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| - We stayed at the Sky Lofts so we were able to eat here. The entire restaurant is enclosed - inside seating and "outside" seating. The outside seating is actually the courtyard for the MGM Villas. This restaurant used to be exclusively for the guests in the Villas but now is available for the Sky Loft guests. The Villas are over 4K sq/ft! We were seated "outside". The service is above and beyond anything I've experience (Gary Danko, French Laundry, Joel Robuchon, Guy Savoy, etc). We had the congee (~$20), lobster Har Gow (~$20), bacon and eggs (~$20) and other dim sum items. The prices aren't listed on the menu, but just be prepared for for a big check at the end of the meal. Why not the 5 stars? I know it's Vegas, it's on the strip, it's exclusive, and restaurants over all are overpriced. I thought the food was good, but just good. Not like "WOW, these are amazing eggs and bacon!!" or "Holy Crap! This is the most tastiest congee I've EVER had!" The bacon was thick cut and you don't know if the eggs are organic, antibiotic free, running around and eating the worms and bugs (like the $10 a dozen kind at Whole Foods). They didn't taste like or look like it. They could at least serve those eggs for the prices. The congee was plain. No taste. I've had congee that it was sooo tasty that I didn't have to add anything. Basically you're paying for the experience and over the top service. I would actually give it a 4.8 stars. If you have the opportunity, just suck it up, pay the price, and just experience it. I know many will say "that's a rip off", but as one of the Yelp reviewer said "When you're ready to hob knob with the elite , and you have an invite, look not behind you and charge forward to this gem at the MGM"
Would I do this again... sho-nuff, but next time will be lunch.
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