Firstly I'd like to start off with the fact that the food we ordered was really good.
Sashimi
Garlic Fries
Mac & Cheese
Deep Fried Deviled Eggs
Sticky Toffee Pudding
All of it was good except for the mac & cheese which was oily opposed to creamy.
This needs some tweaking. Sashimi tasted good but was warm from sitting in window too long. Cocktail was very weak and my husband is not a heavy drinker
and thought it was just okay. My reasoning for the 3 stars is because of the service!
Service gets 2 stars and that is really stretching it!. Gregory was our server & he acted like he would like to be anywhere but the Smashed Pig. Not very friendly at all. The most frustrating part was seeing our food in the window forever waiting and waiting for him to pick it up! It wasn't just our food either! Then there was this older man with an accent working in the kitchen that kept YELLING yes YELLING from the kitchen that the food was up. Gregory was M.I.A. and it was very frustrating. So when he finally brought our food I said hey, our food was in the window for awhile. He just gave me a blank stare, dropped the food off and never said a word. We were on vacation so we just chilled even though we were annoyed. He did stop by once and then I asked for a dessert menu. Never asked if we wanted more drinks or if we needed anything.
This was the most disappointing part of the meal as this place is cozy, love the music and we were in good moods! He kind of ruined it for us. I left a decent tip but I usually leave WAY more.
We go to Vegas a lot and not sure if we will go back to this place again. There is so much competition in the area and after the stellar service at Le Thai, Bocho just to name a couple of the restaurants where they gave us good service it is hard to get past a server with an attitude.
And the yelling from the kitchen!!! STOP! Maybe get a better server that you don't have to yell at! We were of course seated right next to the kitchen! Lol...I protested and the girl from the bar said well it won't be so bad! Really?? Very disappointed in the Smashed Pig. After all it is the entire experience that matters. Should of taken the clue when she wouldn't allow us to sit somewhere else. Red flag out the gate. This place "could" be great.