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| - The girlfriend and I chose Jean Georges Steakhouse for dinner for our first day in Vegas. We arrived about 10 minutes early for our 7:45 reservations. The hostess informed us that our table would be available at our reservation time, but we could wait in the bar. So we did, but decided against ordering any pre-dinner drinks. Less than five minutes after our reservation time rolled around, the hostess tracked us down and led us to our table. After a quick review of the menu, we opted for the Signature Tasting Menu with wine pairing.
Our first course, Almas Ara Caviar over a Meyer Lemon Gelee with crème fraiche, and dill and served in a hollowed out lemon half, arrived at the table http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/qmIHO-6T_KEfPC9jyGDamQ?select=nG5XPIh7eAP-BtEhpvOAXQ#nG5XPIh7eAP-BtEhpvOAX It was beautifully presented. More importantly, the contrasting tastes and aromatics of this successfully executed dish really kicked the meal off on an impressive note. Unfortunately, our paired wine didn't arrive with the food, instead being delivered by our server halfway through our first course with basically no introduction beyond the appellation and varietal. Our second course, Bacon Wrapped Shrimp with papaya mustard and cilantro was well executed and nicely presented as well, but the dish wasn't all that original in concept and didn't provide the "wow" of the first course. Sadly, like our first course, our paired wine again didn't arrive with the food and again it arrived without much of an explanation mid-course by a different server than the first. The third course, a roasted Chilean Sea Bass topped with grilled Maitake mushrooms and a miso-yuzu glaze, sounded outstanding in its description, but was the night's biggest miss http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/qmIHO-6T_KEfPC9jyGDamQ?select=nG5XPIh7eAP-BtEhpvOAXQ#GetRHNqeg8V60PcU-iEc0 The fish was cooked perfectly, but its topping was excruciatingly salty to the point of being inedible. It was so salty that even after scraping it off of the fish, it was still salty to point that it overwhelmed the delicately flavored sea bass. At least by this course, the wine arrived with the food (delivered by the second server), as was the case with subsequent courses. Our fourth course, the grilled Wagyu Filet Mignon with grainy mustard and warm potato salad in textures, was a great rebound as our steaks were dead-on perfect medium rare, tender and flavorful http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/qmIHO-6T_KEfPC9jyGDamQ?select=nG5XPIh7eAP-BtEhpvOAXQ#Uy27bZHUGqAet7HnHcT-p It was paired with the best wine of the night, a Cote du Rhone. This course was the best marriage of food and wine of the night! Our dessert course was the JG Candy Bar, which I can only describe as six deconstructed candy bars kluged together like a sweet, rich Frankenstein's monster http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/qmIHO-6T_KEfPC9jyGDamQ?select=nG5XPIh7eAP-BtEhpvOAXQ#SmNL9RpX6i_VDuiZDsb_S It was paired with a Madera.
While the food was, for the most part, well executed, and the wine was generally enjoyable, the service side of the house seemed awkward and lacking the depth of knowledge one would expect from a fine dining establishment like this one. The gf and I aren't really wine snobs, but we do enjoy wine with our food. If we enjoy a particular wine that we're served in a restaurant, we often will seek it out and buy it to enjoy at home. Therefore, it was a huge foul that the service staff wasn't more familiar with the wine that was being paired with the food since we really enjoyed the Cote du Rhone served with the filet. In the end, I felt the Tasting Menu especially with the wine pairings was a poor value. While we certainly never felt rushed, I got the distinct impression that Jean Georges Steakhouse was more concerned with getting diners in and out rather than providing a truly memorable dining experience. What a shame.
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