Having just moved here from Berkeley I have been trying to find some new places to make me feel at home. Although some of the other options at Tivoli village have been fine, this was just awful.
Lets start with the decor. It's like a freshly graduated design student thought "hmmm, you know what would go nicely with these exposed beams? really out of place tufted furniture." Sure I get it, you are being hip and mixing trends, fine. If it had stopped there it might have been ok. But the strange Asian infusion they try to impart by using what would appear to be a terrifying array of crappy yard sale dishes from grandmas around the Vegas area? Or the completely out of place rock music that was far too loud? No. No. Just no. Way too many things going on at once.
The food: while this could have been the saving grace of the place it was just an utter disappointment. Everything tasted like it could have been straight out of a freezer bag with a seasoning of soy sauce. Note: meatballs are hard to get wrong, but these were some of the worst I have encountered. Texturally, everything was just a bland mush. There was no differentiation between any favors. It was unpleasant.
The drinks were fine, the naked lunch overly sweet.
Also, putting 2 people in a booth meant for 6? That is weird. I don't want to talk sideways at my date, I want to see their face. I felt more like we should be judging something in front of us instead of eating dinner.
Given the prices I expected more, I did not expect to need to come up with an excuse to leave so we could go have a proper meal somewhere else.