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I've been to a lot of Chart House restaurants before, so when I saw this one at the Golden Nugget, I thought, heck, why not...And oooo let's sit at the bar cuz the fish tank is so freaking cool!
We ordered:
Calamari, app: fantastic. Crisp, delicious and this sweet chili dipping sauce was absolutely amazing. Little fried pieces of jalapeño and bell peppers complimented it perfectly.
Fried asparagus, app: delicious. It had this hollandaise with it that was awesome with it....whole fried but still tender spears of asparagus. Yummy!
Ménage soups: sampler of three soups. OMB (b for Buddha...I'm buddhist!)! definitely the highlight of the meal! Trio of lobster bisque, clam chowder and gazpacho. Bisque was rich and savory yet light....like a soufflé almost. The clam chowder had huge fresh chunks of clam and potatoes. And the gazpacho....wow. Fresh fresh fresh, delicious! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS!
Spinach salad: beautiful presentation. But bland. Nothing special.
Seared scallops: overcooked, bland and unimpressive.
Filet mignon with blue cheese: delicious tender meat, topped with melted blue cheese and an oniony demiglaze ....absolutely delicious. But we ordered medium and got medium well.
Bartender, Caroline, was very attentive even though she was super busy. She even made a drink we wanted and was on it step by step! Some bartenders won't even make this drink...super chavelas!
The wait staff that aided her were lax, lazy, slow and had an air of rudeness to the bartender. I didn't appreciate that at all. Spoke to the manager, Michael, to that regard and he was an even bigger douche than the servers!
Great apps, soups and steaks....awesome bartender, breathtaking view of a huge fish tank...everything else was mediocre at best.
Would I come here again? Yes....too bad the wait staff and manager suck.
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