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| - This place just missed getting a 5 star review from me - and I'm taking off a star because they dropped the ball a couple of times and I would be willing to return, as the food is pretty good and I'd like to try some other items on the menu. Starting with drinks, we had one of the fru-fru- cocktails that are handmade from special ingredients, not your run of the mill items, so did it cost a lot - heck yes, but you're on vacation and if you want a fun night out, go ahead and order the Blackbeard Special - it's quite the daiquiri.
We ordered from the Prix Frix menu - as we had tickets to see Cher that night and needed to get to the big MGM stadium in time for the show.
The menu included your choice of many items...I chose the Little Gem Lettuce Caesar salad - just enough of the salad to leave you wanting for me - perfectly made and with a tasty dressing that was very memorable.
Second I had the Sweet Corn Bisque - please order this - you won't be sorry...they do it all fancy table side with fresh ingredients and poured hot soup directly onto those fresh items for a lick the bowl clean soup that makes you wish you could order a crockpot full of this stuff.
Then the trouble started...5 minutes, 10 minutes go by and no main course - I ordered the Broiled Halibut, so I know it isn't being blackened or something else that has to be cooked for a long time....finally the Maitre 'D shows up and apologizes for the long wait, saying our entrees took a little longer than expected...another 5 minutes, 10 minutes and finally they show up...waiting that long - you're already disappointed...could be the best fish I ever ate, but waiting that long really was irritating...even with a cute Maitre 'D, have to take off a star - this is an expensive restaurant $65 for the Prix Frix, so come on guys, get with it...you have an army of service people....some dropped the ball on this part.
Okay fish was pretty tasty, so I'll give you that...now we're getting to have to worry about our dessert as the wait time was so long for the entree, we may not have time to enjoy...I ordered the Huckleberry cobbler - guess what? They're out of it on a busy 3 Day Holiday weekend - Wah Wah....Thought about taking ANOTHER star off, but they bounced back and brought us the entire selection of desserts out fit for an army, and they were all great, especially the chocolate cake (even though Emeril is famous for the Banana Cream Pie - we got that too) - the cake - wow - we couldn't eat it all obviously - so they packed it up for us and we took it into the MGM arena...So overview - great spot - bring money - if we go back and we have bad service - I'm taking them down a couple of stars - You have been warned Emeril - BAM!
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