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| - Wow wow wow-y. Their oysters are to die for!
Now that you know that, I shall put up a proper review. My boyfriend and I were taking a much needed shopping trip to the Strip and we were starving. Outside of Kaya, I'm not sure that I've eaten at any other restaurant in the Strip until this place. One of my boyfriend's good friends (who works for Clique Vodka) helped with getting the place up and running yet this weekend was our first time dropping by.
We sat at the main bar (of course) closest to the sushi bar and started with our favorite weekend drink, mimosas. Our bartender was super cool, forget her name. We looked over the menus for probably forever and couldn't decide what the hell we wanted. My boyfriend said something about the buckets of oysters sitting near us and one of the employees, Eric, started telling us about where each came from and their taste and texture. Then Luke jumped in and showed us this super tiny little oyster and gave it to my boyfriend to try. He loved the taste of it, but unfortunately it was the last one! I forget where it was from.
Based on Luke and Eric's recommendations we ended up ordering 4 of 3 types of oysters. Plus, Eric threw in a "bonus" oyster for each of us! :D Also, check in if you do the Foursquare thing. You can get either 3 free oysters, 1 free appetizer, or 1 free Clique Vodka drink. We decided to do a free app and ordered the peel and eat shrimp. This girl was in her happy place.
The oysters were so delectable and the shrimp had a nice taste from the Old Bay seasoning. I have a love/hate relationship with Old Bay because most people like to drown their seafood in it.
We got to chat with Luke about starting up the restaurant, their first Friday sushi happy hour, and his trip with my bf's friend down to New Orleans for the Great Seafood Cookoff, or something like that (he was stationed next to a previous Iron Chef winner hehe). All in all it was a highly enjoyable experience, one we weren't even expecting. I loved it, and I know we'll be back, especially to try out the sushi.
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