Making my rounds of the steakhouses here in Vegas and this is a must stop for me. There are 2 CG's in the L.A./O.C. area and I thought I'd try the one here in Vegas, since the restaurant is situated to have spectacular views of the strip. In our case the Wynn and Encore and southward.
The entrance (from the garage) was a ride up in the elevator directly into the elevator. I had to adjust my eyes a bit because it was dark with dark mahogany furniture. We had a table by the window and a birthday card with glitterati candy all over the table - here for my birthday. Love that!
I knew what I wanted to order, since a couple of days before. I started with the lobster bisque with sherry. The soup came out piping hot, not too thick and rich with a good amount of lobster strips. We ordered the shrimp cocktail and forgot that we had until midway into our dinner. We both ordered the Delmonico steak. I had my steak prepared medium rare and the hubs had it medium well. Medium rare the way to go...yumm! That was a juicy piece with browned fatty corners...mmmm. Tender and tasty. I knew this steak was taking me down it was 22 ounces! I had a fist size left over which I had later that evening as a snack...yay! Sam's mashed potatoes was smooth with some chunks of potatoes - gosh, that was creamy rich goodness. The spinach which I thought was going to be creamed was actually lightly steamed with bacon, I think - the steak was so good that the sides were actually SIDES and not taking over the limelight. I enjoyed both the mashed potatoes and the spinach. I would order these again!
I guess our server felt bad about forgetting the shrimp cocktail (and not that I was craving it or anything), so she brought our a cheesecake with berries for my birthday "cake." It had caramelized sugar on top and it was so moist that it just broke apart with your fork. I don't like cheesecake really, but this was very good. I didn't have a cocktail because I had been drinking most of the day and my tummy wasn't feeling so hot earlier, so I thought I'd take it easy, so I can have a pleasant rest of the night.
The service was okay and nothing over the top or spectacular. Staff was attentive enough.
I may visit one of the CG's here in L.A./O.C. At least I know what goodness awaits me.