. The MyChoice card will get you a $ 3 discount on the cost of one buffet meal. If you have a MyChoice card from another state, it will not work here because their systems are not connected. You’ll have to sign up for a new one here. (In these technologically advanced times, perhaps they will make the effort to connect them through a centralized system similar to the Total Rewards system from Caesar’s Entertainment, which works in any state.) Proceed to the far left corner of the casino and take the escalator or elevator up to the Heritage Buffet entrance. Pricing is as follows (with the MyChoice $ 3 discount): Mon-​Sat 11am-​2pm lunch $ 11.95, Sun 11am-​2pm champagne brunch $ 16.95, Sun-​Thu 4pm-​9pm dinner $ 16.95, Fri-​Sat 4pm-​11pm seafood dinner $ 26.95.
I came here around 9:30pm on Friday night for the seafood buffet dinner. There was not a line at the entrance but quite a sizable waiting line for the crab legs and grilled oysters. The stars of the buffet tonight were the delicious grilled oysters! They are prepared fresh on the grill and topped off with butter, seasonings & shredded cheese. My stomach was grumbling as I stood patiently waiting for my very own plate of hot-​off-​the-​grill oysters. Oozing, bubbling, hot, plump and juicy… just the way I like my grilled oysters! The snow crab legs were prepared in batches as well, tasted fresh and not too salty. People were getting them by the platefuls so there was about a 10 – 15 min wait for them to prepare another batch. The BBQ pork ribs were tasty and tenderly fell of the bone. Other food fare included tri-​tip steak, baked chicken, fried chicken, fried catfish, fried shrimp, chilled shrimp & oysters, pasta Alfredo with scallops & penne, pasta marinara with ground beef, yams with marshmallows, sweet potatoes, baked potatoes, sauteed zucchini & yellow squash, and mac & cheese. Sides were average– nothing out of the ordinary. I did come across a garlic biscuit by the pasta bar which was good! I usually stay away from breads/​dinner rolls at the buffet but this garlic biscuit is worth a try. On the downside, the cornbread was too oily and the dinner roll was dry and stale, so I would not get either of them again. A salad/​soup bar was available but with it being the end of the night, I did not try anything from there since it had not been replenished. All of the food was served piping hot (good warmers) and not lukewarm like many casino buffets I have been to. There is nothing worse than eating barely warm food. For your seafood dining convenience, each dining table was already set with buckets/​crab claw crackers. The overall taste of the buffet main food items and sides was surprisingly good and service was attentive (plates were taken away quickly, plentiful napkins and drinks were always full).
If you know me and my love of food, then you know that I love love love desserts. No matter how much I eat, I always save room for dessert. The most appealing thing about the dessert station was the irresistible CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN! You’ll have to wait for an attendant to serve you items dipped in the fountain. The other highlight of the dessert station was the chocolate chip cookie, which was freshly baked out of the oven — nothing like a warm chocolate chip cookie in all its soft yet crunchy, gooey goodness to hit that sweet dessert spot. Oh and those coconut dream bars were a pleasant and tasty treat too! There were a variety of cakes and pies, hot desserts like warm chocolate cake and bread pudding, soft-​serve ice cream. and even rice kripsy treats. Don’t forget that desserts pair nicely with a freshly brewed cup of strong, hot coffee!
I came here with no expectations, having had some of the best casino buffets in Las Vegas. For the area, although Heritage Buffet doesn’t have the variety and spacious area that Bossier City’s Margaritaville Buffet has, it certainly is able to deliver hot, tasty food. Your belly will leave very happy, especially more so if you saved room for dessert. I would come again for seafood night, although I wish the prices weren’t so steep. With a $ 30 seafood buffet, I would prefer to have more seafood options available besides shrimp, oysters, and snow crab legs. Aside from the minor negatives, I had a great dining experience at Heritage Buffet and hope that yours is too!

There was a time when the Heritage Buffet was comparable to the finest buffets in Vegas. Greatness is fleeting. Gone are the Vicksburg mashed potatoes, the black eyes peas with large pieces of ham hock, and the Vicksburg creamed corn. Now the fried chicken is not marinated but the skin is over salted. Now we have pedestrian cream corn, mashed potatoes that taste like from a box and no greens with ham hock.
The deserts indistinguishable from each other. Just sugar in great lumps. The rest is similar in a great lack of quality. It’s just another casino tasteless buffet and it’s overpriced to boot.
Greatness is fleeting.

This is the Ameristar casino buffet. You get there by going to the casino, finding the up escalator which takes you to the line for the buffet. We arrived at 7:30pm on a Friday night & waited in line for about 25 minutes. Seafood is only served on the weekends (yummy snow crab legs!) There was a large variety of food and all of it was very good. Only negatives — lots of people & Pricey at $ 70 for 2.

Great food for great price.
I am a very picky eater, but everything tasted very good. Outstanding service, fresh food tasted very good, they seem to care about serving quality food. Definitely will go back if passing through.

As vegetarians it’s not always as easy as you think having choices at a buffet. They always add meat/​bacon to the vegetables or soups and just a salad gets boring. I would have rated it lower except one of the chefs there an older Indian woman was the only one who listened and cared when I asked about the vegetables if there was meat in them. All the men said yes but couldn’t make me any of them without it. One made a rude comment about me being a damn vegetarian. She came to me and said she would made me some green beans which were amazing! She made enough so my husband and I could share and brought it to our table then had another cook bring me the pasta I ordered to our table. For us choices weren’t plenty but for meat eaters the food was really good and fresh. She also recommended the bread pudding and it was spot on. Dinner was a little pricey having eaten no meat which is the most expensive part of the meal. They should offer vegetarian prices too.