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| - If I was writing a review on the food alone, then I would easily give it five stars. Black Sheep has been one of the most buzzed about restaurants in Las Vegas over the past year and I can see why. The food really is very good. However, the service on the night I went was so poor that I cannot give it more than three stars. Our server's demeanor during our entire experience was so off putting that I don't know if I could ever return. At one point, he actually insinuated that we were taking too long looking at the menu to order our entrees and essentially said "this is Black Sheep and even though it's a Tuesday night, because we are Black Sheep we are going to be busy and need to get the orders into the kitchen early and need your menus for other guests coming in and oh did I mention that you are at Black Sheep?" It's a small restaurant and yes, while they were busy all night it's not like hundreds of people were dining there. There was always a huge stack of menus at the hostess stand at all times. So for them to insinuate that they were short on menus was ridiculous. Anyway, while the food was amazing (standouts included the Octopus appetizer and the salmon entree) the service was SO slow all night. Everything took forever - drinks, water refills, food service, clearing our plates, etc. I don't know if being pretentious is part of the shtick at Black Sheep? If so, that's too bad because while the food is good, it cannot make up for the abysmal service and attitude of the staff. There were a few misses on the menu too. The Penicillin cocktail smelled like an old bandaid. Seriously. It was so off putting that we had to send it back. And the dessert we ordered - the chocolate brownie - was mediocre at best. Would probably not return, at least not for awhile.
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