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| - This is a very good restaurant blending Japanese and Chinese food inside the Orleans Hotel off the strip in Vegas.
Unlike the surrounding Orleans hotel, the restaurant looks new and inviting. The interior is well-decorated in a modern, Asian theme with unique decorations like rice bowls on the walls. There is a mixture of booth and table seating.
The menu is expansive featuring unique rolls, sashimi, traditional and modern Chinese dishes, and a large section of Japanese food as well.
Service started out excellent though seemed to gradually deteriorate as the evening went on with the server being harder and harder to find. She was friendly once we found her, though.
The real highlights of the meal were the Burning Night Roll and the Spider Roll. Delicious, spicy, and fresh rolls unique to Ondori and definitely a step up from your basic California or Spicy Tuna roll.
We had a variety of entrees including Sweet and Sour Pork, Asparagus with Garlic Sauce, Kung Pao Chicken, and Shrimp Lo Mein. The pork was the low light of the meal. It was too heavily breaded and tasted like what you'd find in a cheap, hole in the wall, Chinese restaurant. The shrimp was the highlight. Large, fresh-tasting shrimp were spread throughout the noodles and vegetables. The asparagus was also good with a mild and not overpowering garlic flavor. The Kung Pao was fairly good and chock full of spice and peanuts.
For dessert we went for the mango flavored mochi ice cream which was delicious! A great ending to the meal.
Overall, this was a delicious meal in a cool and modern restaurant!
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