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| - WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THIS PLACE?
First of all they eliminated the spinning cocktail glasses. All of them. Imagine the look on my face when the bartender in the 'study' informed me they would not be returning. Ever. Those were my only reason for getting a cocktail as I'm not a big drinker to begin with, at all.
Secondly, the menu has changed, dramatically. No more brussel sprouts with crispy chicken skin. I was told that was a seasonal item. Funny how I had them in June, July and November of last year. Pretty sure it is June today as well.
No more fried chicken either.
No more braised pork belly.
No more morel spaghetti.
Instead I had a $12 Fingerling Potato Poutine, which was a bunch of mushy potato wedges covered in creme fraiche, on top of braised short ribs. Fail.
Glazed English Peas $12 with almost no bacon visible on 3 little pieces of romaine. It was tasteless and boring and the peas went everywhere. For some reason it was very hard to eat. Fail.
White Asparagus $18, literally 1 piece of asparagus on a bed of hazelnut pesto and 2 pieces of wood sorrel. Better than the peas, but still obscene for the price point. HUGE fail.
Jamison Farm Lamb Saddle $24. I didn't try but the brother and the husband said it was good.
Short Rib Stroganoff $38, my only familiar dish on the menu... can't go wrong with that one. Fork tender, consistent to the other 5 or 6 times I've been here.
Okay, so besides the obvious decline in food quality and the change in menu, how can this restaurant go from 5 stars in my eyes down to 1? The staff and ambience. The service was ridiculous. We were talking, a lot. We weren't eating quickly and before we could finish a plate people would come by, ask if we were done then take the plate away before we could say anything. TWICE I said "No, thank you." To which they would reply "You're welcome..." and there goes the rest of my peas... the rest of my asparagus, the rest of my fucking short ribs.
The acts were the band and 1 singer. We were there from 8-11 between the bar and the dinner. There were no dancers, no tap dancers, no burlesque ladies, no nothing. Just a band ( a good band) and 1 lady singing her poor heart out (she's fantastic) but that was it. I had sold the idea of this wonderful menagerie of wonder at dinner to my brother and he kept asking when the acts were going to come out. They never did. I know the show (Nocturne) has been canceled for some time but part of the charm of the restaurant was that they continued to have rotating acts which made dinner very interesting.
The food is no longer a draw. There is not really a variety show to speak of anymore. I guess I can just remember what it was like when it was awesome because now it is just abysmal. It breaks my heart to say this, because this WAS my favorite place to eat in vegas, but save your money and go somewhere else. It's just not worth it.
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