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| - Let me summarize this way: this restaurant is one block off the center of Las Vegas Strip, and it is only 75% full around 7:30pm on a busy Saturday night, when there is a minimum wait of 30min for some worst buffets on the Strip.
I am a prime rib lover, and go to "House of Prime Rib" in San Francisco 5-6 times a year. It has been told that "House of Prime Rib" is a cheap imitation of Lawry's. So we decide to try the original. We made the reservation 2 month ahead and thought this place would be totally packed like House of Prime Rib on a Saturday night, especially it is right off the strip.
We were 30 min early thinking it gonna be a super busy time for them as our reservation was 7:30pm on a Saturday. Finding it was pretty much empty (about 50-75% full), we asked if it is possible to seat us early. The answer was a firm NO. The reason? "We were fully booked."
At 7:30pm, we were seated promptly. Their menu looks just like House of Prime Rib, except Lawry's has lobster tail and mushrooms. Their price point is almost identical except you have to pay extra ($6) for cream of spinach.
The waitress has funny uniforms, looks more like in a road side diner in 1950s than a fine restaurant. And they forgot our bread (inexcusable for a $50+ per person restaurant).
When they started serving our prime rib, it was 8pm. The restaurant is pretty empty, with about 50-75% full in the dining room, and totally empty in the bar and the waiting area.
The "spinning salad" is not fresh at all. The lettuce looks a little dry and shows a little brown. This was a total disappointment as I love the salads in House of Prime Rib. Lawry's salad dressing is also a little more sour, which tastes like those bought in the supermarket (so much for their world famous salad dressing).
The bright spot is the prime rib. It is fresh, juicy and a total 5 star! But the portion is on the smaller side. My wife and kids ordered the smaller prime rib and it is so small, they finished in 5 minutes. My Lawry cut is pretty decent in size, although still smaller than House of Prime Rib.
Weird thing is that Lawry's does not serve au jus with the prime rib. Hmm, did they forgot it or they just do not serve it?
Their Yorkshire Pudding is a disaster. It is burned and dark. Looks like they did not put any egg in there. Did not taste good.
They neither have choices of how potato is served. Mashed potato only. I love the baked potato from House of Prim Prib :(
Did not ask if they gave second serve of prime rib for free as in House of Prime Rib. Given how we experienced so far, I did not want to embarrass myself by asking the question.
Obviously we won't be back to Lawry's Vegas. Already made reservation for my next trip to House of Prime Rib ...
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