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| - The review is NOT a reflection of the food or the service, it's the presentation of the Buy One Get One deal, which is shameful.
You walk into a dark alley, and a well dressed, clean shaven, nice looking man, his face partly obscured by the poor lighting approaches. You take a deep breath, and start taking larger and quicker steps. He leans over, and whispers in your ear: "how about a great Brazilian dinner at half price, my friend?".
You make your best uninterested gesture, but your face screams: "tell me more". So he does.
$34.99 includes all you can eat grilled Brazilian meats, perhaps twenty kinds of them. That's 50% off! You're hungry, it's hot, you almost surrender. But the nice man goes on: "free access to the buffet, which has forty kinds of side dishes, fruits and vegetables, and even more meat".
"One minute" you say, and turn to consult with the family. Where's the family? They're gone. Instead I see three full size lions, their teeth sharp, their tongues hanging out, drooling all over the place. "Yes", I say to the nice man. "Yes!!!".
We go in, and we sit down, and our waitress, sorry, our server, comes by for introductions and instructions.
"In order to use your half price deal, you must order an alcoholic drink from the drink menu", she opens. "Wait", I say, "the nice man never mentioned that". The server says calmly: "nonetheless, this is the deal". We pretend to consider, but everyone knows there is no way back now. We surrender. We order a beer, a Lemon Drop, and whatever for the kids who aren't allowed alcohol anyway.
Then we visit the buffet, and bring the loot to the table. Then a marching band of meat carrying young men walk by us, at the rate of one per minute with the most delicious meats we had in a very long time. Garlic Sirloin, coated chicken, lamb, Filet Mignon, Sausage, and many more mouthwatering meats are dropped into our plates and devoured in no time.
Wow, it's really amazing. The excellent meats and the alcohol, make us forget the nice man in the dark alley. We almost forgive him. Until we see the check.
The check puts you in a very compromising position. It actually registers the amount without the discount (we would never set foot in this restaurant without the discount), and with the discount, but with the drinks that we were forced to order, and then makes a very silly proposition: you can choose a tip amount of 30% on the amount before discount, or 30% of the amount after discount.
At this point, despite the excellent meal and the alcohol, we realize: we've been cleverly lured into a very flavorful trap, and the only way out is to pay the ransom and move on.
So here's my review. If you want a great meal, at a good restaurant, on the strip in the heart of Las Vegas, and you are prepared to pay about $60.00 per person, go for it. Dinner was quite good indeed. But if you think that a promise of a man in the alley will get you a great dinner at half price, you got another thing coming my friend.
In other words, when visiting Pampas of Las Vegas, expect what you'd expect in the original Pampas: lowlands, filled with shifting sands, hungry predators, traps, and really good meat!
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