Ocotillo Buffet – Quechan Casino Resort

We stopped eating at the Q. The buffet was excellent (no longer have a buffet) order off the menu. We took friends for a late lunch and ordered off the menu, 1 burrito, 3 chicken dishes. The burrito was the only meal that was edible. The 3 chicken dishes were dried out chunks/​slices of garbage. We can find much better dining in Yuma without having to make a trip to the Q. Save your money and drive time.

This review is not for the buffet, but rather their Prime Rib special. Make sure you sign up for a players card to get a discount. For $ 9.95 you get an 8oz slice of Prime Rib, choice of baked or mashed potatoes, and winter vegetables. We ordered medium slices but ended up with medium well if not well done. I thought it was okay overall.
The $ 20 deal at the steakhouse (appetizer, entrée, and dessert) looked more promising.

This place isn’t too bad. For the Yuma area, it’s better than average. It’s definitely better than another buffet on 16^th… The salad bar is always fresh, and something I look forward to… And the dessert buffet is sinful… They could use a little more variety when it comes to lunch, especially with vegetables, but other than that… Again, not too bad.

Mediocre…
Visited Ocotillo during our weekend visit with the in-​laws. Saturday night is the seafood buffet for 16.95. They did have very fresh king crab legs, and the shrimp seemed very fresh also. Pesto salmon was decent. If you didn’t like seafood, there were some other choices. I tried one of the ribs, it was pretty fatty and I had to fight with it a bit. Desert was better than average – I tried the cherry pie, which had a great crust, and a sliver of cheesecake, very solid. Service was decent. I didn’t go into the experience expecting a Vegas-​quality buffet, and I pretty much got what I expected – lots of mediocre, salty food with a few standout dishes. The wine was cheap, only 3.95. I’m doubtful for a return visit.

In the world of buffets (btw, I do not particularly care for buffets) this one is pretty good. I’ve been going here more lately because my wife is 8 months prego and damn that woman can EAT!
We try to come for the Friday/​Saturday Seafood buffet (under $ 20/​person). The crab legs and shrimp require a bit of effort; I lost patience and mowed through the frog legs, rib tips, salmon and prime rib. A note of stations — there was everything: Pasta, Carving, Salad, Starch, Veggies, Sides, and Stews, you name it and they had it
(now it’s in mah belly!)
HUGE selection of desserts — I had to opt out because after that much food, there wasn’t much room left… not even in my esophagus. But the wife was pretty happy with the 4 or 5 different pieces she ate.
I’d stick to the meats and veggies, which were indeed A-​OK in my book.
ps. Cocopah is better

In Spring of 2010, an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, causing several deaths, a huge oil spill, and billions of dollars worth of environmental damage. Although many people do not know this, there was a single snow crab on the platform when it exploded. As a result of the explosion, the crab was launched into the ocean and then covered in crude oil for three straight months.
Being a survivor, the crab climbed onto a floating piece of wood which had carried him to the coast of Japan by spring 2011. As the crab approached the coast of MIYAGI, he was shaken violently by a 9.0 earthquake and then swept into the coastline by a massive tsunami wave. As it raged into the coastline, the tsunami wave smashed the crab into burning buildings, causing him to catch on fire. When the tsunami wave receded, the crab was miraculously still alive. He had been exploded, oiled, burnt, earthquaked and tsunamied. As he limped through the streets of Japan, subjected to high levels of radiation, the brave little snow crab finally gave up in his long fight for survival. He died a hero.
One day later, a talent scout from the Quechan casino, who happened to be in Japan, found the dead crab on a sidewalk and sent it back to the Octillo buffet for processing. When the crab arrived at the Buffet, kitchen staff followed the regular procedure of leaving his dead body in a sink full of dirty dishes for 40 days. After completing that process, the crab was boiled and added to the buffet menu. The very next evening, I paid $ 17.00 to eat that crab. It was the highlight of my buffet dinner at the Q casino.

The most impressive feature of going to eat here is that if you get a «Q card» from the cashier at the front desk, you get $ 25 in free money (that was in ’10– it may be less now) toward gambling that you can quickly cash in, effectively making a meal here free and still having some extra gas money.
At $ 6.99 per person for lunch, Octotillo offers a good selection of food, which includes mainly American, Mexican, and Seafood. Standouts items included Oysters on the Half Shell, Scallops, hot wings, cheese tortellini, beef brisket, and ceviche, among some others. There was also a soup & salad bar, a make-​your-​own sandwich bar, and a decent dessert selection which featured a chocolate fountain with strawberries for dipping. The service was also above average and items were refilled in a timely fashion.
Overall, it was good. Like I said, you can’t beat getting $ 25 for free (I think they are currently offering $ 10 for free) and then using the money here [especially if you are just passing through the area].