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| - Within the Miracle Mile shops at Planet Hollywood there are probably 10 sit-down restaurant options - more so than your average LV casino/resort. So with so many choices, we were a little disappointed in our choice on Saturday night.
This was our first experience to the Brazilian steakhouse concept (think Fogo De Chao etc). The main entree is an endless parade of skewers to your table where the meat, seafood, chicken is taken off the large skewer for you.
At Pampas, the salad bar and sides were excellent although the area was small in size and thus crowded at times. The salad bar is a square with no real beginning. Thus, if it's crowded, jumping in somewhere was difficult. This was a Saturday, in Las Vegas, with a concert at the PH live venue.
As for the main entree, the steaks were tough. Really, really tough. Flavorful, but very hard to chew. The lamb was good, and the chicken also good. However folks, the price of this meal is just under $40 pp. In all, the food quality, although plentiful, was not good enough to warrant the price.
Also, our waiter emphasized the value of getting a bottle of their house wine and we could take our unfinished portion anywhere in Vegas. We are experienced travelers, restaurant goers etc and he caught us with our guard down. We ordered the bottle half-way through our meal, in lieu of a second round of wine by the glass. We do understand that a reasonably priced bottle is often a better value than wine by the glass, if the table is drinking the same (red v. white). In this case, we made a mistake because we didn't finish the bottle as we were heading home the next evening. We knew better but...still. (It's like making that one extra bet at the casino where that tiny voice says no...but the larger, alcohol influenced part of the brain says go for it...and the result: not so good!).
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