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| - I have to admit, after seeing the yelp reviews I was apprehensive when dinner reservations were made at Japonais, but considering it was in our hotel (The Mirage) and we were oh so tired, I was thankful for the close location and decided to roll with it.
The service seemed to be struggling with us at first - menus were forgotten, requests for drink menus forgotten, but keep in mind we were a group of 9 girls in town for a bachelorette party and were probably slightly more rowdy, more hungover, drunker and more annoying than their usual clientele. However, our server seemed up to the task and made sure she was attentive, quite funny, helpful and really good at separating checks!
After reading other reviews I decided to order The Rock for the table as I knew the other girls would appreciate the presentation. Luckily there were exactly 9 pieces of tiny meat so we each got to have a bite - if I'm ever back I'll be ordering this again and not sharing! It was really good. The server helped me choose another appetizer (they were out of the toro tartare) and I ended up with the beef carpaccio - definitely not the usual carpaccio I order as they must have put an asian spin on it. This was good and I would definitely get it again. Being that it was 9 hungry girls, I didn't get to try many other dishes, but the tuna ceviche (more of a tartare in my eyes) looked great, as did some of the robata grill items.
In the interest of saving money I ordered a plain salmon roll...nothing special and nothing big - probably would order off the specialty sushi rolls next time.
All in all it was a good meal, made better by our server. Yes Japonais is expensive, maybe slightly more expensive than it should be, but it's on the strip, inside a hotel in tourist central and is probably priced just right for what it is. I have to admit that the ambiance inside is great, and if you sit in the outer lounge area you do get a great view of the robata grill at work.
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