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| - My best suggestion is to stop reading the yelp reviews and not go into Sterling brunch with super high expectations. But if you want to keep reading anyway, here's my review...
I called the number online, which ended up being harrahs' restaurant res. The guy had never even heard of the Sterling brunch (typical harrahs). I had to ask to be transferred to the steakhouse and the hostess i dealt with was great. I didn't have to out down a credit card tol hold the res like others had mentioned.
Arrived for our res at noon and there were only a couple of parties waiting before us. Reviews had mentioned that they give you champagne while you wait, but I only saw a couple discarded glasses, no one waiting had any. It was a really dark and dreary bar area with elevator music playing. Thankfully we were seated after about 15 min.
The steakhouse was really old school - lots of dark wood, heavy chairs on rollers, dark heavy fabrics. Probably not somewhere I'd go for dinner w all the other more fun steakhouses. Our waiter Mario was great, very attentive. It was a little hard to understand his thick accent, but he was nice and topped off our champagne at every opportunity. Doesnt matter to me but fyi - they don't seem to serve Evian water anymore. Its looks to be just regular tap.
On to the food - they must have the same menu every Sunday because I basically had what everyone else has mentioned. But they seem to have been a victim of cost cutting. There was no sushi, which is fine since every person mentioned that it sucked anyway. Caviar was available only upon request thru the waiter - a small serving with crostini, creme fraiche, chopped egg, onion and capers. Delicious! We got tiny little blinis w our 2nd order, but not the first. Awesome topped w creme fraiche and lobster. Yum!
Lobster tails were in halves, and didn't look nearly as appetizing as the pics I'd seen on here. I get what they mean about the lobster getting rubbery as it sits there, but it was still really good. Filets were cooked perfectly, there were also braised boneless short ribs which weren't anything special.
Chilean sea bass was so rich, be sure to get some of the jumbo scallops and risotto in the middle. The meat ravioli and lamb stew seemed out of place, and were just mediocre. Didn't try the prime rib because it looked dry. Lamb chops were cooked perfectly and juicy but they weren't slicing them to order - I could tell by the color on the outside that it had been sliced and sat out for a bit. But still delicious w mint jelly.
King crab legs were warm. Which is a nice change but that also seemed to have sat in the chafing dish a bit too long. The legs were huge, but some were really dried out. The legs were broken off at the joints but were not precut. We were given 1 of those nut cracker types for the table. The can opener looking crackers would've been a better choice since theirs just squished the legs w out actually cracking open anything. The waitors also don't seem to crack the legs for you as I read in another review. See what I mean about yelp giving you preconcieved notions/out of date info?
The ice bar had the usual fare - raw oysters (didn't try them), snow crab claws (watery from being pre frozen) and colossal shrimp cocktail. Shrimp was huge and yummy, cocktail sauce could've used more horseradish.
I skipped the breakfast stuff as it looked like nothing special - mini waffles, omelette station, bacon, sausage, eggs benedict and fritatta.
On to desserts... I think a lot of the pics on here are out of date - they don't have that tall 4 shelf display, its been cut down to 2 shelves. And dessert was honestly the worst part of the meal. That's the first time I've ever said that about a buffet. There were no cakes, pies, or even creme brulee. I don't know what anything was because there was no signage and the chef said "I don't know, I usually work the hot side." It was just a huge disappointment to end the meal that way. I'll try to remember what they had - the worst tapioca pudding I've ever had (pearls were hard), stale mini cream puffs w overly sweet filling, blah lemon tart, fudge, brownie topped w raspberries, weird berries and clear jelly thing, and the one good thing as a chocolate mousse. That was seriously all they had to offer. For a Vegas buffet that's pretty pathetic and for the price of this buffet, that's a joke.
Maybe its my high expectations that affected my experience, but I'm really disappointed w Sterling buffet overall. It may have been awesome before, but unfortunately doesn't seem to be anymore. I'd suggest going to another brunch and just dealing w cheaper champagne, or better yet just buy a couple bottles of Perrier jouet. Its pretty bad when you're as drunk as we were and you still don't think the food is amazing.
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