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| - I have to say, it is is extremely difficult for me to write a review with 2 stars but I was completely underwhelmed by my experience at Lakeside Grill. I'd like to give it maybe 2.5 stars for the fact that I love the Wynn for most of its venus, and I was happy mostly with the food when dining at Lakeside.
We're frequent diners about town and really wanted to go someplace neither of us had been. (Between the two of us, that's few and far between:) We decided on Lakeside because we both really dig the Wynn property and wanted to give the old space where 'Daniel Boulud' once was a try.
It started to get a bit wonky beginning with reservations. We went to 'OpenTable.Com' to make a reservation for 9pm. Apparently the 'Restaurant Week' menu we wanted to try was only available after 930, and would end at 1030pm. (Though numerous websites with the 'Restaurant Week' menus stated that many of the started at 6pm...) The menu was priced at $50.11 per person and offered 3 courses. The choices wern't so spectacular, but we figured we would add on to the menu if needed.
[sidenote: For some reason, when trying to reserve on OpenTable, the website would not allow us to make a reservation later than 715pm. I then called and the hostess at Lakeside moved it to 9pm for us. ]
Ok so 845pm rolls around, we head to the bar to have a couple of Stoli martinis ($28.50) and waited for our table. We were seated around 910pm after we indicated we would like to sit on the patio since it was a nice evening.
We get outside to a table nearly in the doorway and looked around for something else. All other tables for 2 were taken, so we stuck with it. Here's where it started to get bad.
The table was directly downwind from the 'Parasol Down' bar terrace that sat in the water next to us. MUCH cigar smoke was blowing in my direction as a result. With the door from the restaurant open, it was tolerable due to the draft from inside the restaurant.. so I dealt with it. Then the server closed the door to the restaurant. lol.. I asked if he could re-open it, to which he told me he had to ask his manager. The door never got re-opened. My friend even decided to take a Benadryl to combat the allergy she has to crappy cigarette smoke ;|
We wern't trying to make issues so we dealt, as the smoke had started to subside due to a breeze. THEN a guy in a seat directly behind me began to literally chain smoke. A guy in the restaurant where we were eating.. This guy was lighting up like he was in a contest. Cigarette after cigarette.. im like.. ok dude, you win.. stop! It was so bad.
This pretty much began the ruin for me. Due to new laws voted into existence by the residents in Jan 2007.. smoking is banned in all establishments which sell food other than prepackaged snacks. Im pretty sure at nearly $100 a head, this is not a prepackaged snack kind of establishment. I was getting less tolerant.
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Then the very nice bread basket arrived that included warm fig rolls and that kept me quiet for a bit :) The food started to arrive and we enjoyed the 'King Crab Guacamole' we ordered to add on to our tasting menu. It was excellent!
Crisp, rice-like tortillas sprinkled with what tasted like Togoroshi spice accompanied a very well seasoned and tasty guacamole that was accented with sweet corn. Very light, very good. This was the best part of the meal.
My friend and I both had caesar salads as the first course on the tasting menu.. and they were so-so.. pretty basic caesar and that was it. You can't expect too much from a caesar salad, and you wern't going to get much from the presentation of these. Boring at best. The other choice was a crab cake, and I have had my fill of those.. so caesar it was. (should of had the crab cake)
Her petit filet mignon garnished with a potato slice arrived, my swordfish with tomato sofrito came, both cooked perfectly and very tasty. No sides to accompany, but we were filling up right about now, so that was ok.
The food at this point was very good. My friend even noted that whatever they are paying the grill guy, it wasn't enough.. because of the quality of the grilling. It really was excellent.
From this point on, it was mini desserts offered with the tasting menu (a chocolate bar and a buffet-style piece of caramel cheesecake), 2 luke-warm, very short shots of espresso that we ordered, and just disappointment after disappointment. No check-backs from the server on any course, nothing to write home about for most of the meal and alot of smoke.
I don't know what else to say.. it was a less than stellar dining experience. I know that having dined at many Wynn establishments, it's not usually something I regret.. but this was just bad. I don't see myself rushing back. The bill was just under $250 and was sort of disappointing for the price.
Maybe it was an off night, maybe it was that most of the staff seems to be under 25 and inexperienced, but overall it was nearly a fail situation. Sorry! Better Luck to you!
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