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Following the advice of my food-savvy friend, my boyfriend and I decided to check out David Burke's new restaurant, David Burke. Clever name, I know.
Our flight to Vegas didn't get in until 8:30, so I booked the latest reservation they could offer which was 10 o'clock. I feel like: dude, this is Vegas. Cant you serve till at least 11?!? I was nervous that we would be a little late, so I called and asked if they would seat us if we were up to 15 minutes late. The semi-rude girl on the phone explained to me that the last seating is at 10, and if I wanted I could call when en route to see if they might hold our reservation. So, we (I) rushed and stressed about it...skipped waiting for a Hard Rock car to take us over and opted for a taxi as a quicker option...spedwalk/ran through the Venetian...just to arrive at an empty restaurant. It totally would have been fine without all the rushing.
The decoration is modern, with a waterfall type sculpture in the middle of the restaurant, and Himalayan salt rock decor everywhere. They also served butter on these pink blocks of Himalayan rock salt as well.
We started off with the beef carpaccio which was very good, and HUGE! Probably the best carpaccio I've had to date. For our entrees, I opted for the "Burke in a Box", which is a combination of appetizers created fresh daily, and my boyfriend ordered the filet. His filet was really good, however slightly undercooked for his taste. My box was very "Pf Chang-ish", which is why I'm giving 3.5 instead of 4. Everything was fried...and it was all pretty forgettable. It consisted of some hush puppies, these chicken egg roll things, a really bland arugula and goat cheese salad, two very large shrimp with some sort of sweet & sour dipping sauce, and karabuda pork corn dogs which were actually pretty tasty. It was all too deep fried for my liking.
All in all: this place has potential, but maybe needs more time to get their shit straightened out. Be on time, because they are not lenient with that, and come before 9 if you don't want to dine alone.
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