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| - Friends wanted to have steak, and they were staying at the Mirage, so we decided to give Heritage a try. I saw that they only had 3.5 stars on Yelp, but we were already at the hotel and I saw that Tom Colicchio's other steakhouse had 4 stars, so they must use good quality meat. Overall I was hugely disappointed with the food.
Started with seafood tower, grilled octopus, and oysters. Seafood tower was pretty basic. Everything on it tasted reasonably fresh, nothing outstanding, but nothing to complain about. Grilled octopus was one of the best dishes of the night. Really well grilled and slightly charred on the outside, while also tender on the inside. The oysters were HORRIBLE. And some of the worst that I have ever had. Even they all came out with sauce already added, there was no flavor and each oyster felt thin and dry.
For the main course, my table shared the Japanese wagyu and the 28 Day dry aged bone in Rib Eye. Both were disappointing. I'm used to wagyu being thinly sliced with complex flavors and almost melting in your mouth. What I got tasted like a fatty piece of sirloin. We asked for the Rib Eye to be cooked medium. It came out medium well, with almost no red or pink color remaining. So the meat was tough and had very little flavor. Even though we were all hungry, we didn't finish it since the steak was so unpalatable.
Service was good and attentive. We did let them know about our feelings in regards to the food, and they were apologetic. They didn't do anything about it, but they seemed genuinely concerned.
Perhaps because it is in the Mirage, they can get away with lower quality food. But I would expect better food from a decent Vegas buffet than from Tom Colicchio's Heritage steakhouse.
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