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| - Okay, so I came here for with my buddy during a night in Vegas and although the steak and service was awesome, it didn't have the two guys hanging out type of atmosphere. The place was very exquisite and felt very posh, but at the same time seemed more of a "date" or anniversary or even a milestone birthday sort of a vibe. Not a place for two guys to just chow down on some fresh beef, killing a few pitchers of beer and laughing it up.
We had reservations so we waited less than 5 minutes while they made sure our table was properly ready. The dining room is a very tall one story high volume (at least 25' high) area with crown molding and soft lighting everywhere. When they sat us in our high backed curved booth, they literally pulled the table out so we could be seated and then pushed the table back in. Once they knew we were going to have prime rib and steak (as if we came here for a salad), they brought out this huge rolling cart that was domed. Under the dome was a mountain of actual various choices of meat that we could get. My prime rib looked succulent and ready to jump in my belly; my bros steak had just the right amount of marbling for that juicy taste. They tagged the pieces we selected and rolled the cart away towards the kitchen. When the steaks came out, the tender meat seemed to jump onto my fork and just melt in my mouth. I've been to other steak houses and this was one of the best pieces of meat I've had (outside of Texas). The sides were awesome as well; the potatoes, the mac n cheese, the creamed spinach, the bread ... all great. And the drinks were great too; we had a few beers as well as a couple glasses of scotch and finished off with a simple rum and coke.
Overall, the food and service were outstanding but it was the more formal atmosphere that kept the dining experience from falling off the charts.
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