| rev:text
| - I haven't been to Mortons in nearly a decade. During that time, I've been to numerous steak restaurants throughout Las Vegas and elsewhere. At even the best steakhouses, I would always compare them to my memorable experience at Mortons -- and while many of them were great, none were as good as Mortons. Well, after saying for so many years that other places were not as good as Mortons (and some recent bad experiences at other steak restaurants in Vegas -- see my other Yelp reviews), I decided to go back to see if Mortons was still as good as I remembered. Long story short - Mortons did not disappoint. I will not wait another decade before going back Mortons definitely sets a standard by which all other restaurants should strive to reach in terms of both customer service and food quality.
It was a birthday celebration. Mortons knew in advance and provided personalized menus with name and date at the top. Nice touch. Lady came by during the dinner and offered to take a picture at no charge. Later provided it in a personalized Morton's paper frame (we tipped $5). Another nice touch -- and better deal than what I remember a long time ago with the Cashman photogs patronizing these places.
Spouse enjoyed the escargot appetizer (the best she has encountered -- good presentation, bread underneath was a great touch). She ordered the seafood mix grill -- crab cakes, grilled shrimp, shrimp Alexander. She thought the shrimp Alexander was overcooked and too salty, but I tried it and liked it. The service and overall experience made up for any minor flaws in that dish.
I passed on the appetizer even though I remember the shrimp cocktail being very good (I can't eat as much as I could a decade ago). I'm at a steak house, so I'm here to eat steak. I ordered NY strip, medium well. Order of the truffle fries for the table. I don't know what Morton's secret is, but they know how to cook a steak perfectly so that it is exactly how I want it (medium well, just a little pink) and yet the steak is so warm and juicy that you don't even need to use any steak sauce to eat it (which is one way I judge a steak -- if I can enjoy it without any steak sauce). The steak was simply amazing -- just as good as Mortons.
Finally, for dessert, ordered the chocolate lava cake. Came out on decorated plate as you would expect when you have a special occasion dinner at such a fine dining establishment. And the dessert was complimentary (they didn't bring out some cheap dessert they give for free -- we ordered the dessert we wanted and they gave it to us complimentary). Sadly, even though this is the way all high end steak houses should be, more and more you are seeing these places not go to such extra lengths. Not at Mortons. They still know what it means to be a high end steakhouse and how to provide their customers with a fine dining experiences.
If you've ever been afraid of going to Mortons because it's a chain, let me assuage those concerns. I've been to numerous other steak restaurants that are supposedly the best -- and none of them match Mortons. Many of them come close, but Mortons remains the best in my book. I will not wait another decade before going back.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)