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We were seated immediately, but there was a slow start to our service which was always rather harried and not particularly friendly. We started with the warm pretzels ($8) with a white cheddar sauce and seedy English mustard. The cup with three pretzel sticks were perfect - a nice crispy skin and tender interior. The creamy and slightly sharp cheese sauce and the gourmet mustard were plentiful and great for dipping (separately and together). This was a great prelude.
For our entrees, we split the wedge salad and the mixed vegetable salad ($15 and $16 each). The wedge salad was quite good - baby iceberg was sweet and crisp and topped with grated hardboiled egg, bits of blue cheese and bacon and crispy onions and sat in a bed of creamy blue cheese dressing with a drizzle of sherry vinaigrette on the top. It was a hearty salad that was at once rich, sweet, salty and tangy. I would definitely get this again. The mixed vegetable salad was a mélange of spring greens with shaved fennel, carrots and radishes and bits of cucumber and halved cherry tomatoes that were overdressed with a white balsamic vinaigrette and finished with some crunchy caramelized cashews. Other than the excess dressing, this was a very good salad.
Overall, it was a 3.5 star experience. I know from experience that the potted chocolate trifle is worth the trip, and the wedge was great as well as the pretzels. The other salad and the service were not as wonderful, but such is the Vegas food scene.
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