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| - I wish I'd checked out reviews on this site...but no, had to find out the hard way. The reason the all-you-can-eat sushi was horrid and didn't look like what others were being served at the sushi bar, is that it came (probably pre-made) from another kitchen. We had a great time - the waiters were pleasant & solicitous and the food came quickly, but afterwards felt we had been ripped off. We realized that those rolls weren't the same quality as the beautiful dragon roll (though it did have fake crab) we ordered from the sushi chef (whose name tag read "Fuji" but spoke Chinese), and felt we had been purposefully misled by the menu and offer to move to the sushi bar. Also, in our excitement about "all-you-can-eat", we forgot to ask to be seated in the room with the Bellagio fountain view...my whole reason for seeking out the restaurant when I saw it from the street. That option was not offered though it wasn't busy there at the time.
A few days later, I got in touch with the manager, Patrick, and he very apologetically offered to comp us at another restaurant owned by the corp., but since we'd already returned home, he went to the trouble to find our ticket, and is going to credit the two sushi meals back to my card. I hadn't brought up the idea of a refund, just said that it should have been made clear that it wouldn't be from the sushi bar. He didn't make any excuses for the tricky menu or admit that a lot of disgruntled people call up, but was very nice and prompt about addressing my complaint.
I think people just have to be aware that they are paying a premium to eat at one of the gorgeous theme hotels like Paris. Oh, that reminds me that I did find some reasonable restaurants in Vegas - Canter's in TI and Canonito in The Venetian...I'll write the reviews now!
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