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| - This restaurant does not compare in any way to the other wonderful steakhouses in Las Vegas. My advice, go to Stripsteak at Mandalay Bay for a truly wonderful steak.
The service left a lot to be desired for a restaurant with so many awards. The restaurant was practically empty. While the pace of the meal was fine, our server had an heir of arrogance that was unnerving. He was not friendly and rather inattentive. Very disappointing.
After reading so many raving reviews, we started with the Gorgonzola fondue. I love love love garlic and have always thought you cannot put too much garlic on anything for my taste. However, there was so much garlic in the fondue, it was barely edible. I would have preferred to enjoy the Gorgonzola taste since it was Gorgonzola fondue. The garlic bread that is served with it was very tasty but drenched in butter. Again, who doesn't like butter on garlic bread? Certainly not I! But this was way too much...it made the bread soggy and greasy.
The breads that we were served were very good. One was like a pretzel stick.
For our entree, my husband and I had the filet. It was perfectly cooked, but not up to the quality that we expected based on the awards Strip House has received. We shared the creamed corn as a side dish. It was rather flavorless. Too much cream and not enough corn. They should rename it "heavy creamy with bits of corn". Again, a huge disappointment.
A table nearby by ordered the daily assortment of homemade sorbets and ice cream for dessert. If I hadn't seen the table nearby order it, we would have skipped it. I am glad we didn't. It was the best part of the meal. We had raspberry sorbet and chocolate ice cream. It was served in a large toile cookie bowl that had tons of fresh blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and blueberries. They were very generous with the fruit. This made for a light, refreshing dessert.
In summary, go to Stripsteak. We will not be visiting Strip House again.
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