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| - I really wanted to love this place (because I love Oscar Goodman). But I can only give it 3 1/2 stars. The food was OK, and maybe in another city this would be the best resturuant in town....but Vegas has so many outstanding steakhouses, that Oscar's seems to be mediocre in comparison. My dinning companion and I both ordered the same thing, crab cake appetizer, and NY strip steak with a lobster tail. The crab cakes were good, and so was the steak. But at most high end steakhouses in Vegas, the steaks come out perfectly seasoned, where you don't need to put anything on it at all....that was not the case with Oscars (you will definitely need the salt and pepper shaker for this entree). We also had the steaks topped with mushrooms. The mushrooms were good, but they were not sautéed, so they were a little dry and lacked some seasoning. The lobster tail had a slight unusual flavor....it is hard to describe....but I would say it had a hint of woody/nutty flavor to it. As for the location and decor: We ate in the main dinning room, overlooking Fremont street (by the way, anyone who is a fan of the movie Casino will recognize this place immediately, as one of the resturuants the Robert De Niro character has a big fight with his wife at). The resturant's view is not as good as it used to be, as a large two story platform was built at the end of Fremont Street, which blocks a good portion of the resturant's view of Fremont street (I am not sure if this structure is permanent or temporary, but it definitely is a view blocking eye sore). The interior decor is nice, but nothing exceptional (certainly no where near as elegant as some of the high end resturuants on the strip). But it does have an old world Vegas charm that you may find appealing. Overall, this is a decent resturuant, but there are so many better steakhouse resturuants in Vegas (in the same price range), that Oscar's would not be my top choice.
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