Buffet at Peppermill is great. Since it's your first time to Reno, here's a few things to keep in mind.

Downtown Virginia St is the main casino area. There are these all basically next to each other:

Circus-Circus
Eldorado
Silver Legacy
Fitgeralds
Harrahs
Club Cal Neva
Sands Regency (one block west of Virginia St)
Siena (on block east of Virginia St)

Just 5 minutes by car south on Virginia St are the Atlantis and Peppermill casinos.

Sparks is 5 minutes to the east of the downtown Virginia St casinos. There, you can first find Rail City, go 5 minutes and you'll run into Nugget and Silver Club next to each other. Hilton (soon changing names and chips) and Baldinis 5 minutes from there. Go another 5 minutes and you'll find Peppermill's Western Village. Bonanza is tricky to find if you aren't familiar with the area.

Alamo and Boomtown are about 15 minutes away on the freeway to the West.

Now...here's an important thing to consider: Reno is just about 30 minutes from Carson City, and about an hour from Tahoe !

Every time I go to the Reno area, I have done the "trip". I drive the hour north to Tahoe. Keep in mind this is now winter, and the mountains can be problematic in the snow. So if you are renting a car, consider an SUV.

after a great day visiting the spectacular views of North Tahoe (Crystal Bay) and visiting Tahoe Biltmore, Bill's, Cal Neva and Crystal Bay Casinos, drive the 20 minutes around the kale to Southpoint aka stateline area. This is the area the typically call the Tahoe casino area. Here you'll find all the biggies: Harrah's, Harveys, Monte Bleu, Lakeside, etc.

Next....off to Carson City, just about 40 minutes from Tahoe. Then to return back to Reno, just drive North 30 minutes and you're there. Personally...I would take the short 15 minute side trip first to Virginia City. This is the off season, but a visit to the Bucket Of Blood Saloon and the Delta Casino sure are a great time.

I might have left out acasino here or there, but I think you get the idea. A true chipper will need to plot out their chip runs to maximize their time. There's plenty to see, and plenty of places to visit for a first timer.

If you have the time, I recommend you stay one night in Tahoe to break it all up. Or of course, you can break them all up into seperate day trips.

I wrote up a Northern Nevada report a while back. I know there was one I did a year or so ago that was published in the club magazine. If you're interested I can see if I can dig it up.

Have a good time, and bring me back some of the new releases !