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| - I read an article a few years back, and the writer asked Thomas Keller what he thought of Yelp, the restaurant mogul was unfamiliar with the site. After reading many Yelps for Bouchon, many diners are spreading their love for Keller, which was why we chose to dine at Bouchon on our holiday. We walked into a pretty vacant restaurant, and were seated promptly. This place is very "fine dining" but because it is located in a hotel you get all sorts of tourists. Lets say Thomas Keller might not approve of a diner wearing cutoffs and running shoes, while choking down a $22 breakfast, but hey, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. My sis and i both ordered the the breakfast plate that came with two eggs, potato croquettes, toasted brioche & applewood smoked bacon. Moments later our food arrived, and my sis took one bit of her bacon, and pulled a face, the food was cold. We debated just eating it, but if Keller can make oysters and pearls, can he not make bacon and eggs? We told our server our issue, and she seemed shocked that there was an issue, and returned it to the kitchen. Our plates came out again, this time they might have been 1 degree warmer. We didn't want to send our food back for the third time, so we sucked it up. The manager was very generous accommodating us with a box of pastries for the trouble.
Overall i wouldn't go back, I think Thomas Keller has stretched his name a bit too thin, and this restaurant is not dishing out the same quality of food that he would oversee at The French Laundry.
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