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| - I've been to Gordon Biersch several times over the last 8-10 years and my experiences have been good, but not entirely consistent. Our recent visit was prompted by a group dinner with co-workers, so we were situated in one of their private dining rooms and a set menu. The group ordered a couple extra appetizers as well.
Bruschetta: Served with toasted crostini. This didn't seem particularly fresh and was so overpowered by garlic. I really do love garlic, but that was basically all you could taste. The crostini was rubbed with garlic and grilled, so they were really nice by itself, but too much with the bruschetta.
Fried Calamari: Served with marinara and spicy lemon remoulade. The calamari was okay; tasty, but not tender and too little squid to batter ratio. Enjoyed the marinara.
Crispy Crab Risotto Fritters: Crab, pancetta and havarti in creamy risotto, served over spicy lemon remoulade. Good fritters and the spicy lemon remoulade worked much better with this appetizer.
Southwest Egg Rolls: Stuffed with pulled chicken, black beans, corn, roasted red peppers, carrots, zucchini and pepper jack cheese. Delicious! Flavorful, crispy exterior, and great dipping sauce.
Classic Caesar Salad: Your usual suspects. Decent salad.
Smoked Chicken and Mushroom Pasta: Chicken, tomato, mushroom, herbs, beer-infused gorgonzola cream sauce, bowtie pasta. Another shrug. The beer-infused gorgonzola cream gets an 'A' for effort.
Steak Frites: 7 oz Cab top sirloin with Gorgonzola Garlic sauce and Legendary Garlic Fries. The steak was delicious and cooked perfectly medium rare. I really liked the gorgonzola garlic sauce! The garlic fries were really awesome this time. (I've had really bad ones in the past)
Triple Chocolate Brownie: Caramel and chocolate sauces. Lacked the moisture and tenderness of a really good brownie, but still good.
Across the board, food is just okay with nothing remotely special. I would say that it was a decent spot for beer and eats, but there are so many new spots in Vegas that serve up great beers and equally amazing food. I would return for Garlic Fries only.
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