Not sure when you were there last, or what you consider ‘cheap’.
It’s why I don’t go...good luck getting breakfast & coffee for under $30 (for one). I was there in January for a conference, I had a ‘cheap’ $20 burrito and when I asked for a cup of water with it I was told “no”, only bottled water or fountain drinks.
It almost costs you to walk down the strip and breathe air these days.
I have never been to ‘Vegas.
I just remember hearing that they used to subsidize the buffet’s to get people to gamble.
I used to really like buffets, and wouldn’t have minded going to one of them, but I am not mathematically impaired and don’t have any desire to gamble at a casino.
an otherwise very tasty pizza place at paradise and (tropicana?) refused tap water as well. didn’t realize that was legal in NV.