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| - Since the kids are on spring break at grandma's this week, me and the husband are also on spring break. And although we have to work during our spring break, we decided, to do something completely different and fun for our Tuesday night dinner, something we can't ever do with the kids. We became tourists in our own town with dinner and a show. We scored 8:30 pm tickets to Zombie Burlesque through Vegas.com which offered dinner at either Pampas Churrascaria or the Italian restaurant across from the V theater where the show would be. I went on Yelp beforehand of course, and read the unimpressive reviews of Pampas. We briefly considered the Italian place, but because we're living dangerously and hadn't done Brazilian in a long time, we thought we would give it a try, Yelp reviews be damned.
Well the rating lived up to its hype, or rather non-hype. For us, we believe the worst part was the pokey service. When we finally did get a server to acknowledge us, we then had to go over the fine print of what the show tickets included in terms of the dinner. We would only get a choice of an entrée: beef, chicken or fish which came with run of the mill sides. And the only alcohol included was the sangria, house beer, and their cocktail concoction, which I can't remember what it's called, but, looked completely labor intensive for the gal making it. We upgraded to the buffet for $10 more and the $20 per person alcohol ticket for an hour of well drinks. Fuck it! We're on spring break.
The buffet was decent. It offered an array of cheese, veggies and other sides. The meat merry-go-round was just okay. The tri-tip piece that I had was dry, which made it difficult for me to cut into. My husband appeared to have received a juicer piece of tri and he still had issues cutting the meat. His contribution to this review is simply: this place needs sharper knives to cut the meat.
So yeah, I got nothing else. This place is just adequate and tailored to the tourists. If you're in Vegas as a tourist, you don't generally come for the food. You come to gamble, see the shows and drink yourself stupid. If you're looking for a really good Brazilian place, this place isn't it. But if you're looking for a last minute dinner and show, this will do okay.
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