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| - I am giving Union a 5 plus stars!! This is a great restaurant! Be expected to pinch out a nice silver dollar or two, but you will get what you paid for.
The Place:
The decor of this place is surely high-end!! Dark rich woods with silver accents. The Nambe silverware is nice touch. The leather place mats brings the whole table together. Since it is from the Light Group, it does present itself with a very high-end lounge feel to it. They were not cheap in decorating this place.
The Service:
The service was unnatural at times. The hostess did try to have a conversation with us but it seemed more force. In fact, a lot of the personnel did too. I rather have them try to be "great service" then blow us off. We can spend our money elsewhere. In Vegas, there are far too many choices. We were catered by 5 people. 1 head server (who was excellent - he was from DC and appeared to have a lot of high-end serving experience), then another server and like three assistance. We never once needed to ask for anything. This is the type of service you expect from an average entree price of 50.00
The Food and Drinks:
We had a few martinis - 14.00. I had the Samba Smash - awesome, but the fresh fruit mud made it impossible to drink from a cocktail straw. We also had the "Calm before the Storm" it was awesome too.
We shared the Hamachi Wontons ( Yellow Tail Crunch) - the serving was small, 5 little pieces deep fried with a pepper to top off.
For the main dishes - The Jennifer had the Sea Bass which was soft flaky and cooked perfectly. I am on a Red Meat binge lately so I opted for the Organic Chicken. It was unique, not dry, with a unique hint of sea salt.
We shared a side of Brussels Sprouts - generous portions.
Dessert - we skipped dessert at the Union and headed over to Jean Phillipe.
Drinks - 14.00
Sides - 9.00
Entrees - 40.00 - 50.00 avg (unless you want lobster)
Dessert - 12.00
Overall. I will go back for sure. From the previous review, they must have worked out a lot of the opening kinks because our food prep time and serving time was perfect. In fact, they even staged out silverware for us after each plating.
Cons: Seriously - 5.00 for sauce for your 50.00 steak??? Really??
If you like FIX at Bellagio or STACK at the Mirage, you will like the Union
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