Viral TikToker Angers Many With Recent Vegas Buffet Video
By Melanie VanDerveer on August 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT
The backlash is real and lasting for a viral TikToker who recently shared a video that upset most people who viewed it.
Mister Lewis, a TikTok content creator known for throwing money around like it's nothing, recently visited the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for their lobster buffet and upset many in the process.
Viral TikTok Content Creator Upset Many With Vegas Buffet Video
Mister Lewis, known for buying the most expensive things he can find everywhere he goes, recently visited the Palms all-you-can-eat lobster buffet. The two-day-a-week special buffet featuring all-you-can-eat lobster and snow crab for $79.99 became the center of attention in his recently shared TikTok video. And not because the price is great, but because of what he does while he's there.
As he leaves the buffet area with two plates overflowing with whole lobsters, he drops a lobster on the floor but keeps going. At the table, he's confronted by a buffet employee who explains the rules.
"You can have more lobster once you've completed these," he said as he pointed to a table full of uneaten lobsters. Lewis then interrupts by saying, "The rules are that I have to finish a plate before I go back to the buffet."
A sign by the buffet says, "One per plate."
Another diner then jumped into the conversation to call out Lewis' ignorance on how to behave at a lobster buffet.
Throwing Plates Of Untouched Lobsters Away
The video then shows Lewis eating some of the lobsters he had on his table, but clearly not all of them.
"The casino, who be taking all your money, has a problem with me taking some lobster, all-you-can-eat?" he asked with a sassy tone. "Stop playing with me."
He then explained that he was visiting the Palms in Vegas to "put y'all onto the good spots," then shared what was going on with the table full of lobsters and the manager's visit to his table. He said he would get one piece, go back to his table, and then go back for more.
"This deal is definitely worth it, but the way they treated me made me wanna leave immediately," he said after diving into some lobster.
He then did the unthinkable - threw plates of untouched lobsters into the kitchen garbage. This did not sit well with his viewers.
Viewers Were Outraged Over Buffet Attitude: 'You Are In The Wrong'
While the video received more than 2.2 million views and 15,000 comments, the general consensus was outrage and disappointment.
"The restaurant should take legal action," one person wrote, and 10,000 others liked it. Another viewer shared, "You can be wealthy, but kind and humble at the same time."
One person pointed out, "It's all you can eat not all you can throw away."
Another viewer shared a personal story of a time they witnessed something similar. "The last time I went to AYCE we saw a gentleman and his son do that same exact thing leaving no lobster for anyone else so my wife convinced 4 other tables to line up at his table."
Sharing 'My Most Expensive Dinner Yet' On TikTok
A day after the lobster video, Lewis shared the meal he ate at The X Pot in Vegas, claiming it was his "most expensive dinner yet."
Regardless of what he was showcasing in that video, many viewers were still clearly focused on the lobster fiasco.
"This guy should have taken all that lobster he threw away and walked around Las Vegas feeding the homeless people. That would have had more views for sure," one viewer suggested.
Another person shared, "So no lobster to throw away." One other said, "Unfollow him after lobster debacle."
People Are Still Angry About The Lobster Stunt
Mister Lewis shared another TikTok video a few days after the lobster stunt but many are still focused on the anger over wasting all those lobsters.
While enjoying what he claims was a $250,000 dinner at Papi Steak in the Fontainebleau, some viewers were still salty about the lobsters and made sure to let Lewis know.
"Yeah cause of you my family didn’t get no lobster," one person wrote in the comments. Another added, "Lobster video threw us off no lie I can’t watch these the same no more." One other said, "You gonna throw away that steak too."