Beauty and Essex hides behind the glass counters of pawn shop on the 3rd level of the Cosmopolitan. Doesn't seem like much, and then you enter into this beautiful lavish 20's style restaurant covered in chandeliers and a dining room enclosed through hung lockets.
They offer a wide range of tapas style dishes. Everything from oysters, to individual soup dumplings, to personal size strawberry shortcake bars and depending on your party size they custom order the amount so everyone gets their own (I just love that!)
Beauty and Essex also does a partner server style. We had two servers for our table which made it easier to order cocktails faster and explain the dishes as they were coming out-the restaurant was super super busy (Ana and Apolo were both so knowledgeable and picked out some of their favorite dishes for us to try)
Bottom line.....If your looking for a quiet romantic dinner skip this place, BUT if your going with a group of people and want some amazing cocktails and funky food options book Beauty and Essex! And request Ana and Apolo!!
Favs:
--walnut kale salad (and I hate kale!! It was so good!!!)
--tomato soup dumplings
--yellowtail sashimi
--lobster roll (super tiny! But delish)
--French onion soup dumplings
--strawberry shortcake ice cream bars (just like your childhood remembers them)
Wouldn't order again:
--avacado toast (order the chicken caeser instead)
--empanadas-just eh.....just basically fried dough
My only complaint is beauty and Essex doesn't have a huge liquor selection. It's crazy to me that such a huge restaurant doesn't carry Kettle One, Grey Goose, or Don Julio