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  • I've eaten at and enjoyed Michael Mina's restaurants in San Francisco and wanted to go out with my sister and her husband while spending a few days in Vegas. Knowing Mina's reputation I felt this restaurant would be a real treat and must say I was severely disappointed.....disappointed enough to sign up for yelp specifically to write this review. The good points (earning this the one star instead of -2). Nice fresh-out-of-the-oven-bread served. Waiter was pleasant and tried to help us with our complaints later. End of good points. The food was overpriced and deplorable. I had the monkfish for $38. The portion of fish on my plate could not have been more than 3 ounces which was mostly bone. I managed to scrape a small amount of fish off the bone which was slightly overcooked and very bland. There was what may have amounted to a tablespoon of some type of mushroom scattered around the plate and a small cast iron pan of pinto beans on the side which tasted like the worst canned beans I've ever had and "spiced up" with what could only have been a half cup of salt. My sister had the $35 salmon, which was of smaller than average size and according to her tasted "OK, but nothing special". This was the third time she had had a salmon dish on our trip (twice in SF) and was the worst of the three and at least $10 more expensive. My brother-in-law had the only fairly priced and edible dish of the three of us. A $20 Kobe beef burger with enough fries to fill up both my sister's and my still growling stomachs. I had steered away from the burger for "something special", sadly this was probably the best thing on the menu. When we told our waiter of our dissatisfaction, he went to the managers to see if he could do something (again, he was the only highlight of the evening besides the bread).; The managers took one look at us and figured we weren't Vegas regulars and decided immediately not to do anything to make us feel a little less taken advantage of......this is the modus operandi of the restaurant. They know they have an unlimited supply of first-time rubes to come in and get fleeced once...they do not need to rely on repeat customers. If this restaurant were located in San Francisco it wouldn't last 2 months....but in Vegas it is able to feed unsuspecting tourists crappy food based on the name of a well known chef for years on end... If Michael Mina reads this I would suggest he investigate the restaurant that he seems to have lost control of, his SF restaurants are excellent and this place can only serve to destroy his reputation. I would hope that he is not implicit in this ruse and simply view this as a cash cow instead of worrying about his reputation. I have had many meals at many restaurants around the US and Europe. I have no problem paying good money for good food, but I felt like this place was simply set up to fleece unsuspecting tourists. I would stay far away from this place, and if you happen to find yourself there right now...do yourself a favor and forget the "something special" on the menu and go for the $20 burger...you'll be the only one not feeling completely ripped off and your dinner mates can at least sustain themselves from your enormous portion of fries...
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