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| - I can't leave Vegas without a steak. The trick is finding a spot, with at least one high dollar steakhouse in each casino. The need to book a large party on short notice tied my hands and narrowed the options a little, and we landed at Old Homestead. Interestingly, while I couldn't get a table for 6...we were seated at a table for 6...as a party of five. Whatever.
We indulged for this one - east and west coast oysters were very good, with nice trimmings. One friend may have found his next expensive hobby, having had his first oysters here after I suggested them. We also had their calamari, which is the traditional fried rings, but is super tender and flavorful, without having a heavy, greasy breading. And I had the steakhouse wedge salad, which I usually don't order, but just seemed right. The salad was HUGE - practically half a head of lettuce, delicious chewy thick bacon, so thick it was basically cubed, cherry tomatoes, and a heaping helping of Maytag bleu cheese. I have to order Maytag - it's from Iowa and so am I (kinda). Plus it's very good. This was a great salad. I ate almost all of it, which was kind of a mistake. I wish I had saved a bit more appetite for the steak.
My steak was the filet on the bone, which was pretty great. Very tender, cooked to an almost perfect medium rare, with wonderful flavor from the bone and the right amount of salt and pepper crust. No need to mess with it any further. I'm starting to love the bone-in filet as a happy medium between the sometimes low-flavor filet and the flavorful but oversized and overly rich bone-in ribeye. This definitely delivered. Our sides were the mac and cheese and the tater tots with "fat boy" sauce. These were OK - the tots were clearly homemade, but were a little big - they needed more crisp surface area. The fat boy sauce turned out to basically just be baked potato fixings. I might skip those in the future. The mac and cheese was just kind of basic mac and cheese. I think we could have selected better here, but it didn't get in the way of a great steak.
Our service was friendly and prompt, and the sommelier was friendly and informed without being too snooty (as I seem to think they all are, but then, I'm not a drinker). Price was, I think, on par with what your upper tier steakhouses are going to cost. You can get slightly reduced prices here with whatever Ceasar's player's club card is, a couple bucks off here and there. But it does add up, especially with a large party. Might buy you an extra drink. But for the minimum effort required to sign up, it's worth doing.
If I had to think about the three steakhouses I've been to in Vegas, I think this is the best. It's certainly better than N9NE, and I think it's better than Signature Room at Mandalay Bay as well. So having my hand forced to Old Homestead was not a let down. I would definitely return.
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