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| - Had a great experience at this Bay Area chef's recent (or pretty recent) foray into the world of the Las Vegas mega-casino restaurant. Can't recall specific prices too well for this meal, so I'll apologize for not being too helpful in that area. The service was spot-on, with me placing our order based on most of our server's suggestions. The four of us started with two appetizers: a bluefin tuna sashimi and the fried frog legs. The first was your standard sashimi appetizer at a high-end restaurant, but the second course was amazing. Perhaps one of the best single dishes I've ever tasted. The meat itself was incredibly light and moist, and it was perfectly fried and seasoned. It was accompanied by some sauce I've since forgotten about, but that was good also :) And since some at the table were wary, the remaining two of us got the whole dish to ourselves. Our entrees were light: scallops, sturgeon, chicken, and hake (a light fish). All were excellent- my hake was perfectly flaky. All of this was accompanied by a great riesling suggested by the waitress as well. (To echo another reviewer, the wine list is very expansive and features lots of CA, OR, and WA selection- priced from $50 to $9000)
We again had our server suggest desserts and we ordered their four best, including a lemon tart, an apple crisp, and two chocolate desserts. I'm not a one for lemon, but the other three were pretty fantastic (especially because they all came with an ice cream). And at the end of the meal, we were presented with their butterscotch pudding as a very nice finishing touch. You will be absolutely stuffed at the end of the meal, so leave plenty of time to enjoy to tea or coffee before you have to rush off to a show.
Other reviewers are right- the restaurant is located in one of the busiest parts of Cesars, but none of the outside noise traveled into the restaurant at all. In fact, it had a very soothing art-deco meets zen type decor about it. How very California.
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