Prive opened this year in the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. My roommate spoke highly of it and attended the official Miss USA pageant afterparty there back in April. Naturally I wanted to check it out and my girlfriends and I decided to check it out back in June.
Needless to say, my expectations for a fun night slowly diminished after waiting endlessly in a mess of potential patrons who seem to have to buy or blow their way in, depending on whether you are male or female. Believe me... there is no line (and i don't mean no WAIT..just no organization of any kind), and there is not one helpful or friendly person among a useless army of doormen who swear they are Secret Service agents. After wasting nearly 30 minutes witnessing this BS, my girls and I decided to head to the hotel bar to have a few drinks and left.
So flash forward to a few weeks ago and a different group of friends decided to go to Prive and I was invited to come along. Of course I protested but I was slowly convinced that because we had reservations and a table we would not need to wait and the service would be better. And like a battered woman willing to give her douche bag boyfriend a second chance, I drove to Planet Hollywood to meet my friends.
Well...of course I did not make it to Prive because my girlfriend had called me to tell her she was separated from our party because they were going to be forced to buy 2 more bottles to let 4 more people in. Well enough is enough and I decided just to swing by and pick her up and we ended up going to Moon at the Palms instead and had a great time.
By the way I have been the the Palms many times and I recommend Moon and their steakhouse Nine highly to those who expect friendly and great service.