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| - I did not enjoy this restaurant at all. We only decided to patronize this place because we've been staying at the Mandalay Bay and THEhotel when at Vegas.
It gets one star because of the elegant interior. It's pretty much Chinese fine dining Vegas-style.
We went here with family with a reservation and we still had to wait for them to prepare the table. For a restaurant that only opens for dinner for 5 hours at a time and only 5 days of the week, it sounds too pretentious and feels like a fly-by-night operation. You get the experience, they get your money and then they close until the next 5-hour service.
In terms of food, you do get the works for ingredients like Peking duck, Lobster lettuce wraps, Seabass, shrimps. But there's really nothing that stands out and grabs hold of you. It all tastes like ordinary, clean, non-greasy cooking in presentable plates over fine table cloth and polished silverware.
The pricing and portions is a deal-breaker. Unlike Chinese cuisine where you know you've definitely over-ordered for your table, this is the opposite. The dishes are in small portions and the waiter will advise you it may not be enough despite having a dozen on his list already.
Complete with drinks, you won't leave satisfied from the restaurant but from the great company at your table that you just had.
Being Vegas, there are a lot of authentic places and then there are a lot of pretentious places - you'll know where this belongs. Skip.
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