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| - The latest of Michael Mina's 17 fine dining establishments, American Fish in the Aria Hotel has to live up to some rather high expectations of mine: creative platings, quality ingredients, excellent service.
Amongst our party of four, we had the sole x2, the salmon, and a cippiono. The soles were awesome, the salmon very nice; but the cippiono had to be sent back due to the broth being room temperature and not piping hot.
Also sent back was an order of brussel sprouts minus the bacon. When our friends pointed out the error, the waiter insisted that the bits were dates. After taste confirms the dark bits to be animal-based and not plant-based, he takes the side order back to the kitchen. Later, a manager, apologies in hand, delivers the amended plates.
A warm butter cake, compliments of the house, appeased our dissatisfaction over the contention - a nice touch but the overall experience was short of great. Some may say our expectations level that was set too high, but American Fish performs merely A-OK for us that night.
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