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| - Meal #8 of 2017 Las Vegas Trip
This was easily my husband's and my favorite meal in Las Vegas. It was such a lovely relaxing experience from start to finish. And everything was so yummy I gorged myself attempting to try as many different dishes that I could (and also revisiting some of the best ones).
The weekday lunch does not compare in the slightest to the weekend brunch, which while good, is in a completely different Stratosphere. (Let's see how many other Vegas hotels I can reference in this review, or on second thought, maybe not.)
The sunny two story Mandalay Bay restaurant definitely is superior to the other windowless location in the echo-y mall at Caesars Palace. The fact that Mandalay Bay's patio had a view of the pool just hammered the final nail in the coffin.
A tapas-size version of each dish arrived, made to order, often in its own miniature frying pan. The cold items were available at a station by the bar. This included a made-to-order salad (the chef plucked still-growing micro greens to make it) which was one of the highlights of both our meals. Also here was a chia blueberry parfait (chia seed, lemon zest, almond coconut milk, and fresh blueberries). I may have had more than one.
Highlights from the rest of the menu included the barbeque brisket mini torta and the chilaquiles. (Unfortunately I waited too long to write this review because I'm having trouble remembering what we liked and the few things we didn't like as much. I do remember the husband loving the salad and the chilaquiles.)
Our server (I can't remember her name but I know she was from Sonora) was super friendly. I appreciated that she offered to bring a cinnamon roll pancake from the buffet menu to the kids (who were eating lunch off the kids' menu - they weren't complete freeloaders). The servers were nice and generally looked the other way when we did share a little of our food with the kids.
For $38.99 a person, totally worth it.
Our Las Vegas 2017 Trip
5 Stars
BORDER GRILL, MANDALAY BAY (brunch)
Grimaldi's, The Palazzo
Bouchon Bakery, The Venetian (snack)
Eggslut, Cosmopolitan (snack)
4 Stars
Payard, Caesars Palace
Border Grill, Caesars Palace (lunch)
Shake Shack, New York New York
3 Stars
Tournament of Kings, Excalibur
Bruxie, New York New York
Therapy, Downtown
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