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| - The dueling pianists are phenomenal. I was fortunate to get a seat right in front of Christina's piano and she was having a great time, engaging the crowd, and even made some subtle jabs at us since we were right there. Funny, bouncy personality and extremely talented musicians. They didn't necessary duel each other during the show I attended - more or less accompanied each other with the drum kit on their electric pianos - but they honored requests (and the tips coming with these requests are huge, so if you don't have $20 to give them, you might not get your song!).
The only reason I can't go 5 stars on this place is that, while the cover is a two drink minimum, we had no sooner sat down when the cocktail waitress asked "what will you be drinking" - excuse me, I know it's required, but you could at least formulate it into a question. My father and I ordered a rum and coke and she nodded, retrieved it, came back and curtly said "22 dollars." First of all, holy shit. I go drinking in Washington, DC and I don't pay $11 a drink - but whatever, live entertainment and it's Vegas. We paid her and she never came back to ask us for our second drink, so after the show was over, we bailed. I wasn't gonna stick around and plead with them to give them more money for their cover charge if they weren't even gonna send the waitress out again.
Also, the drink was pretty bad for $11. Hardly any liquor in it. Conversely, at the House of Blues, it was $9 for a drink and it was almost entirely rum. Different ends of the spectrum, I guess.
I still highly, highly recommend the show because they are great entertainers and very talented pianists, but the other aspects of the bar leave a lot to be desired. It's a shame I couldn't go 5 stars on this.
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