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| - I was staying at the NY NY and I headed straight for this restaurant after check in just because I love asian food, and none of the other food choices in the hotel really appealed to me (not that interested in italian, hot dogs, pizza or burgers -- boring). As soon as I got there I asked for a booth -- they claimed they didnt have any although I'm pretty sure I saw some open in the back. So I took a seat at the bar anyways, which I didnt really like because it's such a public area the way it's placed, with everyone walking by through the casino right next to me while I'm trying to eat.
First thing I do is look at the drinks menu -- only a handful of cocktails with even less that look appealing. I ordered the lychee martini, and as it turns out, they can't make it because they stopped making the lychee liquor. Alright. Well somehow tons of other restaurants still manage to serve these,so whatever. I ordered another drink in which I could taste the vodka way too much.
Then I ordered the cream cheese wontons. The server comes back a few minutes later, and guess what, they don't have that either. Alright, fine, I order gyoza instead. Surprise surprise -- the server returns again and let's me know that they don't have gyoza either. In fact they dont have any of the fried dim sum. At an Asian restaurant. At 630 in the evening. Seriously? They aren't apologetic about it at all. I was pretty nice about it, albeit rightfully disappointing, which they didnt seem to appreciate for some reason.
So I went ahead and just ordered the crispy honey shrimp. I order that a lot at Elephant Bar, and it was pretty good here but not comparable. The quality/texture of the meat was weird. It seemed...dry? I'm not sure how to explain it. It was a
Not a particularly enjoyable experience, and maybe they should stock up better next time. From here on out I'll just stick to Ra Sushi -- its on the other side of the strip but it's worth the trip!
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