Garfield's is a nice alternative if you want to have a really nice dinner with five-star food/service off the strip.
We arrived for dinner around 7:30pm on a Tuesday night, no reservations. We were seated right away and as the host was walking us to our table we saw some friends of ours who had just arrived as well so we joined them. The host was very accomodating.
Glasses of riesling and jack & cokes were ordered and we all started to go over the menu. The selection here is quite nice and although a tad pricey, the quality of food was outstanding.
We ordered:
-crab cakes (my favorite)
-grilled artichoke
-flank steak
-shrimp & fettucine
-grilled swordfish
-grilled salmon
My favorite bites were the crab cake appetizers (flaky, crisp, and *gasp* filled with actual crab meat) and the shrimp & fettucine. I'm a huge pasta fan so I very much appreciate when a restaurant gets the pasta consistency correct, in this case Garfield's did.
For dessert we all split the bread pudding (must be ordered in advance to give the kitchen about 25 minutes in prep time). DELICIOUS. It comes with a little pourer filled with a creamy vanilla sauce that you pour over the hot bread pudding, yum!
Fun note at the end, the waiter had us all sign a book they had in the restaurant. Cute end to an excellent meal.
I want to come back to check out their brunch.