With the overwhelming positive reviews, I must have just hit a bad night... but for what it's worth:
1. Seating. I'm thinking - Cheesecake Factory mass organization with no intimacy, EVERYTHING you say (or your neighbor says) is like you're at the same table with everyone one else.
2. Service - no complaints.
3. Appetizer - SMOKED CHICKEN + BLACK BEAN QUESADILLA * Avocado + Toasted Garlic Creme Fraiche $15. - Fantastic! Wow.
4. NEW MEXICAN SPICE RUBBED PORK TENDERLOIN * Bourbon - Ancho Chile Sauce Sweet Potato Tamale - + Crushed Pecan Butter $36. My meal. Meat - no flavor. Tender, but nothing special. The sauces were ok. The Tamale was DRY - disappointing. Not anywhere near worth $36.. but the plate looked good.
5. GRILLED LAMB PORTERHOUSE CHOPS * -Blackberry - Cascabel Barbecue Sauce + Collard Greens with Smoked Chiles $44. My dining companions meal. Blah. Had a taste and was glad I ordered my boring pork tenderloin. Collard Greens were nothing special.
6. There was a side corn dish. $10 fantastic.
I wish we had ordered two quesadillas and two orders of corn and called it good.
It was a Monday night - I was surprised it was so slow there that we walked right in and sat down. Maybe I know why now. With a $7 and a $14 bottle of beer... the $140 pre-tip was NOT money well spent. At those prices... Bobby doesn't get a second chance... I had a steak at a mexican place in the MGM a couple of years ago that blew my socks off... I think I'll go back there tonight.