N9NE was, in short, a disappointing experience. I have absolutely no problem spending $50 on a good steak but N9NE was simply not a $200 per couple dining experience.
The ambiance was not that of a high end steakhouse. It is as if you are in a nightclub with loud top 40 music playing and mirrored pillars. There's a way to blend trendy and classy (I enjoy it when it works), however this was well over the top. This was trendy cheesey. Example - The drunk patrons at the next table to our left kept "singing" (or better yet screaming and grunting) along to the music as if it was karaoke. The couple making out at another table next to ours completed the experience - did they order any food or were they just dining on each other's faces all night?
Our server was beyond pretentious and pompous during his chore of waiting on us. And honestly, there was no reason to be. I almost pulled him over at one point to tell him to cut the act, I've dined at restaurants with much more class than this one and the service does not need to be this way. Of course I held back hoping that the food would make up for the atmosphere and service.
While the food was okay, I wouldn't say it blew me away by any means. Everyone's' steaks were good but the oysters on the half shell were tiny and the lobster on the surf and turf was decidedly bad.
At the end of the meal I was disappointed that I had wasted my time and money there....there are so many other restaurants in Vegas I would love to try. I guess if you're staying at the Palms it might be a good choice (although I've heard Alize is good), but to make a trip out from the strip was pointless.