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| - Service 4/5, Food 3/5, and ambiance 4/5
I guess if I could give this place a 3.5 stars, I would, however the food just didn't cut it for me to give them 4 stars. I came here with my family as we usually stay at the Cosmopolitan a few times a year. In November of 2016, I came to the old Blue Ribbon sushi and grill restaurant and was blown away by their omakase course. Everything was fabulous.....so when we found out that Blue Ribbon reopened, we were super excited.
But.....this place is completely different. It's not a Japanese restaurant...there is no sushi. I think that they were going for a fusion thing, but adding some yellowtail sashimi, oshibori (wet towels), and chopsticks to eat with, doesn't really make this Japanese. This place gives off a funky upbeat steak and seafood vibe that caters toward wine and cocktail drinkers.
[The restaurant]
Ambiance is nice and dimly lit with a classy feel.
The music is a mix of funky upbeat 80s vibe , but the music was way too loud. It made it hard to hear the waiters and the other people in our party.
[The food]
-Drink // A Letter to Rio // 13.00 // cacheca, prosecco, honey, and lime juice was decent but is on a stronger side and isn't sweet at all. So if you like sweet drinks you may want to opt for the sangria.
-complimentary // bread // delicious! Probably one of my favorite things here beside the fois gras.
-appetizer // the platter // 81.00 // mix of raw oysters, raw clams, shrimp cocktail, rock crab claws, lobster tail, and jumbo sweet shrimp. This platter was decent, but it lacked flavor. The butter aioli tasted bland and was too thick. I would have just preferred melted butter and lemon. My oyster was a bit slimy (but I just think I'm not much of an oyster fan). My brother said that his had sand in it.
-appetizer // fois gras // 26.00. // very rich and served with toast. This was tasty. The candied apples added a nice sweetness to it.
-appetizer // yellowtail jalapeño sashimi // 22.00 // it was too spicy with that jalapeño with all the seeds still in it. Thin pieces seemed too pricey for what you can get elsewhere.
-entree // shrimp Provençal // 28.00 // this was one of the recommended items by our waiter. It was meh. In my opinion, the cream sauce was too salty and didn't have any flavor to it. I liked the noodles though and they gave 6 prices of shrimp!
Overall, this place had a nice atmosphere for a date but not for a family dinner. The waitress was super nice and gave my baby sister a pen and paper to draw with. My family wasn't impressed by the steak or lamb, they thought the steak was overdone. For the price, I would probably use that money and pay a little more for one of the other delicious restaurants in the Cosmo.
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