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| - This is what Las Vegas Fine Dining is all about. The best part is that it is semi-affordable if you do your research. They have an awesome Taste of Wynn Prix Fix that is $49 a person for three courses, no matter what you order from it you are minimum getting a free dessert, and in my case ( ordering Steak Frites at original $43) you are basically get first and third course free. For being a Michelin star restaurant that is UNHEARD of. The catch? you have to be there between 5-7 and everyone knows it's a little hard to stick to a schedule when in Vegas. And since it's staying lighter earlier now, you may miss that Frog show that everyone talks about. Though we didn't see this "show" , the waterfall and lights in the background still provided a beautiful backdrop to dinner.
I've been to a handful of Michelin star places and have been dining in Las Vegas since my parents have been dragging me as a little girl, and this place could be one of my favorites. The food is the perfect mix of unique/creativity while still having comforting recognizable flavors. And they dont just slather sauce on everything and call it French. They actually use quality ingredients and leave surprises throughout the dishes. And even the Prix Fix HUGE portions, to the point where a carnivore like me was considering leaving some left on the plate.
On to the dishes. We started off with one ordering the broccoli soup and the Duck Terrine for first course. This soup is honestly one of the best soup EVER, it's broccoli soup on steroids- creamy and silky with bits of fresh veggies and some kind of pepper topped with huge French bread croutons that have melted cheese on them. It was like French onion soup concept on a broccoli soup. SO GOOD. The duck terrine was very tasty as well, its like this fatty thick slice of cold cut that came with red onion marmalade, thick mustard spread and variety of cute little pickled veggies. You get some thick bread to cut down all the fat and salt from the duck and it's so good in combination. It was really hard to finish esp as a first course and I'm not one to complain of getting TOO much food, but it's really a dish you must share or else you might be too full for the main course. The second course we got the Sonoma chicken and the steak frites. The chicken was literally like half a bird - skin on topped with delicious crumble topping with this thick sauce and potatoes and other veggie goodies. The steak frites was so good, a huge portion again and the frites were piping hot all uniform shaped with no dinky overfried pieces- served with garlicky aioli sauce. It almost seemed like they tossed the fries in light amt of vinegar too and I LOVE that kind of flavoring. The one thing I was a bit upset about was I ordered the steak at medium and it came out medium well. If it wasn't still juicy and tasty I would have been more upset. Now onto desert- we ordered the apple tartin and the chocolate hazelnut fondant. Usually I don't expect much in from dessert in restaurants, since they don't specialize in it. But I guess I should have known better since this was a French place- thy were SO GOOD and so detailed. For example the apple tartin was a display of 5 different ways to eat apple- the apple poached, the apple chips, dried apple, apple jelly, and apple sauce. The chocolate was thick and delicious with coffee ice cream and a surprise chocolate piece under the ice cream. And the chef sent out petite fours in true classy French style.
As for service, the waiters and servers were very informative, patient and pleasant. They weren't snobby or overbearing and checked in just enough times to make us feel comfortable but not too many times to be bothersome. They brought dishes out quickly/timely and also tended to our every request particularly turning on the heating lamp. The only DISLIKE I have about this place is the snobby hostess. There was no smile no welcome and only a downward look of her beady little eyes. She ushered us out of sight barely listening to our seating preference. She barely squeezed out a thank out as we walked out and only did so bc I looked RIGHT IN her eye. No hostess has the right to be that condensing to customers. We may look young, but we are most likely older then you and would not come the restaurant if we couldn't pay for the food. For all she knew we could have been saving for a month and saving DB for a special occasion or we just hit the jackpot and is splurging . No matter, don't treat customers like that. I don't care if you are 5 ' 10'' with a perfect body, you are still a hostess- do your job.
In summary- This is THE Vegas dining experiance. Over the top/beautiful/borderline tacky atmosphere, BIG portions, detailed delicious food, free things thrown in , and a big side of snob.
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