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| - I was at the SLS on a business trip. I've been to Vegas a few times, usuAlly on vacation though. So I was flying solo dining here, which is probably much different than what they typically serve. Fair enough.
To me the mark of a good restaurant is how they treat a single diner. Even when I am in a group I tend to look around and see how the place prioritized a solo patron: do they automatically point the person to the bar to seat, or do they ask? Does the restaurant make sure the single patron is not forgotten -- drinks filled, dishes cleared quickly? If sat at a table, is the person tucked into a corner? Does the wait staff modify the presentation of the specials, since solo diners are not as into the "meal as show" idea?
Well, on these points my experience fell flat. I was first offered a seat at a the kitchen bar (not the drink bar) and when I asked for a instead, was placed almost in the last table in the back of this huge restaurant. I was sat at a table with room for four, but was walked by a dozen other open 4-tops in a much luckier area of the restaurant.
I hope you like reading, since I was handed five different menus. Three explaining the fixed price multi-course options, the standard menu, and the huge wine list. The waiter's explanation was it made the menu easier. But with five menus in front of me, I felt like I was studying at a college library.
I ordered the $125 multi course option, so there's lots of small plates with a bite or two coming out. Dirty plates stayed on the table for a long time. Drink glass (no alcohol) stayed empty for really long times (a good 5-7 minutes). Since I was way in the back I was near a back kitchen entrance, probably where the dish and prep areas are, so wait members frequently went by my table without grabbing something dirty off the table.
I'd say the single diner experience here is less than desirable, to be nice.
However, the food is very good. Endive Caesar salad was tasty. The crunchy pork skin, a super light pork-find style poof, is tasty. Tartare slider was quite good too.
The buttered potatoes are decadent and should probably come with a side of Lipitor. Seriously, a scoop on your plate looks like a slab of butter. But they are delicious and have a fantastic rice/potato mill consistency. Chateuabriand was tender but came to me chilly -- another common solo diner challenge as food often sits.
The $120 per person fixed price menu is plenty of food for one person, without a doubt.
Overall the food was well above average. If you're in Vegas with a group, you'd probably like it here. But on a simple business dinner, even with a group? Maybe not so much.
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