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| - Fried chicken is one of those things few do REALLY well. Many a chicky place do it sorta well, kinda well, or not well at all. Residing in the Midwest doesn't really help the situation, as I well know that the home of incredible fried chix is hundreds of miles south and a little due east, but a boy can dream...
One family vacation last year, my sister hijacked a recipe from a James Beard alum that her husband experienced at aforementioned alum's restaurant on a business trip to Miami. It was, without a doubt, the best fried poultry I've ever had.
Fast forward 8 months, and we're in Vegas. It comes to light that the poultry palace from Miami was Yardbird, and it has an outpost location in Sin City. Reservation made.
We show up on time to a beautifully built-out and decorated restaurant space just outside the casino floor in Venetian. Touches of the South abound and are intertwined with modern takes on decor. Example: wood-paneled ceilings and a projector beaming cool images and phrases onto a wall. A massive Edison light fixture (must be 400 bulbs up there!) outside an open, stainless-steel kitchen.
We lounged in comfy seats next to the hostess reception while they prepared our table, and then were shown to it.
The food menu is succinct and on-point and the drinks menu is deep and wide. Food-to-drink page ratio is about 1:10. You shall not go thirsty here.
Our sweet waitress charmed us into eating family style, which I am convinced is the way to go. Four hungry boys had the Skillet Cornbread, Lewellyn's chicken, Chicken/Watermelon/Waffles, Virginia Ham biscuits, and the Smoked BBQ biscuits. Between that and drinks, we couldn't fathom dessert.
Every last morsel of edible food on that table was devoured and tasty as ever. And, it was confirmed at the scene of the crime: this is the best dang fried chicken I've ever had, and that's by a long shot. It's extremely moist, nearly fall-off-the-bone tender, exploding with flavor, well-seasoned, and crispy without being dry and chewy. Everything else is bland, dry, abused bird at best now.
Service was charming, prompt, attentive. Ambiance was dimly lit and very loud (you caught that this was in VEGAS, right?), but I applaud them at doing what they could to make this a great space that takes you out of typical Vegas for an hour or two.
Food = 5/5
Facility = 5/5
Service = 4/5
Ambiance = 3/5
Value = 3/5
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