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| - I came to Nobu a few years ago when I was in Vegas. My friend was hungry but I didn't really eat, just had cocktails. He raved about it so I decided to try it on my trip this time.
It was hopping and insanely noisy but my boyfriend and I got seats at the sushi bar immediately. He just drank scotch which he enjoyed while I had dinner. I got the Layer Cake Shiraz which is one my favorites and it pains me how much of a markup they have on it. It's insane, the pour is short, maybe only 4 oz so they can stretch the bottle and they probably bought it for $8 a bottle and it's $15 a glass. Kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth; I don't mind spending money but come on, that's just sheer greed.
I got the yellowtail and jalapeno appetizer, except it's not really jalapenos. It's serrano peppers and they put too much sauce on the plate. The acidity works well with the fish but since the fish is literally drenched in it, it's overpowering. I got two orders of the salmon belly and two orders of the aji. The salmon belly was awesome. The aji was also good but again, they drenched the nigiri in sauce, so much so that it completely fell apart while I was picking it up to put it in my mouth. I also got the crispy creamy shrimp tempura. It was yummy.
Finally, for dessert, I got the green tea royale. I almost laughed when it was brought out. It was the smallest dessert I've ever seen. Like it was literally 2 inches by 1 inch, a little tiny piece of cake with a teeny tiny scoop of ice cream. It was also weird, the flavors were odd, bubblegum ice cream with green tea cake. Separately they were good but together....not right.
The service also left a lot to be desired. Our waiter rarely checked on us and when he did, he seemed condescending, like he really didn't want to wait on us. I definitely wasn't full but I'd had enough. The bill came to $200 for shrimp tempura, four pieces of nigiri, a yellowtail appetizer, wine and scotch. I'm not sure I got my money's worth.
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