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Located in the former Ruth's Chris location on Paradise Rd, Kelly's is in some tough company in one of the best steak cities in the country. My friends and I were excited to see how it stacked up.
Food-wise, it was mostly excellent. I'm a carnivore and I ordered a steak tartare and a prime rib. The tartare's flavour was wonderful, although the portion size was significantly smaller than what I am accustomed to. My friend ordered the French onion soup, which looked a lot more substantial. Wish I'd gotten that instead. The same friend also ordered an escargot appetizer, which was a bit of a disaster. They forgot to bring him a mini-fork, then forgot again after he'd asked. Not only that, even after procurement of said mini-fork, he was only able to extract the meat from 5 of the 7 shells. I took a crack at it myself (just being that kind of person) and gave up after another 10 minutes of poking.
To their credit, they removed the escargot from the bill.
Oh, and they also gave us 50% off the entire bill. Apparently we'd caught the very last day of their opening week promotion. Nice!
For the most part, the food is definitely right up there with the top steakhouses in Vegas, so they've got the most important part down. There were definitely some service hiccups, these things are bound to happen when you have a new wait staff learning to work with one another. But everyone seems to be putting in a very good effort and I'm sure they'll work out the kinks. When it comes to a new place just getting its feet, attitude counts for a lot. As long as this commitment to improving service continues, Kelly's should be a solid choice for Vegas locals and regulars.
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