Been twice to this restaurant in a year. First time, service and food was impeccable! Everything was on point. I happened to come here to celebrate a belated 40th birthday that was long overdue. The postponement was almost ten months in the making but it was well worth it!
Fast forward eight months to August 2016, I am hosting top VIP clients from TX. They have an astuteness for fine meats and other delectables. I took initiative in making a reservation here. My second time around was slightly disappointing. The restaurant has different levels of tasting menus. I recall selecting the best tasting menu during my birthday and was hoping to do so again my second time around. To my dismay the restaurant decided to streamline their tasting menus and retired the one I had. Nothing even came close to the one I had before. I had asked our waiter what happened to the tasting menu with the caviar service, etc....the waiter stated it was not too popular in the Las Vegas market and decided it was time to retire that service. Good enough for me. I ended up ordering the best tasting menu they had that evening. I invited the sommelier to my table to recommend a good red and white wine for the pairings. I have to say, the sommelier had no personality and never once asked us what we ordered. She figured by asking the waiter she was going to figure out the pairings. What really offended me was that the sommelier did not ask me the price range I wanted to spend for the wines as they can creep up on you in the hundreds if not thousands per bottle at this joint. I had to be very assertive to the sommelier and explained to her what I was looking for since she had no idea about prices. After a few minutes with her and she couldn't tell me the 'price' which I found odd, I decided to go with my instinct and ordered a Lafite Rothschild, Schaefer, and other wines for the table. Oddly enough, every single one I ordered was sold out. So I ended up going for her recommendations which I found to be extremely odd. I wasn't impressed with her palette and selection, but I found it to be a talking point for my clients about it. I can't recall the wine she ordered for us (wasn't memorable) but I do know that I paid $185 per bottle and we had six of them.
Alas, a great place to celebrate milestones and entertaining VIP clients. I don't think I would ever use the sommelier at this place again. I have a better nose than the one that assisted us that evening.